Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

Here’s a taste: Wind power , the largest single source of renewable electricity in the country, grew the most of any renewable energy source in overall generation from 2021 to 2022. Solar power increased the most among renewable electricity sources in percentage terms, up 24 percent. Large solar provided 3.5

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Hungarian-American biophysicist and inventor Mária Telkes illuminated the field of solar energy. She invented a solar oven, a solar desalination kit and, in the late 1940s, designed one of the first solar-heated houses

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

On November 4, 2022, the White House announced a new initiative to support research and development projects on 37 “game-changing” technologies to advance the Biden Administration’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. We will be tracking future funding announcements under this initiative.

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Physics World

APRIL 19, 2021

These are best achieved through passive purification technologies, which use solar energy to separate water from contaminants such as heavy metals, oils, and harmful microbes. The post Solar-powered water purifier is inspired by pufferfish appeared first on Physics World. The research is described in Advanced Materials.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 1, 2025

Climate educators from SEWA explaining solar power for salt gathering (L) and skylights that cool the interior of a house (R). This group of women learns about specific adaptation technologies. Photos by Jim Salzman I spent last week in New Delhi, participating in the conference, India 2047: Building a Climate-Resilient Future.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On October 24, the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center released new data showing Pennsylvania ranks 48th in the nation for rate of growth in total solar, wind and geothermal generation over the past decade. with only Idaho, Washington and Alaska ranking lower.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Read the full story from the Chalmers University of Technology. But after analyzing the growth rates of wind and solar power in 60 countries, researchers conclude that virtually no country is moving sufficiently fast to avoid global warming of 1.5°C The production of renewable energy is increasing every year. C or even 2°C.

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New Scientist

JULY 23, 2024

Efficient solar panels have helped make solar power the cheapest form of energy on the planet, and new designs based on space-age technology are going further

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 26, 2023

Researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as drop-in fuel. Read the full story from the University of Cambridge.

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

The new 100 MW Oruro solar plant is a boost to Bolivia’s energy transition, but there are obstacles to harnessing the radiation potential of its western highlands. Perched at 3,730 metres above sea level in the community of Ancotanga, the Oruro solar power plant is one of the flagship projects in Bolivia’s energy transition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are two types of solar technology for electricity generation. Another technology, concentrating solar power (CSP) , uses the sun’s heat instead. That technology accounts for 84% of US solar panels , according to the US Department of Energy.

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Scientific American

JUNE 13, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

Fortunately, solutions like energy storage and clean energy technologies can provide safe, reliable, and equitable power during severe weather conditions. People receiving medical support at home often require the use of various electric-powered equipment for their care. Energy storage could have saved Robert’s life.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossil fuels.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

by Kerry Rippy (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that the U.S. Department of Energy projects that renewable energy will be the fastest-growing U.S. energy source through 2050. And since renewable… Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

by Kerry Rippy (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that the U.S. Department of Energy projects that renewable energy will be the fastest-growing U.S. energy source through 2050. And since renewable… Read more →

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Wind turbines and solar power, two sturdy and growing sources of renewable energy, require negligible amounts of water. But other low-carbon technologies do not tread as lightly. Potential pitfalls for water abound in climate policy, especially if the world is to limit the global average temperature from rising more than 1.5

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Environmental Leader

JULY 23, 2021

Bloom Energy and Heliogen have announced plans to produce green hydrogen using only concentrated solar power and water, further accelerating progress toward a zero-carbon future. Green hydrogen is one of the top ten technologies shaping. The companies’ first integrated solution is expected to be operational by the end of 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Most prominently, because the approach is changing from rewarding specific technologies to rewarding anything that meets the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions threshold of “clean”—hence the “tech-neutral” label—exactly how the government goes about determining whether or not something is actually eligible will be enormously important.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). gigawatts (GW) of planned solar projects expected to come online this year is almost double the previous 13.4 Solar” only includes large-scale solar.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Wind, solar, energy storage, and transmission provide the vast majority of new capacity additions, which demonstrates that these technologies play a significant and growing role in maintaining grid reliability in the future. Importantly, though, overall use of that gas capacity dramatically declines over time.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As port throughput continues to grow, energy consumption is also on the rise, and some ports are struggling with the technology and policy involved, leading to slow progress in achieving zero-carbon goals. Some lack sufficient space or have outdated existing equipment that prevents the effective installation of solar power.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Mature grid technologies such as utility-scale renewables and energy storage can satisfy all our electrical demands without the need for the polluting mix of antiquated sources that PECO has historically relied on," said Alex Bomstein, Executive Director, Clean Air Council. "The We know that Pennsylvanians want that, and our planet needs it.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this year, the MPSC approved a settlement agreement on Consumers Energy’s integrated resource plan that commits the company to retire all its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2025, construct no new fossil gas infrastructure, and build large amounts of new solar power between now and 2040.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 4, 2024

That technology has been available to homeowners for more than a half century. The FERC-NERC report recommends this technology as if it were new. What is most appalling is the tone FERC and NERC adopted when describing the absence of preventive measures, such as remote monitoring of key equipment temperature.

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Inhabitant

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A new study published in Nature Energy shows that the growth rate for wind and solar power is lower than required to stop climate change. degrees Celsius.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Standing in Dubai among ExxonMobil billboards that praise new technological solutions designed to keep oil and gas in play, it’s easy to see that major oil and gas companies are greenwashing , exaggerating their climate commitments and investments in clean energy.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

CCS is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle that doesn’t come close to the hype, has significant safety risks, and is a substantial distraction from real climate solutions, such as building more renewable energy, increasing electricity transmission infrastructure, and developing and using storage technology. Want proof?

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 18, 2024

Researchers have developed a promising new solar-powered atmospheric water harvesting technology that could help provide enough drinking water for people to survive in difficult, dryland areas: They synthesized a super hygroscopic gel capable of absorbing and retaining an unparalleled amount of water.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Federal tax credits are available for specific installations of energy efficient technology and building envelope upgrades. Technology such as solar coupled with battery storage , solar-powered generators, and distributed wind can keep home temperature regulation systems running despite the lights everywhere else being off.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 3, 2022

While the installed capacity for both PV and CSP solar power will increase from 734 megawatts (MW) in 2020 to 2.1 Technological evolution. GW in 2030, and Hydropower will increase from 1.8 GW in 2020 to 3.3 GW in 2030.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 15, 2021

Read the full story at Solar Power World. SEIA is announcing a new venture to prioritize energy storage across policy advocacy, membership, research and events. The venture, called the Storage Advocacy Network, will be a formal branch of SEIA and serve as a national and state advocacy voice for energy storage.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The strategy therefore brings together science and technology, defence, regulation, and diplomacy into what it calls a single “bold national vision”. Solar power. Alongside the space strategy, meanwhile, the UK government has released a feasibility study into Space Based Solar Power (SBSP). Chris Newman.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The 45Y and 48E credits are foundational to that effort , enabling the widespread deployment of clean electricity resources to drive down carbon emissions in the power sector—and in so doing, unlocking the ability of the power sector to decarbonize vast swaths of the rest of the economy.

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Environmental Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The US Department of Energy released a study last Wednesday that suggests solar power could provide 35% of the nation’s electricity supply by 2035 and 45% by 2050. The scenario assumes continued technological innovation to….

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

for Ontario to phase out polluting gas-powered electricity and produce all of its power using carbon-free sources. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power. Here are the measures that would lead Ontario to a fully clean electricity grid: Increase Wind and Solar Power. This is completely doable.

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