US Counties Are Blocking Renewable Energy For Themselves, But Not For Thee

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:36:44 +0000

A movement is afoot to block utility-scale renewable energy projects across the US, but new clean tech investments keep getting in the way.

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U.S. Energy Secretary Granholm Celebrates New Secretary’s Honor Awards Recipients

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 02:37:32 +0000

In February 2024, 15 distinguished Department of Energy employees were presented with the Secretary of Energy Excellence Award. The Secretary … [continued]

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USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:01:14 +0000

For a decade I’ve been tracking the exponential expansion of wind, solar, and to a lesser extent hydro electricity generation … [continued]

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400 US Farmers Enlisted In New Rural Wind Power Smackdown

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:40:18 +0000

The Biden administration aims to recruit 400 farmers to help tap into vast reserves of untapped wind power in the US.

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Brown University Study Documents Links Between National & Local Offshore Wind Opponents

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:25:16 +0000

A month ago, we reported on how opponents to solar farms who appear to be local are actually supported by … [continued]

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NY Governor Hochul Announces Two Offshore Wind Project Awards

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 03:29:11 +0000

Empire Wind I and Sunrise Wind Will Foster More Than 800 Near-term, Family-Sustaining Jobs $2 Billion in Near-Term Economic Development … [continued]

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Electrolyzing Carbon Dioxide Out Of Sea Water Has Multiple Red Flags

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:15:52 +0000

In recent months I’ve returned to the overlapping subjects of geoengineering and carbon capture, both of which I’d mostly satisfied myself about years ago. Both, however, are re-ascending the hype scale and at least for aspects of geoengineering, my curiosity was unsatisfied.

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10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Awarded for Plans To Develop Clean-Energy-Focused Partnerships

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:57:10 +0000

Phase 1 of the HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize Awards $100,000 to HBCUs To Develop Next Generation of Clean Energy … [continued]

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Cutting-Edge Grid Planning Tools Drive India’s Distributed Energy Future

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:50:41 +0000

Grid Analysts Kapil Duwadi and Erik Pohl Discuss NREL’s Role Assisting India With Distributed Energy Resource Integration Kapil Duwadi and … [continued]

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In California, NREL Helps Kern County Embrace Clean Energy in Partnership With Community Colleges

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 03:50:28 +0000

For more than 100 years, Kern County, California, has relied on energy (oil and gas) and agricultural production to stimulate … [continued]

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