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Graph: The Enormous Increase in US Manufacturing Construction from Biden’s Green New Deal Policies

November 29, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, Democrats, Electric vehicles, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, Manufacturing, Republicans, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:58:04 +0000

Democrats couldn’t say it, because “Green New Deal” supposedly became some kind of tainted and negative phrase (I’ll save my rant on how to win messaging battles like this for another day), but the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law combined to really basically become the “Green New Deal” … [continued]

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New Study Examines the Impacts of Wind Turbines on Our Visual Landscape

November 29, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:37:36 +0000

Between 70% and 90% of Americans support using wind energy. One study that examined decades of national popular acceptance of wind energy makes that claim. However, local opposition to wind-generating projects can occasionally (or often) impede them, partly due to people’s perceptions of turbines once they are coming near. Over … [continued]

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North Carolina Republicans Aren’t Worried About Cuts To Clean Energy

November 29, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, conservatives for clean energy, Electric vehicles, ev subsidies, ev tax credit, inflation reduction act of 2022., North Carolina, policy & politics, Republicans, Solar energy, us ev tax credit, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:09:23 +0000

The Conservatives For Clean Energy are convinced they will be able to talk sense to the incoming administration. Good luck with that.

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Massachusetts’ Climate Law Will Limit Gas Pipeline Expansion, Ease Siting For Renewables

November 29, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, clean power, Massachusetts, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:33:50 +0000

Globally, October 2024 was nominally the second warmest October since directly measured instrumental records began in 1850. Some US states are in a state of denial about the climate crisis and its effects on everyday citizens. Others are charging head-on into establishing policies and legislation that will address the shift … [continued]

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US Grid Operators Kept the Lights on This Summer with More Solar, Storage, & Wind

November 28, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, demand response, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), Energy Storage, ercot, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, Solar energy, solar panels, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:21:14 +0000

The demand for electricity is generally at its peak during summer afternoons, when many people use their air conditioners. Until this year, the bulk power system — the network of generators and transmission lines — met this demand through hydropower and fossil fuel generation. What a shift this past summer … [continued]

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Undersea Pods Deployed For Energy Efficient Desalination

November 26, 2024 admin California, clean power, desalination, desalination plants, Energy, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, oceanwell, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, seawater, usa, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 03:49:59 +0000

The US startup OceanWell is developing undersea “water farms” that leverage water pressure to operate an energy efficient desalination system.

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Sometimes the Sun Don’t Shine … Enough

November 26, 2024 admin aemo, agl, agl energy, Australia, australia solar energy, australian energy market operator (aemo), clean power, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:55:14 +0000

It’s been a miserable rainy week with loads of cloud cover here in Brisbane, Queensland. And you know what, the naysayers were right, sometimes the sun don’t shine. Or at least, doesn’t shine enough. This week, for the first time in months, I have had to use grid power to … [continued]

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Renewable Energy Investors Are Gearing Up For Another Big Year

November 25, 2024 admin clean power, coal retirements, community solar, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, Manufacturing, Massachusetts, offshore wind energy, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:53:13 +0000

Renewable energy stakeholders are getting an assist from coal producers, the community solar trend, overseas investors, and the IRA, too.

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Texas Sends A Renewable Energy Love Letter To Massachusetts…And Sweden

November 24, 2024 admin agrivoltaics, apex clean energy, clean power, green economy, policy & politics, power purchase agreement (ppa), Solar energy, texas, texas solar, texas solar energy, texas solar power, usa, vppa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:30:00 +0000

A climate action consortium in Massachusetts deployed renewable energy credits to support a new 208-megawatt solar project in Texas.

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What Will Happen To The Clean Hydrogen Hubs Now?

November 23, 2024 admin ammonia, Belgium, Canada, clean hydrogen, clean power, clean transport, edf group, Energy, Estonia, France, GERMANY, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen economy, renewable energy, Solar energy, uniper, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:09:50 +0000

The US green hydrogen industry is poised for rapid growth with an assist from the new $7 billion Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program, if all goes according to plan.

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