Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

RE+ 2022 in Anaheim, California, was a frenzied flood of people and products and a glimpse of the clean-energy future expedited by the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Winners include manufacturing, up 133% from 2022, and emerging climate technologies that saw a whopping 10x jump to $4.3bn. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!  of dollars put to work.  

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

GEL has already drilled two geothermal wells for the United Downs Deep Geothermal Project (UDDGP) – a production well that is 5275 meters deep, and a reinjection well that is 2393 meters deep. This is enough to produce around 250,000 electric vehicle batteries for an average sized car*. GEL was recently awarded £1.8m

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Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Washington passed 100% clean electricity into law earlier this year, and with public input government agencies are currently drafting rules to guide utilities on how to comply with the law by phasing out fossil fuel emissions and integrating equity in their service models. 100% Clean Energy by 2045 is now the law in Washington!

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Charged

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Over the last decade, Phoenix Contact has invested in new business fields as well, with a future vision of an all-electric society through the transformation of the mobility sector to electric mobility. In the beginning of 2022, Phoenix Contact established a new team within the U.S. E-MOBILITY CHARGING COMPONENTS.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. For example, the UK has the Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Department. Why industrial strategy?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A consultation setting out plans for a mandatory digital waste tracking service in the UK was launched on 21 January 2022. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. You can find the consultation which closes on 15 April 2022 on SEPA’s consultation hub.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 10, 2022

This includes the GDPR in Europe and various state-level laws in the US,” comments Phil Beecher, President and CEO of the Wi-SUN Alliance. Security and surveillance was cited as the most popular IoT initiative in 2022, with most very likely or definitely planning to deploy the technology in the next 12-18 months.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2023

Proposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms drafted after closed-door meetings with industry contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug resistant bacteria, campaigners have warned. Civil society groups were not invited.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

Property developers in three west London boroughs have been told of limitations on new building because the local electricity infrastructure cannot cope, with part of the blame being placed on data centres. Developers in three west London boroughs are being told to limit new building because the grid is full to capacity.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In June, Public Health Watch, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and Grist published a year-long investigation about pollution, power, and politics in the Texas petrochemical industry. And those in power, especially at the state level, need to know.”. But the data from the monitors confirmed her worst fears.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 23, 2022

Although potentially providing significant avenues for energy savings and prosumer capability, such products attract potential data security and privacy risks. The regulation was published on 12 January 2022. And where compliance is concerned, manufacturers must observe cyber security standards and regulations as well as national laws.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

On offer were a raft of clean tech innovations, from the latest smart home gizmos through to the world's most powerful e-bikes and e-scooters. Bladder-power underwater energy storage.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our legislative priorities aim to transform our energy and transportation systems to provide equitable access to affordable and renewable power and transportation on our path toward a Just Transition. . Energy Justice for All – HB 1490. Energy for All ( HB 1490 ), championed by Rep. Check back for more information.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

California regulators have approved a microgrid plan directing $200 million to help communities build networks that can supply power through the state’s extended wildfire-prevention blackouts, a task expected to take years to move from planning to completing its first projects. Slow progress on microgrid policy.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2024

In a post from her official X account on Tuesday, Claire Coutinho, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), endorsed the “persistence” of Howard Cox , director of the FairFuelUK lobby group that campaigns against charges on motorists. FairFuelUK was funded by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) until October 2022.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

On February 15, 2022, the White House announced important actions in furtherance of the Biden Administration’s broader decarbonization goals — this time with an eye toward clean domestic manufacturing. By Janice Schneider , Nikki Buffa , and Kevin Homrighausen. Clean Industrial Sector Fact Sheet. Focus on Clean Procurement.

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AutoGrid

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law last week, is a boon for virtual power plants ( VPPs )–a term commonly used to refer to the ability of digital software platforms to aggregate and optimize distributed energy resources ( DER ) through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). By Peter Asmus.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 24, 2023

A geothermal resource exploration activity is planned by the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) of Türkiye within the Agri Province under the AR:40 License which covers a 5400-square meter area. The Hacihalit-1 well is planned to be drilled to a depth of 2750 meters. USD 503,000).

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Senior Manager, Power Origination | Clean Power Alliance | Los Angeles. Clean Power Alliance (CPA) is Southern California’s locally operated non-profit default electricity provider for 32 communities within Los Angeles and Ventura counties and the 5th largest electricity company in the State of California.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 1, 2024

EPA’s action finalizes aggressive emission reduction targets for certain subcategories of fossil fuel-fired power plants, based on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration. This significant new regulation was part of a suite of four power sector rules EPA finalized on the same day. By Stacey L. VanBelleghem , Karl A.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

California has more distributed energy resources than any other state, pressuring it to find ways to integrate them into the grid. That’s the big change enabled by a Rule 21 revision entitled “conditions that allow distributed energy resources to perform while avoiding upgrades.”

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Energy and Cleantech Council

AUGUST 11, 2022

5060 ), titled An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, into law on Thursday August 11, 2022. The law keeps the required procurement total at 5.6 Other provisions include a ban on incentives and rebates from Mass Save related to fossil fuel powered systems, except as backup for electric heat pumps.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

These aging turbines have their rotors swapped out, their blades replaced, and key components like the generator upgraded in order to enhance the machines’ ability to produce electricity from wind. Technicians examine a wind turbine in Tianjin, China, in 2022. This process is known as “repowering.”

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Even the negatives — the politicization of ESG investing and reporting, the economic downturn, the energy crisis created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine — are temporal phenomena, part of the regular ebbs and flows of economics and policy. Overall, it was more positives than negatives. Here are five trends worth noting.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We’re closely monitoring offshore wind activities in the Gulf of Maine. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is responsible for the development of offshore renewable energy in federal waters. Interested in learning about state-led offshore wind efforts in Maine?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

From the infamous 2022 Colonial Pipeline attack (which caused the US government to invoke emergency powers to avoid fuel shortages), to last autumn’s British Library breach and a series of attacks on NHS organisations – incidents are plentiful and painful. An intern shouldn’t have keys to the boardroom.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The EPA’s National Air Toxics Assessment tool is based on weaker monitoring data from a few years back. TCEQ continues to vigilantly evaluate benzene levels at [the Jacintoport] monitor, while encouraging efforts to reduce benzene in this area,” an agency spokesperson said in an email. That’s likely an undercount,” Hopkins said.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That sends a clear political message that the industry “is less powerful and trusted than before,” Nick Caleb, a climate and energy attorney with Breach Collective, told DeSmog. It may signal that fossil fuel companies do not have much of a future powering the state’s economy, Caleb said.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Now that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is in effect, federal agencies are now able to access more funds to address environmental justice concerns. The post EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management Commits to Environmental Justice first appeared on Energy & Climate Counsel.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

For the past several years, Georgia Power has gone to great lengths to skirt the federal rule requiring coal-fired power plants to safely dispose of massive amounts of toxic waste they produced. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Environmental Protection Agency itself.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 29, 2022

The push to sell “blue hydrogen” as a clean energy fuel — which experts have called a misleading rebrand of fossil fuels — hit another setback this month. Climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are bringing new economic headwinds to the gas-derived hydrogen fuel’s prospects. per million British thermal units (MMBtu).

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 1, 2023

Private-sector investment in clean energy is soaring , driven by the Inflation Reduction Act. Read on for opportunities to celebrate and defend the IRA, support the EPA’s power plant rule, and advance market-based climate policy in New York State, and for more good news at the end. Happy Anniversary, Inflation Reduction Act!

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. As the North American program manager for the Climate Group’s EV100 program, Badalian works to get large companies to commit to 100 percent electric mobility by 2030, then helps them replace global fleets with electric vehicles, deploy charging stations and affect government policy.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2021

New homes will be expected to produce 31 percent less carbon dioxide than they do now, according to plans laid out this week , which will require better energy efficiency and being “heat pump ready.” The changes were overdue because of the strain the coronavirus pandemic has placed on government resources. Viridian Solar is a U.K.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JUNE 17, 2022

In the first half of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has moved swiftly toward the first offshore wind lease sales in California , currently anticipated to occur in the fall. BOEM has identified a total of five proposed leases across two areas — the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA) and the Morro Bay WEA.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Timeline and Background The European Commission originally proposed the CSDDD in February 2022, which would require in-scope companies to conduct due diligence on a number of ESG-related issues throughout their supply chain, with failure to do so resulting in possible fines and civil liability.

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