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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. power in 2020.

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Can Joe Biden Decarbonize The U.S. Power Sector By 2035?

R-Squared Energy

This is notable because it would actually boost the demands on the power sector, which will increase the challenges of decarbonizing the sector. He didn’t mention nuclear power or carbon sequestration in this speech, but his website does mention them among four specific goals designed to decarbonize the power sector.

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The Inflation Reduction Act is signed into law

Smart Energy International

The Inflation Reduction Act stands to devote $369 billion to clean energy incentives , energy efficiency, green fuels, and more— actions researchers say could bring the US in line with its Paris Agreement goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2005 levels. This article was originally published on Power Grid.

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