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

Renewable Energy World

The ninth edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook tells the story of American energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy in a volatile year. Figure 2 shows that natural gas and renewable generation continued to expand their share of the resource mix. Natural gas remained the largest source of U.S.

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Study Mission 3.0: Quebec: Airplane reading

Low Carbon Prosperity

Quebec’s emissions have declined 10% since 1990 and 12% since 2005. ” “In 2021, Washington consumed less natural gas than about half of the states, and in 2020, the state used less per capita than all but four other states and the District of Columbia. Quebec’s GHG emissions in 2020 were 76.2 MMT CO2e in 2018 to 21.9

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

In 2005, Jacobson worked with Stanford students to begin mapping regions of the U.S. Their report revealed that by combining wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower sources, California could, theoretically, meet 100% of its electricity demand with WWS. Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson). Collaboration with Students.

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Ameren Missouri Looks to Harness Wind, Solar and Batteries With $7.6B ‘Smart Energy Plan’

GreenTechMedia

gigawatt generation fleet comes from coal-fired power plants, while natural gas makes up about a quarter more, and nuclear power one-tenth. Hydropower provides about 800 megawatts, and its only solar facility, the O’Fallon Renewable Energy Center, has a 5.7-megawatt About half of Ameren Missouri’s existing 10.3-gigawatt

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The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Renewable Energy World

We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. It projected that annual carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector would rise from 2,400 million to 3,000 million metric tons from 2005 to 2020.

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Duke Energy aims to double renewable energy capacity by 2030

Renewable Energy World

"As coal is phased out from our generation profile, it will be replaced with zero-carbon resources and prudent investments in cleaner natural gas," Good said, according to a transcript summary of the call. Duke claims to have already reduced Scope 1 emissions from electricity generation by 44% from 2005 levels.

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New Report Shows Gap Between Utility Carbon Pledges and Climate Change Imperatives

GreenTechMedia

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. utilities are on track to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by 2030 compared to a 2005 baseline, the target needed to prevent global warming beyond 1.5