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

Renewable Energy World

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. Notable clean energy statistics from the pandemic year include: Power Generation. power in 2020. Natural gas demand dipped 0.8%

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Massive Senate Energy Bill Falters

GreenTechMedia

Murkowski, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, called it “our best chance to modernize our nation's energy policies in more than 12 years,” or since the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. Grid modernization. industry and jobs. Energy storage.

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Sweeping Senate Energy Bill Could Come to a Vote This Week

GreenTechMedia

Murkowski, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, called it “our best chance to modernize our nation's energy policies in more than 12 years,” or since the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. Grid modernization. industry and jobs. Energy storage.