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Media brief: The impact of clean stimulus measures on the U.S. economy following the 2008 downturn

Clean Energy Canada

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, introduced in early 2009, increased GDP 2% to 3% above what it would have been and supported over 6 million job-years (a full-time job for one year) from 2009 to 2012. including California and Texas, solar and wind power is cheaper than natural gas and coal. Impact on emissions.

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

Renewable Energy World

Notable clean energy statistics from the pandemic year include: Power Generation. Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand.

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Smart Wires Looks to Ease Transmission Grid’s Mounting Challenges with Digital Controls

GreenTechMedia

Smart Wires is one of a handful of companies developing digital power flow control systems that could revolutionize how power grids function, compared to the mostly electromechanical system in place today. Deployments in Europe, Australia to test power flow capabilities. In the U.K.,

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. And, with more transmission, the large wind resources in the center of the country can send electricity toward both coasts. Innovations that make 100% clean power possible.

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Dynamic Line Rating: Expanding Transmission Grid Capacity for Clean Energy

GreenTechMedia

Belgian grid operator Elia has been testing it since 2008, and results indicate the 5 to 20 percent increase in ratings it can discover can improve market dispatch cost-effectiveness and increase integration and reduce curtailment of solar and wind power, according to a 2020 report from International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

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Climate-Science Deniers, Right-Wing Think Tanks, and Fossil Fuel Shills Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition

DeSmogBlog

From his perch at Climate Depot , the blog he’s run since 2009, Morano has elevated fake climate experts, encouraged the harassment of real climate scientists , and promoted the myth of “global cooling.” It’s not just offshore wind at risk either.

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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.