Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 18, 2021

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast of episode 127 of the Building Local Power Podcast , host John Farrell speaks with guest Jean Su. Farrell and Su discuss how legal advocacy for energy democracy can overcome utility barriers to a renewable energy economy. Originally published at ILSR.org.

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Canary Media

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Canary thanks Lunar Energy for its support of the column. Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) recently bragged about signing a law that bars…

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2020

How cities can influence the energy system. cities and counties transition to clean energy for their own operations and communities, many are finding that stakeholders and policies beyond their jurisdictions affect their ability to purchase clean energy. Heather House. Wed, 08/12/2020 - 00:45.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

The many faces of energy resilience. This series explores how clean energy can deliver on finance and corporate social and governance goals alongside climate and environmental benefits. Large corporate energy buyers and utilities, in particular, hold the opportunity to build better and make things right. Michelle Moore.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 30, 2020

VICTORIA—Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government putting in place regulations as part of its Zero-Emission Vehicles Act that will require automakers to sell a growing percentage of electric vehicles in the province: “While electric vehicle sales in B.C.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been awarded to 20 companies across 12 states for extracting and processing lithium and graphite, battery manufacturing and the demonstration of new approaches. The DOE has announced that a total of $2.8

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NRDC onEarth

MAY 26, 2023

New state laws in MD and VA will lower spiking electric bills for those least able to afford them, through better-designed home energy efficiency improvements.

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Canary Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Canary Media’s Down to the Wire column tackles the more complicated challenges of decarbonizing our energy systems. California may be one of the first states to face the risk of its power grid growing too slowly to support the surging adoption of electric vehicles, heat pumps and more — but it won’t be the last. …

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The territory's new energy policy became law earlier this year — and regulators are deciding what mix of renewables it has.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

Leading energy firms call on Brussels to deliver 2050 net zero target 'across all policy areas', as nearly 100 suppliers pledge to better engage customers with the energy transition. This predictability would be enhanced by setting an intermediate target in 2040 aligned with EU's climate action framework.".

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The first Contracts for Difference (CfD) have been awarded for geothermal energy in what seems to be a major milestone for home-grown power and heat in the UK. GEL’s flagship site at United Downs is the first geothermal project in the UK, forecast to deliver electricity by 2025. ” * Gluyas et al.,

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 29, 2019

VICTORIA—Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statements in response to the B.C. It’s a win-win for commuters, but British Columbians have had a tough time finding electric cars on dealership lots and often have had to go on long waiting lists. “A s electric car supply problem, available here.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Colorado Energy Office is set to launch the Geothermal Energy Grant Program later this year, likely no later than the 14th of November. Earlier this year, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the framework for new state regulatory approvals that enable expanded power generation from geothermal resources.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

billion in funding today to upgrade the US’s aging electric grid, the largest investment to date in the grid. The money, which comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will go to 58 different projects across 44 states. Stressed power grids need the money badly, both to prevent blackouts and bring more clean energy online.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) on the road, having seen a remarkable 70% jump in charge points over the past year, figures that seem to demonstrate the substantial impact of the government’s ongoing efforts to expand the charging infrastructure network. The UK now has one publicly accessible charge point for every 11.2

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Energy Central

MAY 24, 2022

trillion in funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) contains substantial opportunities for innovators, cleantech businesses, community organizations, and local governments across the U.S. Our first entry into the Breaking Down the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law blog series provided an overview of.

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Charged

JUNE 21, 2022

Governor Jared Polis of Colorado has signed SB 193 into law, providing $65 million for an electric school bus grant program. The state will award funding to school districts to help finance, purchase and maintain electric school buses, and to install charging infrastructure.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Biomass power stations, such as Drax in northern England, burn wood pellets to generate electricity – which is treated in the EU and UK as a renewable energy source if the process meets certain sustainability criteria. non-profit tracking biomass, who authored the comments, told DeSmog.

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Energy Central

MARCH 2, 2022

Two big Bills designed to fix Virginia’s broken electric power system have cleared the first legislative hurdle, on the road to becoming law. Both of these Virginia House Bills were approved by the cognizant Subcommittee of the House Commerce and Energy Committee. VCEA foolishly mandates the complete.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A new report from Cornwall Insight and national law firm Weightmans on the co-location of energy assets, entitled “ Co-location, co-location, co-location” , has laid out the significant cost savings of using one grid connection for multiple renewable generation or storage assets.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

President Biden’s Department of Transportation and Department of Energy announced $5 billion towards a program that aims to build out a network of 500,000 electric vehicle chargers across the nation, an investment out of the recently passed infrastructure law.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Ambitious draft climate law would immediately ban new oil, gas and coal projects and end subsidies for fossil fuels. The draft law, which parliament must still approve, follows the Spanish government's declaration of a climate emergency earlier this year. per cent over the next decade.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In a year when clean energy and clean vehicle jobs were supposed to increase by some 175,000, we are down by half a million jobs. On this episode of The Energy Gang, we will tell you why, and explain the numbers. Then: Did New Jersey just pass the most sweeping environmental justice law in the country? Bloomberg : Most U.S.

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Global Renewable News

APRIL 30, 2024

The Office of Electricity (OE) today (April 30) announced a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting feedback on a proposed Blue Sky Training Program (BSTP) to train first responders, law enforcement.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

GreenPower Motor Company , a manufacturer of electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, has cut the ribbon at its new South Charleston, West Virginia manufacturing facility. It is expected to begin operations in September, and by next year it will have a production capacity of up to 150 electric school buses per quarter.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Eleni Diamantopoulou is Practice Development Lawyer (Energy) at Womble Bond Dickinson. Eleni Diamantopoulou writes The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. By putting in place the enabling primary legislation that bridges legal gaps, creates new laws, or brings clarity to existing laws.

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Charged

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Bidirectional electric school buses are such a good idea, they almost sound too good to be true. US Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has introduced legislation that aims to promote electric school buses and V2G technology.

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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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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

German government proposes new goal to slash emissions 65 per cent against 1990 levels by the end of the decade, as revamped French climate law moves forward. Reuters reported reforms to German's climate law to enshrine the new targets could go to Cabinet as early as next week.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 31, 2020

As laboratories of democracy, states deserve a victory lap for enacting renewable portfolio standards (RPS) that have helped transform our electricity system. With this mission accomplished, a growing number of states have decided to up their ante and adopt 100 percent Clean Energy Standards (CES). Puerto Rico, and the U.S.

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Energy Central

MAY 1, 2023

State officials have blamed funding and logistical obstacles for delaying the rollout of the new incentives that were created as part of a 2022 state climate law. If you would like to support us please make.

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Front And Centered

JUNE 7, 2023

( Print Version ) In a win for climate and health, WA’s utility commission requires Puget Sound Energy to do more to ensure clean energy implementation plan is equitable Clean energy and environmental justice advocates sought and won sweeping changes to the state’s largest utility’s four-year plan.

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Canary Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On Friday, the Department of Energy announced that it has selected nine proposals for long-duration energy storage test projects to receive a collective $325 million in funding. The money, mostly allocated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law , will go entirely to projects that can deliver stored electricity for a…

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Crypto miners have successfully blocked the Department of Energy’s (DOE) survey of Bitcoin’s energy consumption in the US. There’s some early evidence that Bitcoin mining has already affected the US energy system. Industry groups were quick to challenge the move in court.

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Charged

MAY 23, 2022

This 500 big ones represents the first round of funding from the $5-billion investment authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This historic investment under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will forever transform school bus fleets across the United States,” said EPA Administrator Michael S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Read time: 10 mins The electric utility sector is largely lagging when it comes to responding to the climate emergency, both in terms of rapidly slashing globe-warming emissions and planning for climate impacts like increasingly extreme weather.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

GreenPower Motor Company has signed a lease/purchase agreement for a manufacturing facility in South Charleston, West Virginia, where it will produce electric school buses. West Virginia has shown us that it is a pro-business state that has a workforce ready to take advantage of clean energy jobs. Source: GreenPower.

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