Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. The federal government has released a new paper, Powering Canada Forward , which lays out the federal government’s vision for a 100% clean power grid by 2035.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Kowalski, Energy News Network. Energy Harbor’s announced closing of the Sammis plant means solar projects in Ohio’s regulatory pipeline already exceed the coal power that will remain after 2028. In 2011, the United States generated less than 2 million megawatt-hours of electricity from solar power.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Although the proposed ‘all-source’ procurement would allow existing natural gas-fired peaker plants to compete, it could also open a massive new market for renewable energy, energy storage, demand response and other preferred alternatives to fossil fuels. Fitch wrote in Thursday’s proposed decision.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Plans for Europe's biggest gas-fired power station have cleared a major hurdle after the UK's High Court today rejected claims the government acted unlawfully in giving the North Yorkshire project the go-ahead, despite concerns it could undermine the UK's net zero emissions goal. We will consider an appeal.".

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Thanks to the rapid decline of coal generation and the growth of wind and solar power, the electric grid is quickly getting cleaner. Building-sector emissions, on the other hand, remain largely unchanged despite energy efficiency gains. gas system each year. Gas Infrastructure Spending Is Rising Rapidly.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

It also argued wind and solar power would be more cost-effective for bill payers compared to new gas power capacity. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) welcomed the Court of Appeal's ruling yesterday. "As

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

It allowed the state to “remedy discrimination against, or under-representations of, disadvantaged groups as documented in a valid disparity study or proven court of law.” This affects not only issues like education, but the states policies and resource allocations related to issues like climate, energy and the environment.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 27, 2024

The federal funding WVU researchers received to pursue their clean hydrogen projects is part of funds authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law , a law designated to support research aimed at slashing the costs of producing clean H2 to $1 per kilogram. Department of Energy (DOE) grants totaling $15.8

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Duke Energy might not have been chosen by the Department of Energy for one of its seven hydrogen hubs, but this isn’t stopping the utility from moving forward with its own green hydrogen experiment. At an existing power plant in Volusia County, Florida, Duke Energy plans to produce, store and use green H2.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Patrick Parenteau , Vermont Law School and Rachel Stevens , Vermont Law School. The Biden Administration has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help Puerto Rico transition to a greener and more resilient energy future, but it’s on the verge of making a multibillion-dollar mistake. Power is expensive and unreliable.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Appalachian Power issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for up to 1,000 MW of wind and 100 MW of solar generation resources with optional battery energy-storage systems. The RFP is its largest to date for wind energy resources. Solar project bidders may also include an option for a battery-energy storage system.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system. and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. has also become more energy efficient since 2005, thanks to policies and technology improvements.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 14, 2020

To recap, the carbon footprint of hydrogen production from natural gas in a steam methane reformer (SMR) is higher than from directly burning the natural gas. However, the laws of thermodynamics require that it always takes more energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen than you can obtain from the hydrogen.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 17, 2021

Climate advocates believe this is a significant turning point for the Interior, creating a pathway for private sector collaboration in the agency’s efforts to decarbonize and bolster federal production of renewable energy. . energy , including 12 percent of its natural gas, 24 percent of its oil and 43 percent of its coal.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 5, 2024

Department of Energy has finalized a rule banning fossil fuels from new and renovated federal buildings. The Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings Rule, mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, mandates a phased reduction in fossil fuel usage in these buildings.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 5, 2020

utility group Dominion Energy agreed Sunday to sell most of its natural gas business and abandon its multi-billion dollar Atlantic Coast Pipeline project with Duke Energy meant to supply its home-state market of Virginia. a natural gas utility serving Utah. gigawatts of energy storage over the next 15 years.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

Xcel Energy, which spans eight states in the center of the continent, kicked off the trend in late 2018. It was joined by Duke Energy , New Jersey-based PSEG , DTE Energy and more. In 30 years, techologies like green hydrogen, natural gas with carbon capture, or seasonal energy storage could be ready to go, Guldner said.

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Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 9, 2020

May Cleantech Roundup: COVID & EVs | Enormous Storage Investments | Scooter Consolidation | Insanely Cheap Solar Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. An interesting factor with gas utilities is how they frame the future.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Solar is a new technology to be able to do so.". I've always been an energy nerd and I just knew that was my place. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 17, 2021

Climate advocates believe this is a significant turning point for the Interior, creating a pathway for private sector collaboration in the agency’s efforts to decarbonize and bolster federal production of renewable energy. energy , including 12 percent of its natural gas, 24 percent of its oil and 43 percent of its coal.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

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 that still rely on coal and natural gas for most of their generation capacity. All but one call for new natural gas plants.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

By Elizabeth Ouzts, Energy News Network. But the debate over controversial energy legislation in North Carolina shows how companies like DuPont, Chemours, and Georgia Pacific are increasingly aligned with environmental groups on utility policy. The reason, of course, is that renewable energy prices have plummeted.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 Summaries of the energy provisions included in the bill were provided by the office of Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York), and Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. “Solar is a new technology to be able to do so.” “I’ve always been an energy nerd and I just knew that was my place.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage and in-state solar and wind power.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

Last year saw major carbon-free targets set by utilities like Duke Energy and Xcel Energy ; this week, Arizona's APS made its own carbon-free pledge in a state without big climate legislation on the books. NextEra Energy: America's renewables behemoth. NextEra got into the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Over the course of the year, previous entrants such as Xcel Energy , Duke Energy and National Grid were joined by utilities including Dominion Energy , Southern Company , Arizona Public Service , Ameren , Entergy , Consumers Energy , Alliant Energy , Public Service Enterprise Group and even FirstEnergy.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

But figures like Morano may be gaining ground in a larger mission: twisting public opinion against renewable energy in other would-be host communities. Marc Morano, a prominent climate change denier, spoke at the Heartland Institute’s “America First Energy Conference” in 2018. But at the local level, challenges are mounting.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2020

energy sector by 2035, but it’s still a lofty target that will require a radical reconfiguration of the country’s generation and transmission system to achieve. Others are part of a broader agenda from clean energy groups and states with carbon reduction mandates. grid to reach 50 percent renewables by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, want grid operator New England ISO to give renewable energy a bigger role and fossil-fuel-fired generators a smaller one. Capacity market rules take a toll. Tuesday’s letter takes up three ISO-NE policies for specific critique.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

President Joe Biden hit the ground running Wednesday, with plans to sign a raft of executive orders meant to start the process of reversing Trump administration environmental and energy regulations and set the groundwork of what will be the federal government’s most aggressive effort to date to combat climate change.

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