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Clean energy technology supply chains must get better, faster, cleaner, says report

Envirotec Magazine

A new briefing from think tank organisation the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) argues that the clean energy transition can be delivered on time and at an affordable cost if supply chain risks are minimised by policy and industry action. The supply chains covered in this report are critical to the energy transition.

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IRENA: Green energy-led coronavirus recovery would deliver $98tr boost by 2050

Business Green

The report sees the influential Abu Dhabi-based agency join the UN, the IEA, and a raft of top political and business figures in calling for economic recovery plans to focus on driving more ambitious climate action. The time has come to invest trillions, not into fossil fuels, but into sustainable energy infrastructure.".

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How India’s Renewable Energy Sector Survived and Thrived in a Turbulent 2020

GreenTechMedia

” India’s total installed capacity renewable energy, not including hydropower, currently stands at 90 gigawatts. ” <br /> Tim Buckley explains why 2020 could be a tipping point for fossil fuels in India and around the world on this episode of Political Climate.

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MIT Study: Transmission Is Key to a Low-Cost, Decarbonized US Grid

GreenTechMedia

-wide transmission build-out could also slash the costs of reaching a zero-carbon grid with wind, solar and battery technologies that are cost-effective today. Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S. The incoming Biden-Harris administration’s goal of decarbonizing the U.S.

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Biden’s proposed increase in solar power would remake the US electricity system

Renewable Energy World

Department of Energy that found that solar power could generate up to 45% of the U.S. Rhodes, an energy technology and policy researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, what it would take to meet this target. Why such a heavy focus on solar power? can generate at least some solar power year-round. power grid.

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Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions and Energy R&D Package in Spending Bill Before Congress

GreenTechMedia

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Energy storage will receive $1.08

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Cascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?

Grist

What’s hopeful is that climate policies leaped forward this year in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. What was missing were government policies capable of shoving economic growth onto a track that required less energy from fossil fuels. Or rising prices could fuel a political backlash.