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2 More Western Utilities Move to Close Coal Plants Early, Shifting to Renewables and Storage

GreenTechMedia

Alongside a big boost in its energy efficiency efforts, TEP says the plan would allow it to avoid building any new natural gas plants. That target will make use of the roughly 25 percent of its capacity provided by the Palo Verde nuclear power plant, as well as 45 percent renewable energy, largely solar power.

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Treasury Department Announces Second Round of Section 48C Tax Credit for Clean Energy Manufacturing Facilities

38 North Solutions

Expired since 2013, the law provides $10 billion in credits for qualifying advanced energy projects, $4 billion of which must be allocated projects located in energy communities. For round two, the Treasury Department is making $6 billion available, with $2.5 billion set aside for projects in energy communities.

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EU Scientists and Politicians Clash Over Gas and Nuclear as ‘Sustainable’ Investments

DeSmogBlog

It’s a “green investment guidebook,” said Henry Eviston, spokesperson on sustainable finance at WWF European Policy Office. It emphasised the need to “recognize the transitional and enabling role of natural gas,” referring to two of the taxonomy’s three categories. And that is exactly what is happening for fossil gas.”.

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The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Renewable Energy World

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. This drop happened thanks to policy, market and technology drivers. And 46 U.S. About the Authors.

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Is Florida’s proposed infrastructure law anti-EV or pro-competition?

Charged

This progress is not the result of any particular pro-EV policies of the state government. In 2015, California enacted a law that allowed utilities to have a central role in rolling out infrastructure, but included measures designed to protect independent charging operators. The Florida charging bill may not become law this year.

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PJM’s Compliance Plan Doesn’t End FERC Order’s Threat to Renewables, Experts Say

GreenTechMedia

That doesn’t mean, however, that renewable energy groups and states pursuing clean energy policies now support the broader changes that FERC’s December order has forced on PJM, including the controversial minimum offer price rule (MOPR). in ways that could lead to FERC's order being overturned.

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Think tank outlines possible clean energy industrial strategy for the UK

Envirotec Magazine

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. With the right national policies, this shift could also spur a reindustrial revolution.