Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The words of von der Leyen and Timmermans might turn out to be nothing more than mere political rhetoric – a prelude to blaming energy companies for seeking maximum profits during a crisis while they did their best to serve the common good. After all, consumer prices have become much higher than the cost of producing wind and solar power.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 3, 2021

In a recent article for WIRED — The Energy Sector Must Prepare for More Extreme Weather — I detailed some of the primary causes behind the recent power outages in Texas. One aspect I didn’t cover in that article was the political finger-pointing that went on as the incident unfolded.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Renewable energy can be defines as a form of energy derived from the natural sources which cannot be depleted such as wind or solar power. They are the natural energy present in all forms ranging from sunlight, wind, waves, geothermal heat and tides.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

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. ” Wind tax credit impacts. Wind power will also benefit from the tax extensions provided for in the bill.

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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. Dominion also gets more than one-third of its energy from nuclear power.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

This tradeoff is one increasingly being adopted across the Southeast, with Duke Energy’s push into utility-scale solar in its home states of North Carolina and South Carolina following a similar path. Dominion's generation fleet centers around nuclear and gas. Berkshire Hathaway: No two regions the same. Credit: PacifiCorp).

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

.” More recently, Morano has been talking about whales—specifically, the idea that the higher-than-usual number of dead ones washing ashore along the East Coast is the result of President Joe Biden’s push to develop 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the decade.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

For clean energy resources — solar, wind and energy storage — the range of possibilities over the next four years runs from the merely good to the incredible. Renewables will continue to thrive regardless of the final results on November 3, driven by their cost-competitiveness and broad political support, experts say.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

With US power capacity data in for the end of 2020, I thought it would be a good time to see how US power capacity has changed over the past decade. Using data from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, I’ve created two new charts that highlight the shifts that took place over those 10 […].

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We have been publishing monthly US power capacity reports and monthly US electricity generation reports for a long time. Going into 2021, CleanTechnica is taking a look at electricity generation changes over the past decade. However.

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Energy Information Administration (EIA) for newly constructed utility-scale electric generators in the United States, annual capacity-weighted average construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems and onshore wind turbines have continued to decrease. According to 2018 data from the U.S.

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