Dive Brief: A bipartisan coalition of 25 governors organized as the U.S. Climate Alliance on Thursday committed to increase heat pump installations across their states to 20 million by the end of […]
Record 13% of Eastern Interconnect capacity failed in Winter Storm Elliott: FERC, NERC
A record-setting 90.5 GW, or 13% of the generating capacity in the Eastern Interconnection — the grid system covering two-thirds of the U.S. — failed to run or operated at reduced capacity during Winter […]
China’s Coal Imports From Russia And Australia Soar
China is importing record volumes of coal, with purchases from Australia and Russia at multi-year highs, as Chinese authorities focus on boosting energy security and the economy amid the worsening quality of […]
Ecuador has continued to expand use of hydroelectric power
Hydropower has played a key and growing role in Ecuador’s electricity mix by displacing fossil fuels and helping meet higher domestic electricity demand. In 2011, hydroelectric power accounted for 55% of the […]
Retrofits can cut office building emissions by up to 70%: Schneider Electric
Dive Brief: Retrofitting office buildings with its digitized building and power-management systems, and replacing fossil fuel heating sources with electric and renewable energy, can slash carbon emissions by up to 70%, according […]
A final blow to fossil fuels? Environment embedded in grid rules
The Australian Energy Market Commission says it will get to work applying an emissions reduction objective to its rule-making and review processes, setting in motion what has been described as the most […]
EU Sets 11.7 Percent Cut in Energy Consumption by 2030
The European Union has formally published an energy efficiency directive mandating member countries to curb energy consumption by 11.7 percent by 2030 relative to projections for 2020. The directive published in the […]
Utility says California needs US$370 billion for grids and generation to meet net zero
AB 1279 calls for a feasibility report by 2035, but Edison claims that its findings show feasibility issues which must be taken into account before that date. The Countdown to 2045: Realizing […]
The United States surpassed two million on-road light-duty electric vehicles in 2021
In 2021, the number of U.S. registered light-duty electric vehicles (EV) on the roads reached 2.13 million vehicles, a sharp increase from the less than 100,000 EVs on the roads in 2012, […]
Space-Based Solar Power Is a Possible Alternative Energy Source
Space-based solar power, once a topic for science fiction, is gaining interest. via NYT > Business > Energy & Environment https://ift.tt/DNjn4Ve
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