47 Scientists: World Should Go 100% Renewable Electricity By 2030
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:04:55 +0000
And 100% renewable energy no later than 2035.
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What’s It Like For Communities Slowly Transitioning To Renewables?
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:35:33 +0000
In this interview with Pennsylvania County Executive, Rich Fitzgerald (D), we discuss regional progress toward shifting the full energy landscape away from fossil fuels.
Read moreSmiles From University In Norway As It Responds To Will Ferrell & GM Super Bowl Ad
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:50:09 +0000
It’s a bit past the Super Bowl. Yet, it is not too late to smile again at the cultural insights creatively prompted by Will Ferrell and GM’s Super Bowl ad for electric vehicles. Maybe I should prepare you a bit for the University of Agder’s response in Norway. What do the Super Bowl, electric cars, […]
Read moreForecast: Solar Power Over 50% of US Power Capacity Growth in Next 3 Years
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 02:36:22 +0000
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expects that slightly more than 50% of new US power capacity in the next 3 years will come from solar power — and that’s just considering large-scale solar power projects, not small-scale/rooftop solar power installations. According to FERC’s January 2021 to December 2023 forecast for power capacity additions, […]
Read moreUS Power Capacity Changes from 2010 to 2020 — CleanTechnica Charts
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 04:02:19 +0000
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 […]
Read moreBitcoin, Tesla, Electricity Usage, And A Mea Culpa
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:47:35 +0000
Mea Culpa: Bitcoin Isn’t Going Away And Neither Is Its Electricity Usage
Read moreRenewables = 23% of US Electricity in November 2020
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 04:50:20 +0000
While renewable energy has been dominating new power capacity in the United States (see: 77–80% Of New US Power Capacity Came From Solar & Wind In 2020), it takes a long time to shift the giant electricity grid, which some have called the biggest machine in the country. Even so, month after month, renewable energy’s […]
Read more77–80% of New US Power Capacity Came from Solar & Wind in 2020
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 03:20:02 +0000
According to new data from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) — data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC — solar power and wind power accounted for 77.1% of new utility-scale power capacity in the United States in 2020 (chart above). Adding in a CleanTechnica estimate for rooftop […]
Read more100% of New US Power Capacity Came from Solar & Wind in November
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:17:39 +0000
Matching the result in October 2020, November 2020 saw 100% of new US power capacity coming from wind and solar power, according to data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The figures exclude rooftop solar power, but 100% is 100% either way. Overall, in the first 11 months of 2020, solar and wind power […]
Read moreMorocco Aims For 50% Renewable Energy By 2030
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:55:31 +0000
Renewable energy creates about 35% of Morocco’s electricity needs, according to data from 2019. But the country is aiming to do much better
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