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New York Awards Offshore Wind Contracts in Bid to Reduce Emissions
This NY Times article discusses how New York Awards Offshore Wind Contracts in Bid to Reduce Emissions.
New York State, which last month passed an ambitious law to reduce the emissions that cause climate change, said Thursday that it had reached an agreement for two large offshore wind projects.
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Trump Makes His Biggest Move Yet to Try to Save Coal Plants
This Bloomberg article discusses how Trump is trying to save coal plants. EPA scales back Obama’s Clean Power Plan curbs on emissions while solar, wind and natural gas have pared U.S. coal demand.
President Donald Trump is scaling back sweeping Obama-era curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants burning […]
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Renewables would displace 86 GW of gas projects in Beyond Carbon campaign
This PV-Magazine article discusses how renewables would displace 86 GW of gas projects in Beyond Carbon campaign.
Solar, wind and storage would take the place of 150 proposed gas-fired generators in a Beyond Carbon campaign launched by Michael Bloomberg and the Sierra Club. Building on the success of the Beyond […]
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DeSmogBlog, June 15, 2019
This blog discusses the following:
Following Carcinogen Data Fiasco, Pressure Grows on Massachusetts to Revoke Enbridge Facility Permit
US Poised to Approve Shipping LNG by Rail for Export With No New Safety Rules
House to Debate Amendment With Big Implications for Expanding Petrochemical Industry
Australia’s Controversial Adani Coal Mine […]
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Report: Renewable Energy Capacity Now Exceeds Coal in U.S.
This Yale Environment 360 article discusses how renewable energy now generates more electricity than coal in the U.S. Renewable energy now generates more electricity in the United States than coal. Solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, and geothermal totaled 21.56 percent of U.S. generating capacity as of April, according to a […]
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AI-Backed Sensors Help Reduce Wind Turbine Risks to Protected Birds
This The Revelator article discusses how AI-Backed Sensors Help Reduce Wind Turbine Risks to Protected Birds. A camera detection system is helping the wind energy industry become safer for protected birds, but the technology is still being refined.
On a Wyoming wind farm there is an unusual addition amid the familiar massive […]
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As coal plants are retired, why isn’t renewable energy replacing it?
This article discusses why, as Coal Retires in PJM, renewables aren’t filling the vacuum. Solar and wind have struggled to compete against a flood of cheap natural gas in the largest U.S. wholesale power market, operated by PJM.
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Study: Impact of Renewables on the Electric Grid
This study, produced in 2014, describes how increased solar and wind energy sources will impact the grid.
Project Overview: At the request of its stakeholders, PJM Interconnection, LLC. (PJM) initiated this study to perform a comprehensive impact assessment of increased penetrations of wind and solar generation resources on the operation […]
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DeSmog Blog – May 16, 2019
This blog discusses multiple environmental issues, including the puzzling deaths of dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico; Oregon’s refusing to allow a LNG terminal to be built over water quality concerns; carcinogens and other pollution at a Boston gas compressor station; attempts by the fossil fuel industry to eliminate the […]
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Cities Pressure TVA to Boost Renewable Energy as Memphis Weighs Breaking Away
This Inside Climate News article discusses how some cities are pressuring TVA to boost renewable energy as Memphis weighs breaking away. Solar and wind supporters see Memphis as a beachhead in their fight to get the federally owned TVA to close coal plants. The city sees a way to […]
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