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SEIA and Partners Balancing Boom in Solar with Need for Conservation

Major solar developers, conservation groups, agricultural organizations, environmental and environmental justice groups, and tribal entities have announced an agreement to advance large-scale U.S. solar development while...

Climate Change Impact on Solar Production Underestimated

Climate and energy analytics company Sunairio recently conducted a study and found that climate change is increasingly impacting solar energy generation in the United...

CEQ Proposes Rule to Modernize Environmental Reviews

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has released its Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule, a proposed rule that includes streamlining of permitting...

Solar Materials Recycling Facility to Serve Southwest

When fully operational, Mycrogrid Materials Recycling (MMR) is expected be the largest solar panel recycling facility in the Southwest, assisting California and Arizona in...

ETC Sets Out Actions Needed to Reduce Renewable Energy Deployment Delays

In its latest global Insights Briefing, “Streamlining planning and permitting to accelerate wind and solar deployment”, the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) highlights how governments,...

Site Map Helps Companies Identify Low-Impact Renewable Energy Possibilities

The Nature Conservancy has publicly released a map to help companies and communities identify the most promising places in the central U.S. to quickly...

New Software Predicts Extreme Weather Events, Power Production

DNV, a provider of advisory,  monitoring, verification and certification services for the energy value chain, says it has generated and analyzed 20,000 years of...

Renewable Sector Faces Increasing Loss Due to Extreme Weather

Extreme weather events that fall outside of traditionally modeled natural catastrophe (Nat Cat) definitions - including hailstorms, wildfires and extreme cold - are continuing...

Biden Restores the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan

The U.S. Department of Interior has revoked amendments to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) filed by the Trump administration last month. "We are...

Amazon Becomes Largest Corporate Purachaser of Renewables

Amazon has invested in 26 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects totaling 3.4 GW of electricity production capacity, bringing its total investment in...

SCE: California Grid Needs to Adapt to Realize Clean Energy Future

Fundamental changes in how the electric power grid is planned, designed, built and operated are necessary to meet future challenges. These challenges are created...

New York Power Authority Approves the VISION2030 Energy Roadmap

The New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) board of trustees has approved a new strategic plan, VISION2030, which provides a roadmap for transforming the state’s...

New Alliance Formed to Support Low-Carbon Solar Energy

Renewable energy companies from a diverse cross-section of the solar industry have joined together to launch the Ultra Low-Carbon Solar Alliance. The alliance will work...

Terracon Enhances Site-Selection Tool

Consulting and engineering firm Terracon says it has further enhanced Stage1, a site-selection tool, to now include environmental and geotechnical condition assessment.  Stage1 combines Terracon's...

Cuomo Proposes Regulations to Speed up Renewable Siting, Construction

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the availability of proposed regulations that would implement the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act.  The draft...

Northam Steers Virginia Towards a Clean Economy

Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which establishes bold energy efficiency standards and provides a pathway for new investments in...

Mayors’ Letter to Congress Urges Tax Credit Extensions

A bipartisan coalition of 64 mayors, representing cities in 25 states across the country, have joined with Environment America to call on Congress to...

Biden Unveils Plan to Combat Climate Change

In a recent speech, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden unveiled his plans to steer the U.S. toward a carbon-free future. In order to curb climate...

NREL: No Plans to Manage PV Modules at End of Lifespan

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have conducted the first global assessment into the most promising approaches to end-of-life management for solar...

IHS Markit: Oil and Gas Operations Turn to Renewables

Oil and gas companies are starting to utilize zero-carbon sources to reduce carbon emissions associated with operations, according to a new database and analysis...

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