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Renewable Energy Made Up 62.7% of Germany’s Electricity in 2024

Renewable Energy Made Up 62.7% of Germany’s Electricity in 2024

Renewables are now making up a majority of the net public electricity generation in Germany, according to a new report by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE). As Fraunhofer ISE reported, renewable energy sources accounted for 62.7% of the net public electricity generated in Germany in 2024. Wind energy made up the […]

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    Biden-Harris Admin Announces $428M for Former Coal Communities to Expand Clean Energy Manufacturing

    Biden-Harris Admin Announces $428M for Former Coal Communities to Expand Clean Energy Manufacturing

    The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Tuesday $428 million in grant funding for the building and expansion of green energy manufacturing in communities where coal mines have recently been decommissioned. The 14 projects in 15 United States coal communities were chosen by DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) and […]

    Biden-Harris Admin to Invest $7.3B in Rural Clean Energy Projects Across 23 States

    Biden-Harris Admin to Invest $7.3B in Rural Clean Energy Projects Across 23 States

    On a visit to Wisconsin Thursday, President Joe Biden announced $7.3 billion in financing for 16 rural clean energy projects to be directed by rural electric cooperatives through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. The combination of New ERA and other Inflation Reduction Act-funded rural green energy projects comprise the biggest rural electrification investment […]

    Solar Power and Battery Storage Lead New Utility-Scale Electricity in U.S. for First Half of 2024

    Solar Power and Battery Storage Lead New Utility-Scale Electricity in U.S. for First Half of 2024

    According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, the country has installed 20.2 gigawatts utility-scale electric generating capacity from January through June 2024. Of the newly installed generating capacity, solar and battery storage have taken the lead. The report determined that new solar utility-scale operations made up the largest […]

    G7 Nations Agree to End Coal Use by 2035, With Caveats

    G7 Nations Agree to End Coal Use by 2035, With Caveats

    Energy ministers of the Group of Seven largest economies in the developed world — Germany, France, Canada, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States — have announced an agreement to permanently close coal-fired power plants by 2030 to 2035, or on a timeline that supports the global heating limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius […]