President Joe Biden's administration has a goal of a carbon-free power sector by 2035, in order to fight climate change. To meet that target, the country needs to more than double regional transmission capacity and expand interregional transmission capacity more than fivefold.
The FERC's rule on regional transmission planning and cost allocation has been under development for nearly two years.
It was a serious PITA to get our induction cooktop — we had to get an electrician and someone to cut our granite countertop—but every time I see one of these articles, I'm so glad we did. And lots of folks won't have all the trouble that we did.
Useful idiots and Republicans in general will try to use Biden's pause for new LNG export terminal permitting as a political weapn against him this year.
Except because of #ClimateProgress the European Union’s demand for liquefied natural gas, which provided a key lifeline during the energy crisis, will likely peak this year as the region accelerates its renewables transition, according to the bloc’s energy regulator. #ElectrifyEverything#LNG
Pro-hydrogen tech bros will have a sook over this article, but reality has a way of asserting itself against their inane arguments. They're a sad bunch who like to think they're doing something good for the environment but they're in denial and cannot accept they've been sucked-in by greenwashing of the fossil fuel lobby who're trying to prolong the use of methane.
This is the kind of analysis we need: Hannah Ritchie's deep dive on #substack into the availability of minerals for the #GreenTransition.
Tl;dr ? We have more than enough to be able to decarbonise the electricity supply, but there are some important nuances when it comes to eg #EVs
More good #ClimateProgress news as EV sales are sizzling in Germany. EVs were 37% of sales in August, up 78% compared to August 2022.
Fully electric vehicles were 32% of sales! Germany is 5th largest auto market in world. China is the biggest auto market, twice USA's, which is the 2nd.
Speaking of the globe's 2nd largest auto market, US cumulative EV investment skyrocketed 5X or 400% since January 2022, rising from $32.6 billion to 165 billion! Since passage of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act through August 10, 2023, $92.3 billion of EV investment flowed.
With the cost of EV batteries falling about 50% every 5 years since 2008 it's now within reach of most Americans to #decarbonize
I know that this week activists are attacking Biden, but his policies are helping a lot!
This #ClimateWeek, I've noticed that the #nuclear lobbying industry on social media has been trying to #GreenWash their bread & butter.
Just try to keep this in mind if nothing else as they do: Jaw-dropping: the United Kingdom is spending $3 billion/year, for 100+ years, to decommission the nuclear plants that they already have with still no waste storage plan!
Every dollar towards nuclear vastly delays decarbonization compared to that same money invested into renewables and transmission.
My community of Oak Park, Illinois was the first in the Midwest to mandate electric infrastructure in all new construction -- electric heating, cooking, etc. -- as a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. #ClimateChange#ElectrifyEverything
@wackyIdeas@MHowell I hope your power is back on and that you are recovering. I'm sure it was useful to have a gas stove in that case, but I don't think that's a reason for us to continue installing new gas stoves. Continuing to increase the number of gas stoves and other appliances will exacerbate climate change, which will increase the severity of hurricanes.