Category: clean energy

Biden Announces War on Methane Emissions and Increased Investments for Clean Energy During Climate Summit

President Joe Biden announced increased investments in countries and projects related to climate change in an effort to adhere to global climate targets, while declaring steps to limit methane emissions within the country in remarks given at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). “Today as a…


Biden Tightens Methane Emissions, Increases Climate Change Investments

President Joe Biden announced increased investments in countries and projects related to climate change in an effort to adhere to global climate targets, while declaring steps to limit methane emissions within the country in remarks given at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). “Today as a…


Queensland State Leader Guarantees No Job Losses Under $62 Billion Clean Energy Transition

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has moved to assuage concerns that Australians could lose jobs under her government’s ambitious clean energy plan. The Labor government’s A$62 billion (US$39.59 billion) plan includes a promise to create 100,000 new jobs by 2040. “Every worker who’s currently working at a coal-fired power station will absolutely be guaranteed a job as…


Victoria’s Biggest Coal-Fired Generation to Close Its Doors 10 Years Early Amid Push for Green Energy

Victoria’s biggest power plant will be shut down by mid-2035 instead of the mid-2040s, up to a decade earlier than planned, as its owner transitions to renewable energy. Energy giant AGL Energy said the early closure of its coal-fired generation Loy Yang A, which locates in Latrobe Valley in the Southeast of Melbourne, will avoid up to…


US Giant BlackRock Buys New Zealand ‘Virtual Power Plant’ for $60 Million

U.S. investment giant BlackRock will buy New Zealand rooftop solar company solarZero, for NZ$100 million (US$60 million) as part of its wider clean energy push into the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2008, solarZero says it has built the region’s largest “virtual power plant” and installed systems on over 9,000 homes. The company’s business model is…


Here’s California Flooring It to the ‘Clean’ Energy Future—With Its Transmission Slipping Badly

CALIFORNIA CITY—California’s precariously out-of-date hybrid power grid can’t handle the state’s growing amounts of solar and wind energy coming online, with system managers already forcing repeated cutbacks in renewables and a continued reliance on conventional energy to keep the grid stable, according to state data. The shortcomings of the transmission grid, which energy consultants in…


Orange County Power Authority’s Dirty Playbook for Accessing Your Money (Part 2)

Commentary Ed Laird prides himself on being informed and making business decisions driven by good value propositions. Laird, a plastics engineer and owner of Huntington Beach’s Laird Coatings, opted out of the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) to avoid high prices and impossible energy claims. But Laird didn’t get what he expected. “OCPA disregarded my…


How Mass Electric Vehicle Adoption Will Impact the Power Grid

In January 2021, the Biden administration announced its plans to transition the United States to 100 percent “clean” electricity by 2035 and to have half of all vehicles sold be zero-emissions vehicles by 2030. One hundred percent clean energy by 2035 is an ambitious goal, and adding a considerable amount of electric vehicles (EV) to…


Will Mass Electric Vehicle Adoption Impact the Power Grid?

In January 2021, the Biden administration announced its plans to transition the United States to 100 percent “clean” electricity by 2035 and to have half of all vehicles sold be zero-emissions vehicles by 2030. One hundred percent clean energy by 2035 is an ambitious goal, and adding a considerable amount of electric vehicles (EV) to…


Environmentalists Pose Problems for Biden’s Green Energy Goals

As the Biden Administration announces drastic steps to push forward its green energy scheme, it faces determined opposition, not from Republicans, but from radical environmental groups. At the end of the first quarter, Biden announced that his green energy agenda was a national emergency and thus activated the Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950 declaring…