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Last evening, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed D.C. Public Service Commission Chairman Willie Phillips as a new member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Phillips’ confirmation brings FERC back to its full, five-member complement. “I offer my sincere congratulations to D.C. Public Service Chairman Willie Phillips on his Senate confirmation vote tonight,” FERC…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Procuring hour-by-hour clean energy within an energy buyer’s grid can lead to a greater reduction of greenhouse gas emissions than 100% clean energy matching, while driving deployment of clean firm power generation and long-duration energy storage, according to a new study. The study from Princeton University’s ZERO Lab is the first analysis of…

Originally published on ILSR.org  Though it’s insulated from sea level rise, the state of Iowa faces many dangerous climate change impacts — which in turn threaten the nation’s food supply. Fortunately, the state is rich in renewable energy potential and eager advocates who hope to harness it. For this episode of our Voices of 100% series of…

By Logan Atkinson Burke, Alliance for Affordable Energy, and Marriele Mango, Clean Energy Group The crisis that unfolded in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida was tragic and all too familiar. Like Hurricane Katrina and numerous storms before it, Hurricane Ida demolished Louisiana’s outdated, fossil-fuel-dependent energy system. Outages were widespread and lasting. Over 1 million customers in…

Portuguese electric utility company EDP has pledged to deploy 1.5GW of green hydrogen capacity by 2030 to help increase the use of the low-carbon energy resource for energy security and decarbonization. EDP joins 28 large companies including Iberdrola, Enel, Engie, Shell, and Total, that have pledged to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development H2Zero commitment, which…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip A group of anonymous U.S. solar manufacturers is evaluating options after the Dept. of Commerce rejected its antidumping tariff petition against solar modules and components imported from three Southeast Asian countries. In a statement issued through a media relations firm, the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) said that the group could…

Contributed by Philip T. Krein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Zhejiang University, China The impact of electric transportation on pollution and reduced carbon emissions and fossil-fuel consumption is complicated. On the one hand, well-designed electric vehicles (EVs) use much less energy per mile than conventionally-fueled vehicles. For passenger cars, good all-electric designs use roughly…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip German energy titan RWE plans to invest €50 billion in renewable energy technologies by 2030 as part of a new strategy to deploy an additional 25 gigawatts of clean energy generating capacity. The plan, announced Monday, would bring RWE’s total green generation to 50 GW by the end of the decade. The corporation will…

Contributed by Hans Maghon, Head of Energy Storage at Siemens Energy Understanding the different methods of energy storage allows us to glimpse the shape of our future energy system. As we head towards a decarbonized energy future, it’s becoming more and more clear that energy storage systems will form not just building blocks, but be…