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The U.S. clean energy industry installed 5,620 MW of clean power capacity in the second quarter of 2021—a record for second quarter installations. Additions in the first half of the year total 9,915 MW, supplanting 2020 as the most active first six months for installations.
Our Clean Power Quarterly provides a snapshot view of the latest U.S. utility wind, solar, and battery storage industry activity and trends. The report includes second quarter installations, projects under construction and in advanced development, new power purchase agreements, OEM market share, project acquisition activity, offshore wind energy activity, and more.…
View Full ResourceThe decade 2010 to 2020 saw renewable power generation becoming the default economic choice for new capacity. In that period, the competitiveness of solar (concentrating solar power, utility‑scale solar photovoltaic) and offshore wind all joined onshore wind in the same range of costs as for new capacity fired by fossil fuels, calculated without financial support. Indeed, the trend is not only one of renewables competing with fossil fuels, but significantly undercutting them, when new electricity generation capacity is required.
IRENA’s cost analysis programme has been collecting and reporting the cost and performance data of renewable power generation technologies since 2012. …
View Full ResourceOur Clean Power Quarterly provides a snapshot view of the latest U.S. utility wind, solar, and battery storage industry activity and trends. The report includes new clean power capacity installations in 2021, projects under construction and in advanced development, new power purchase agreements, OEM market share, project acquisition activity, offshore wind energy activity, and more.…
View Full ResourceThe Briefing provides updates to the Network’s 2020 Transmission White Paper and offers immediate and long-term recommendations for strategic actions that policymakers should take to ensure the U.S. deploys 30 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030.
The Network released this Briefing just one day after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s issued the Record of Decision for Vineyard Wind, the first major offshore wind project in U.S. waters and a historic day for clean energy in America. Overall, the Biden Administration is making significant progress on both offshore wind and broader grid expansion and modernization. The industry is …
View Full ResourceOn March 26, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Baker signed legislation, “An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy” (“the Act”). The Act amends the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) and directs state agencies to set interim economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions limits, as well as sector-based emissions sublimits for certain sectors, every five years. It codifies the state’s long-term emissions limit of net-zero emissions by 2050 and directs the adoption of a 2030 emissions limit of “at least 50 percent below 1990 levels” and a 2040 emissions limit of “at least 75 percent below 1990 levels.” The Act also …
View Full ResourceIn 2019, New York cemented its status as a climate leader by passing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which established some of the country’s most ambitious climate targets, such as an 85 percent cut in GHG emissions by 2050, 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040, and 70 percent renewable energy by 2030. It also established targets for solar, offshore wind and energy storage. New York first established a Renewable Portfolio Standard in 2004 and has increasingly raised its ambition since then. The state is a member of the US Climate Alliance, which was co-founded by Democratic New York …
View Full ResourceIn 2020, Democratic Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act which set a mandate for 100% clean electricity by 2050. This legislation comes as Virginia has recently seen a sharp increase in both small-scale and large-scale solar photovoltaic capacity. By the middle of 2020, the state had 743 MW of solar capacity, bringing its rank to 16th in the country. Virginia’s hydroelectric power accounts for about 2.5 percent of electricity generation, and the state sees potential in offshore wind in its Atlantic waters. Despite the growth of renewables, natural gas and nuclear still overwhelmingly dominate the electricity sector. …
View Full ResourceMassachusetts has continually increased its climate ambitions in recent years despite having a split government. The state’s governor, Republican Charlie Baker, has worked with the Democratic legislature to support an increase in renewables and also mitigate climate threats through resiliency and adaptation projects. Massachusetts’ Renewable Portfolio Standard, first established in 1997, targets 35 percent renewables by 2030, with a 1 percent increase each year thereafter. Moreover, the state is targeting 40 percent clean electricity by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050. In 2020, an executive order set a 2050 target for 85 percent emissions reduction versus 1990 levels, and Massachusetts …
View Full ResourceSubnational actors have been at the centre of US climate action in recent years, as America’s states, cities and businesses have stepped up their ambition, through both near-term investments and long-term emissions reduction goals. Policy has been a crucial driver of climate action, but the falling costs of renewables, advances in technological development and a shift in businesses’ priorities have also stimulated the green economy. As a result, in recent years, there have been massive investments at the state level in renewable energy, grid upgrades, energy storage, electric vehicle infrastructure, energy efficiency, hydrogen, carbon capture, adaptation and resilience, along with …
View Full ResourceNew York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) requires an unprecedented transformation of the State’s electricity grid to achieve 70% renewable generation by 2030, zero-emission electricity by 2040, and an 85% economy-wide reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2050. The CLCPA specifies minimum amounts of certain types of resources, including 6,000 MW of distributed solar resources by 2025, 3,000 MW of storage by 2030, and 9,000 MW of offshore wind (OSW) generation by 2035. Even greater quantities of various types of renewable generation are necessary to achieve the clean energy mandates for 2040 and 2050. Meeting …
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