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Natural Gas Power Reliance Factors Heavily in Massachusetts Net-Zero Actions
Lawmakers in Massachusetts have passed a bill that eyes net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions statewide by 2050, setting interim GHG reduction targets to achieve reductions of least 85% below 1990 levels within the next 30 years.
” sending it to Gov. Charlie Baker, who plans to act on it by Jan. 14. Baker, who in April 2020 committed the state to net-zero emissions by 2050, last week also released two reports that detail policies and strategies to maximize the state’s ability to meet the ambitious target.
ACORE Names 2021 Class of New and Returning Board Members
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Executives from ENGIE North America and Energy Works LLC Join ACORE Board to Accelerate the U.S. Transition to Renewable Power WASHINGTON (PRWEB) January 06, 2021 The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit that unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy, today announced its new Board class for 2021.
ACORE welcomes two new Board members: Laura Beane, Chief Renewables Officer at ENGIE North America; and Rose McKinney-James, Managing Principal of Energy Works LLC, McKinney-James & Associates and Advocacy BL/ACK.
In addition, the following current Board members were elected or appointed to new three-year terms: Mit Buchanan, Managing Director of Energy Investments, J.P. Morgan; Pat Reiten, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Berkshire Hathaway Energy; a
Wind turbines may still have a future in Ohio, but for now the emphasis is on solar power
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
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expressed desire to make America’s energy sector carbon-free by 2035.
Yet most of the development of wind and solar farms is driven by what’s going on at the state level, and in Ohio the political climate for renewable energy has not been welcoming.
The controversial
House Bill 6 reduces and eventually eliminates so-called renewable portfolio standards. And the prospects for windfarms have been additionally hampered by strict setback standards imposed in 2014.
So, what are the prospects for 2021 and beyond? To get a better understanding of the state of wind and solar in Ohio, cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer spoke with several developers of utility-scale wind and solar projects, defined as producing 50 megawatts or more of electricity.
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Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. (IEA), a leading infrastructure construction company with specialized energy and heavy civil expertise, today announced that the Company has been awarded a wind construction contract for the 185 MW Glacier Sands wind farm in Mason County, Illinois. Cordelio Power, a North American based renewable power producer, awarded the project to White Construction, a subsidiary of IEA that constructs utility-scale renewable energy and heavy civil infrastructure projects.
White Construction has already commenced limited construction work on the Glacier Sands project and expects to receive full notice to proceed in Q1 2021, with completion of the project expected in October 2021. White Construction will self-perform all of the engineering, procurement and construction needs of the project, including the construction of project roads, improvements of public roads, installation of collection systems and foundations and the ere