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Five Months into the Biden Administration: A Whirlwind of Federal Action on Offshore Wind
To date, the Biden Administration has taken a variety of actions to accelerate offshore wind development. Federal agencies have identified new wind energy areas, facilitated environmental review for projects, and supported additional research. Activities abound on the east, west, and gulf coasts.
Read MoreOutages and outrages: The fossil fuel industry exploits blackout fears
How can we protect vulnerable people when the power goes out? Getting it right will be a key energy equity test for the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan.
Read MoreSolar+Storage for Critical Services Providers: Barriers and Opportunities
To gain more insight into the barriers of implementing solar+storage in under-served communities, Clean Energy Group conducted a survey of municipalities, community organizations, affordable housing developers, and technical service providers working in low-income communities.
Read MoreOffshore Wind Solicitations Address Equity
Energy equity has become an increasing priority at both the national and state levels. As offshore wind moves into a major development phase, ensuring that it advances energy equity and environmental justice is essential.
Read MoreThe Lesson of Texas – And a New Program States Can Use to Quickly Fund the Distributed Energy Storage Solution
If we learn anything from the Texas blackouts, and the death and suffering that have resulted, it should be this: distributed resilient solar+storage systems are no longer a luxury – they are an essential tool to protect citizens from power outages, and modernize the grid so outages become less frequent and severe.
Read MoreAffordable Housing Developers See the Benefits of Solar+Storage, But Still Face Obstacles to Implementation
Clean Energy Group recently surveyed affordable housing stakeholders to assess what’s holding solar+storage projects back.
Read MoreResilient Power Project 2020: A Year-End Review
Despite the headwinds of the past year, Clean Energy Group and our partners have been able to make great strides in strengthening the energy resilience of frontline communities through our continuing work on the Resilient Power Project.
Read MoreHydrogen Hype in the Air
Clean Energy Group raises concerns about harmful NOx emissions from new industry plans to burn hydrogen in fossil fuel power plants; calls for pause in permitting proposals until independent public health investigations are conducted — particularly to study potentially dangerous air pollution impacts in environmental justice communities.
Read MoreGoing Solar+Storage in Vermont: CEG’s Janice Ouellette Shares Her Story
CEG’s Janice Ouellette describes her experience of getting residential solar and energy storage.
Read MoreRebuild Louisiana More Resilient
Within a two-month period this year, Louisianans were pummeled by three hurricanes. After each disaster, the vulnerability of Louisiana’s energy infrastructure was abundantly clear.
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