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EGEB: Globally, 2020 saw 50% more renewables installed than in 2019

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Solar and wind led the record growth of renewables globally in 2020, according to IRENA. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. South Dakota wants to subsidize more EV charging stations.

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US solar and wind growth defies expectations – a decade in numbers

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Photo: Primergy The latest US EIA and FERC data reflect a decade of explosive solar and wind growth – here’s how it breaks down. The SUN DAY Campaign reviewed EIA’s latest monthly “ Electric Power Monthly ” report (with electrical generation data through June 30, 2024) and compared it to EIA’s data for June 30, 2019 and for June 30, 2014.

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New York’s largest offshore wind farm officially breaks ground

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Map: Orsted Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced this week that Sunrise Wind , New York’s largest offshore wind farm, has kicked off construction. Hochul said, “By breaking ground on Sunrise Wind and advancing the next wave of offshore wind projects, New York is passing a tremendous milestone to combat climate change.”

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New York’s largest offshore wind farm just got the official greenlight

Baua Electric

Map: Orsted Sunrise Wind , New York’s largest offshore wind farm, now has the final permit it needs from the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to start construction. New York’s largest offshore wind farm will create 800 direct New York jobs and thousands of indirect jobs. Get started here.

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World’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm beats expectations in the face of extreme storms

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Photo: WindFloat Atlantic WindFloat Atlantic – the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm – has now been online for three years and continues to break its own power output records. The offshore wind farm sits 20 km off the coast of Portugal in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, north of Porto. A 20 km long (12.4

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Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

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In 2019, consumption of coal is expected to drop 11% in the U.S.—down —down 50% from its peak in 2005—displaced by cheaper natural gas, wind and solar power, as well as savings from energy efficiency. increase in carbon dioxide emissions for 2019. Around the world, the average person is responsible for about 4.8

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1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that’s curbed oil demand – IEA

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Photo: Tesla Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger, new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis shows. Renewables curbed emissions rise in 2023 The bad news is that energy-related emissions rose in 2023. Get started here. –

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