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News Articles: renewable energy

The Georgia Public Service Commission at a February 2024 meeting Credit: Screen shot from PSC livestream

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  • News

Is the Public Service Commission really listening? Climate reporters look at the data

Is the Georgia Public Service commission actually listening to constituents who share strong opinions about Georgia Power's Integrated Resource Plan? 

May 22, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello
A crane stacks turbine components at the New London State Pier Terminal. The offshore wind industry has generated millions of dollars for the city and local economy in recent years.

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  • Climate

The Northeast bet big on offshore wind. Trump wants to halt the industry entirely

Northeast states have bet big on offshore wind to meet spiking power demand and drive economic growth. But the industry's future is much more uncertain under President Trump.

April 10, 2025
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By:
  • Miriam Wasser
An oil pumpjack is seen near a field of wind turbines in October 2023 in Nolan, Texas. The U.S. oil industry is headed towards a record-breaking year; renewable energy has also set several records this year. Prominent Republicans, including several in President-elect Donald Trump's circle, are talking about an "all-of-the-above" approach to energy that supports fossil fuel and clean energy.

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  • Business

Under Trump, an 'all of the above' energy policy is poised for a comeback

Trump promised to "drill, baby, drill." What does that actually mean for the U.S. oil and gas industry – and other types of energy, too?

December 09, 2024
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
 The Georgia Public Service Commission approved in 2024 an updated Georgia Power resource plan that includes building 1,000 megawatt solar facilities by 2027. File photo

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  • News

State House study panel hears renewed arguments between community solar advocates and Georgia Power

Georgia Power and solar industry representatives renewed their long-running debate before lawmakers Tuesday over whether setting up a new solar program would provide the same benefits to ratepayers as the existing renewable energy options.

November 21, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Tim Latimer, CEO of Fervo Energy, at one of the company's enhanced geothermal drill rigs in Beaver County, Utah

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  • National

Petroleum drilling technology is now making carbon-free power

A new technique for harvesting geothermal energy being pioneered in Utah has passed a significant milestone: Southern California Edison has contracted for enough of the energy to power 400,000 homes.

October 15, 2024
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By:
  • David Condos
Dry soil stretches far on tilled farm in Americus, Georgia, in this June file photo. Farms and small businesses in Georgia are getting grant money to implement climate-friendly energy technology. Dry soil streches far on tilled farm in Americus, Georgia. Americus is expected to reach hot temperatures this weekend that are made three to four times as likely by climate change. (Courtesy of Ledger-Enquirer)

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  • News

$3M in federal money will help GA farms and businesses with clean energy, saving money

Millions of dollars are going to Georgia farms and small businesses in an effort to help implement renewable energy technology, federal officials said Friday. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $3.1 million dollars would go to farms and small businesses in rural Georgia from grants that mainly stem from the Inflation Reduction Act.

July 30, 2024
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By:
  • Kala Hunter
A solar panel array near the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in downtown Savannah.

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  • Energy

Savannah to add new solar panels on 14 city buildings, projected to save $1.4 million over 25 years

The deal adds to an existing contract with Atlanta-based Cherry Street Energy.

July 12, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Dan McLean looks down at a sign that reads "Access denied for any reason to anyone working with or for Summit Carbon Solutions," in his truck on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, on his farm near Menoken, N.D. Summit Carbon Solutions has proposed a multistate carbon dioxide pipeline that would bury CO2 deep underground in North Dakota. The project has drawn opposition from many Midwestern landowners.

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  • News

Biofuel groups envision ethanol-powered jets. But fueling the effort has not been easy

Farming and biofuels organizations are hopeful that ethanol could be used to power passenger jets, but making that dream a reality hasn't been easy.

June 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Engineering is expected to be the #1 in-demand job for 2014, according to US News & World Report.

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  • News

More green energy projects could be on the horizon for Georgia. Here's why

A new agreement between the advocacy organization the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) and Georgia Power would help bring more homegrown green energy to market.

May 24, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Credit: Pexels

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  • News

Mercer University researchers are studying how to turn food waste into renewable energy

A Mercer professor and students are studying how to take food waste, like coffee grounds, and turn it into a liquid bio-crude.

Sarah Bauer, assistant professor at Mercer, says that liquid bio-crude could then be refined into a gasoline that, for example, a car could run on.

April 30, 2024
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By:
  • Devon Zwald
People in the streets of Rom in June 2022. Heat-related deaths in Europe have increased by about 30% in the last 20 years, according to a new report.

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  • Climate

Europe is warming up faster than any other continent, and the heat is deadly

The number of heat-related deaths in Europe increased 30% in the last 20 years. Climate change is to blame.

April 22, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
A new version of the popular board game Catan, which hits shelves this summer, introduces energy production and pollution into the gameplay.

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  • Climate

How do you build without over polluting? That's the challenge of new Catan board game

A new version of the popular board game Catan aims to make players wrestle with a 21st-century problem: How do you develop and expand without overly polluting the planet?

April 22, 2024
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
Georgia Power offices

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  • Politics

Critics pan Georgia Power fossil fuel plans ahead of state PSC hearing

The state’s utility regulators are set to vote Tuesday on Georgia Power’s proposal to increase its reliance on fossil fuels and renewable energy sources to meet skyrocketing demand.

April 15, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
 Georgia Power’s requested rate increase would add $16.29 – about $200 annually – to the average residential customer’s bill over the next three years, starting in 2023 with a $14.32 hike. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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  • Environment

State PSC poised to hear Georgia Power’s plan to increase fossil fuel use to power data centers

 

Environmental and consumer groups are urging state regulators not to approve Georgia Power’s plans to increase its use of fossil fuels to meet a rapidly growing industrial demand.

April 02, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Logo for “100% Savannah,” the city's clean energy plan initiated by councilmembers in 2020.

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  • Climate

Savannah tapped for 25-city climate action program through Michael Bloomberg-founded charity

The three-year program connects city governments with policy experts on decarbonization.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
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