Clean Energy
Clean energy comes from generation systems that do not produce any kind of pollution, notably greenhouse gases like CO2, which cause climate change. This includes solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, nuclear, ocean, and bioenergy. (All of these but nuclear are renewable as well.) Carbon capture and sequestration can in principle change a dirty source into clean, by capturing CO2 at the source. Some of the new Department of Energy “Clean Hydrogen Hubs” will use this approach.
Basics
- Clean Energy — US Department of Energy
- Geothermal is The Hottest Thing in Clean Energy — Canary Media
- Hydrogen
- Community Solar – Community Solar refers to the process of solarizing large community complexes, such as apartment houses, condo communities and public housing.
- Wind Power PA — PA DEP
Current Status
- Pennsylvania Energy Profile 2023 — US Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration
- Pennsylvania Energy Facts 2023 — PA DEP
- Largest Carbon Capture Plants in Operation Worldwide — 2022
- Swarthmore College Converts to geothermal System — Inside Climate News — 02-28-24
- Nearly All Power Plants to be Built in 2024 Will be Powered by Renewable Energy — Canary Media — 02-26-23
Paths Forward
- New PERC Rules to Speed Transition to Clean Energy — Canary Media — 05-14-24
- PA DEP Lays out Process, Provides Toolkit to Get Solar in Schools
- Biden Admin. Hands out $20 Billion to Finance Community Green Energy — EPA — 04-08-24
- How Methane Biogases Can Help Us Reach Our Climate Goals — The Hill — 04-28-24
- Solarize Delco – Get help installing solar
- Virtual Power Plants Can Help the Electric Grid — Here’s How — Canary Media
- Will Heat Pumps Save You Money? It depends — Canary Media
- Proposed Standards for Refrigerators and Freezers — US Department of Energy
- PA Clean Energy Funding Information