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CleanTechnica » Pennsylvania http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide New York Fracking Ban http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:05:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76355 Yesterday (Wednesday, December 17, 2014), at a year-end cabinet meeting in Albany called by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New York’s acting commissioner of health stated that he could not support high-volume New York fracking (technically, hydraulic fracturing) because the health issues of the practice outweigh the benefits. [If there is anyone out there who’s unaware of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/feed/ 3 Carbon Markets Link In $500 Million Clean Energy Investment http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/carbon-markets-link-in-500-million-clean-energy-investment/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/carbon-markets-link-in-500-million-clean-energy-investment/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:18:53 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76373 North America's carbon markets just completed the first international cap-and-trade system linkage and raised $500 million for clean energy investment

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/carbon-markets-link-in-500-million-clean-energy-investment/feed/ 8 Both Red & Blue States Green On Energy, Stanford Says http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/13/red-blue-states-green-energy-stanford-says/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/13/red-blue-states-green-energy-stanford-says/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:11:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71778 With Congress squelching innovation in Washington, we need to look to the states for policies green on energy. A study released by Stanford University and the Hoover Institution this week (The State Clean Energy Cookbook: A Dozen Recipes for State Action on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) cites 12 innovative projects being implemented by almost 20

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/13/red-blue-states-green-energy-stanford-says/feed/ 5 Electric Vehicle News: Tesla in Pennsylvania, New BYD Batteries… http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/16/electric-vehicle-news-tesla-pennsylvania-new-byd-batteries/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/16/electric-vehicle-news-tesla-pennsylvania-new-byd-batteries/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:13:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70737 Time for another electric vehicle news roundup. Enjoy! Tesla Motors Pennsylvania has approved 5 Tesla galleries, and existing one and 4 more. (EV Obsession) Tesla trumps Toyota’s fuel cell vehicle efforts, big time. This is Part II in a series on that. (Climate Progress) How do you build a Supercharger station anyway? Have a look. (Teslarati)

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/16/electric-vehicle-news-tesla-pennsylvania-new-byd-batteries/feed/ 20 Are VOSTs Needed To End Subsidies To Non-Solar Customers? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/06/vosts-needed-end-subsidies-non-solar-customers/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/06/vosts-needed-end-subsidies-non-solar-customers/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 23:00:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70298 By Brian Orion Utilities across the country have been fighting to curtail net energy metering (NEM) programs in favor of value of solar tariff (VOST) programs, claiming that NEM results in a cost-shift to non-solar customers. However, NEM programs may actually undercompensate solar customers for the true value their systems provide, resulting in a substantial

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/06/vosts-needed-end-subsidies-non-solar-customers/feed/ 7 4 New Energy Maps Show A Lot About Renewables http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/30/new-energy-mapping-system-shows-lot-renewables/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/30/new-energy-mapping-system-shows-lot-renewables/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:20:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=68807 Climate Central By Bobby Magill When the U.S. Energy Information Administration launched its new U.S. Energy Mapping System last fall and upgraded it for use on mobile devices in early June, it powered a system allowing anyone to visualize some of the reams of data the EIA compiles on all things energy-related in the country. That mapping system has a

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/26/clean-gas-dangerous-coal-videos/feed/ 4 2013 Wind PPA Prices In US Interior Averaged 2.1 Cents/KWH (WINDPOWER 2014) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/08/2013-ppa-prices-us-interior-averaged-2-1-centskwh-windpower-2014-part-2/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/08/2013-ppa-prices-us-interior-averaged-2-1-centskwh-windpower-2014-part-2/#comments Thu, 08 May 2014 19:08:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66570 Originally published on Energy & Policy Institute. Las Vegas isn’t exactly a familiar haunt for me, but I’ve been here several times for conferences (and one wedding). I had seen the wine angel in the Mandalay Bay floating up in her harness beside the several story wine cellar a few years ago, but didn’t go

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/08/2013-ppa-prices-us-interior-averaged-2-1-centskwh-windpower-2014-part-2/feed/ 46 Natural Gas In New York Marcellus Shale Costs More To Get It Out Than The Gas Is Worth http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/25/natural-gas-new-york-marcellus-shale-costs-get-gas-worth/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/25/natural-gas-new-york-marcellus-shale-costs-get-gas-worth/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:41:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65928 Originally published on DeSmogBlog. By Sharon Kelly For years, the shale industry has touted the economic benefits it can provide. An overflowing supply of domestic natural gas will help keep heating and electric bills low for American consumers, they argue, while drilling jobs and astounding royalty windfalls for landowners will reinvigorate local economies. These tantalizing promises have

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/25/natural-gas-new-york-marcellus-shale-costs-get-gas-worth/feed/ 26 Methane Emissions Questions Gas Being ‘Bridge’ Fuel http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/19/methane-emissions-questions-gas-bridge-fuel/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/19/methane-emissions-questions-gas-bridge-fuel/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:00:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65575 Originally published on Climate Central. By Bobby Magill Natural gas as a means to produce electricity is being hailed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as the fuel that can act as a “bridge” between carbon-heavy coal and zero-carbon renewables, helping to reduce humans’ impact on the climate. The idea is that burning natural gas involves fewer greenhouse

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/14/philadelphias-temple-university-host-63kw-solar-plant/feed/ 1 Net Metering Now Available In Pennsylvania http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/30/net-metering-now-available-pennsylvania/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/30/net-metering-now-available-pennsylvania/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:10:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56990 Originally published on the PennFuture Energy Center Website By Evan R. Endres If you look across the renewable energy landscape in the U.S., you’ll find that some of the nifty 50 have no distributed solar or wind at all. What’s going on? The answer is no net metering. You may also have noticed that Re: Energy has

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/30/net-metering-now-available-pennsylvania/feed/ 0 Online Map Guides Great Lakes Climate Change Adaptation Planning http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/15/online-map-guides-great-lakes-climate-change-adaptation-planning/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/15/online-map-guides-great-lakes-climate-change-adaptation-planning/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:55:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55099 The growing effects of climate change make adaptation more important every day, but without accurate data to guide planning, government action risks being ineffective or insufficient.

That’s where a new interactive map from the University of Michigan comes into the picture, combining economic, infrastructure, and population data for 225 counties in the Great Lakes region

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/15/online-map-guides-great-lakes-climate-change-adaptation-planning/feed/ 0 $23 Million Energy Storage Research Center Launched In New York State http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/23-million-energy-storage-research-center-launched-in-new-york-state/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/23-million-energy-storage-research-center-launched-in-new-york-state/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:48:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54547 A new $23-million dollar energy storage research and development center could reorient the future of this growing industry to New York State

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