Biden’s Infrastructure Law: Energy & Sustainability Implications
On November 15th, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“the Law”) into law. The historic infrastructure plan includes the single largest investment to address climate change in U.S. history.[1] The Law allocates billions of dollars to priority areas, including significant funding for the development of carbon capture infrastructure, alternative energy sources and […]
AIE: renováveis crescem mais do que nunca no mundo
De acordo com a Agência internacional de Energia, o crescimento da eletricidade renovável está aumentando mais rápido do que nunca em todo o mundo. A capacidade mundial de gerar eletricidade a partir de fontes renováveis, como eólica, solar e hídrica, está a caminho de bater um novo recorde em 2021, com instalações que deverão continuar […]
Biden’s 80% By 2030 Clean Electricity Standard Would Unlock $1.5 Trillion Across The U.S.
President Biden has a rare opportunity to act on climate with maximum political capital from the 2020 election, bipartisan support for a clean energy recovery from the COVID-induced economic crisis, and the imperative of meeting his announced goal of halving the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The upside of acting now is massive […]
The Mirtchev Megatrend: A Must Read
Millions of people on the planet are working on alternative energy: engineers, politicians, laborers and analysts. Even more people are the consumers of these emission-free power sources which range from solar to biofuels. In the future, yet more novel types of energy will charge our grids: geothermal, space-based solar, tidal, hydrogen, and more.
Geração distribuída atinge 400 mil unidades no Brasil
O Brasil atingiu 400 mil unidades consumidoras que utilizam energias renováveis(solar fotovoltaica, hidráulica, biomassa, biogás, eólica etc.), alimentadas por mais de 305 mil conexões de sistemas de geração distribuída de energia elétrica, destacou a Associação Brasileira de Geração Distribuída (ABGD). A modalidade foi regulamenta no país em 2012 e experimenta uma curva de crescimento sólida […]