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Microgrids and Their Mojo

This April 18 page tees up a series of features on resilience-focused microgrid development across the United States.
Better than gold

For clean energy to bump the dirty kind, some minerals look more precious than gold. 

Mission Mineral: Raising Finance and Strategy to Build Clean Infrastructure

As the world rapidly builds renewable energy infrastructure and transportation networks, the critical minerals' sourcing, processing, and trading will have profound economic, environmental, and geopolitical implications. Ensuring the critical minerals’ supply meets ever-rising demand while navigating the mineral supply chain’s impacts on the environment and society is a daunting challenge.
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(No Longer) Against the Wind

This April 12 story notes a key federal approval for transmission from a 3000-megawatt wind installation in Wyoming to the West Coast.
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Straight From the Collection

This is the federal guidance for bonus tax credits to projects in areas that depended on fossil fuel production, released on April 4.

California Quick Data

Energy Efficiency:
Source: ACEEE
Buildings:
Score 7.50 / 9
Utilities:
Score 16.00 / 20
Transportation:
Score 10.50 / 12
Source: DSIRE
Energy Efficiency Programs:
172 Incentives and Policies
Solar Power:
Source: DSIRE
Renewable Energy Programs:
76 Incentives and Policies
Solar Energy Programs:
65 Incentives and Policies
Source: YPCCC
86%

of people in California support funding research into renewable energy sources in 2020.

(+1 of the national average)
(est. 25,969,551 of 30,075,104 adults)

last updated 8/31/2021

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