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Puerto Rico governor vows to cut carbon footprint in half within the next 5 years

In response to the growing concern regarding climate change and the desire to make Puerto Rico more environmentally sustainable, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced a commitment to reduce Puerto Rico’s carbon emissions by 50% within the next five years – “the most ambitious agenda of any US state government.” The Governor’s commitment is part of a broader pledge called “The Puerto Rico Pledge for Climate Change” which also includes, among other things, plans to increase resilienc

NY seeks to ensure ease of power grid connectivity for renewable energy sources

In furtherance of New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) process, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) made updates to its Standardized Interconnection Requirements (SIR), “…to make it easier for renewable distributed generators, including energy storage systems, to connect to the state's electric grid.” Over the course of the past year, PSC has made several comprehensive efforts to ensure “the deployment of good, clean energy projects.” The most recent of these

BOEM issues draft plan for wind energy generated off of the coasts of NY and NJ

This month, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) issued a draft plan involving the New York Bight, which could ensure up to 9.6 gigawatts of offshore wind energy. The identified wind energy area (WEA) lease tracts consist of up to 793,862 acres; the draft WEAs are smaller than those initially identified during the public comment process, which was met with objections from the commercial fishing industry. Providing for transit lanes seems to be a priority rel

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