Switching the whole world to renewable energy could pay for itself in just six years, study says

If the world wants to avoid some of the most serious ramifications of the climate crisis, countries will need to start shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy quickly. The problem is that building all that new infrastructure is expensive – costing the world trillions of dollars to install solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and other renewable Read more…

Senate bill directs FERC to bolster interregional transmission planning, require GHG reporting

Dive Brief: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would have to bolster interregional transmission planning and require greenhouse gas emissions reporting by utilities under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and three other Democratic senators. The bill, which also addresses transmission cost allocation, grid interconnection and competitive generation procurement, comes Read more…