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Lisa Jacobson and Tom Rowlands-Rees | 2024 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook
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Lisa Jacobson and Tom Rowlands-Rees | 2024 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook
FromClimate Positive
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46 minutes
Released:
Mar 7, 2024
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The Sustainable Energy in America Factbook serves as a key reference for the state of renewables in the United States. To mark the release of the 12th edition, Gil Jenkins and Hilary Langer talked to the people behind the annual report: Lisa Jacobson, President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Tom Rowlands-Rees, Head of Research for North America at BloombergNEF. Despite significant headwinds in 2023, including high interest rates and supply chain challenges, the factbook is full of record-shattering figures that reveal momentum toward a more sustainable energy future. Lisa and Tom discuss the importance of stable federal policies, the optimism they find in reduced emissions, and how America will need to accelerate sustainable energy development to meet carbon reduction targets.Links: The 2024 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook | BloombergNEF (bnef.com)The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (bcse.org)Lisa Jacobson | LinkedInTom Rowlands-Rees | LinkedInBloombergNEF (bnef.com)Episode recorded February 26, 2024
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Mar 7, 2024
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