Last year, Pennsylvania ranked 50th in the nation for solar, wind and geothermal energy generation growth. Now, the state’s renewables are on the rise — but just barely.
PennEnvironment’s parent organization, Environment America, released the eighth edition of its “Renewables on the Rise” report on Thursday, Oct. 24. The 2024 report shows marginal improvement for Pennsylvania — it ranked 48 against the other 49 states and the District of Columbia. Kerns called the performance abysmal.
“Despite Pennsylvania’s legacy of leading on energy development, we are falling behind the national pace of renewable energy growth, and missing out on the huge economic and environmental opportunities that the renewable energy economy offers,” Ellie Kerns said during a webinar hosted for the report’s reveal yesterday. Kerns is PennEnvironment’s climate and clean energy advocate.
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