Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The development of the wind industry, on the other hand, picked up slightly this quarter. gigawatts of wind generation capacity were installed in the second quarter of 2021, compared to just under 3 gigawatts in the previous quarter. All of the wind capacity built out in the second quarter of 2021 was onshore.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2020

Facebook has unveiled a new heat recovery system at a wind-powered data centre in Denmark that shuttles surplus heat from its servers to homes in the nearby community. Lauren Edelman, energy specialist at Facebook, explained in a blog post that the data centre had been specifically selected for its potential to enable heat recovery.

Home Energy Monitoring 97

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 97

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

EIA estimates that wind power accounted for 9% of U.S. electricity generation in 2020., The agency expects wind to make up 31% of the nearly 40GW of new generating capacity in 2021. Renewables account for more than two thirds of new generating capacity additions in the U.S.

Energy Monitor 76

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 76

Business Green

MAY 11, 2020

Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are now expected to drop eight per cent in 2020, according to a report by the International Energy Agency which noted that renewables were the only power source set to grow this year.

Fossil fuels 101

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

Key Findings from EIA : The latest issue of EIA’s “Electric Power Monthly” (with data through June 30, 2021) reveals that solar and wind both continued their rapid growth. . Wind grew by 10.0% Combined, net electrical generation by wind and solar is 14.1% of the nation’s total. of total generation.

Natural gas 141

Natural gas Nuclear Power Hydropower Electricity 141

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Nearly 250 renewable energy projects have been withdrawn from MISO from 2016 to 2020, and insufficient transmission infrastructure is one of the main causes, according to a recent study from the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Sustainable FERC Project. The grid is congested and needs more lines to relieve that congestion.

Electricity 89

Electricity Energy Energy Natural gas 89

Renewable Energy World

JUNE 29, 2021

A 2020 report co-authored by Amundi and the IFC pointed out that investment flows since the start of the COVID-19 crisis have proven more resilient towards green investments when compared to their traditional counterparts.

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Investment Pollution Government Energy 121

Renewable Energy World

MAY 10, 2021

In 2020, the company set out to make its Grand Rapids, Michigan headquarters a showcase for the required sustainable technology. Solar PV generation supplies 20 percent of the site’s power, reducing utility bills, but Catalyst needs to implement at least three energy conservation measures to reduce their Energy Use Intensity (EUI).

Building Energy Monitoring 86

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

That may or may not have a bearing on this situation because California had brownouts in August 2020 due to high temperatures , and California is under FERC jurisdiction. Yes, Texas electric grid does not fall under FERC jurisdiction. So, it does not matter whether you are under the federal authority or not.

Natural gas 89

Natural gas Demand Electricity Retail 89

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

In 2020, the Arctic as a whole had its warmest year on record since data collection began in 1979. trillion in 2020. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. In fact, the Arctic is warming at two times the global average.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Carbon Electric vehicle 63

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 16, 2021

Read more about how community choice energy enables communities to center people and planet in our 2020 report. At the time of recording, Salas says that Hanover has just joined a community choice aggregation called Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire.

Energy 73

Energy Energy Policy Sustainability 73

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 5, 2021

Out of 2,000 projects in 2020-21 in the PJM queue, only 225 have signed interconnection agreements. Only 14% of the total 2020 MISO transmission expansion portfolio were driven by generator interconnection need. PJM process and workshops PJM started generator interconnection workshops.

Construction 71

Construction Organic Electricity Energy 71

Renewable Energy World

JUNE 1, 2021

Between 2012 and 2020, fossil fuel companies have lost £123bn of their value, demonstrating that they are losing their footing as a dominant market force. Each year we are fuelling the climate crisis by burning three million years of fossilised sunshine in coal, oil and gas while we use just 0.01% of daily sunshine.”.

Fossil fuels 111

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The lion’s share of budget allocation (a whopping £200m) has been earmarked specifically for fixed-bottom offshore wind, demonstrating the current focus of the Government, but the rest is a free-for-all, with applications welcomed from hydro, tidal, solar PV, and onshore wind projects.

Investment 83

Investment Government Technology Electricity 83

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 25, 2021

percent of utility-scale electricity was generated by wind and solar. With record capacity additions from wind and solar energy in 2020 announced recently by various outlets, that needle is moving up. The Upper Midwest has some of the best wind energy resources in the country. Energy Information Administration reported 8.8

Energy 91

Energy Energy Electricity Carbon 91

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 16, 2020

So Chicago is known as the Windy City; is there a role for wind power in Chicago? . The wind rolls down the 28 story structure and pushes off the building at the ground level, leaving a challenging walk to and from the building on windy days.

Transportation 52

Transportation Smart Cities Sustainability Policy 52

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

FERC approved SOO Green’s application for negotiated rates on July 23rd, 2020. .” The benefit for anchor shippers is a steady price for buying renewable energy like a PPA, but the flip side is, individual state commissions like Iowa Utilities Board must approve these anchor tenant transmission lines. FERC Docket # ER20-1665.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Policy 94

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 31, 2021

See Montana’s enormous potential for clean energy generation in our Energy Self Reliant States report from 2020. For concrete examples of how towns and cities can take action toward gaining more control over their clean energy future, explore ILSR’s Community Power Toolkit.

Solar Energy Monitor 84

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 84

Renewable Energy World

JUNE 1, 2021

For instance, Minnesota has CAPX 2020 utilities in a partnership (their new name is Grid North Partners ), and Minnesota is also one of those states that do not allow independent transmission companies due to the state ROFR laws.

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Law Policy Wind power Energy 88

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 19, 2021

So Chicago is known as the Windy City; is there a role for wind power in Chicago? . The wind rolls down the 28 story structure and pushes off the building at the ground level, leaving a challenging walk to and from the building on windy days. The post November 2020 Member of the Month: Dr. Elizabeth A.

Transportation 52

Transportation Smart Cities Sustainability Policy 52

Renewable Energy World

JULY 19, 2021

And similarly, for DISIS 2020 cycle. This list of network upgrades needed to accommodate one interconnection cycle is the “portfolio of projects,” and their combined interconnection costs provide ICs an overall range for what could be their cost estimate.

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Policy Wind power Energy Energy 90

Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 26, 2021

We’ve also started to see some incredible statistics trickling through in relation to 2020’s energy use and pollution levels. The UK’s January renewables news hasn’t been entirely swallowed up by bad news and Brexit deals. The big news story is that we’ve seen the biggest decline in emissions since WWII.

Climate change 69

Climate change Europe Pollution Government 69

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Our investment further enables the development of this large-scale, innovative wind project,” Amazon wrote in a blog post. The Amazon-Shell HKN Offshore Wind Project will enable Amazon to power more of its business with clean energy. “We Amazon said this is its largest single renewable energy project to date.

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Aviation Innovation Europe Energy 102

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 10, 2021

The US Energy Information Administration projects renewables’ share of the national generation mix will rise from 21 percent in 2020 to 42 percent in 2050, even as the federal tax credits for both wind and solar close out over the next few years. million MWh or around 17 percent of total generation.

Solar Energy Monitor 107

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Wind power 107

Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 21, 2022

MISO had seen this before and did the same thing, skipping the 2020 “futures” assessment cycle in favor of 2021 futures. Leveraging the MISO SPP Interregional Planning Stakeholder Advisory Committee (IPSAC) process established in 2014, MISO and SPP CEOs announced the JTIQ study in 2020. Hence the 2020 JTIQ study.

Organic 94

Organic Demand Policy Energy 94

Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Following a historic vote in parliament on December 15th 2020, the Norwegian Government announced its funding decision for the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project. The potential for floating solar has been explored in one of a previous blog back in 2019. The are many things we oversimplified in this blog.

Hydrogen 78

Hydrogen Carbon-neutral Carbon Fossil fuels 78

Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Following a historic vote in parliament on December 15th 2020, the Norwegian Government announced its funding decision for the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project. Offshore winning The potential for floating solar has been explored in one of our previous blogs back in 2019. H2NewsGlobal) May 7, 2020. west Germany.

Hydrogen 78

Hydrogen Carbon-neutral Carbon Fossil fuels 78

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

So Chicago is known as the Windy City; is there a role for wind power in Chicago? . The wind rolls down the 28 story structure and pushes off the building at the ground level, leaving a challenging walk to and from the building on windy days.

Transportation 52

Transportation Smart Cities Sustainability Policy 52

Renewable Energy World

JUNE 30, 2021

We see its effects in the horrific heat and wildfires unfolding this summer in the American west; in the mega-storms that were so numerous in 2020 that scientists ran out of names for them; in the global projections that sea levels are set to rise by at least 20ft. This crime has been going on for decades.

Fossil fuels 112

Fossil fuels Global warming Climate change Soil 112

Andrew Winston

MAY 25, 2021

As well, asset management company Lazard (not Greenpeace), reports that, on average globally, building solar and wind plants is cheaper than building fossil fuel capacity. In 2020, 90% of new energy added to the grid was renewable. Because renewable power is drawn from the wind and sun, its “fuel cost” is effectively zero.

Fossil fuels 84

Fossil fuels Climate change Wind power Policy 84

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 12, 2021

million workers in everything from manufacturing all-electric vehicles and modernizing the power grid to building solar farms and maintaining wind turbines. Currently, the U.S. employs nearly 3.4

Energy 94

Energy Energy Climate change Construction 94

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2022

In 2020, Redwood defended the right of climate “sceptics” to argue that “climate models do not capture the complexities of greenhouse gases” and argued that “natural CO2 exceeds manmade and that could vary in either direction”. Medieval’ Wind Power.

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Government Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels 96

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The transition proposal, paired with the renewable technology resource (RTR) exemption, will serve the region with a "dual objective of protecting power system reliability while having state-sponsored resources gain entry to the market," ISO New England wrote in a blog post. billion in 2020 as renewable resource deployments grew.

Energy 83

Energy Energy Natural gas Policy 83

Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

A case to ‘recreate’ the technical and economic prosperity of the 1920s in the 2020s, by gradual divestment in ‘old’ energy systems and investment in ‘new’ renewable industries. It is summer 2020. Renewables include bio-energy, geothermal, hydropower, ocean, solar and wind power. The future is uncertain.

Energy 78

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Investment 78

Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2020

In a separate blog post, Micklethwait said the idea for the new brand had been in gestation for several months, and that the scale of the climate change crisis "is no longer the whole story". A new green economy is being created, from carbon-neutral bonds to wind power and battery storage.".

Climate change 39

Climate change Real Estate Carbon-neutral Wind power 39

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

PJM also had a new CEO, Manu Asthana , who took over in January 2020. So, in PJM’s defense, PJM had a lot going on in late 2019 and early 2020 before the new FERC Chairman Glick took over. Another parallel effort is underway in plain sight at PJM that concerns offshore wind (OSW) prospects in New Jersey.

Energy 107

Energy Energy Policy Politics 107