The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Renewable energy is finally starting to take over the power grid. Carbon-pollution-free power generation — which includes renewables and nuclear energy — made up more than two-thirds of the electricity mix, and twice as much as fossil fuels. Electricity demand actually fell by 3.4 Electricity demand actually fell by 3.4

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

In addition, National Grid's analysis, which is updated each year with several potential scenarios for how the UK could feasibly decarbonise its energy system, estimates that roughly 3GW of wind and 1.4GW of solar power would also need to be installed annually until mid-century to keep up with power demand.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

There is currently twice as much installed hydro as there is solar, but PV could grow three times faster from now till 2040. Cheap finance and maturing technology mean solar will be cheaper than both new coal or gas power plants from now onward. Power grids remain the weak link.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Think AI-boosted investment platforms, moves to ease up grid connection queues and top tech players to watch. Power grid forecasting One of the key recurring themes that has gained solid recognition over the last year has been the unarguable position of the power grid as an investment priority to reach global net-zero targets.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

A request for information (RFI) released this week is the opening step toward meeting CPS’ “ Flexible Path ” plan, which calls for an 80 percent non-carbon-emitting energy portfolio by 2040 and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2022

Technologies for renewable electricity generation, energy storage and power grids are essential to decarbonise existing supply and meet growing electricity demand from rapid electrification of buildings, transport, and industry. A big part of this is ensuring that the infrastructure and power supply match the demand for EVs.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Centrality of the grid Whether it is the spiralling demand for more electricity or the universal initiative to shift to renewable energy, a crucial element in this complex matrix is the power grid. Myriad challenges facing the grid Expanding the grid, although essential, is just one part of the problem.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Power grids globally must be upgraded by 2040 to keep the lights on. And while these upgrades will likely cost trillions, virtual power plants (VPPs), writes Autogrid’s Gisela Glandt , can curb these costs to the tune of $10B annually.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. Its electricity demand reached an all-time demand peak of 223 gigawatts (GW) this past June, and projections indicate it could hit 340 GW by the decade’s end.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

They’re also a key dispatchable assets to help meet peak grid demand. Stage 2: ‘reshape’ the demand side of the grid.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The bidirectional design of the Twin States line will also allow the New England grid to export power to Canada when New England is producing more energy than it needs to meet its own demand, which is expected to occur as the offshore wind industry in New England expands. Join Enlit Europe in Paris.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

According to analysis from consultancy DNV between now and 2050 a staggering $12 trillion will be invested in doubling power grid capacity and renewables technologies in the US and Canada. Electrification is predicted to double by 2050, constituting 41% of the region’s total energy demand.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the study, factors driving an increase in the adoption of microgrids include: The inability of grids to meet growing energy demand. The study states that continued increases in energy demand are resulting in the failure of traditional power grids to maintain energy reliability and security.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The study led by National Grid will develop 20-year demand forecasts for more than 100 sites across New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and all New England states. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published on Power Grid by Sean Wolfe. Funded by a $1.2

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Successful test in Oxfordshire hailed as a major milestone in UK's quest to produce clean energy from nuclear fusion by 2040, government said. It heralded the achievement as major milestone in the UK's plans to develop a nuclear fusion power plant that can provide a new source of clean energy to the power grid within the next 20 years. "We

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The company believes green hydrogen will be cheaper than "grey" hydrogen made with natural gas by 2030, and cheaper than natural gas itself by 2040. Snam has already been running a hydrogen trial in southern Italy where it has been injecting hydrogen into the gas grid at a ratio of 5 percent. Missing link.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Surging demand for the minerals needed to build solar panels, wind turbines, hydrogen electolysers, batteries, and electric vehicles (EV) is set to accelerate further in the coming years, fuelling fears the net zero transition could be hampered by a metals supply crunch in the coming years.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

BNEF has been issuing an annual Electric Vehicle Outlook for the past five years, analysing in detail the economic and technology trends affecting the road transport sector by both countries and segment - including buses, trucks, private cars, and even bikes - through to 2040. Elsewhere, though, the outlook is not quite so rosy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

UK takes a major step forward in its plans to commercialise a nuclear fusion power plant by 2040, inviting local communities to submit bids to host the country's inaugural project.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

First, nationwide transmission allows power-sharing across regions facing widely different weather systems that drive variation in wind and solar generation. It co-optimizes grid capacity investments and hourly operations costs of generation, storage, and transmission to meet projected electricity demand in 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Take the 5,000-plus electric bus fleet the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to deploy by 2040. Denver’s transit agency charged its EV bus fleet all at once at times of peak grid demand, leading to demand charges that drove operating costs to 60 percent more per mile than diesel buses.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Earlier this week, Eurelectric reported the need to prioritise grid expansion to meet Fit or 55 and REPowerEU goals, and the European distribution system operator (DSO) association E.DSO set out key pledges for the future grid with a call for investment to be high on the EU’s future agenda. Europe needs to invest €584 billion ($624.6

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

A data centre equipped with fuel cells, a hydrogen storage tank and an electrolyser could provide refuelling services to hydrogen-powered vehicles, it said.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

The country awarded landmark supply contracts for flexible renewable power, an important step in addressing the limitations of intermittent wind and solar. Cheap renewables were favored on the grid last year, which caused coal use to fall as energy demand plummeted amid the economic slowdown.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2023

The UK's climate advisory body latest report provides an in-depth assessment of the mix of renewable, flexible grid, hydrogen, nuclear, and carbon capture technologies that will need to be in place by the middle of the 2030s if the government is to deliver on its stated goal of operating a nearly completely decarbonised power grid by 2035.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 27, 2019

As these costs continue to decline, standalone storage as well as solar-plus-storage are being seen as viable options to meet electricity demand by capturing generation and time-shifting it, somewhat like how you can watch a TV program later by streaming it. The recent announcement by Ørsted, better known in the U.S.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Ensuring grid reliability, resilience, and security is a balancing act between assets, systems, and participants. As electricity demand rises to meet population growth and the electrification transition, so does the need to expand and strengthen the grid. Grid Asset Management Most power grid assets are 50 to 70 years old.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Price and demand projections have been trimmed and there is a real sense that the clean energy transition that much of the industry has tip-toed around for the past decade could be about to accelerate. "The However, the contention that the new price projections are more realistic is contestable.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As part of the report, the CCC assessed whether the UK could achieve net zero emissions by as soon as 2040, but concluded that this would be "highly optimistic", requiring significant buy-in from citizens, business and global markets for major and rapid change. All cement production must reach near-zero emissions by 2040.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

It provides direct advice to governments and its annual World Energy Outlook reports, which offer projections for future energy sources and demand, have provided the bedrock for major energy investment and policy decisions that help shape the trajectory of the global market. Most fossil fuel majors are far behind the curve.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 26, 2021

Some of the brightest minds in decarbonization are thinking about this puzzle, with suggestions about how to design a power system that is resilient, affordable, clean and ready to meet the demands of society’s increasing demands on electricity. power system by connecting the country The U.S. Here are three ideas.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 17, 2019

What’s more, we have a secret weapon that many Canadians aren’t aware of: our power grid is over 80 per cent non-polluting and getting cleaner every year. In other words, when we plug things into that grid, the pollution reductions are significant. Consumer rebates. They’re looking to cut fuel costs and increase competitiveness.

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