R-Squared Energy

JULY 11, 2019

This article is the fifth in a series on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2019. Previous articles in this series covered carbon dioxide emissions, petroleum supply and demand, the production and consumption of coal, and global natural gas trends: BP Warns Of An Unsustainable Path. Renewables.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Utility Dominion Energy is planning a major shift toward renewable energy and batteries as it looks to comply with Virginia's ambitious new clean energy law. The new plan, by contrast, sets out a goal of nearly 16 gigawatts of solar, more than 5 gigawatts of offshore wind, and 2.7 Credit: Dominion Energy).

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 13, 2021

LS Power announces the formation of Rev Renewables LLC to develop, acquire and operate energy storage and renewable projects, including conventional hydropower and pumped storage. Read more: LS Power launches Rev Renewables to operate energy storage and renewable projects. Rev has a 2.4-GW Rev has a 2.4-GW

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. utility has yet fully fleshed out how it intends to eliminate natural gas power plants from its generation portfolio. To be sure, no U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 11, 2020

Utility group PacifiCorp is about to open a gusher of opportunity for wind, solar and energy storage developers in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Through its two utility subsidiaries, Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power, PacifiCorp claims to be the largest grid operator in the Western U.S.,

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. Meanwhile, the rapid growth of solar power is providing generous amounts of daytime electricity, but, of course, none at night. THE BIG RETHINK. SOLUTIONS: EFFICIENCY AND DEMAND RESPONSE.

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POWER Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

A UK- based global research group said continued growth in wind and solar power increased power generation from renewable energy to nearly a third of worldwide electricity output last year. […] The post Report: Renewables Generating Nearly One-Third of Global Electricity appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2023

Hydropower, traditionally one of Africa’s most important sources of electricity, will rapidly fade in importance and cede its position to solar power. For decades, many African countries have relied on hydropower for electricity generation, including projects that inspire as much awe as controversy.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

A new study says changing that could save the region’s utilities and customers billions of dollars over the next two decades — and highlights that a currently proposed plan to create an energy-trading market encompassing the region’s dominant utilities likely won’t be enough to get the job done.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

gigawatts, to help meet the state’s ambitious clean energy goals. Thursday’s decision by the PSC approves a January proposal from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to conduct its second major solicitation for offshore wind, aimed at meeting New York’s goals for 2.4

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A new study from the Energy Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that deploying 307 GW of solar and 142 GW of wind capacity in India by 2030 would need around a $26.5 Because solar resources are good across large parts of India, the solar energy buildout—and thus the land use—potentially could be spread out. .

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 30, 2020

These are power sources like crude oil and natural gas that we use to sustain ourselves. Fortunately, we can turn to renewable energy alternatives that work similarly — and are better for the planet. The post What Renewable Energy Is Most Cost-Effective by Region? They’re called fossil fuels. Take a look to see.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Happy Earth Day 2021!

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. The Solar Energy Industries Association industry group published a roadmap Monday to increase solar power to 20 percent of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

How are European policymakers dealing with the energy crisis? On behalf of environmental group RePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp offers a deep analysis of the key messages in Europe’s policy. For much of the past decade, they have barely been breaking even as energy prices have been at historic lows.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

These back-to-back summers of extreme weather underscore the need for a more robust and resilient electric grid capable of delivering the reliable power that ultimately underpins our health and wellbeing, from communication and transportation infrastructure to broader economic growth and physical security.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Researchers from the University of Sussex Business School and South Korea's Hanyang University sought to estimate the external costs of the UK's energy and transport sectors which are not met by the industries themselves but are indirectly paid for by the public. Co-author of today's study Benjamin K.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 2, 2021

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Vano , and a full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. Southeast in 2050.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

President Joe Biden has called for major clean energy investments as a way to curb climate change and generate jobs. Department of Energy that found that solar power could generate up to 45% of the U.S. Why such a heavy focus on solar power? Doesn’t a low-carbon future require many types of clean energy?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Driving this sea change in long-term planning is a combination of public pressure and energy economics. The falling costs of wind and solar power are pushing utilities to find ways to incorporate them into their long-range plans, even as they struggle to define what resources can be relied on to provide the dispatchable power they need.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources will take place on November 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy. The theme is "Renewable Energy for a Better Future" and the it will include: Keynote talks, Plenary sessions, Discussion Panels, B2B Meetings, Poster symposia, Video Presentations, and Workshops.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

While this much change in 15 years seems ambitious, our new report, “ Halfway to Zero ,” looks back at the past 15 and finds that power sector emissions are half of what they were projected to be. We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Tennessee Valley Authority announced this week that it has contracted for 484 megawatts of solar power in the past two months, part of its push to expand its clean energy portfolio and reduce its reliance on coal power. Spanish developer OPD Energy will develop a fifth, 69-megawatt project in Simpson County, Kentucky.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. utilities that still rely on coal and natural gas for most of their generation capacity. All but one call for new natural gas plants.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 Summaries of the energy provisions included in the bill were provided by the office of Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York), and Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Dominion Energy, Virginia’s dominant utility, is racing to get ahead of the expanding clean-energy ambitions of state Democratic legislators. On Tuesday Dominion announced a 100 percent net-zero emissions plan on the eve of a key vote for even more aggressive renewable energy bills, while promoting its planned 2.6-gigawatt

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage and in-state solar and wind power. Dominion also gets more than one-third of its energy from nuclear power.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Big oil and the energy transition Summary - 2020 is already the worst year for the oil industry ever. Even major oil and gas CEOs agree there might be no recovery after this crisis, certainly not to the ‘good-old-days’. Now the world is in the midst of an energy shock that is unprecedented. The transition is among us.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

Last year saw major carbon-free targets set by utilities like Duke Energy and Xcel Energy ; this week, Arizona's APS made its own carbon-free pledge in a state without big climate legislation on the books. NextEra Energy: America's renewables behemoth. NextEra got into the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The reality is there’s no bad outcome for clean energy in the upcoming election, though the impact on the climate is another story. For clean energy resources — solar, wind and energy storage — the range of possibilities over the next four years runs from the merely good to the incredible.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Looking at official figures from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and adding in a CleanTechnica estimate for small-scale solar power. continued] The post Solar & Wind = 71% of New Power Capacity in USA in October appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 26, 2021

In October 2019, wind power and solar power accounted for 11.3% This shows steady growth of solar and wind power in the United […]. of US electricity generation. In October 2020, they accounted for 12.4% of US electricity generation.

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 7, 2021

2020 US electricity generation data are in from the US Energy Information Administration. Crunching the numbers, renewable energy accounted for 20.6% That was led by wind power, which accounted for 8.3% of US electricity generation, followed by hydropower at 7.2% and solar power at 3.3%.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expects that slightly more than 50% of new US power capacity in the next 3 years will come from solar power — and that’s just considering large-scale solar power projects, not small-scale/rooftop solar power installations.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The good news was that 100% of new capacity power in October was from renewable sources. of total power capacity is from wind, water, and solar power plants (only counting large-scale solar, not small-scale rooftop solar). The less good news was that only 21.7%

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Solar power keeps growing in the United States. of new power capacity added in the country was from solar power plants. was from wind power plants. was from hydropower. If you've done the quick math on that, that means that 100% of new power capacity came from renewable energy sources in June.

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