GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 31, 2020

Unfortunately, by failing to allow all carbon-free technologies to compete equally, leading states are on the brink of adopting policies that miss the opportunity to achieve all three objectives simultaneously. Under New York's RPS, only hydropower under 30 megawatts is eligible for certain renewable energy credits (RECs).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Mark Wilson, CEO of Intelligent Land Investments, told a conference of the British Hydropower Association in Glasgow on 24 November that while the current energy crisis offers “a great opportunity for renewables”, long-term energy storage will also be required to fulfil that potential.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

Report funded by Scottish Renewables, the British Hydropower Association, Buccleuch, CCSQ, Drax Group, Intelligent Land Investments Group, SSE Renewables. It will increasingly be needed as the UK transitions to a low-carbon energy system based on renewable power rather than burning fossil fuels. Cruachan dam (image credit: Drax Group).

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

What does this mean for energy policy? There are two major areas in which Republicans could have an impact on energy policy when they assume control of the House. Derisking Energy Projects. Renewable energy projects are similar. Republicans will take over control of the House of Representatives in 2023.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 18, 2022

An integrated policy framework built around the energy transition could bring a wave of new sustainable energy investment to Africa, growing the continent’s economy by 6.4% by 2050, according to an analysis published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB).

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

Scottish Renewables and the British Hydropower Association have written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling on the UK Government to urgently support the deployment of long-duration electricity storage, including pumped storage hydro (PSH). To meet the UK Government’s net-zero targets more clean energy is required.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JULY 8, 2020

proposed transmission projects meant to carry Midwest wind power to eastern markets, is one step closer to completion after winning key court and policy battles in Missouri. billion project from its founder, Clean Line Energy. The Grain Belt Express, one of the biggest U.S. Invenergy spokeswoman Beth Conley told the St.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The British hydropower industry is being hamstrung by changes to business rates valuations which have lumbered some leading developers with crippling tax bills that have led directly to redundancies and curtailed plans to boost renewable energy capacity. You can't increase prices, you can't cut costs.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Peninsula Clean Energy said it has begun providing 100 percent carbon-free electricity to all of its nearly 300,000 customers, which is ahead of California’s 2045 zero-emission power generation mandate and a step in helping the agency achieve its ultimate goal of providing all customers 100 percent renewable power on a 24/7 basis.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

A new briefing from think tank organisation the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) argues that the clean energy transition can be delivered on time and at an affordable cost if supply chain risks are minimised by policy and industry action. The energy transition is fundamentally achievable if supply chain risks are managed.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest World Energy Outlook (WEO) report finds that, as the world moves towards a more electrified and renewables-based energy system, which will be needed to prevent costs associated with potentially volatile fuel prices, investment in robust, digitalised grid systems will need follow suit.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Tidal energy firm Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth. Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, said: “These are exciting times for tidal stream energy.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 6, 2021

The world added more than 260 GW of renewable energy capacity last year, exceeding expansion in 2019 by close to 50%, despite the economic slowdown that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). These numbers tell a remarkable story of resilience and hope.

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Solar Industry

MAY 29, 2024

These new Clean Electricity credits are meant to provide incentives for the first time to any clean energy facility that achieves net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The technologies recognized include wind, solar, hydropower, marine and hydrokinetic. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

FirstLight Power joined the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy (CFE) Compact in partnership with Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and UN Energy. According to a press release, 24/7 carbon-free energy will reduce pollution and improve economic and health outcomes for those most impacted by the effects of climate change.

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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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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

The share of non-hydro renewable energy in the fuel mix more than doubled during this period to over 13% in 2019, and this torrid rate of growth is expected to continue, according to IRENA’s Renewable Energy Statistics, 2020. Existing hydropower plants can also help with this large ramp up power.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Investment in clean energy such as solar, hydropower and wind to meet Africa’s energy demand which is expected to double by 2040. The researchers call for urgent collaboration on: • Continuous air monitoring via a network of sensors in order to build a detailed picture of air pollution variations and track progress.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 3, 2021

A hydroelectric power purchase agreement (PPA) has been signed between Primeo Energie France, Eureden and aventron. Primeo Energie France is committed to supplying Eureden with electricity production from two small hydroelectric facilities operated by the aventron group through its French subsidiary Birseck Hydro, from 2023 to 2025.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report says that during the past decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa increased. An increased emphasis on “leaving no one behind” is required in the years ahead.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The non-profit Solar Foundation will soon become part of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, merging two groups with a common vision for an increasingly clean-powered grid. In June, AWEA along with solar, hydropower and storage industry trade groups also introduced a joint vision to achieve “majority renewables” by 2030.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Electrify everything" has become the glib shorthand for that movement. And the era of fossil fuels is hardly over.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Renewable energy advocates celebrated Congress' passing of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill , which includes billions of dollars for renewable energy projects and research. Clean energy infrastructure means jobs. What's in the bipartisan infrastructure bill for clean energy? Energy storage.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Recent years have seen energy storage installations dominated by lithium-ion battery technology around the world. This week, the International Hydropower Association and the U.S. This week, the International Hydropower Association and the U.S. Department of Energy, at a Tuesday event launching the alliance.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Duke Energy said it plans to double its renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, and stop generating electricity from coal by 2035. Duke Energy's Edwardsport IGCC (integrated gasification combined-cycle) coal-fired generation plant. Follow @EngelsAngle. Courtesy: Duke). Courtesy: North Carolina Governor's Office).

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

The focus for the Horizon Europe climate, energy and mobility ‘cluster’ for its forthcoming three years is on the green and digital transitions and EU resilience. Moreover, many challenges in the energy and transport sectors are closely interlinked and must be addressed in a holistic, inclusive and mission-driven approach.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 2, 2020

Senate will consider a bipartisan energy package this week that could be this year’s best legislative hope to increase federal funding for a number of energy technologies, from solar, wind and batteries, to more efficient fossil fuel-fired power and carbon capture. The American Energy Innovation Act, introduced Thursday by Sens.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 11, 2020

A massive energy bill that could direct billions of dollars to renewable energy, energy storage and smart grid R&D and deployments faces an unclear future in the U.S. The American Energy Innovation Act, introduced last month by Sens. The American Energy Innovation Act, introduced last month by Sens.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2022

details the critical need for long-duration energy storage (LDES) to create an efficient, low-carbon energy system and avoid the curtailment of renewable energy resources. In August 2022, energy generation within CAISO emitted approximately 233mTCO2/GWh. An issue brief released by ESS Inc. Curtailment implications.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) issued a Request for Proposals for a consultant to conduct an energy storage market update and strategy study for mid- and long-duration energy storage in the Commonwealth.

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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

JUNE 4, 2020

solar, wind, energy storage and hydropower industries announced a new era of cooperation between their sectors, with the goal of bringing renewables to constitute a majority of electricity generation sources by 2030. Traditional hydropower would tick up to 9 percent of generation. Credit: AWEA.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Duke Energy’s third-quarter earnings report on Thursday revealed success in managing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on its multistate utility operations. Historically, energy policy in North Carolina has moved in a bipartisan way," she said.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 4, 2021

In 2018, about two-thirds of new energy capacity installed was renewable. degrees Fahrenheit), the best-case scenario outlined at the Paris Climate Accord, global investment in renewable energy needs to double over the next decade. In two-thirds of the world, solar and wind are already the cheapest energy option.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Novel energy storage concept developer Gravitricity picked up the award for Best Innovation. Director of industry body said shortlist highlighted the “leaps of innovation” of Scotland’s renewable energy industry. The 2021 Scottish Green Energy Awards was headline-sponsored by EDF Renewables. in community benefit payments.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Despite immense cost cuts and their deployment in the power sector last year more than doubling, batteries need to lead a sixfold increase in global energy storage deployments to enable the world to meet 2030 targets, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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