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Heat and drought are sucking US hydropower dry

The Verge: Energy

. | Photo by George Rose/Getty Images The amount of hydropower generated in the Western US last year was the lowest it’s been in more than two decades. That includes states west of the Dakotas and Texas, where 60 percent of the nation’s hydropower was generated. We saw that happen on a global scale in 2023.

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Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done

The Guardian: Energy

Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit? It was the 2000s, and fossil fuel prices were rising worldwide.

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Nuclear hydrogen is promising, says US energy Loan Programs Office director

Hydrogen Fuel News

The carbon free electricity from these plants provides a low-cost way to make H2 with electrolysis. The promise comes from the use of low-cost electricity to power water electrolysis to make H2. The promise comes from the use of low-cost electricity to power water electrolysis to make H2.

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Part 1: Revisiting the Key Findings of a California Carbon Market and Environmental Equity Study

Low Carbon Prosperity

Figure 6: In-state production of nuclear and hydropower from 2001-2018. No sensitivity of facility-level or net pollution findings were evaluated based on the choice of baseline years or trends beyond the control of the program, such as availability of the prominent sources of carbon-free electricity. Data source: [link].

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Part 1: Revisiting the Key Findings of a California Carbon Market and Environmental Equity Study

Low Carbon Prosperity

Figure 6: In-state production of nuclear and hydropower from 2001-2018. No sensitivity of facility-level or net pollution findings were evaluated based on the choice of baseline years or trends beyond the control of the program, such as availability of the prominent sources of carbon-free electricity. Data source: [link].

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Cornell University Score 82.14 | Ithaca, New York In March 2020, Cornell saw 100 percent of its campus power needs met by solar, hydropower, and other renewable energy projects. Thompson Rivers is working to replace all its natural gas boilers with electric ones, which should render the whole university carbon-neutral (sans offsets!)

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U.S. Hydropower Generation Expected to Increase by 6% in 2024 Following Last Year’s Lows

CleanTechnica

hydropower electricity generation fell to its lowest since 2001. This year, we expect hydropower to increase 6% and account for 250 billion kilowatthours of electricity generation in the power sector, based on forecasts in our Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Last year, U.S. continued] The post U.S.