Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

according to the Energy Information Administration , coming in second to natural gas at 1,617 billion kWh. Only natural gas produced more electricity than renewables in the U.S. Renewables surpassed nuclear (790 billion kWh) and coal (774 billion kWh) generation for the first time on record.

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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. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As long as there are enough suppliers (such as renewables and nuclear) with low marginal costs, the price paid for electricity by consumers also remains low. But as soon as demand outstrips the capacity of these low-cost producers, prices jump to the price bid by gas-fired generators, which depends largely on the price of natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added. 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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