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Solar generation to surpass hydropower in the US in 2024

Renew Economy

Solar generation has increased at an average rate of 44% a year in the US between 2009 to 2022 – and new data shows it's on track to overtake hydro on the grid. The post Solar generation to surpass hydropower in the US in 2024 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Watt It Takes: Building Climate-Resilient, Restorative Hydropower

GreenTechMedia

Gia Schneider and her brother Abe started Natel Energy based on a hydropower turbine their father designed. It’s designed to protect wildlife and drastically cut the ecological impact of hydropower. And in 2009, she launched Natel with her brother Abe. “Our objectives have actually not wavered.

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Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park to use hydropower for operations

Renewable Energy World

Work is under way at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska to tie into a hydropower network to provide renewable power to the headquarters complex. Operating since 2009, the Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project eliminates the need to import an estimated 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel annually to Gustavus.

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China Three Gorges starts work on 1.7 GW pumped storage station

Renewable Energy World

CTG was founded in 2009 to build the Three Gorges Project and develop the Yangtze River. CTG is a clean energy group focusing on large-scale hydropower development and operation. The plant also is expected to improve local infrastructure, contributing to economic development.

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Correcting 5 myths about hydropower

Renewable Energy World

Hydropower sits at the nexus of energy and water, enabling hydropower projects to be unique catalysts for positive change. If designed with both energy and water in mind, hydropower projects can increase reliable renewable generation and deliver positive co-benefits for river ecosystems and water users. What is keeping the U.S.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Their report revealed that by combining wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower sources, California could, theoretically, meet 100% of its electricity demand with WWS. Hydropower electricity produced in the Pacific Northwest would be imported to fill in the gaps.

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

year-on-year, the first decline since 2009. energy “productivity” (GDP / total energy consumption) rose, but not primarily for positive reasons as economic hardship prompted many consumers to cut back consumption. Natural gas demand dipped 0.8% Power sector demand and exports rose but industrial, commercial and residential demand all fell.