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

Renewable Energy World

Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand. This was despite a decline in nuclear output. year-on-year, the first decline since 2009.

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IEA sketches out vision for $1tr a year global green stimulus

Business Green

The IEA said its plan was designed to avoid the kind of sharp rebound in carbon emissions that accompanied the economic recovery from the 2008-2009 financial crisis and instead put global emissions into structural decline.

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. However, new nuclear plants in the U.S.

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After Pandemic, New York’s Buildings Face Daunting Decarbonization Mandate

GreenTechMedia

2009's Greener, Greater Buildings Plan included requirements for energy-use data reporting, regular energy audits and retro-commissioning, and lighting upgrades. The proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line would carry hydropower from Quebec south to New York City. But the impact has been modest.

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