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Customer-centric demand response a key solution for Japan’s energy transition challenges

Smart Energy International

Japan’s electricity sector is facing the triple challenges in the energy transition of energy security, cost and decarbonisation , writes James Tedd from GridBeyond. Imported fossil resources contribute to all three of the challenges of the energy transition. Have you read?

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IRENA reports 22% lower LCOE of geothermal power in 2022

ThinkGeoEnergy

Between 2021 and 2022, the global weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of ten newly commissioned geothermal projects fell by 22% to USD 0.056 kWh. This statistic was reported by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in their newly published document, “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022.”

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

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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Greentown Labs Deepens Partnership with Vineyard Wind; Announces Go Energize 2023, Supported by MassCEC

Greentown Labs

10, 2023 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech incubator in North America, and Vineyard Wind , developer of the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, are now accepting applications for Greentown Go Energize 2023 , a program supported by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). Somerville, Mass.

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Energy efficiency: The sleeping giant of the net zero transition

Business Green

Rasmus Valanko from the We Mean Business Coalition sets out what companies can do to reduce their energy use in order to drive down costs and emissions. Reliable access to affordable energy is in jeopardy due to the rising costs of an energy system still too reliant on fossil fuels.

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How critical and emergency services can benefit from battery power

Smart Energy International

As blackouts become more common due to the severity of climate change, sources of continuous battery backup power can be one less headache—and a life-saving advantage—to fire departments and emergency services already faced with rising costs and operational challenges, explains Lance Honea of Swell Energy. are volunteers.

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A world of equal weight: How an Aboriginal family’s battle with fossil fuels started with a walk

Grist

Sometimes the dynamics of this saturation are so complex and inscrutable that our strides unsettle sand that is several meters away, so that with each step we see little bursts of light up ahead of us, wherever the water is wicking through the grains. Local businesses started sending food and supplies up to the camp.