Rooftop solar generation meets 1.5% of US electricity demand in 2022
PV Tech
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Small-scale solar generation grew rapidly from 5,959GWh in 2012 to 61,281GWh in 2022, driven by the rapid uptake of installations on homes.
Can Free Smart Thermostats Get Homeowners to Enroll in Summertime Demand Response?
GreenTechMedia
MAY 19, 2020
It’s not as much as the roughly 500 megawatts enrolled in Consumers’ current commercial and industrial demand response programs, or the roughly 30 megawatts available from its existing residential direct air conditioner load control program. And Consumers' 1.6 That’s where the free offering comes in.
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Draught-proofing for chimneys picks up Queen’s Award
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 25, 2022
After developing and patenting the Chimney Sheep, Phillips took the product to market in 2012 not knowing what demand would be like for her innovation. In 2012, 1700 were sold. Wool is a natural insulator, but also breathable, which is important for chimneys in older properties.”. Sales have grown year on year.
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Why Oil Demand Won’t Follow Coal’s Death Spiral
R-Squared Energy
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Since coal’s peak demand year of 2007, carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. But Norway’s oil demand has been slow to respond. But data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that California’s oil consumption has risen each year since 2012. Meanwhile, China’s oil demand grew 5.3% Oil demand grew in the U.S.
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Ascent Solar Product Trials Reach 15.2 Percent Cell Production Efficiency
Solar Industry
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
standard efficiency measured for production material in 2012. With continued increases in efficiency, we anticipate expanding sales into both new and existing markets, and meeting the ever-increasing demand for solar power in targeted specialty applications.” Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. ,
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PVEL Enhances Product Qualification Program for PV Modules
Solar Industry
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
PVEL established the PQP in 2012 to provide empirical data for PV module benchmarking and project-level energy yield and financial models, and to help recognize top-performing PV modules.
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MPs demand 'bold, visionary' mini-Budget to tackle climate and cost of living crises
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
However, the government has not yet made any new announcements focused on curbing energy demand, despite widespread calls from businesses and campaigners for efficiency measures to be prioritised.
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Air sampler flow calibration
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 17, 2020
In some instances, a non-accredited calibration may suffice, whilst other times may demand an accredited calibration. Regular UKAS accredited calibration of your air sampler system whether this be a flowmeter, flow calibrator or pump will ensure your sampling system remains compliant and accurate.
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America is hungrier than ever for sustainable food systems. Can we build them?
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
The farms we work with are seeing a huge spike in demand [for direct sales]," Dan Miller, CEO and founder of the crowdfunding platform Steward , told me when we spoke by phone in early April. But now they have to quickly switch their businesses to meet that demand."
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Can a Novel Zinc Battery Deliver Clean Multiday Backup Power?
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
“We can do both: We can do the short-duration time-of-use arbitrage and demand-charge reduction and help monetize those opportunities for customers, but we can also provide them up to two days of backup power in the face of an outage,” Larsen said. The startup, founded in 2012, raised a CAD $3.4 Photo credit: e-Zinc).
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Grid infrastructure must grow rapidly for net zero – IEA
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 13, 2023
The growth in grid infrastructure to transport and store electricity will place “considerable demands” on supply chains, according to the IEA’s Energy Technology Perspectives 2023. Another example is global transformer demands, with additions doubling from an average of 2.4GW/year over 2012 to 2021 to 4.9GW/year in 2022 to 2030.
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Former YASA CEO Chris Harris appointed as electric aviation developer Evolito CEO
Charged
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Following 15 years of experience building and leading high-tech businesses in the UK, Europe and the US, Dr. Harris joined YASA in 2012. Evolito will exclusively commercialize YASA’s electric motor technology and IP for the electric aerospace market.
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Who Won in Vegas Last Week? Virtual Power Plants
AutoGrid
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
to retire polluting fossil fuel peaker plants , respond to new electricity demands that are increasing for the first time in decades, and reduce grid costs. It is no coincidence that an EV was the first asset to be integrated into our award-winning AutoGrid Flex platform back in 2012.) Far too much to cover in this blog post.
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Gold Hydrogen – Set to Satisfy Global Energy Thirst for Centuries
Hydrogen Fuel News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Bourakébougou in Mali represents a pioneering chapter in natural hydrogen extraction, delivering electricity to villagers from a steady flow of nearly pure hydrogen since 2012. It promises a substantially lower carbon, land and water footprint and could meet global energy demands for centuries, provided its extraction is viable.
The long road to recognition
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 12, 2020
Civil engineer and Chartered Water & Environmental Manager Simon Crowther has both personal experience of flooding (as “victim” in 2007), and expertise in tackling it, as director of Flood Protection Solutions , which he founded in 2012. Here, he offers his own thoughts on the sector’s current shape and direction.
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Extreme Heat, Peak Load and Demand Response: Record Summer 2018 Challenges Grid Operators Nationwide
AutoGrid
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Extreme Heat, Peak Load and Demand Response: Record Summer 2018 Challenges Grid Operators Nationwide. The alerts succeeded in lowering demand by 990 megawatts (MW) over the two days, helping the system get over high forecasted peaks. As of the end of July, CAISO had already issued 18 such calls—the most since 2012, when it recorded 23.
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The Maintenance Needs Of Biodiesel
The Environmental Blog
JANUARY 21, 2022
With the demand for biodiesel rising , producers increase production to make the fuel more widely available for consumers. passenger vehicle sales in 2012. Meaning the increasing demand for it might raise the prices for these products and create a food crisis in many countries. Maintaining Biodiesel. It Can Damage Some Vehicles.
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Siemens publishes advice for businesses on steps to decarbonise
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012. These are grouped into three different areas: actions on the management side, actions on the energy demand side and actions on the energy supply side. Actions on the energy demand side. Actions on the management side.
Fast Fashion: The Damage It’s Caused and How to Stop It
The Environmental Blog
MARCH 19, 2020
With supply and demand necessities and pressures to fulfill capitalistic demands, the industry is at a peak of production that it hasn’t seen before. In 2012, they produced 840 million articles of clothing. The higher and faster the demand for clothes, the more they will have to work. This dynamic is a cycle.
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In D.C. Defamation Trial, Climatologist Michael Mann Confronts the Climate Deniers Who Maligned His Work
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 25, 2024
In 2012, Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn publicly accused Mann, then a professor at Penn State University, of scientific misconduct and fraud. While in 2012, climate deniers simply rejected the fact of climate change — as Steyn and Simberg did in their efforts to discredit Mann’s work — a “new denial” is on the rise, according to CCDH.
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Why The World Needs More Nuclear Power
R-Squared Energy
JULY 15, 2019
Previous articles in this series covered carbon dioxide emissions, petroleum supply and demand, the production and consumption of coal, global natural gas trends, and the continued explosion in the growth of renewable energy: BP Warns Of An Unsustainable Path. Coal Demand Rises, But Remains Below Peak Levels.
BP and Shell ‘Shaped’ UK Carbon Tax Proposals, Private Emails Show
DeSmogBlog
MAY 8, 2024
Fossil fuel companies will survive while there is demand for what they produce. You’ve got to eliminate that demand if you want to eliminate them”. The think tank has significant access to ministers, having held more than a hundred meetings with the government since 2012.
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New Plans Reveal How China’s Grid Is Prepping for Net-Zero Carbon
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 3, 2021
GW in 2012 to 130 GW in 2017, according to data from the Asia Europe Clean Energy Advisory. That becomes especially pressing when population and economic growth, plus the electrification of heat and transport, combine to boost electricity demand. EVs will drive a chunk of that demand. The coal question. percent during 2020.
Germany’s Fallen ‘Solar Valley’ Sees New Life as Meyer Burger Buys Former SolarWorld Factory
GreenTechMedia
JULY 10, 2020
While China still dominates the global PV supply chain, the increasing automation of production lines and surging solar demand in Europe could open the door to a rejuvenation of Europe's once-mighty PV manufacturing sector.
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India’s EV market to grow at CAGR of 49% between 2021-2030: IESA report
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 30, 2022
Between 2021 and 2030, the yearly battery demand is anticipated to increase at a CAGR of 41%, reaching 142GWh. Lead-acid batteries continued to dominate the Indian EV ecosystem in 2021, accounting for 81% of the market; this is due to the high demand for e-rickshaws. The market is of 6.5GWh, just like in 2021.
FedEx says it will be carbon-neutral by 2040
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 5, 2021
Since 2012, the FedEx Fuel Sense and Aircraft Modernization programs have saved a combined 1.43 Addressing climate change is a complex challenge that demands urgent action, and natural carbon capture strategies will be one key part of that action,” said Dr. Ingrid C. Fuel Conservation and Aircraft Modernization. Knobloch, Jr.
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How To Fix The Ethanol Industry
R-Squared Energy
AUGUST 20, 2019
government creates demand for ethanol via federal mandate. The key problem is that creating demand by mandate has simply not worked to produce a self-sufficient ethanol industry. The past year has seen more farm bankruptcy filings than any year since 2012. In a nutshell, the U.S. Farm bankruptcies are steadily rising.
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Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures Plans New $500M Fund
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 13, 2020
The Aramco venture fund launched in 2012 with a $500 million budget to invest in startups across the globe. When it comes to cleaning up the oil and gas sector, Mufti said the industry is likely to adopt an “ecosystem investment model," where investments are designed to increase demand for the investor's core product.
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The largest and most spectacular wind farms in the world
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Located in the Gansu Province, this colossal wind energy project is a shining example of how a country can harness its vast natural resources to address its growing energy demands while simultaneously reducing its carbon footprint. Since September 2012, the wind farm has been operational.
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Global wind industry reached nearly 100 GW of new installed capacity in 2020
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 11, 2021
This increased demand for turbines in China allowed smaller domestic turbine makers to fully utilize their idling manufacturing capacity, and gain ground on their foreign competitors in the global ranking. Following the lapse of onshore feed-in premiums, the market is likely to see demand drop this year.”. BNEF identified 57.8
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Britain's power grid celebrates greenest day and month on record in 2022
Business Green
JANUARY 6, 2023
Overall, National Grid ESO said 2022 was the country's second-greenest year on record, second only to 2020 when demand for electricity plummeted due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns. National Grid ESO's data also points to a marked fluctuation in electricity demand last year.
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Exponential EV sales highlights critical mineral shortages – IEA
Smart Energy International
MAY 24, 2022
According to the report, Global EV Outlook 2022 , ensuring future growth will demand greater efforts to diversify battery manufacturing and critical mineral supplies. million, with more now sold each week than in the whole of 2012. This is needed to reduce the risks of bottlenecks and price rises.
Going green: The future of hydrogen energy
Renewable Energy World
JUNE 23, 2021
This type of coordinated energy systems approach can use hydrogen to simultaneously decarbonize transport, industry and heat by identifying and involving regional industry and consumer demand and matching this to energy supply opportunities and industry investment. Production costs. We must do more. Production will follow.
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Government extends grants for buying electric vans and trucks through to 2025
Business Green
MARCH 15, 2022
Plug-In Van and Truck Grants have supported the purchase of more than 26,000 electric vehicles (EVs) since the programme launched in 2012, offering up to £5,000 off the cost of a large electric van and £16,000 off the initial cost of a small truck. tonnes to 4.25 tonnes, with vans weighing up to 4.25
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Highlights From The BP Statistical Review Of World Energy 2021
R-Squared Energy
JULY 26, 2021
The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. For example, as I will detail below, oil demand fell dramatically last year, but we already know that it has largely recovered in 2021. Since its release, I have been busy analyzing the data and creating graphics.
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US Voluntary Clean Power Sales Keep Surging, With More Than a Little Help From Utilities
GreenTechMedia
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Large customers have also developed a variety of power-purchase agreement (PPA) structures that have become the fastest-growing source of voluntary clean power demand, according to NREL data, reaching about 42 million MWh of sales last year. NREL estimates these voluntary clean power sales have grown from virtually nothing in 2012 to 4.4
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First Solar Keeps Factories Running During Pandemic but Pulls 2020 Guidance
GreenTechMedia
MAY 7, 2020
While many PV manufacturers have reopened their factories in the wake of the initial coronavirus outbreak, key solar markets are expected to be flat or even shrink this year amid construction delays, difficult financing conditions, and depressed power demand. billion, down from $2.3 billion at the end of last quarter.
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How NextEra Overtook ExxonMobil As The Largest U.S. Energy Company
R-Squared Energy
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Nine months later that value is $140 billion as the company grapples with the decline in energy demand brought on by the pandemic. Since 2012 (including this year), NextEra’s total return has been in the double digits in all years but one. What did NextEra do right? In 2015 it suffered a decline of 2.3%. for the S&P 500.
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Behind-the-Meter Battery Pioneer Stem to Take SPAC Route to Public Markets
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Stem was founded in 2009 as power electronics startup Powergetics and rebranded as Stem in 2012 , becoming one of the first pure-play providers of batteries to help building owners and operators shave peak-demand usage and cut back on their utility bills.
Mosaic Surpasses $10 Billion in Loans Funded for Residential Solar and Sustainable Home Improvements
Mosaic
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Demand for Clean Energy Remains Strong Across the Country. Homeowners add solar to save money, which is especially important right now, and is one of the many factors that is driving the continued demand for clean energy across the country.”. Oakland, Calif., November 8, 2022 – Mosaic , a leading financing platform for U.S.
Catalytic Converter Theft: Explained
Hydrogen Fuel News
APRIL 3, 2024
These steps not only safeguard your property but also contribute to reducing the demand that fuels this type of crime. Engrave your vehicle identification number (VIN) or license plate number onto the catalytic converter to make it easier to identify if stolen.
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Phantom Gas and Missing Documents Reveal Gaps in Utility Oversight
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 16, 2022
He filed 21 internal complaints in 2012, then bumped them up to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC), the group that regulates utilities in the state, later that year. In late 2012, several months after Dye took his complaints to OPUC, NW Natural fired him. Systemic Failures of Oversight.
Solar industry celebrates 'spectacular' surge in rooftop installations
Business Green
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The increased demand for green energy solutions has also led to more companies becoming MCS-certified contractors, rising by 780 in one year - more than double the growth seen over 2020-21. The uptick in installations means there are now more than 1,265,000 registered solar power installations across the UK, with about 1.1
An Open Letter: The Texas Energy Transition—The Greentown Labs Community Offers Pathways to a Resilient and Sustainable Energy Future
Greentown Labs
AUGUST 19, 2021
Warning signs were dismissed, as they have been elsewhere: consider the Northeast’s heat-triggered cascading grid outages in 2003, grid failures resulting from hurricanes Katrina (2005), Sandy (2012), and Maria (2017), California’s rolling summer blackouts, and countless related incidents.
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