R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27.2%), natural gas (24.7%), hydropower (6.9%), renewables (5.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). lower than consumption in 2019, and was approximately equivalent to 2012 oil consumption levels. Renewables and Nuclear Power. share of all energy consumption.

Natural gas 88

Natural gas Nuclear Power Energy Energy 88

R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 13, 2020

NextEra’s renewables unit, NextEra Energy Resources, is primarily oriented toward wind power (58% of this unit’s fuel mix) and is the largest generator of wind power in North America. It has smaller contributions from gas-fired generation (20%), nuclear power (14%) and solar (4%).

Energy 114

Energy Energy Wind power North America 114

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 1, 2020

ComEd has defended EIMA, noting that it has led to a 70 percent improvement in grid reliability since 2012, and has allowed energy efficiency programs that have delivered $5 billion in savings to customers since 2008. EIMA was framed by ComEd and its backers as providing certainty to recovering the costs of a $2.6

Business Energy Monitoring 130

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Investment 130

TIME Ecocentric

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

If there was one thing that seemed certain in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown in 2011—the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl—it was that nuclear power in Japan and the rest of the world was in major trouble. Other countries took note, too.

Nuclear Power 50

Nuclear Power Electricity Energy Energy 50

GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

.; its Southern Power competitive power arm which owns about 12.8 gigawatts of generation capacity, including substantial amounts of wind and solar; and its Southern Nuclear arm, which operates six nuclear power plants and is building the country’s only new nuclear capacity at its Vogtle site in Georgia.

Carbon 130

Carbon Carbon-negative Natural gas Carbon-neutral 130

Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

We're confident the price of nuclear power will fall from the £92.50 per Megawatt Hour for the first plant, closer to £60/MWh for the next wave of power stations reducing to around £40/MWh for further reactors.". Those who like nuclear want it to be true. Amazing how often this is trotted out.

Nuclear Power 95

Nuclear Power Government Hydrogen Electricity 95

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

In November, thanks to windy conditions, the country also generated more than 20GW of power from wind turbines for the first time ever, representing more than 70 per cent of all electricity generated on that day in Britain, it said. Nuclear power plants, meanwhile, provided 15.5 per cent, National Grid ESO's data shows.

Power grid 73

Power grid Hydropower Fossil fuels Carbon 73

Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

As such, the Energy Security Strategy is expected to largely focus on plans to build new nuclear power plants and offshore wind, while fast tracking measures designed to boost North Sea oil and gas production.

Government 87

Government Nuclear Power Fossil fuels Energy 87

Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The regime initially helped speed up the planning process - prior to the NSIP System, Sizewell B nuclear power station took seven years to be consented, for example, while the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm, consented in 2021, took two-and-a-half years from application to approval.

Nuclear Power 36

Nuclear Power Government Policy Energy 36

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

These priority project areas are heavily tipped to include offshore wind farms, nuclear power plants, new roads. The Treasury pointed out that last year it took 65 per cent longer to get consent for major infrastructure projects compared to 2012, and that no new nuclear power stations have been built in the UK since 1995.

Nuclear Power 36

Nuclear Power Investment Policy Government 36

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. ” Stem’s role in opening up the behind-the-meter battery market.

Business Energy Monitoring 130

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 130

Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

In a wide-ranging appearance before the BEIS Committee, Kwarteng also defended the government's support for nuclear power, reiterating hopes that Hinkley Point C would come online by 2025 and act as a forerunner for another major nuclear project, as well as a fleet of small modular rectors developed in future.

Nuclear Power 69

Nuclear Power Government Policy Carbon 69

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. The Japanese are optimistic about the electrical power that will be generated, given the region’s current trajectory.

Energy 28

Energy Energy Wind power Construction 28

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Even nuclear power appeared to offer marginal potential to support society, with an EROI of 14:1. Hall, who retired from a full-time professorship in 2012, said most attacks on the EROI concept “are specious and due to incomplete or deliberately distorted knowledge,” and have been rebutted in past research.

Investment 130

Investment Energy Energy Fossil fuels 130

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter. She added: “And so whenever it isn’t windy we’re starting to get into issues of the grid being stressed”.

Fossil fuels 91

Fossil fuels Global warming Climate change Demand 91

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Southern’s 44 GW of generating capacity is 52 percent natural gas, 13 percent coal, 17 percent nuclear and 12 percent renewables. The latter category has grown by about 6,500 megawatts since 2012. Nuclear power plays a large role in PSEG’s carbon-reduction plans. Public Service Enterprise Group.

Carbon 246

Carbon Natural gas Carbon-neutral Nuclear Power 246

Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

Moreover, the number of energy efficiency upgrades undertaken in the UK peaked in 2012 at 2.3 Nearly 60 per cent of homes in England, totalling more than 13 million dwellings, currently fall below Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating C. In contrast, fewer than 100,000 upgrades were undertaken in 2021.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Government Energy Energy 36

Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

It means generation from renewables such as bioenergy, waste, wind, solar and hydro is now 15 times that of coal, when as recently as 2012 coal output was greater. Electricity generation from natural gas fired power plants also fell back slightly by 2.2

Aviation 101

Aviation Carbon Climate change Transportation 101

Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 10, 2021

The largest and one of the fastest emissions growing sectors in the study, power sector emissions were skewed by low availability of zero-carbon resources, including below average hydropower availability and the unexpected shutdown in 2012 of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.

Carbon 52

Carbon Pollution Nuclear Power Hydropower 52

Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 10, 2021

The largest and one of the fastest emissions growing sectors in the study, power sector emissions were skewed by low availability of zero-carbon resources, including below average hydropower availability and the unexpected shutdown in 2012 of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.

Carbon 52

Carbon Pollution Nuclear Power Hydropower 52

Energy and Cleantech Council

APRIL 21, 2022

These campaigns took place between 2012 and 2018 and affected thousands of computers, hundreds of organizations, and approximately 135 countries. The co-conspirators targeted a variety of organizations in the energy sector, including oil and gas firms, nuclear power plants, and utility and power transmission companies.

Government 52

Government Energy Energy Organic 52

Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Currently, we use fossil fuels, biofuels and nuclear power to provide this baseload. Tidal range, stream and lagoon power are obvious solutions which currently do not get the political attention they deserve. The government's baseload strategy is to use nuclear power.

Nuclear Power 69

Nuclear Power Energy Energy Fossil fuels 69

Earth Gratitude

JANUARY 21, 2016

In 2012, President Obama said that, by 2020, the U.S. You will never make nuclear power small enough or safe enough to put on a submarine.” Through a partnership with the State of California, the U.S. Navy is purchasing 400 electric vehicles, as part of their goal to reduce the Navy’s dependence on oil. Alternative Energy.

Energy Monitor 40

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Electric vehicle 40

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2020

” Brouillette's comments are a nod to the United States’ relatively slow progress in advanced nuclear power compared to countries like Russia, which has the world’s only full-scale testing platform for smaller-scale nuclear reactors, and China, which is building units today, albeit with less modern designs.

Energy 240

Energy Energy Nuclear Power Construction 240

Charged

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

However, in 2012, the legislature created an exemption for EV charging. Florida, along with several other states, generally prohibits any entity other than a regulated utility from selling electricity to retail customers.

Law 78

Law Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

” Wilkinson returned to this dilemma in his conclusion, again noting the dangers posed by “emissions and discharges” caused by fossil fuels and nuclear power. ” Graphs showing growing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, and rising CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, in Shell staffer T.G.

Fossil fuels 138

Fossil fuels Climate change Pollution Ozone 138

Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 5, 2021

I recall a conversation I was a fly on the wall to in 2012 with the chief technology officers of all the major auto brands. At the time, all of them thought that fuel cells were definitely the future (including Nissan, which was in the process of releasing the all-electric Nissan Leaf).

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 52

Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

And advanced nuclear power production tax credits of 1.5 The Act allocates $27bn for a new Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, that would support and create green banks across the country to divvy out the funding, including $20bn for a national state green bank, and the remaining $7bn for state-level green banks.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Methane Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 36

CleanTechnica

JANUARY 12, 2021

At the end of 2020, I published a report on solar power, wind power, and fossil fuel power market share changes from 2010 to 2020. A helpful reader, Mike Dyke, directed me to UK data for the same period.

Wind power 0

Wind power Fossil fuels Solar Power Natural gas 0