GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2020

Energy Information Administration has confirmed what it and industry watchers predicted a year ago—that wind and solar power will expand on their already-large share of new U.S. EIA’s numbers also break records for both wind and solar in terms of annual capacity additions. generation capacity in 2020.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In the process, NextEra became the largest producer of wind and solar power in the world. 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.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The falling costs of wind and solar power are pushing utilities to find ways to incorporate them into their long-range plans, even as they struggle to define what resources can be relied on to provide the dispatchable power they need. The latter category has grown by about 6,500 megawatts since 2012.

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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.

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