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Three-Quarters of New US Generating Capacity in 2020 Will Be Renewable, EIA Says

GreenTechMedia

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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How NextEra Overtook ExxonMobil As The Largest U.S. Energy Company

R-Squared Energy

The company has used the stable cash flows from its regulated Florida power utility (70% of revenue) to help finance its investments in renewables (30% of revenue). In the process, NextEra became the largest producer of wind and solar power in the world. In 2015 it suffered a decline of 2.3%. for the S&P 500.

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How Energy Storage’s Growth Trajectory Differs From the Early Days of Solar

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DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago. But developers have found business cases worth investing in, such as saving clipped solar power , arbitraging wind power and hitting peaks in the energy market.

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An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

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Since 2010, wind power has grown from providing under one per cent to providing 10 per cent of electricity in Brazil, and provided 15 per cent of the EU's electricity demand in 2019. Yet in many places, transitions to clean energy technologies have succeeded far beyond expectations.

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Liz Truss Hires Anti-Green Aides With Ties to Libertarian Think Tanks

DeSmogBlog

In 2012 she tweeted that “climate change policies are pushing up domestic gas & elec prices” and wrote a Telegraph article that year headlined “Green policies are costing Britons the earth” making the same point and citing IEA research. She has blamed previous energy bill rises on renewables. Liz Truss has also given speeches to the ASI.

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Highlights From The BP Statistical Review Of World Energy 2021

R-Squared Energy

lower than consumption in 2019, and was approximately equivalent to 2012 oil consumption levels. Solar electricity consumption rose by a record 1.3 exajoules (EJ) — an increase of 20% — but wind power (+1.5 Last year’s increase in solar and wind capacity was staggering, particularly in light of the pandemic.

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Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

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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.