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Thursday’s eclipse reduced PV production

Renewable Energy World

German grid operator Amprion warned that the celestial event would cause a drop in solar power output of about one gigawatt, Reuters reported. Under peak conditions Germany can produce 40 GW of solar power, so the eclipse loss is significant. Previous eclipses strained solar power systems in the past.

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Building out renewables in India could cost $26.5b through 2030, report says

Renewable Energy World

A new study from the Energy Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that deploying 307 GW of solar and 142 GW of wind capacity in India by 2030 would need around a $26.5 That spend would be around 20% lower than what was invested across all of the country’s generation resources between 2015 and 2019. .

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US Solar Industry Rallies Behind 20% Generation Target for 2030

GreenTechMedia

The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. The Solar Energy Industries Association industry group published a roadmap Monday to increase solar power to 20 percent of U.S.

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Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

GreenTechMedia

Dominion’s Virginia generation portfolio today is roughly one-third natural gas, one-third nuclear and one-quarter coal, with just over 5 percent ascribed to renewable energy, much of it hydropower and biomass. The first step toward meeting these goals will come through its renewable energy and energy storage request for proposals.

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

Renewable Energy World

The plans, available at The Solutions Project’s “ Clean Energy ” link, reveal the unique mix of wind, water and sun technologies capable of powering states, countries and even select U.S. Wind, Water and Sun (aka WWS) include wind power; waterpower from tides, rivers, and subsurface water (geothermal water); and solar power.

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US Voluntary Clean Power Sales Keep Surging, With More Than a Little Help From Utilities

GreenTechMedia

These clean power sales have surged in the past decade: According to data collected and published annually by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, they doubled from 2010 to 2014 and doubled again from 2014 to 2019. Beginning in around 2015, these customers began pressing utilities for large-scale voluntary clean power products.

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Global briefing: Alstom inks €100m German battery train deal

Business Green

Yet recurrent shortages of hydropower and a shift away from financing coal by such backers as the African Development Bank are increasing the attractiveness of clean energy.". In 2015, Total set an ambition to become the responsible energy major," said Patrick Pouyanné, CEO at the oil giant.