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If the U.S. and China can agree on renewables, surely our provinces can do the same

Clean Energy Canada

Canadians overwhelmingly prefer solar (74 per cent), wind (67 per cent), and hydropower (67 per cent) compared to just 46 per cent who support natural gas and 18 per cent who support coal, according to a new poll from Clean Energy Canada and Abacus Data. Only a piddling 5 per cent actually oppose solar, with 7 per cent against wind.

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Britain's power grid celebrates greenest day and month on record in 2022

Business Green

In fresh statistics released today, Britain's grid operator said more than 50 per cent of the nation's power mix came from a wind, solar, nuclear, hydropower and other zero carbon sources for extended periods of 2022, helping to significantly drive down carbon emissions from UK energy generation. per cent.

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

GreenTechMedia

Dominion’s new IRP is driven by Virginia's Clean Economy Act passed earlier this year, which calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045 and sets targets for energy efficiency, energy storage, and in-state solar and wind power. Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co.

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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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What happens after your country runs on 99 percent renewable electricity?

The Verge: Energy

Costa Rica made global headlines in 2015 for generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy for 75 days in a row. In the winter, like a six-month period from June to December, many of the hydropower plants get surplus flows. That’s when we have low wind, but we have more hydropower.

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EPM to offset 2 million tons of CO2 with auction of Emission Reduction Certificates

Renewable Energy World

MW Jepírachi Wind Farm, which are registered with the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and the 660-MW Porce III hydroelectric plant registered with Certificara de Carbono SA (Cercarbono). According to BNamericas, the credits will come from EPM’s x-MW La Vuelta and x-MW La Herradura mini hydroelectric plants and the 19.5-MW