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Fossil Fuels Still Supply 84 Percent Of World Energy

R-Squared Energy

last year, which was less than half the rate of 2018 (2.8%). Natural gas contributed the second largest increment with 36% of the increase. The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27%), natural gas (24%), hydropower (6%), renewables (5%), and nuclear power (4%).

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How Should Europe Decarbonize? Depends Who You Ask

GreenTechMedia

The EU's own new strategy for decarbonizing its energy system draws largely from European Commission projections from 2018, predicting that in 2050 more than 80 percent of the electricity supply will come from renewables and 15 percent from nuclear.

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Southern Company Commits to Net-Zero Carbon by 2050, but Seeks New Gas Plants for Now

GreenTechMedia

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Southern Company has joined other major U.S.

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Arizona Utility APS Charts 15-Year Plan on Its Way to Zero-Carbon Energy by 2050

GreenTechMedia

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. ” Short-term goals: Lots of new renewables, no new natural gas.

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Evergy Pushes Back on Report of NextEra Energy’s $15B Acquisition Offer

GreenTechMedia

million customers in Kansas and Missouri, was formed in 2018 by the merger of Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy, the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light. Michigan utility DTE Energy, another utility pursuing decarbonization by midcentury, is seeking to divest from its DTE Midstream competitive natural-gas business.

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

GreenTechMedia

Dominion Virginia’s new integrated resource plan (IRP), announced Friday, represents a potentially historic shift for the state’s largest utility, which has seen previous plans rejected by Virginia regulators for their over-reliance on fossil fuel power plants and infrastructure to be paid for by ratepayers.

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Hydrogen as part of Canada’s energy transition

Clean Energy Canada

The clean-burning fuel does not produce carbon emissions upon consumption and so can replace fossil fuels in many sectors including heavy industry, transportation and heating. Currently, the majority of hydrogen around the world is produced from fossil fuels (76% from natural gas, 23% from coal).

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