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Renewables Catching Nuclear Power In Global Energy Race

R-Squared Energy

Accounted For 98% Of Global Oil Production Growth In 2018. The former consists of hydropower, which has been around for a long time. The former consists of hydropower, which has been around for a long time. But, renewables have grown rapidly over the past decade, and are on the cusp of overtaking nuclear globally.

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New York?s Energy Transition (and Challenges) in 5 Charts

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percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. Source: NYISO. Source: NYISO.

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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%). The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27%), natural gas (24%), hydropower (6%), renewables (5%), and nuclear power (4%). The share of renewables in power generation increased to 10.4%, surpassing nuclear power for the first time.

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

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That’s nearly quadruple the targets laid out in Dominion’s 2019 IRP, and a major shift from a 2018 IRP that was rejected by Virginia’s regulator, the State Corporation Commission (SCC). The new plan, by contrast, sets out a goal of nearly 16 gigawatts of solar, more than 5 gigawatts of offshore wind, and 2.7

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Hydrogen as part of Canada’s energy transition

Clean Energy Canada

Hydrogen produced from renewable electricity (wind, solar, hydropower, tidal, etc.) Hydrogen from other non-emitting sources—such as nuclear power—does not currently have an established colour designation. Companies include: Ballard Power Systems in Burnaby, B.C., is known as green hydrogen.

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Fukushima on track to become a renewable energy hub

AGreenLiving

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. The Japanese are optimistic about the electrical power that will be generated, given the region’s current trajectory.

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand. This was despite a decline in nuclear output. power generation at 41%, though its 2019-2020 growth was slower than 2018-19. Renewable energy generated a fifth of U.S.