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Midwestern Utility Evergy Pledges Carbon Cuts in Line With Paris Accord

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Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt gigawatt generation fleet from 52 percent to 40 percent, while reducing natural gas and oil from 38 percent to 26 percent. gigawatts of nameplate capacity as of 2020. Missouri’s RPS demands only 15 percent renewables by 2021.

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

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

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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 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).

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How Should Europe Decarbonize? Depends Who You Ask

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

Renewable Energy World

The ninth edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook tells the story of American energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy in a volatile year. Figure 2 shows that natural gas and renewable generation continued to expand their share of the resource mix. power in 2020. A record 33.6

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'Grounds for optimism': Global CO2 emissions flatlined in 2019, data indicates

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The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar. per cent in 2018. per cent drop in CO2, amounting to 140 million tonnes.

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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.