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UK leads Europe on new wind power as global turbine market enjoys boom

Business Green

The UK continued to lead Europe in new wind power last year, adding 2.4GW of both onshore and offshore capacity as turbine installations rose more than a quarter across the continent in 2019, according to trade body WindEurope. All three countries only built onshore wind farms in 2019.

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Renewable power sent yet more UK records tumbling in 2019

Business Green

For the first time ever electricity from wind, solar, biomass and others made up more than a third of UK power last year, government data shows. Renewables such as wind, solar and biomass provided 37.1 per cent of UK electricity during the 2019 calendar year, up from 33.1 per cent last year.

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Eavor publishes 4-year update on Eavor-Lite demonstration project in Canada

ThinkGeoEnergy

Operating since 2019, Eavor-Lite is a full-scale demonstration project of a multilateral closed-loop geothermal system that is currently being developed at a commercial scale in Geretsried in Bavaria, Germany. with the only downtime attributed to a 3rd party power outage. Outside of those trials, the system reliability is at 99.6%

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Stabilizing the energy system with energy storage

Smart Energy International

This means that in the event of a heatwave, a spike in electricity use would ultimately test the power grid’s ability to meet supply with demand, potentially resulting in summer brownouts or blackouts. These concerns make it difficult for the grid to fully rely on renewables.

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How data analytics and predictive maintenance are boosting efficiency in smart grids

Smart Energy International

Real-world examples of data analytics and predictive maintenance in the energy industry Data analytics and predictive maintenance are already being used in the energy industry to improve the performance of smart grids. The technology’s predictive capabilities have significantly reduced the occurrence of faults in the electricity grid.

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Green grid: Surging renewables and low demand cause UK power prices to plummet

Business Green

Sunny and breezy weather coupled with lower demand for power due to lockdown prompted negative electricity prices on Sunday. Such changes to the way in which the UK power grid operates and electricity is consumed highlights the profound and rapid changes to the energy system as the economy decarbonises in pursuit of net zero emissions.

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Largest PV investments in Poland and Ukraine

Renewable Energy World

In the European Union, the rate of electricity generation from renewable energy sources amounted to 38%, ahead of fossil fuels (37%), and nuclear energy (25%). Consequently, the growth of the RES share in final electricity consumption was also much weaker (+8 vs. +17 percentage points). An engine for change. the investor of D?bsk