R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with electricity from solar photovoltaic (PV) power. on solar power would require a substantial amount of backup power or storage for when the sun isn’t shining. I also knew that my solar PV calculation was subject to many assumptions, and the answer could therefore be 50% too large or 50% too small.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. It calculates the world's feasible reserves of solar and wind power stand at 5,800 petawatt hours (PWh) and 900PWh annually, using current clean energy technologies, figures that dwarf the 65PWh used by the global energy system in 2019.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Proportion of power derived from gas and coal in Britain fell to record low in 2020, official statistics confirm. Low demand for electricity during successive lockdowns saw renewables displace fossil fuels as the dominant source of power on Britain's grid for the first time ever in 2020, government data has confirmed.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 30, 2020

In 2019, Environment America and its state affiliates played a key role in convincing New Mexico, Maine and Washington to make commitments to 100% clean or renewable energy. Burning fossil fuels… The post 15 states are calling for 100% clean energy with backing of Environment America appeared first on Solar Power World.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 13, 2020

2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun Hunter Lovins Thu, 08/13/2020 – 00:15 We’re female entrepreneurs and environmentalists. In this strangest of all years, as the death toll mounts from a disease caused by human incursions into once intact ecosystems, we’re observing another death — the demise of fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Despite Puerto Rico’s 100% Renewab le Portfolio Standard, leaders are looking to rebuild the vulnerable old system and reinforce dependence on fossil fuels. will create clear guidelines for federal funds and prohibit FEMA funding of fossil fuel investments. How can listeners support Puerto Rico? She hopes that the U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2021

Fossil fuel firms are increasingly eyeing up plans for blue hydrogen production, but think tank E3G fears the nascent sector risks locking in a new generation of high carbon infrastructure and jobs.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Solar plus storage also helps the wider grid and environment by letting consumers shift the time when they consume solar power: by storing solar energy when it’s abundant during the day, and using it at night, in place of power generated from fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Here are the tastiest stories that emerged in 2019, in no particular order. The year started with AES completing the largest solar-plus-storage facility in the world for the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative. It serves clean power at night cheaper than incumbent fossil fuels. Massive utility procurements.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Smith, a well-known climate change denier and fossil fuel sector advocater , nonetheless announced a series of new regulations critics say would ban wind turbines from much of the southern half of the province. Renewable energy is far less damaging to the environment and wildlife than fossil fuels,” said Luo.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

Provisional data shows greenhouse gas emissions have fallen more than 45 per cent since 1990, as low carbon power again reached record levels in 2019. In 2019 total UK greenhouse gas emissions were 45.2 per cent in 2019, thanks in large part to slower road traffic growth and improving car fuel efficiency, the statistics show.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

As such, it sets out how the UK could accelerate its transition away from fossil fuels, secure its energy supplies, and tackle the looming affordability, security, and sustainability 'trilemma' through a raft of new policies. Britain will continue to need to access fossil fuel supplies during the Net Zero transition.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 9, 2020

Renewable energy continued its blistering growth pace in 2019, globally increasing by 12.2% In 2019, that had nearly quadrupled to 29.0 The “Renewables” category consists of wind power, solar power, biofuels. The category “Other” includes geothermal energy and power produced from biomass.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Octopus Energy claims it was the first company in the UK to launch a solar export tariff back in 2019, when the government-supported Feed-in Tariff incentive scheme ended. It has become abundantly clear that we need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels and become energy independent as a nation.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 13, 2022

Fossil fuels accounted for 82% of primary energy use last year, essentially the same as in 2020, but down from 83% in 2019 and 85% five years ago. The remaining share of primary energy use consisted of hydroelectric power (6.8%), renewables (6.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). lower than consumption in 2019.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

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. This means that, especially in the case of extreme weather events, more wind and solar generation is needed to meet the grids power demands.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Contributed by Odette Mucha, Vote Solar and Liz Robinson, Philadelphia Solar Energy Association. As we know, solar power provides a wide range of benefits to Pennsylvanians. It creates local jobs, with PA currently home to over 400 solar companies with over 4,300 solar workers. billion in the Keystone State.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 15, 2019

In a first for the United Kingdom, wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources have generated more electricity than their fossil fuel counterparts of coal and natural gas. s first power plant was established in 1882, zero-carbon energy has finally generated more clean terawatt hours.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The article neglects to mention that Lawson also set up the influential Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) think tank, a major source of climate science denial and unwavering supporter of fossil fuels. Lawson founded the GWPF in 2009 and remains its honorary president, since stepping down as chair in January 2019.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Fossil fuels, primarily gas, are a fixture in millions of American homes and businesses, but the building sector’s climate impact hasn’t received the same scrutiny as coal and gas in the power sector or oil in the transportation sector. Fortunately, that’s changing. As a result, the U.S. gas system each year.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 9, 2021

As they work to repower with clean energy, forward-looking cities, counties and towns, such as San Francisco , Seattle and New York City , are leading a growing movement to envision fossil fuel-free, electric buildings of the future. Burning fossil fuels in our homes pollutes the air we breathe outside as well as inside.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns has become a director of Net Zero Watch (NZW), a pressure group which denies climate science and campaigns for more fossil fuel extraction. NZW campaigns against renewable energy and for more fossil fuel extraction, often doing so alongside anti-green Conservative MPs in the Net Zero Scrutiny Group.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

Legislators also preserved existing tools allowing customers to gain bill credits for generating their own solar power, essentially being able to measure and sell this power to utilities (SB 5223).

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 11, 2022

These are fossil fuels burnt on site. Stationary combustion : These are the emissions released from the direct burning of fossil fuels to power heat sources (e.g. Stationary combustion : These are the emissions released from the direct burning of fossil fuels to power heat sources (e.g.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Global renewable power generation is growing at an unprecedented rate , driven by the favourable economics of wind and solar along with energy security concerns around oil and gas (largely caused by recent wars), and emissions goals. Regionally, the EU-wide average share of electricity generated from wind and solar in 2022 was 22%.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The topics of these articles range from the climate related impacts of Covid-19 to fossil fuels and the Trump presidency. Here are the top 100 posts from 2020.They They are ranked according to popularity as determined by viewership.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

That spend would be around 20% lower than what was invested across all of the country’s generation resources between 2015 and 2019. . Because solar resources are good across large parts of India, the solar energy buildout—and thus the land use—potentially could be spread out. .

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 4, 2020

This surge is better shown by the following graphic, which highlights the three categories of modern renewables that have driven the consumption surge: Wind power, solar power, and biofuels. Further, it shows that fossil fuels still dominate our energy consumption. quads of fossil fuels, 11.5

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Annual figures show that renewable supply outpaced fossil fuels for the first time. 42% of all energy used across the country through 2020 came from wind, solar, tidal and hydro. Conversely, energy produced by fossil fuels fell to just 39.6%, marking the first time that clean energy has consistently outperformed legacy sources.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This foray into behind-the-meter battery aggregation comes as part of PG&E’s efforts to meet the California Public Utilities Commission’s call for energy storage to help balance the state’s increasingly solar power-influenced grid.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Anson Solar Center - Jones, TX. Anson Solar Project (Courtesy: Engie). The 200 MW Anson Solar Center is located on 2,200 acres in Jones, Texas and is owned by Engie. Microsoft announced in 2019 that it would purchase 85 MW from the Anson Solar Center through a power purchase agreement. Courtesy: Ørsted).

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Other metals supplies need to rise, too, in order to get companies and countries to their carbon neutrality goals — phasing out fossil fuels. . Global metal exploration budgets are down 11 percent in aggregate from 2019 to 2020, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Yet global metal production is in decline.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2021

UK electricity demand may have almost returned to pre-pandemic levels, but the impacts of Covid-19 may have fundamentally shifted the nature of the energy market over the last two years, with major long-term ramifications for fossil fuel gas power, fresh research today suggests.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Solar power is the "new king" of global electricity markets, with the International Energy Agency calling it the cheapest form of electricity in history in its annual centerpiece World Energy Outlook report. Solar's ascent and coal's decline have been rapid by the standards of the electricity industry. degrees Celsius.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 24, 2020

After record levels of investment in wind and solar power in 2019, one-eighth of the $1 trillion campaign goal has been met. billion a year in renewable energy and enabling grid technologies through 2029 — an annual increase of 28 percent over the 2019 investment level.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2022

Published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the latest edition of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) highlights the critical role clean energy generators had in powering Britain in 2021, providing 39.6 per cent of total electricity generation over the calendar year.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

In a 2019 report , the Croatan Institute, a research institute based in Durham, North Carolina, found some $47.5 The group ranked silvopasture , a method that incorporates trees and livestock together, as the ninth most impactful climate change solution in the world, above rooftop solar power, electric vehicles and geothermal energy.

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