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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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Largest PV investments in Poland and Ukraine

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Between 2010 and 2019, electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES) in the 11 central EU member states grew at a slower rate than in Western Europe (4% vs. 6% average annual growth). On the scale of the whole continent, the average growth of green electricity production from 2010-2019 amounted to 40%. the investor of D?bsk

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AES pooling clean energy resources to power Google data centers

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This supply agreement follows on the strategic alliance AES and Google formed in November 2019 to leverage Google Cloud technology to accelerate innovation in energy distribution and management and advance the adoption of clean energy. Subscribe to Renewable Energy World’s free, weekly newsletter for more stories like this.

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

Renewable Energy World

Notable clean energy statistics from the pandemic year include: Power Generation. Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand.

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Dynamic Line Rating: Expanding Transmission Grid Capacity for Clean Energy

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Belgian grid operator Elia has been testing it since 2008, and results indicate the 5 to 20 percent increase in ratings it can discover can improve market dispatch cost-effectiveness and increase integration and reduce curtailment of solar and wind power, according to a 2020 report from International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

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Cascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?

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We now know that Cascadia’s greenhouse gas pollution went on increasing in 2019, according to state and provincial data assembled and analyzed by InvestigateWest for this report. The province’s official inventory presents carbon emissions as essentially flat in 2019, which is misleading. Ensuring a cleaner and reliable grid.

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Sweeping Senate Energy Bill Could Come to a Vote This Week

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The bill contains hundreds of millions of dollars in funding over the coming years to boost research and development for solar and wind power, energy storage, smart grid, electric vehicles, and other key clean energy technologies. This policy, part of a 2019 bill from Sens. Grid modernization. industry and jobs.