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IHA paper: Couple green hydrogen with hydropower to create a net-zero future

Renewable Energy World

The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has released a research and policy paper that outlines how hydropower could be pivotal in supporting growth in green hydrogen. Looking ahead hydropower could potentially supply at least 1,000 TWh of the additional electricity demand required in IRENA’s 2050 scenario.

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Renewable Energy Bucked The Trend In 2020

R-Squared Energy

Remained The World’s Top Oil Producer In 2020. Renewable energy was the one category that bucked the global trend of declining energy consumption in 2020. pace the year before, but it’s remarkable given how significantly the pandemic impacted total energy demand. In 2020, that had tripled to 31.7 Despite the 4.5%

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Renewables overtake fossil fuels in 2020 as Britain's power grid enjoys 'greenest year' yet

Business Green

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system. Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5

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Soaring electricity demand must be ‘good citizen of the grid’ says California energy chief

Smart Energy International

Gunda explained that in 2020, California suffered its first blackouts in 20 years, “because the temperatures had departed so much outside what we had planned for”. And he added a year later, droughts dried up reservoirs of hydropower plants. With renewables we need to start forecasting supply and match demand to it.”

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How India’s Renewable Energy Sector Survived and Thrived in a Turbulent 2020

GreenTechMedia

Looking back, however, 2020 proved to be a decisive year for clean energy in India. Cheap renewables were favored on the grid last year, which caused coal use to fall as energy demand plummeted amid the economic slowdown. By that year, the government wants to meet half of the country's power demand with renewable energy resources.

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2020 tipped the balance for British renewable energy

Renewable Energy World

42% of all energy used across the country through 2020 came from wind, solar, tidal and hydro. Covid19 created a fall in generation demand. Consistent reports from last year demonstrated that 2020 was going to be an incredible year for energy/environmental figures. At a first glance, the figures might not be too surprising.

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Despite pandemic, U.S. solar PV shipments reached a record high in 2020

Renewable Energy World

million peak kilowatts in 2020, despite global pressures of the coronavirus pandemic. “Demand for residential solar installations increased in 2020 in part because people were spending more time at home, which in turn resulted in an increased interest in home improvement,” the report notes. per peak watt in 2020.