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U.S. wind generation sets new daily and hourly records at end of 2020

Renewable Energy World

In the final months of 2020, electricity generation from wind turbines in the United States set daily and hourly records. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Hourly Electric Grid Monitor show an hourly record set late in the day on December 22 and a daily record set on the following day. records in late 2020.

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New York?s Energy Transition (and Challenges) in 5 Charts

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Grid operators around the world are unusually busy these days, but few have quite as much on their minds as NYISO, the independent system operator that manages New York state's bulk power system and wholesale energy market. percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. Source: NYISO. Source: NYISO.

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More wind and solar capacity could save some of the world’s most important rivers

Renewable Energy World

The proportion of global power generation represented by VRE, such as wind and solar power, has been rising rapidly since 2007. And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024.

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How energy providers can prepare for summer heat with innovative solutions

Renewable Energy World

Last summer’s record heat waves triggered a surge in power demand that maxed out supplies and led to outages across the West. California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. ROOT CAUSES.

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Customers are driving the push towards renewables and digitalization

Renewable Energy World

Renewable energy is moving into a new stage in its evolution. This means that renewable energy is claiming an increasing share of the national generation mix. EIA estimates that wind power accounted for 9% of U.S. electricity generation in 2020., EIA estimates that wind power accounted for 9% of U.S.

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Avangrid Withdraws Guidance on Coronavirus, Vineyard Wind Uncertainty

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Avangrid, which is publicly listed but majority owned by Spain's Iberdrola, reported a higher profit in the first quarter of 2020, driven by an improved performance from its 7.5-gigawatt gigawatt onshore wind power fleet. Avangrid, the U.S. per share, compared to $219 million, or $0.71 per share, in the same quarter last year.

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Are we finally in the death-throes of the fossil fuel era?

Renewable Energy World

Their research reveals that by 2035, we could be generating over 100 times the amount of electricity that we need to meet global demand, purely from wind and solar. If powered by solar alone, they write, we’d need just 450,000 km2 – just 0.3% of the world’s total land area.