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Albania’s first floating solar plant starts commercial operations

Renewable Energy World

European renewable energy generator Statkraft, in collaboration with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, has started commercial operations at the first unit of its floating solar project in Albania. The project is placed at the Banja reservoir in Albania, where Statkraft is operating its 72-MW Banja hydropower plant. Have you read?

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

Tue, 04/20/2021 - 02:11. It’s a shockingly heady time for electricity. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Joel Makower.

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

GreenTechMedia

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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IRENA reports 22% lower LCOE of geothermal power in 2022

ThinkGeoEnergy

Between 2021 and 2022, the global weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of ten newly commissioned geothermal projects fell by 22% to USD 0.056 kWh. This statistic was reported by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in their newly published document, “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022.”

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Power supply challenges leave 350 million with major outages – study

Smart Energy International

Some 350 million people, more than 4% of the global population, were impacted by a major power outage in 2021 as the combination of traditional market challenges and new factors disrupted the operations of energy systems, according to a new report released by research firm IHS Markit Global Power and Renewables.

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EC chooses Orbital Marine Power to lead FORWARD-2030 tidal energy project

Renewable Energy World

Orbital Marine Power announces it will lead a pan-European consortium to deliver the €26.7 million) FORWARD-2030 project, set up to accelerate the commercial deployment of floating tidal energy. million (US$31.5 The FORWARD-2030 project consortium will receive €20.5 million (US$24.2 million (US$24.2

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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. THE BIG RETHINK.