Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2022

The agreement between Fortum and the Helsinki Data Centre’s owner, ICT solution provider Telia, will utilise ABB’s Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) systems to provide the flexibility. It follows a trial with deployment and testing of the system during the summer of 2021. Have you read?

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 7, 2022

GW Tiantai pumped storage power station in Zhajiang Province. The station, located in Tiantai County, is a major project of the Medium and Long-term Development Plan for Pumped Storage (2021-2035) included in the 14th Five-Year Plan. million tons for Zhejiang’s grid power system.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 16, 2023

To be sure, a completely separate report published by a different environmental group last week casts some doubt on Apple’s recent carbon neutral claims. Most power grids don’t have enough solar and wind farms online yet to fulfill companies’ goals of becoming carbon neutral.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . locations in 2021.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 6, 2023

Nostromo Energy, a US-based tech company, is developing an ice-based energy storage system that can operate as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) to provide demand flexibility to the local power grid when needed. According to Nostromo, buildings, overall, account for 74% of all electricity consumption.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

Confirmation in the latest reduction in the carbon footprint of its vehicles are included in the Swedish company's second Annual Review and Sustainability Report , which today highlights the company's progress towards its broader climate goals. Goals set 10 or 20 years ahead in time might feel fluffy," said Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

According to estimates from the Energy Transitions Commission , which operates across developed and developing countries globally, $110 trillion in capital investment will be required between 2021 and 2050, implying an average annual level of $3.5 For carbon removals, $130 billion to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2023

The smart meter and smart grid programme was launched in 2021, following a 5,000 smart meter pilot introduced in 2018 in the southern state municipality of Ipiranga. The programme is expected to see the introduction of around 4.5 million smart meters in total. .”

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

A request for information (RFI) released this week is the opening step toward meeting CPS’ “ Flexible Path ” plan, which calls for an 80 percent non-carbon-emitting energy portfolio by 2040 and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. “We are looking at this capacity.to They are among a growing number of U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

PG&E’s 2020 System Reliability Request for Offers, filed Monday with the California Public Utilities Commission, represents a huge new addition to the utility's battery fleet to meet the state’s resource adequacy (RA) needs starting in 2021. gigawatt total online by August 2021.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 26, 2021

Southeast Asia Clean Energy Facility (SEACEF) is a collaboration between leading international foundations, including Microsoft, who seek to accelerate the low carbon transition in Southeast Asia. The goal of SEACEF is to catalyze the move away from traditional fossil and thermal energy projects.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 25, 2022

The batteries capture excess electricity from the grid , primarily overnight during high wind-output hours, and can release the power when customer demand is highest. Project construction began in June 2021 and was finished in less than a year. Aerial – battery containers. Courtesy of Vistra.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 30, 2020

Chevron will work with Canada’s Algonquin Power & Utilities, a growing global renewables developer, to build the plants over the next four years in Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico, Argentina, Kazakhstan and Western Australia. The initial projects will be sited on Chevron-owned land, with construction to begin in 2021.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

These considerations will shape the growing clean energy sector as countries seek solutions that reduce carbon emissions, increase energy security, and ensure environmental sustainability and economic opportunity for their citizens. and joined the long-duration energy storage company in 2021. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The theme of “Accelerating ASEAN’s Energy Transition to Achieve Carbon Neutrality” was embraced wholly by all speakers inclusive of many of Enlit Asia’s partners, such as Trilliant, Energy Exemplar and Wärtsilä Energy. During opening remarks, TNB’s President and chief executive officer (CEO), Dato’ Indera Ir.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Cheap finance and maturing technology mean solar will be cheaper than both new coal or gas power plants from now onward. Power grids remain the weak link. Still, it warns that the industry's growth could be undermined by grid investment, which it calls “the weak link” in the transformation of the power market.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2021

National Grid ESO data for 2020 confirms raft of new records for wind and solar as well as longest coal-free run since the industrial revolution. — ESO Control Room (@NGControlRoom) January 11, 2021. That 2025 ambition is a stretching target. Check out our 2020 electricity report below & read our blog for more insight ??

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

23,000 premature deaths These Asia-based energy and climate experts point to the landmark 2021 report from the International Energy Agency which concluded that the only way to stabilize atmospheric warming at the relatively safe threshold of 1.5°C I don’t believe gas is a climate solution,” she told DeSmog.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The energy and utilities industries play a significant role in carbon emissions. At present, more than 80% of US investor-owned utilities have committed to reduce carbon emissions. As more eco-invested consumers choose green power, it increases the demand for renewable energy sources. Efficient power usage. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

will lay the foundations for a flexibility platform encompassing centralized and decentralized assets — the latest step in the country's push to enlist distributed energy resources (DERs) at grand scale to balance an increasingly renewable-powered grid. A new active network management project in the U.K. The recent U.K.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 29, 2022

Have you read National Grid ESO overhauls market settlement Ready to embrace IEC 61850 everywhere in your power grid? Ofgem supports National Grid with £1.5m It will further strengthen the national grid’s dynamic containment frequency response service and offset risk of increased reliance on wind generation.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The business recoups 70 per cent of the water used in its production process and pumps 20,000 cubic meters of waste-derived biogas back into the local power grid each day, balancing out the carbon footprint of the business.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Then there’s energy: whether it’s $2 gas or higher home heating bills , powering our lives has gotten pricier. Even without carbon pricing, wind power is set to be 40 per cent cheaper than gas-fired power in Alberta and Ontario by 2030. They also share a common solution. These results are important for a few reasons.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. GW of wind and solar capacity was added to the grid this year. power in 2020.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

2021 saw unprecedented momentum gather behind the UK's climate and environmental agenda, aided in no small part by the UK hosting the critical COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November. Low carbon investment also has the potential to create jobs in multiple locations across the country.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

While light on details, the solar plan will help Alliant reach goals it laid out last year to cut carbon emissions 80 percent and ramp up the renewable portion of its energy mix to 30 percent by 2030. “If not this year to capture the 30 percent [ITC], definitely in 2020 and 2021.” gigawatts of solar or solar-plus-storage.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 8, 2023

Saskatchewan, meanwhile, has long been a major global supplier of potash, a critical fertilizer for agriculture, but with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cutting off supply from the world’s second largest source, Canada’s exports more than doubled between 2021 and 2022. Hydrogen is one of the key ingredients in net-zero steel production.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The costs of environmental and social levies, such as renewables subsidies and warm homes discounts for vulnerable householders, are currently paid for through electricity bills rather than general taxation, but as the power grid has decarbonised, the case for a change in policy has grown.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

between 2021 and 2031 resulting in an increase in revenue generation from $63.5 According to the study, factors driving an increase in the adoption of microgrids include: The inability of grids to meet growing energy demand. The global market for microgrids will increase by 11.3% billion to $206.1 Have you read? Industry 4.0.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2021

Green electrification drive over next 10 years critical to the world's largest emitter decarbonising its power grid by mid-century, according to new analysis from Energy Transitions Commission and Rocky Mountain Institute.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2021

Green electrification drive over next 10 years critical to the world's largest emitter decarbonising its power grid by mid-century, according to Energy Transitions Commission and Rocky Mountain Institute.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

Hunterston B nuclear power station in Ayrshire is to shut down for good today, after almost half a century of generating low carbon electricity on Scotland's west coast, operator EDF Energy has announced. Station director Paul Forrest said the contribution of Hunterston B to the UK "cannot be underestimated". "As

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The authors note how quickly improvements in low-carbon technologies have proceeded relative to projections by international bodies like the International Energy Agency (IEA) or by integrated assessment models (IAMs). Bioenergy and carbon capture and sequestration were explicitly constrained. Source: Way et al. Source: Way et al.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Bloom Energy reported record fourth-quarter and annual revenue on Wednesday and upped its target to reach profitability to 2021, a year ahead of schedule. megawatts of hydrogen-powered fuel cells through late 2021 to 2022, and Bloom’s analyst day presentation in December set a 2022 delivery date for its electrolyzers.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

More worryingly is that extreme heat is putting a strain on power grids from increased air conditioning use. The 2021 extreme drought is adding stress to an already overworked electrical grid because a hydroelectric power station is on the brink of turning off because water levels are so low. Plant trees.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

Several out-of-state power grids also reported emergency conditions on Monday and Tuesday. He labeled as inadequate CPUC’s order last year for 3,300 megawatts of capacity by 2023 under its Resource Adequacy program , half of it to be available by mid-2021. Meanwhile, heat waves have continued across the Western U.S.,

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Chinese government has provided the first evidence that its recent unveiling of a net zero emissions target will trigger a new wave of low carbon infrastructure deployment. State media reported this week that the government is to invest close to $900bn over the next five years in upgrading and expanding the country's power grids.

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