GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

Responses will help inform options to meet its FlexPower Bundle plan, which envisions adding about 900 megawatts of solar, 50 megawatts of energy storage and 500 megawatts of “new technology solutions” to replace the need for buying natural-gas-fired power from outside power plants.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric has asked California regulators to approve seven battery projects totaling 423 megawatts, or nearly 1.7 gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, to meet its share of a statewide procurement that must be brought online by late next year to assure statewide grid stability.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The ninth edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook tells the story of American energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy in a volatile year. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Source: BloombergNEF estimate. The economic disruption caused a massive drop in national greenhouse gas emissions. power in 2020.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 30, 2020

The initial projects will be sited on Chevron-owned land, with construction to begin in 2021. The renewables projects will be jointly co-developed and owned by Chevron and Algonquin, with Chevron buying the electricity through power purchase agreements. public network of electric vehicle chargers.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 25, 2022

Vistra has announced that its DeCordova battery energy storage system (BESS) in Granbury, Texas, is online and storing and releasing electricity to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid. Project construction began in June 2021 and was finished in less than a year. Aerial – battery containers.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

State regulators have proposed a major set of responses to what could be a looming grid reliability shortfall in Sothern California, including a 2.5-gigawatt gigawatt reliability resources procurement between 2021 and 2023. Fitch wrote in Thursday’s proposed decision. Fitch wrote in Thursday’s proposed decision.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Campaigners say that it would be far cheaper, faster and more efficient for Britain to decarbonise homes by using electricity generated by solar farms or wind turbines to power heat pumps. There are good, clean, options out there to heat homes such as heat pumps, but they are threatening the business model of gas suppliers,” Pace said.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

Investor-owned utility, Consumers Energy has proposed a $272 million investment in Michigan’s electric grid in what it said is a bid to increase reliability and prepare the grid for more renewable energy. In the second half of 2021, Consumers Energy filed a five-year, $5.4 Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed. “To

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 7, 2020

California’s two days of rolling blackouts in August were the result of disconnects between its existing grid reliability constructs and the needs of an increasingly solar-powered grid, and its failure to prepare for a Western U.S.-wide wide heatwave that undermined its reliance on out-of-state resources.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In 2018, renewables accounted for 20 percent of Alliant’s portfolio while coal made up 31 percent and natural gas accounted for 42 percent. Xcel Energy, which serves Minnesota in addition to several other Midwestern and Western states, in December said it would achieve 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

limiting the electricity available for import from other states, which California has relied on during previous heat-driven peaks. Several out-of-state power grids also reported emergency conditions on Monday and Tuesday. This indicates the potential for battery-equipped solar customers to help in offering grid support.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2021

Lessons from inside the heat dome about the future of the electric grid. Fri, 07/02/2021 - 02:00. Heatwaves are a double whammy for the electrical grid. Even without extreme weather events, the power grid needs love. Make it all-electric. David Turnbull (@david_turnbull) June 28, 2021. .

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric is on the verge of escaping from its 18-month bankruptcy , only to begin a years-long effort to prevent a repeat of the disasters that pushed it into insolvency in the first place. PG&E plans to invest about $40 billion over the next five years into its power grid. Of that, about $7.8

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In the US, 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity generation. This is not surprising, with coal and natural gas representing about 60% of electrical supply. As more eco-invested consumers choose green power, it increases the demand for renewable energy sources. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

million residential electrical customers are a far larger prospective customer base than its roughly 215,000 commercial and 1,500 industrial customers. Consumers wants to double energy efficiency from 10 percent to 20 percent of peak capacity by 2030 to allow it to retire coal plants and reduce its reliance on natural-gas peaker plants.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Green hydrogen - made by splitting water's hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources - is a small fish in the "energies pond." Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

gigawatts of utility-scale solar capacity in the first half of 2021, a 15% increase from the first half of 2020 and nearly halfway to the total capacity added in 2020, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. electricity supply from solar by 2050. Robins Air Force Base Solar Project - Bibb, GA.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

And on this point the IEA is perfectly clear: if the world is to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, there should be no new investments in oil and gas production fields, coal mines, or unabated coal power plants beyond 2021. A 'wake-up call' for natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

Solar prices hit record-lows, firmly ousting coal as the cheapest source of electricity. The government held creative auctions designed to facilitate adding greater amounts of intermittent renewables on the grid. “All of this will require substantial investment in a modern, flexible electricity system.”

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

The time is right to rethink the grid. Fri, 03/26/2021 - 00:45. The grid faces twin challenges: It needs to become resilient and clean. electrical grid playing a central role. . electrical grid playing a central role. . grid for the 21st century. Sarah Golden. Alone, either would be daunting.

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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. Last summer it expanded its scope to making electrolyzers — essentially reversing a typical fuel cell’s conversion of hydrogen into electricity and water.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

Powered by electricity, heat pumps are currently set to play a key role in decarbonising heating and replacing gas boilers, which heat around 85 percent of Britain’s homes and account for 15 percent of greenhouse gas emissions nationwide. It’s a gas industry association, as you can see from its list of members.”

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the “energies pond.” Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

That is the headline finding from the latest edition of the Energy Climate and Intelligence Unit's (ECIU) Winter Power Tracker , which found that renewables have produced 2TWh more electricity than gas over the winter months to date. million homes' gas use for the entire winter, or 78 tankers of liquified natural gas (LNG).

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

8, 2021, the White House released a report produced by the U.S. Department of Energy that found that solar power could generate up to 45% of the U.S. electricity supply by 2050, compared to less than 4% today. electricity from solar power by 2050 feasible? power grid. We asked Joshua D.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Although challenging, the idea to use sequestered CO 2 to produce electricity is a pretty elegant concept. In the US, we are seeing geothermal power prices of more than USD 100 per MWh, which is comparable with many other renewable sources, as noted by Lazard’s 2023 analysis of levelized cost of electricity (LCOE).

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

In Whitby, the 2,000 residents in the proposed trial area would have the choice to continue using natural gas or switch to hydrogen for heating. Though they will not be able to opt out of the trial, if Redcar is selected, residents have been told they can choose between hydrogen for heating or an electrical alternative.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

First, it’s one of the largest-ever efforts to aggregate distributed energy resources (DERs) at a scale that can help California’s power grid meet its capacity needs. EBCE has done some advance work to prepare for integrating DERs at grid scale, Ross said. It breaks ground on multiple fronts.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

stackable electric dryer with FlowSense uses Sensor Dry to detect moisture and automatically adjust drying time for loads of all sizes along with FlowSense which indicates when ducts are clogged and need to be cleaned. Wiser Energy Smart Home Monitor connects to your electrical panel and provides real-time energy usage.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The government is legally required to formally respond to - and potentially endorse - the CCC's Sixth Carbon Budget advice by June 2021. From 2025, all new boilers sold should be 'hydrogen-ready', before natural gas boilers are removed from sale altogether for homes and businesses by 2033 at the latest.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 26, 2021

The time is right to rethink the grid Sarah Golden Fri, 03/26/2021 – 00:45 The grid faces twin challenges: It needs to become resilient and clean. electrical grid playing a central role. electrical grid playing a central role. grid for the 21st century. Alone, either would be daunting.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

While Texas Republicans were quick to pounce on renewable energy and to blame frozen wind turbines , the natural gas, nuclear and coal plants that provide most of the state’s energy also struggled to operate during the storm. On Tuesday, nearly 60 percent of Houston households and businesses were without power.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The CEQ was less sure about the role carbon capture should play in electricity generation, writing that it “may also play an important role in decarbonizing the global power sector.” An air inversion traps fumes around the Clairton Coke Works on May 15, 2021. For example, the EPA’s greenhouse gas inventory lists 41.3

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Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 9, 2020

With that caveat, here’s what I found most interesting in cleantech over the past month: Analysts disagree on how COVID will impact electric vehicles in the US. In this article , one argues that lower fuel prices will dampen the appeal of electric vehicles. namely crossover SUVs and trucks. My vote is for the second perspective.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including 2021 emissions bounce-backs, Germany's new clean power targets, and fresh pressure on European companies to boost their decarbonisation plans. US emissions bounce back faster than wider economy in 2021. per cent in 2021. per cent respectively.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Just look at what Cascadia woke up to on New Year’s Day 2021: Our supposedly “green” corner of the world came nowhere near to meeting the ambitious climate action goals for 2020 that politicians set a decade earlier, earning themselves accolades and admiration — not to mention talking points for the campaign trail.

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