Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

In 2020, renewables generated a record 834 billion kWh of electricity, or about 21% of all the electricity generated in the U.S., according to the Energy Information Administration , coming in second to natural gas at 1,617 billion kWh. Only natural gas produced more electricity than renewables in the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 11, 2021

Electric power generated from renewable energy sources in the U.S. Renewables – including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy – became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in ­­2020 , trailing only natural gas. electricity source in ­­2020 , trailing only natural gas.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

For example, as I will detail below, oil demand fell dramatically last year, but we already know that it has largely recovered in 2021. Small declines were also reported in coal, natural gas, and nuclear consumption, while renewables and hydropower recorded gains. Natural Gas. Energy Overview. In 2020, the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

American Electric Power has secured enough state regulator approvals to move ahead with a 1,485-megawatt wind power project in Oklahoma — even if Texas regulators end up denying its plans. of Oklahoma and 810 megawatts more to its Southwestern Electric Power Co. Swepco) utility.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt gigawatt generation fleet from 52 percent to 40 percent, while reducing natural gas and oil from 38 percent to 26 percent. Missouri’s RPS demands only 15 percent renewables by 2021. million electric and 1.8

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 13, 2022

Last week the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022 was released, covering energy data through 2021. The remaining share of primary energy use consisted of hydroelectric power (6.8%), renewables (6.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). In 2021, the world consumed 94.1 million BPD in 2021, but is still 5.0

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

Overview The newest Review shows the world remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels for energy needs, even as renewables like solar and wind continue rapid growth. While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption. growth in 2021. Oil demand grew by 3.1%

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And yet this sort of endorsement for variable renewables like wind and solar hasn’t been common in Canada over the last several years. But electricity demand is expanding rapidly, and wind and solar, which make up a combined 7 per cent of power generation in Canada, should play a leading role in meeting new demand.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Even without carbon pricing, wind power is set to be 40 per cent cheaper than gas-fired power in Alberta and Ontario by 2030. For starters, Alberta and Ontario are in the midst of transforming their power grids. Similarly, companies are increasingly prioritizing clean electricity when making investment decisions.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 11, 2022

In its most recent Electricity Monthly Update , the U.S. Energy Information Administration said that when it totals up the numbers for 2021, it expects they will show that battery storage capacity grew by 4.5 as well as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and keep an eye on electric power industry news.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So much so that new analysis suggests global emissions from electricity generation may peak this year due to a surge in wind and solar power. Canada’s hydropower-rich grid is 84% non-emitting with variable renewables (essentially wind and solar) currently making up 7% of the country’s total electricity generation.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The plan will be carried out by LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy subsidiary, which will aim to deliver no excess manufacturing materials and packaging to landfills and incineration without energy recovery. Nearly a third of LM Wind Power's carbon footprint comes from waste disposal.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 10, 2022

GW (21%) from natural gas projects and 7.6 GW (17%) from wind additions. The agency says another 5% of the country’s planned electric capacity additions in 2022 will come from two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. GW of wind capacity to come online in 2022. Around 21.5 Of the 9.6

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

state with the most wind energy capacity, is catching up to California in utility-scale solar capacity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Detailed State Data, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. GW of solar capacity in 2021 and 5.4 Texas, already the U.S. GW in California.

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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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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The EIA released the International Energy Outlook 2021 on Wednesday , which makes assumptions based on U.S. laws and regulations as of May 2021, and incorporates existing international laws.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

A hydrogen industry lobby group has produced a comic book aimed at high schoolers that suggests solar and wind power are incapable of fueling decarbonization goals, and that only hydrogen fuel cells provide sufficient energy to eliminate fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 20, 2022

MidAmerican estimates that the Wind PRIME project could create more than 1,100 full-time jobs during the construction phase and another 125 full-time positions for ongoing operations and maintenance. MidAmerican currently generates energy using 60% wind, 23% coal, 12% natural gas and 5% nuclear and other resources.

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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 gigawatts of carbon-free resources to help meet grid reliability needs that will arise when four natural gas-fired power plants retire next year to reduce their environmental harm to coastal waters.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 23, 2020

Alliant serves about 1 million customers in Wisconsin and Iowa, and gets about 20 percent of its generation capacity from renewables today, mostly from wind farms in Iowa. Coal made up 31 percent of its capacity as of 2018, while natural gas accounted for about 42 percent.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Wind and solar accounted for nearly all new generating capacity added to the Texas grid in 2021, according to newly released market data. S&P Global Market Intelligence notes that power plant operators added 8,139 MW of new generating capacity to the ERCOT market last year -- 42% came from wind and 40% from solar.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Washington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources (i.e., electrical generating capacity additions during the first three-quarters of 2021. [1].

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

For most of history since Thomas Edison, electric power was pretty simple. It mostly came from large power plants that used a few different fuels, mostly fossil, and with exceptions like nuclear or hydroelectric power, emitted tons of carbon dioxide. The midwestern U.S. Why “hybrid?”.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 5, 2022

Appalachian Power said it wants to acquire or contract for 294 MW of solar and 204 MW of wind power over the next three years as part of its plan to meet targets set in 2020 by the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). Reports said that at the end of the third quarter of 2021 around 64.5% increase in their monthly bill.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 2, 2024

At the same time that H2 is a great way to store renewable energy such as solar and wind power, hydrogen storage isn’t necessarily simple. Challenges in hydrogen storage Indeed, H2 or Hydrogen is a gaseous substance, necessitating larger storage areas compared to natural gas.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 4, 2022

Solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources (including biomass, geothermal, and hydropower) added more than 2,250 MW of new generating capacity each month during 2021. . According to the SUN DAY Campaign’s analysis, during the first 10 months of 2021, solar and wind added 9,604 MW and 8,580 MW of capacity, respectively.

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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. CAISO also was able to secure some scarce imported power, and wind power coming on late in the day helped too.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

In honor of Earth Day, Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) announced that through the contributions of its employees, partners and shareholders, it has repurposed brownfield sites, including former coal mines, for utility-scale renewable development. CPV has set ambitious sustainability goals for 2021.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 9, 2021

This study will focus on opportunities surrounding green hydrogen to align the state’s hydrogen strategy with the existing mandates for 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and 100 percent zero-emission electricity by 2040. The project will begin in fall 2021 and is expected to last six to eight weeks.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The past 12 months have been positively electric for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Let’s hop in our electric-powered DeLorean and take a trip back to revisit 2021. Let’s hop in our electric-powered DeLorean and take a trip back to revisit 2021. From working with the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

Alliant, which serves about 1 million customers in the Midwestern states of Wisconsin and Iowa, currently relies on renewables for about 20 percent of its generation capacity, largely wind power in Iowa, with twice as much coming from natural gas plants.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Readers will recall Winter Storm Uri , in which millions of Texans lost power during a cold snap in February 2021 due to a combination of disastrous events including freezing gas pipelines and gas-fired generation, lack of wind power, and sub-zero temps that forced Texans to turn up the heat in their homes.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

You’ve got plenty of company after the events of 2021: Heat waves, hurricanes, fires, and floods hit new and deadly extremes. Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. Would make electricity more dependable. Would make electricity more dependable. If not sooner.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

Happy Earth Day 2021! When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 3, 2022

As the top energy regulator, FERC had a busy year in 2021. FERC had a busy 2021 FERC opened the new office of public participation in 2021. Perhaps the biggest achievement for FERC in 2021 was the issuance of an Advanced Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) on transmission planning and generator interconnection reform.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

With the United Nations climate change conference - COP26 - postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK government now has a unique opportunity to take action and lead the world in its response to climate change through this period. As traditional power sources reduce in capacity, renewable generation continues to increase.

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