Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

biomass, geothermal, hydropower) dominated new U.S. electrical generating capacity additions during the first three-quarters of 2021. [1]. There were also small additions in 2021 by hydropower (28 MW), geothermal (25 MW), and biomass (14 MW). . Renewables now provide more than a quarter (25.39%) of total U.S. ”

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. Larger-scale transmission projects aimed at carrying Canadian hydropower and wind power downstate, such as the $2.2 Source: NYISO.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. But rising temperatures from climate change are just one challenge.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

Reports: Germany looking to postpone looming closure of nuclear plants. While such a move would likely be temporary, it would mark a major departure from German energy policy over the past two decades, with the government having opted to gradually shutter its nuclear power plants amid safety fears over atomic energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

Tackling water hammer Much discussed in the water industry at present is the subject of leakage, and more than 1 trillion litres of potable water was lost via leaky pipes in England and Wales in 2021/22, as a recent AUMA video explains. AUMA Actuators were deployed at an award-winning desalination plant in Singapore in 2021.

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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. The full 2021 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook is available for download here.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

All the while, Denmark has been in a unique position to use wind power. The question remains how the European Commission can expect member states without access to offshore wind, or surplus hydropower for backup, to become independent of fossil fuels using wind energy. Source: World Nuclear Association). (Source: IEA).

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) reached an all-time high in the first six months of this year, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the U.S. renewable energy output, followed by biomass (21.28%), hydropower (19.84%), biofuels (17.11%), solar (12.32%), and geothermal (1.67%).

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Low-carbon energy technologies including renewables, energy efficiency and nuclear power, alongside an expansion of robust and smart electricity grids are all part of the solution, he added. As a result overall emissions from power generation rose by seven per cent in 2021, to reach a record high, the briefing warns.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

gigawatt generation fleet comes from coal-fired power plants, while natural gas makes up about a quarter more, and nuclear power one-tenth. Hydropower provides about 800 megawatts, and its only solar facility, the O’Fallon Renewable Energy Center, has a 5.7-megawatt About half of Ameren Missouri’s existing 10.3-gigawatt

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

EIA’s most recent “ Electric Power Monthly ” report reveals that renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) provided 22.5% electrical generation during the first four months of 2021. in April 2021 (YTD). in 2021 and then to 22.5% in 2020 to 20.6%

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

of Energy to demonstrate technology that produces clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power, as part of the agency's goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen production by 80%. Additionally, President Biden's FY 2022 budget request includes $400 million for hydrogen activities, compared to $285 million in FY 2021.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Early projections suggest the world just wrapped up a record year of renewable electricity growth in 2021, following a record 33,500 megawatts of solar and wind electricity installed in the U.S. The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

Among the measures building owners can embrace to stay under the emissions caps are energy retrofits, procurement of renewable power, and, if approved by policymakers, carbon trading. Local Law 97 required that a study be completed by January 2021 on how a cap-and-trade program for buildings could work in New York City.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Wind power will also benefit from the tax extensions provided for in the bill. The Production Tax Credit for wind power projects, usually claimed by onshore developers, will remain at 60 percent for projects that begin construction by the end of 2021, rather than being reduced to 40 percent as called for in previous law.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The IRP’s base-case scenario, set to reduce emissions by 50 percent to 55 percent by 2030 through new renewables and retiring its roughly 10,000 megawatts of coal-fired power plants, can be done “under existing statutes,” Good stated. range and 2021 earnings per share of about $5.15, he said.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expects that slightly more than 50% of new US power capacity in the next 3 years will come from solar power — and that’s just considering large-scale solar power projects, not small-scale/rooftop solar power installations.

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