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Hunterston B nuclear power station poised for shutdown,sparking fresh questions over UK's new nuclear plans

Business Green

Closure of EDF's Ayrshire plant, which has operated on west coast of Scotland since 1976, leaves UK with just seven operational nuclear stations. The 1.2GW capacity power station first began operating in 1976, and although it was originally expected to operate for 25 years, EDF was able to extend the plant's lifespan a number of times.

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Solar to make up half of new generating capacity in 2022

Renewable Energy World

power grid this year. 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. EIA based this estimate on reported additions through October 2021, as well as anticipated additions over the final two months of 2021.

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'A crucial step': Government unveils funding plan for new nuclear plants

Business Green

UK consumers are set to pay up-front for the construction of a fresh fleet of large-scale nuclear power plants through their energy bills under a new financing model unveiled by the government today, which looks set to provide a key building block of its plans to deliver a net zero energy system.

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Looming Grid Shortfall Prompts 2.5GW California Procurement Proposal

GreenTechMedia

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. gigawatts by 2021, and 2.2 Fitch wrote in Thursday’s proposed decision.

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Vistra, LS Power Top Winners in PG&E?s 420MW Storage Procurement

GreenTechMedia

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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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

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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New UK DERMS Project Targets Flexibility Across Distribution and Transmission Grids

GreenTechMedia

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.