GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

But they’re also part of a broader Upper Midwest Energy Plan that includes increasing its wind portfolio by about 3,700 MW, or about 55 percent, by 2022, and adding about 3,000 MW of solar to its current 750 MW by 2030. Existing battery technologies are “definitely part of these peaking resources,” he said.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

CPUC has proposed to stage this procurement over three years, requiring each load-serving entity (LSE) in question to get 60 percent of their total by 2021 and 80 percent of their total by 2022. gigawatts in 2022, and of Southern California Edison, which offered the even more dire prognosis of as much as 5.5 gigawatts by 2021, and 2.2

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The firm is now managing a network of more than 10,000 residential batteries in Japan, networked and managed as a fleet, less than a year after entering the market. It has a headstart on many of its competitors having started work on virtual power plant (VPP) trials back in 2013. It was the first to create a VPP in the U.K.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The report, which was conducted by academics from imperial College London on behalf of Drax Electric Insights, found that in the three months to June 2022, eight per cent of the electricity generated by Britain was exported. The 5.5TWh of exported power represented a new quarterly record.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2022

Advanced nuclear technologies, modular manufacturing methods and new approaches to project finance could usher a more cost-effective era for the UK's nuclear industry, writes LSE's Esin Serin. As part of its approach to dealing with energy security concerns, the UK government has turned to nuclear power.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Those include solar paired with batteries to shift its daytime output to late afternoon and early evening, when California faces its steepest demand peaks, and demand response that shifts energy consumption away from those critical hours. gigawatts by 2022. The all-source procurement is technically open to existing natural gas plants.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

EDF Energy owns and operates a raft of energy assets in the UK, including a gas and coal power station and several wind farms, in addition to developing Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset in partnership with China's CGN.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 17, 2022

It shows that during more than half of the time across 2030 (53% of the hours in the year), the UK’s electricity grid is expected to have an oversupply of renewable and nuclear power. For comparison, it is expected that in 2022, the UK will experience an oversupply from these sources for just 6% of the hours.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 3, 2022

Since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the nuclear power generation fleet has had its output been effectively mothballed with output below 20% of earlier levels. GridBeyond team meeting Japanese Irish Prime Minister in Japan, July 2022. Image: GridBeyond. Demand side measures.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Dutch oil giant Shell, which is planning a gigawatt-scale, wind power-driven hydrogen cluster in the Netherlands, is also building hydrogen fueling stations in Los Angeles to serve these ports fuel cell vehicle’s needs, Wayne Leighty, the company’s hydrogen fuel business development manager, said.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 17, 2020

“In 2006, we had a lot more capacity on the system,” including the now-closed San Onofre nuclear power plant and thousands of megawatts of natural-gas plants that have since closed. But “batteries [alone] won’t fix this problem,” he said, since they can’t generate their own power.

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38 North Solutions

JULY 30, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 . Part 1 (First 3 years or 2022-2024). Should this bill become law, from 2022-2024, these credits are extended and restored to their full value. ZERO EMISSION NUCLEAR POWER PRODUCTION CREDIT. Creates a new production tax credit for nuclear power. Part 2 (2025-2032).

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Six months after inking California’s largest single energy storage procurement, utility Southern California Edison has added another three massive utility-scale battery projects to its portfolio—plus a behind-the-meter battery project with Sunrun. The four-hour duration 2.63 utility record books. The four-hour duration 2.63

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 29, 2022

The utilities involved have undoubtedly taken all necessary steps to improve their capacity for producing electricity; therefore, expanding another power plant won’t work. The main causes include a lack of fuel for diesel power plants, technical difficulties, and low water levels at the dams where hydropower is produced.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

Arlo Hemphill, senior oceans campaigner with Greenpeace USA, said failing to secure a treaty in 2022, or even delivering a weak treaty, would make it "practically impossible" to ensure 30 per cent of global oceans are protected by 2030. Reports: Germany looking to postpone looming closure of nuclear plants.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

UK energy bills were already set to increase by over 50 per cent in 2022 prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with further increases now feared. This has now been amplified by the events in Ukraine, which has caused gas prices to double again in the first two weeks of the conflict.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

Meanwhile, the French government is hoping to revive a number of routes from 2022. Nuclear power plants have been struggling to restart while Japan has decided to fade out ageing coal-fired power plants, renewable energy is the only solution to cover a shortfall from these power sources.".

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

“This will continue until we get batteries that are inexpensive enough that…the cost of solar-plus-storage is less than the cost of coal electricity,” he continued. ” Before the pandemic hit, TERI projected that the tipping point for low-cost battery storage would come before 2030.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As shown in the chart, we wouldn’t have the grid, solar, wind, EVs, or batteries without copper. It’s a superior electricity conductor, which makes it fundamental to power cables and wires, transformers and inverters, electrical motors, and photovoltaic cells. Demand The most critical of energy transition minerals.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Announcing plans to approve the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant, increase energy efficiency funding from 2025, and retain clean tech R&D budgets, Hunt said the UK would continue to pursue energy independence as it strives to deliver on its climate goals.

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Business Green

MAY 9, 2022

The scale of the challenge in decarbonising Great Britain's electricity grid has been laid bare this morning, with two separate reports setting out the level of change required to ensure the UK's electricity system can accommodate a major expansion in both renewables and nuclear power.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It’s also looking to the potential for small modular nuclear reactors for carbon-free baseload power and long-duration storage technologies such as molten salt, compressed/liquefied air, sub-surface pumped hydro and advanced battery chemistries. Nuclear power plays a large role in PSEG’s carbon-reduction plans.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Renewables has overtaken gas to become the biggest single source of power on the UK grid so far this winter, with power generated by wind, hydro and solar reaching a record 34TWh from 1 October 2022 to 13 January 2023.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

More than 100,000 ships over 100 gross tons sailed the seven seas in 2022. Technologies like hydrogen and batteries don’t have a high enough energy density to volumetrically power vessels. Dual fuel: In 2022 almost 60% of all newbuild orders by tonnage were for dual-fuel vessels.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

And the Demand Response Auction Mechanism pilot project has allowed multiple vendors to aggregate batteries, plug-in electric vehicles , and smart-thermostat-enabled homes and businesses in fulfillment of Resource Adequacy requirements. What are the models for how behind-the-meter solar-battery systems can serve grid needs?

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Winners include manufacturing, up 133% from 2022, and emerging climate technologies that saw a whopping 10x jump to $4.3bn.   Lots of spice for clean investment this week. of dollars put to work.  

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The project has a 30-year Power Purchase Agreement in place with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and was built on the site of a decommissioned nuclear power plant. The Permian Energy Center features 40 MW of battery storage located alongside existing oil and gas infrastructure. Impact Solar Project (G.S.E.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

With Hinkley Point C costs skyrocketing and timetables repeatedly slipping, at the same time as advances in wind, solar, and battery technologies continue to surpass all expectations, some had hoped the White Paper would mark the end to the UK government's long-running love affair with nuclear power.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

“Increasing nuclear capacity is vital to meet our net zero obligations, so to encourage private sector investment into our nuclear programme, I confirm, subject to consultation, nuclear power will be classed as environmentally sustainable.” 2022), p258 the “U” in “CCUS”). References [1] Smith, Wake.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

In other news, Hertz shifts gears on its EV strategy, Kerry steps down from his climate envoy post, and AI helps discover promising new battery materials.    🔋 Rincell Corporation , a San Francisco, CA-based advanced battery cell developer, raised $1.2m in Seed funding from NextGen Battery Chem Ventures.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Ameren already planned to close its Meramec Energy Center coal plant by 2022 and two units of its four-unit Labadie Energy Center plant by 2036, removing three-quarters of its coal-fired energy generating capacity by 2040. All remaining coal-fired plants are scheduled to retire by 2042. Ameren serves about 1.2

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Schumer’s office, the two-year extension of the federal Investment Tax Credit for solar projects will retain the current 26 percent credit for projects that begin construction through the end of 2022, rather than expiring at the end of 2020 as they would have under existing law. Action by the U.S. Another $2.36

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

  In news, COP28 goes nuclear with a commitment to triple nuclear capacity and pursue fusion R&D, echoing a broader global sentiment shift towards nuclear.    In deals, major funding for battery recycling and dry electrodes, and additional late-stage funding for forestry projects and precision weed control.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But he said that building an energy system based entirely on renewable energy would require a backup power source, adding that batteries are not yet advanced enough and that the three options are nuclear energy, fossil gas with CCS, and hydrogen. The statement that I want a 100% renewable energy system is not sufficient.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

Firstly, current federal tax credits for developing onshore and offshore wind, solar, biomass, landfill gas, waste-to-energy, hydropower, geothermal, and marine renewable power projects - which had faced cuts from 2022 - are to be extended until 2025 under the Act. And advanced nuclear power production tax credits of 1.5

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 4, 2022

There were a couple of interesting developments in June in regards to electric power. One was that NextEra Energy issued its Investor Conference Report 2022 to its stockholders. Jacobson, et al. […].

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