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Looming Grid Shortfall Prompts 2.5GW California Procurement Proposal

GreenTechMedia

Thursday’s proposed decision from the California Public Utilities Commission ( PDF ) is the culmination of more than a year of study and debate over the state’s grid reliability needs, as part of its Integrated Resource Plan proceeding. But the CPUC deferred to the urgency of CAISO, which projects shortfalls of at least 2.3

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

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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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The key lesson from the Ukraine crisis? Shifting to net zero is more important than ever

Business Green

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. Fully decarbonising the power grid by 2035 will be essential to reduce fossil fuel dependence and cut emissions in other parts of the economy.

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How Long Will Coal Remain King in India?

GreenTechMedia

” Achieving India’s target to deploy 450 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030 is critical if the country is going to succeed in displacing coal generation on the power grid as overall energy consumption grows. Source: Brookings Institute " Coal in India " report. The rules have already been delayed several times.

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UK renewables overtake gas to become UK's top electricity generator this winter

Business Green

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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An Inside Look at a Groundbreaking Solar-Storage Procurement in California

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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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10 largest solar projects completed in the U.S. so far in 2021

Renewable Energy World

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.