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Wind and Solar Energy Take the Lead Over Hydropower

R-Squared Energy

During that period, modern renewables (excluding hydropower and geothermal) grew exponentially, at an average annual rate of 12.6%. Global Renewable Energy Consumption 1965-2022. In 2022, that reached 45.2 In 2022, that reached 45.2 Together, wind and solar power provided 3,428 TWh of electricity in 2022.

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Low carbon generation set to meet electricity demand growth – IEA

Smart Energy International

The IEA’s Electricity 2024 report records electricity demand growth easing in 2023 but is projected to accelerate over the next three years through 2026. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% in 2023, less than the 2.4%

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Axpo to produce hydrogen at 43.4-MW Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant

Renewable Energy World

MW Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant on the Rhine River in Switzerland, the first of several hydrogen facilities Axpo will commission in the coming years. Scheduled to go onstream in autumn 2022, the 2.5-MW Scheduled to go onstream in autumn 2022, the 2.5-MW This will save the road transport sector more than 1.5

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Britain's power grid celebrates greenest day and month on record in 2022

Business Green

More than half of the UK's electricity came from zero carbon sources across five months last year, as Britain celebrated a flurry of fresh green grid records in 2022, according to National Grid ESO. per cent of the country's electricity in 2022, while solar accounted for 4.4 Nuclear power plants, meanwhile, provided 15.5

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UK must support investment in pumped storage hydro, industry tells PM

Envirotec Magazine

Scottish Renewables and the British Hydropower Association have written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling on the UK Government to urgently support the deployment of long-duration electricity storage, including pumped storage hydro (PSH). billion in 2022. billion in 2022. These payments reached £1.94

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Fossil fuels are losing ground to renewable energy in Europe

The Verge: Energy

Wind turbines and power lines can be seen against the evening sky near Leuna, Germany on October 4th, 2022. Wind energy in particular soared in 2023, which generated 18 percent of electricity — or the equivalent of France’s entire power demand — and surpassed gas for the first time. Electricity demand actually fell by 3.4

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How electricity demand growth is now being outpaced by new renewables generation

Business Green

Clean energy milestone signals renewable power sector is ready and able to keep up with growing electricity demand. Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity.

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