Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Duke Energy’s newly formed Sustainable Solutions unit, merged from several entities only months ago, is building a 207-MW wind power project in Iowa. The non-regulated commercial brand of Duke was formed with the combination of several previous units, including REC Solar, Duke Energy Renewables Wind, and other subsidiaries.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

Although temperatures dropped a bit on Monday, California still faces excessive heat warnings similar to those issued last week, driving air-conditioning demand. Conservation, demand response and backup generation. CAISO also was able to secure some scarce imported power, and wind power coming on late in the day helped too.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

San Francisco-based developer Plus Power won two bids in the latest capacity auction held by the New England ISO, which operates the transmission grid and competitive power markets in six northeastern states. You’re allowing for more clean electrons while replacing the need for gas to help balance that," Keefe said.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In September, Lancium broke ground on its first Clean Campus -- a 325 MW bitcoin mining data center in Fort Stockton, Texas with an expected full-scale operation target of Q4 2022. A Texas-based energy technology firm has raised $150 million to develop Bitcoin mining campuses powered by renewable energy sources. Courtesy: Lancium).

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Note: The is the sixth article in a series on BP’s recently-released BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022. Previous articles were: Wind And Solar Provided A Record 10% Of The World’s Power Generation In 2021. Natural Gas Production Set A New Record In 2021. Why The U.S. Is Still The World’s Top Oil Producer.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

Alliant, which serves about 1 million customers in the Midwestern states of Wisconsin and Iowa, currently relies on renewables for about 20 percent of its generation capacity, largely wind power in Iowa, with twice as much coming from natural gas plants.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 13, 2021

Read more: LS Power launches Rev Renewables to operate energy storage and renewable projects. Energy storage and renewable generation are essential components in meeting our decarbonization goals while maintaining affordability, reliability, and resilience,” said Paul Segal, chief executive officer of LS Power. Rev has a 2.4-GW

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In the US, 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity generation. This is not surprising, with coal and natural gas representing about 60% of electrical supply. In 2022, we expect more utilities will likely get onboard and firm up commitments and strategies.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. Alberta, Canada’s sunniest and windiest province, issued a moratorium on new solar and wind power projects last year.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

She was invited on the show (1:24) to discuss the National Grid’s ‘demand flexibility service’ scheme, under which households and some businesses receive payments for using less energy at times of peak demand. Richard Wilson from Stop Funding Heat said: “Britain urgently needs a media that tells the truth about climate change.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Also, in April, EPRI announced its resource adequacy initiative to help ensure the ongoing ability to meet electricity demand by better anticipating and assessing risks to power supply resources due to extreme weather and other hazards. EPRI accomplished these and many projects in 2021, but we expect an even busier 2022.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2021

Final investment decision is due for 2022. When powered by renewable ?energy energy (Ørsted will provide wind power from the North Sea) this produces ‘green’ hydrogen, without generating direct carbon emissions. ?Hydrogen produced by reforming natural gas, which does result in CO2 emissions.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 14, 2022

The difference in 2022 is that this time, the incumbent has a fierce competitor. Sales of gas-powered cars already peaked in 2017, and global automakers are racing to meet electric-vehicle (EV) demand. Meanwhile, new solar and wind power projects are now typically cheaper than the cheapest fossil fuel option.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

MidAmerican has made major investments in wind farms in recent years and expects to soon offset 100% of its electricity sales with wind power. However, it continues to burn coal and natural gas for baseload power and has not announced plans to phase out those power plants. Bonugli said.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 2, 2021

The next wave appears to be the phasing out as many natural gas-fired facilities as is feasible as more wind and solar resources are deployed. They will go online gradually between late 2021 and mid-2022. As more renewables are added, the demands for inertia and grid stability will only accelerate.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

This echoes the view of the 2022 report from the IPCC – which cited over 18,000 studies. While green hydrogen is widely accepted as necessary for decarbonising heavy industry and some other sectors – where greenhouse gas emissions are harder to remove – it is not considered viable for heating homes. in March 2022.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during a special plenary session of the EU Parliament in Brussels on March 01, 2022 (image credit: Alexandros Michailidis / Shtterstock.com). All suppliers bidding in this auction get paid the same price, namely the price that balances demand and supply.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

At the very least, utilities will need plans that can get them most of the way there, while rushing ahead with next-generation technologies: long-duration energy storage, small modular nuclear reactors or green hydrogen and methane to fuel natural gas peaker plants. gigawatts of offshore wind and 2.7 Dominion Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Virginia has inked a 420-megawatt solar and wind power contract, the largest single procurement of renewable energy to power U.S. Thursday’s deal with utility Dominion Virginia includes 75 megawatts of onshore wind power from Apex Clean Energy and 345 megawatts of solar projects.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Shell - Gas to liquids (GTL) | Shell Natural Gas. This is the practice where natural gas is separated into hydrogen and CO2. We will need to create a circular, sustainable feedstock to power our industry into the 21st century. Waterstof - Hydrogen in Rotterdam. For that we need green hydrogen.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This is the practice where natural gas is separated into hydrogen and CO2, where the hydrogen is used for the petrochemical industry and CO2 is simply released into the atmosphere. We will need to create a circular, sustainable feedstock to power our industry into the 21st century. For that we need green hydrogen.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The solar and wind industries were unable to secure a “direct-pay” provision they had sought to allow tax credits to be converted into direct payments from the federal government, rather than needing to be claimed by investors seeking to offset tax liability. These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

solar capacity stood at around 63 gigawatts, compared to 264 gigawatts of natural gas combined-cycle plants, the country's largest source of generating capacity. solar is already encroaching on wind in certain markets, with traditional wind-heavy players such as NextEra Energy and Pattern Energy increasingly turning to the sun.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Major natural gas and oil pipeline projects have been abandoned or halted by legal challenges. Even this lower-cost scenario would require about 70 gigawatts of new wind and solar to be added per year, however. supply chain that can support at least some of that demand. What's at stake for the wind industry?

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