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

Business Green

National Grid ESO data reveals a number of fresh records, as zero carbon power sources made up more than half of Britain's power for extended periods of the year. The electricity grid achieved its lowest ever carbon intensity month in February 2022, which delivered an average of 126g CO2/kWh over the period, the data reveals.

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Solar to make up half of new generating capacity in 2022

Renewable Energy World

Energy Information Administration (EIA) says nearly half of planned capacity additions in 2022 will be solar energy resources. 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.

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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% Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year.

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ComEd Bribery Scandal Clouds Picture for Exelon’s Illinois Nuclear Plants

GreenTechMedia

” At the same time, Crane noted the company is “in the middle of trying to work through legislative strategy in Illinois” that would offer its nuclear power plants in the state an alternative path to earning capacity market revenue that is seen as a critical component of their future financial viability.

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Canadian LNG Will Stall Asia’s Shift to Renewables, Energy Experts in Asia Say

DeSmogBlog

C temperature limit, the country must fully phase out gas from its electricity sector over the same time period, Solutions for Our Climate calculates. A report commissioned in 2022 by an Alberta government organization called the Canadian Energy Centre concluded that “Canadian LNG would ultimately help to lower emissions in Asia.”

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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. Fitch wrote in Thursday’s proposed decision. Southern California Edison in the hot seat.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come.

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