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Comment: Offshore wind needs to increase by 265% to meet govt targets

Envirotec Magazine

To mark Global Wind Day 2023 on June 15, ABB – which describes itself as the largest supplier of electrical components to the wind industry around the world – discusses the measures needed to achieve the UK’s goals in relation to offshore wind power. This load factor = 0.402.

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Solar and wind with battery storage are set to produce cheaper electricity than natural gas in Alberta and Ontario: report

Clean Energy Canada

Feb 2, 2023 OTTAWA — In Alberta and Ontario, wind can now produce electricity at lower costs than natural-gas-fired power—with even more reductions on the horizon, according to a new report from Clean Energy Canada, which was informed by research commissioned from Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors.

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Global Energy Trends From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy

R-Squared Energy

Today, I will cover the recently published 2023 report’s highlights. Overview The newest Review shows the world remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels for energy needs, even as renewables like solar and wind continue rapid growth. Natural gas and coal demand stayed nearly flat with oil rebounding close to pre-pandemic levels.

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Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

GreenTechMedia

Dominion’s new IRP is driven by Virginia's Clean Economy Act passed earlier this year, which calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045 and sets targets for energy efficiency, energy storage, and in-state solar and wind power. Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co.

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Pop goes the diesel?

Envirotec Magazine

And while it took over 40 years to bring solar and wind power to cost parity with legacy energy sources, those banking on hydrogen (everyone, it seems) are hoping to squeeze that development work into a much shorter timeframe. In the UK, the blending of hydrogen into the gas grid is starting to appear on the horizon.

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Could finding enough white hydrogen make a difference to decarbonization?

Hydrogen Fuel News

Brown, black and grey H2, for instance, are all produced using processes with fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas. Green H2 is produced using electrolysis (water molecule splitting) powered by renewable energy such as solar or wind power. How was the white hydrogen deposit in France discovered?

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Wisconsin Utility Alliant Energy Pledges Net-Zero Carbon by 2050

GreenTechMedia

Alliant serves about 1 million customers in Wisconsin and Iowa, and gets about 20 percent of its generation capacity from renewables today, mostly from wind farms in Iowa. Coal made up 31 percent of its capacity as of 2018, while natural gas accounted for about 42 percent.

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