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Massive infrastructure projects selected to deliver clean energy to New York City

Renewable Energy World

Together, the Clean Path NY and Champlain Hudson Power Express projects will add 3,400 megawatts of new solar and wind power generation and establish two new high-voltage direct current transmission lines to deliver 18 million MWh of clean solar, wind, and hydropower to New York City every year, enough to power 2.5

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New York?s Energy Transition (and Challenges) in 5 Charts

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That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. Larger-scale transmission projects aimed at carrying Canadian hydropower and wind power downstate, such as the $2.2 Source: NYISO.

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More wind and solar capacity could save some of the world’s most important rivers

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Renewables will become the largest source of electricity generation in 2025. This dramatic expansion of wind and solar has been driven by precipitously falling costs. Existing hydropower plants can also help with this large ramp up power.

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EDP Renewables enters Chilean market with $38 million acquisition

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More on Chilean renewables: Statkraft to build first windfarms in Chile Chile will increase small hydropower generation with 3-MW Los Pinos hydropower plant. The acquired 628 MW are expected to be operational between 2023 and 2025. Today, EDP Renewables touts to be the fourth largest producer of renewable energy globally.

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Con Edison Contracts Its Biggest Battery to Date in New York City

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The state has set targets of 1,500 MW of storage by 2025 and 3,000 MW by 2030, and it has created a set of policies including incentives for storage developers and procurement requirements for its biggest utilities. At the same time, New York has also set a target of 9 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2035.

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Avangrid Withdraws Guidance on Coronavirus, Vineyard Wind Uncertainty

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gigawatt onshore wind power fleet. In a Wednesday conference call, CEO James Torgerson credited the improved performance to better wind production from its huge base of existing U.S. renewables capacity, including 831 megawatts of onshore wind built last year by its Oregon-based Avangrid Renewables subsidiary.

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World Energy Outlook 2021: Transition to renewables not fast enough for net-zero targets

Renewable Energy World

The IEA analyzed current government net-zero emissions pledges, finding demand for fossil fuels would peak by 2025 and global CO2 emissions would fall by 40% by 2050. The social and economic benefits of accelerating clean energy transitions are huge, and the costs of inaction are immense.”. C in the "Announced Pledges Scenario.".