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

GreenTechMedia

Last year’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) calls for getting 70 percent of the state’s electricity from renewables by 2030, up from 26.8 Larger-scale transmission projects aimed at carrying Canadian hydropower and wind power downstate, such as the $2.2 Source: NYISO. Source: NYISO.

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Low carbon generation set to meet electricity demand growth – IEA

Smart Energy International

To meet the IEA’s net zero by 2050 pathway, the share must near 30% in 2030 and thus electrification needs to accelerate rapidly, the Electricity 2024 publication states. Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year. annually through 2026. “The

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

GreenTechMedia

It’s the biggest utility-contracted battery in the state thus far, though independent power producer LS Power is planning to build at least 300 MW/1,200 MWh of batteries at its Ravenswood power plant in Queens.

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Can Gas-Fired Power Plants Coexist with a Net-Zero Target? Yes, Southern Company Insists

GreenTechMedia

The 35-page plan offers far more detail than Southern Company has previously disclosed on how it intends to decarbonize a 44 GW generation portfolio that’s now about 52 percent natural gas, 13 percent coal, 17 percent nuclear and 18 percent “renewable and other." Department of Energy.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

But reaching the report’s targets could drive about $140 billion per year in revenue and support 700,000 jobs by 2030, and about $750 billion per year in revenue and a cumulative 3.4 million by 2030, and the number of fueling stations will have to expand from about 100 today to more than 4,300. already generates about 11.4

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Global Briefing: Activists bemoan slow progress in UN ocean treaty talks

Business Green

Arlo Hemphill, senior oceans campaigner with Greenpeace USA, said failing to secure a treaty in 2022, or even delivering a weak treaty, would make it "practically impossible" to ensure 30 per cent of global oceans are protected by 2030. Reports: Germany looking to postpone looming closure of nuclear plants.

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

GreenTechMedia

Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co. must supply 30 percent of their power from renewables by 2030, and Dominion must close all carbon-emitting power plants by 2045. Major boosts for solar, offshore wind and energy storage.