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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

GreenTechMedia

NYISO’s Power Trends 2020 report released Wednesday highlights the challenges and opportunities for a grid in flux. 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 Source: NYISO.

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If the U.S. and China can agree on renewables, surely our provinces can do the same

Clean Energy Canada

Tripling renewable energy in both countries by 2030. Canadians overwhelmingly prefer solar (74 per cent), wind (67 per cent), and hydropower (67 per cent) compared to just 46 per cent who support natural gas and 18 per cent who support coal, according to a new poll from Clean Energy Canada and Abacus Data. Hardly a wedge issue.

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

Renewable Energy World

This dramatic expansion of wind and solar has been driven by precipitously falling costs. The cost of new wind and solar generation, on a levelized cost of energy basis, is now lower than that of new thermal and hydropower generation, and increasingly below the operating cost of existing thermal plants.

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The Stretch of River Holding Spain’s Pumped Hydro Future

GreenTechMedia

Nor did the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, although the Ministry’s 2021-2030 National Energy and Climate Plan (Plan Nacional Integrado de Energía y Clima, or PNIEC ) hints that only one of the projects is expected to go ahead. Neither developer responded to requests for information from GTM.

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The swansong of African hydropower?

Envirotec Magazine

Hydropower, traditionally one of Africa’s most important sources of electricity, will rapidly fade in importance and cede its position to solar power. For decades, many African countries have relied on hydropower for electricity generation, including projects that inspire as much awe as controversy.

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New York activates its largest opt-out 100% renewable energy program

Renewable Energy World

The opt-out Rochester Community Power program will offer 57,000 residents and small businesses access to clean energy from hydropower and wind sources. So much hard work was put into creating Rochester Community Power, and now our residents will begin to reap the benefits," said Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren.