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UK leads Europe on new wind power as global turbine market enjoys boom

Business Green

The UK continued to lead Europe in new wind power last year, adding 2.4GW of both onshore and offshore capacity as turbine installations rose more than a quarter across the continent in 2019, according to trade body WindEurope. And the growth needs to come from both offshore and onshore wind.

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Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive, CSIRO analysis shows

The Guardian: Energy

Estimates of costs to build small modular nuclear reactors – a technology supported by the Coalition but not expected to be commercially available until at least 2030 – have risen dramatically and would provide the most expensive power, according to the draft GenCost report.

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Europe’s grid is receiving record levels of investment. But is it enough?

Smart Energy International

Reflecting on a week of record finance results from German and Dutch utilities, Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column sees Yusuf Latief discuss grid investment plans and whether they are indicative of grid planning finally going right. billion, highlighting the role of the grid in minimising economic loss.

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Aemo warns coal-fired power plants could drop off before replacements are ready

The Guardian: Energy

Solar and windfarms will need to triple by 2030 to 57GW and expand seven-fold by 2050 to 126GW Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s main power grid faces the “real” possibility ageing coal-fired power plants will drop out before sufficient generation (..)

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Energinet taps Siemens Energy in transmission expansion tender

Smart Energy International

Danish TSO Energinet has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy on a comprehensive expansion of the power grid in Western Denmark. By 2030, Denmark must quadruple its electricity generation from wind and solar power, with more to come in the following decades.

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'Truly remarkable': Norway-UK subsea clean power interconnector comes online

Business Green

National Grid touted the news as a "major milestone" in the UK's journey towards net zero emissions, noting that it would allow the UK to avoid 23 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2030.

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Duke Energy Lays Out Its Long-Term Clean Energy Pathways — and Price Tags

GreenTechMedia

Duke’s 2020 integrated resource plan (IRP), filed Tuesday with state regulators, lays out six scenarios for reaching its challenging goals of halving its emissions by 2030 and hitting net-zero carbon by 2050. All of the scenarios go well beyond Duke’s previous IRPs in leaning more heavily on solar, onshore wind and energy storage.

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