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Renewables overtake fossil fuels in 2020 as Britain's power grid enjoys 'greenest year' yet

Business Green

Wind and solar alone generated around 30 per cent of Britain's electricity in 2020, while biomass provided seven per cent, and hydropower made up 1.6 Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5 per cent of Britain's power last year, while imports accounted for just under seven per cent.

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Low carbon generation set to meet electricity demand growth – IEA

Smart Energy International

Managing power grid complexity: The 5 biggest priorities for utilities in 2024 Energy Transitions Podcast: Accelerating decarbonised power generation at scale Notable expansion of the data centre sector also is likely, with consumption from data centres, AI and the cryptocurrency sector potentially doubling by 2026.

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

GreenTechMedia

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

GreenTechMedia

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. Southern Company intends to test the proposition that a U.S. Department of Energy.

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

Business Green

Reports: Germany looking to postpone looming closure of nuclear plants. While such a move would likely be temporary, it would mark a major departure from German energy policy over the past two decades, with the government having opted to gradually shutter its nuclear power plants amid safety fears over atomic energy.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer. million jobs by 2050, it states.

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The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

GreenTechMedia

Over the past three years, some of the country’s biggest utilities have been committing to a goal that few may have predicted they’d undertake on their own: weaning themselves off carbon-emitting generation by 2050. Utilities in many states now face mandates to move to 100 percent renewable energy or cut carbon to zero by 2050.

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