GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

natural gas supply network was stressed by record demand and prices. Energy Information Administration, for the 9-day stretch from February 9 through yesterday February 17, natural gas provided about 35 percent of the U.S. Lower 48 Power Generation Mix, with other fuels providing 65 percent. First, the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

A request for information (RFI) released this week is the opening step toward meeting CPS’ “ Flexible Path ” plan, which calls for an 80 percent non-carbon-emitting energy portfolio by 2040 and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Sommers natural-gas power plants.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Canada’s hydropower-rich grid is 84% non-emitting with variable renewables (essentially wind and solar) currently making up 7% of the country’s total electricity generation. However, the Canada Energy Regulator projects that this would rise to between 33% and 37% of electricity generation in 2050 in a net-zero 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In its most recent conference call with investors, CEO Bernard Looney hinted that hydrogen and offshore wind progress was imminent. By 2030 BP hopes to have 10 percent of the clean hydrogen market in “core hydrogen markets” as it chases carbon neutrality by 2050. BP uses the terminology clean, rather than green hydrogen.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

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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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

The EU wants to become a net-zero emitter of greenhouse gases by 2050. The EU's own new strategy for decarbonizing its energy system draws largely from European Commission projections from 2018, predicting that in 2050 more than 80 percent of the electricity supply will come from renewables and 15 percent from nuclear.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 5, 2022

Appalachian Power said it wants to acquire or contract for 294 MW of solar and 204 MW of wind power over the next three years as part of its plan to meet targets set in 2020 by the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). of the power generated or purchased by Appalachian Power came from coal.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

A second RFP is planned for a later date seeking proposals for about 800 MW of solar, 60 MW of battery storage and 1,000 MW from natural gas peaking units to meet system needs by 2028. Together, the new resources would more than quadruple I&M’s current solar and wind generation capacity.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

Alliant, which serves about 1 million customers in the Midwestern states of Wisconsin and Iowa, currently relies on renewables for about 20 percent of its generation capacity, largely wind power in Iowa, with twice as much coming from natural gas plants.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

Offshore wind giant confirms final investment decision for trailblazing H2RES project, as it looks to deliver first green hydrogen in late 2021. Green hydrogen produced using renewable power is currently considerably more expensive than hydrogen produced using natural gas.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Even without carbon pricing, wind power is set to be 40 per cent cheaper than gas-fired power in Alberta and Ontario by 2030. For starters, Alberta and Ontario are in the midst of transforming their power grids. In fact, achieving net zero by 2050 will require Canada to roughly double its power output.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Previous articles discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , the overall highlights of the Review, the production and consumption of petroleum, natural gas production and consumption, and coal production and consumption. Today we will cover nuclear power. Nuclear power is unique among energy sources.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

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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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

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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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. energy source through 2050. And since renewable energy generation isn’t available all the time – it happens when the wind blows or the sun shines – storage is essential. Concentrating solar power is still relatively expensive.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2021

When powered by renewable ?energy energy (Ørsted will provide wind power from the North Sea) this produces ‘green’ hydrogen, without generating direct carbon emissions. ?Hydrogen produced by reforming natural gas, which does result in CO2 emissions. Electrolysis splits water into hydrogen and oxygen gases.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

The UK government started in the right direction as one of the first countries to set a national target to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050. But, if the UK is going to reach net zero by 2050, low carbon electricity generation will need to quadruple. I n the energy transition, there is no one silver bullet.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

That’s good news for electrification proponents in states like California, where natural gas bans are being proposed at the state and local level. A new report from the Rocky Mountain Institute finds all-electric homes cost less to build and power and emit less carbon than mixed-fuel homes.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The EIA’s newly added table compares revenues to costs for all utility-scale form of power generation in the coming years. Using a forecast from 2023 to 2050, the projection shows the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for CCGT facilities rising from about $35 to more than $40, while solar PV falls from $30 to about $25.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

As such, the IEA's report today - titled Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector - is nothing less than a watershed moment for the global economy. Crucially, by 2035, no cars powered purely by fossil fuels should be sold anywhere in the world, which would effectively remove a huge market for the oil industry.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

A series of new offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities to supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required for low-emissions steel production in Germany are set to be built following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal. tonnes of CO2 emissions per tonne.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Doing so would address a glaring omission in the 2015 Paris accord, which never actually mentions coal, oil, or natural gas despite being an international agreement to stop global warming. Solar and wind power are already cheaper alternatives to coal, oil, and gas in most of the world when it comes to meeting new electricity demand.

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

The facility could produce hydrogen using renewable energy, otherwise known as a green hydrogen, as well as blue hydrogen that is produced from natural gas and can be subsequently decarbonised using carbon capture systems. The partners plan to move the project to a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) phase next year.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. The second most important target for green power is replacing fossil fuel use in buildings, especially growing use of natural gas for heating; in Vancouver, British Columbia, that causes nearly 60% of the city’s carbon pollution.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Without a clear and ambitious government plan zero carbon home heating by 2050 remains a pipe dream, a new analysis from the UK Energy Research Centre warns. At present home heating - the bulk of which is provided by the fossil fuel gas grid - accounts for 13 per cent of UK emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Firstly, the UK has experienced one of the least windy summers on record , causing less wind power to be generated than usual. As a result, gas and coal-fired electricity plants have been called upon to make up the shortfall. This has in turn pushed up electricity prices in the UK.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

In January, environmental law group ClientEarth then launched a legal challenge against Leadsom's decision , which it claimed was at odds with the government's own climate change plans and the UK's statutory target to decarbonise its economy to net zero by 2050.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

We encourage QRC to state support for the direct regulation of methane emissions and reductions in methane emissions throughout the natural gas supply chain, as well as framing its support for carbon capture and storage in the context of support for the goal of the Paris Agreement and net-zero emissions," Shell said.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 30, 2021

LCRI has nearly 50 industry sponsors and in October, kicked off its first demonstration project with the New York Power Authority, General Electric and Airgas to test blending renewable hydrogen with natural gas in a turbine at the Brentwood Power Station.

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2021

Japanese steel manufacturer Kobe Steel recently developed a new technique for creating steel in natural gas blast furnaces that use less coke, a raw material with a high carbon content used in steel production. Three terrawatts is about three times the total solar and wind power currently installed.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

They want officials to insist, as a pre-condition of approval, that PPL present specifics as to how it will enable the state to meet its commitment to achieving 100% renewable energy by 2030 and, under the Act on Climate , net-zero emissions by 2050. Its Kentucky generating subsidiaries have an energy portfolio dominated by coal and gas.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

After all, as the electrification of heat and transport gathers pace, Britain's peak demand capacity is set to grow to 80GW by 2050, up from 50GW today, and the fossil fuel gas-fired power stations that supply much of this power peak demand today are clearly incompatible with the nation's mid-century net zero target.

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Research service BloombergNEF, meanwhile, estimates that clean hydrogen could meet up to nearly a quarter of the world’s energy demand by 2050. And, critically, hydrogen can help Canada achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The reason for these excited forecasts? The inflection point in hydrogen is now upon Canadians.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 2, 2021

Southeast in 2050. They use a series of models to explore energy mixes that include coal, hydropower, nuclear, solar, natural gas, and wind in the future relative to today. s generator fleet in 2050 for each of the two scenarios (Reference and RCP 4.5) Source: Fonseca et al. Final composition of the SERC?s

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Meanwhile, Russia's energy minister Alexander Novak has told The Guardian that the country has no plans to scale back fossil fuel production in the coming decades, instead aiming for a 50 per cent growth in gas production alongside plans for developing hydrogen and carbon capture technology. "I Akins, AEP chairman, president and CEO. "We

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

million customers by 2025, adding nearly 700 megawatts of wind power, plus more solar and battery storage systems to boost rural reliability. Missouri's lagging wind market. Unlike most utility grid modernization plans, however, Ameren Missouri’s plan also includes $1 billion for wind power.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Each still plans to build new natural gas power plants in the near term, despite the additional emissions they will cause. Energy Information Administration (EIA), current trends will reduce but not eliminate those emissions by 2050, the report noted. Stage 1: ‘renew’ fossil fuels with renewables and storage.

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