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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

While the fuel is barely on the radar in the United States, around the world a green hydrogen rush is underway, and many companies, investors, governments and environmentalists believe it is an energy source that could help end the reign of fossil fuels and slow the world’s warming trajectory. "It Green hydrogen can do that.".

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Global Energy Trends From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy

R-Squared Energy

Overview The newest Review shows the world remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels for energy needs, even as renewables like solar and wind continue rapid growth. While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption. growth in 2021.

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Understanding the true cost (and savings) of Nova Scotia’s transition to clean energy

Clean Energy Canada

The province recently unveiled its plan for 50 per cent wind power by 2030 alongside additional solar. Think of it this way: adding $40 to your monthly electricity bill to power your car is cheaper than whatever you were paying to fill it with gasoline. For Nova Scotians, clean energy has been in the news a lot lately.

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How recent energy market challenges highlight business opportunities on the journey to net zero

Business Green

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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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels. Over the last decade, solar costs fell more than 80 percent, and wind costs are quickly declining as well.

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'Grounds for optimism': Global CO2 emissions flatlined in 2019, data indicates

Business Green

The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar. US energy-related emissions are now down almost one gigatonne from their peak in 2000, it added.

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

Renewable Energy World

The share of non-hydro renewable energy in the fuel mix more than doubled during this period to over 13% in 2019, and this torrid rate of growth is expected to continue, according to IRENA’s Renewable Energy Statistics, 2020. This dramatic expansion of wind and solar has been driven by precipitously falling costs.