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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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IRENA: Renewables accounted for three quarters of new power capacity in 2019

Business Green

Data from International Renewable Energy Association points to slight slowdown in capacity growth last year, but clean energy sector still outpaced fossil fuels. per cent in 2019, with solar and wind making up 90 per cent of new additions, and Asia again dominating the market with 54 per cent of global capacity growth last year.

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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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Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

The City Fix

One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. Taken together, such stories.

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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. This is also largely true across North America, and beyond. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels. If not sooner. Political will.

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Navigating network demands in the net-zero world

Renewable Energy World

Electricity grids, and the renewable energy and battery storage projects that connect to those networks, are evolving so that they can meet net-zero demands while simultaneously maintaining and delivering power supplies in a safe, secure and reliable manner.

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