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Pumped Hydro Moves to Retain Storage Market Leadership

GreenTechMedia

This week, the International Hydropower Association and the U.S. Because of this, “It isn’t easy to build new projects,” said Alejandro Moreno, director of hydropower and marine energy at U.S. Department of Energy, at a Tuesday event launching the alliance. Solutions to pumped hydro’s new challenges.

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Low carbon generation set to meet electricity demand growth – IEA

Smart Energy International

Significant extra demand also is expected from outside these economies, in particular in China, India and countries in Southeast Asia. Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year. However, the demand is expected to rise, growing by an average of 3.4%

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IEA: CO2 from global power generation set to plateau

Business Green

Renewable power sources are expected to dominate almost all the growth in the world's electricity supplies through to 2025, according to the IEA, and together with nuclear power they are set to meet the vast majority of the increase in global power demand over the period. remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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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

Government and industry investment in hydrogen as an energy carrier adds up to $2 billion per year in Asia and the European Union, the report finds, while U.S. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.

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The Future(s) of Fossil Fuels - 2020

Mr. Sustainability

The second camp sees a growing role for fossil fuels as the global population expands and hundreds of millions of people seek to join the energy-intensive middle classes, especially in Asia and Africa. My personal opinion favors the first camp, but I will elaborate on both. Camp 1 – No, Oil will not recover.