GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

At the very least, utilities will need plans that can get them most of the way there, while rushing ahead with next-generation technologies: long-duration energy storage, small modular nuclear reactors or green hydrogen and methane to fuel natural gas peaker plants. Here's a look at the five largest U.S. Dominion Energy.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

Last summer’s record heat waves triggered a surge in power demand that maxed out supplies and led to outages across the West. California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. Contributed by Ben Paulos. ROOT CAUSES. THE BIG RETHINK.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 13, 2021

LS Power announces the formation of Rev Renewables LLC to develop, acquire and operate energy storage and renewable projects, including conventional hydropower and pumped storage. Read more: LS Power launches Rev Renewables to operate energy storage and renewable projects. Rev has a 2.4-GW

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. utilities that still rely on coal and natural gas for most of their generation capacity. All but one call for new natural gas plants.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It concludes that the latter two scenarios would require approximately 1,050-1,570 gigawatts of solar power, which would meet about 44%-45% of expected electricity demand in 2050. Energy storage capacity – systems such as large installations of high-capacity batteries – would also expand at roughly the same rate as solar.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Current nuclear and large hydropower capacity add up to around 50 GW. Most of the new transmission buildout is projected to be driven by a near doubling of electricity demand between 2020 and 2030. . Installing 450 GW of renewables by 2030 could help meet Modi’s target, the report said.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Major natural gas and oil pipeline projects have been abandoned or halted by legal challenges. supply chain that can support at least some of that demand. renewable energy will be short-lived: It took the crown from hydropower last year and will lose it to solar in the 2020s. Current U.S. is nearly nonexistent.

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AutoGrid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Extreme Heat, Peak Load and Demand Response: Record Summer 2018 Challenges Grid Operators Nationwide. On July 24 and 25, as temperatures soared, wildfires burned, and hydropower and gas supplies tightened, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) issued calls to consumers statewide to voluntarily ratchet down electricity use.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 13, 2020

The unemployment rate has surged in PGE’s region during the coronavirus pandemic, hobbling commercial demand for power. PGE is also buying more hydropower in the Pacific Northwest. ” The fate of PGE’s last coal plant, not to mention its five natural gas plants, remains an open question.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

Gulf Power is using its smart meter fleet for locational demand response. FPL is also planning more than 400 megawatts/900 megawatt-hours of battery energy storage at its Manatee Energy Storage Center, one of the largest projects in the country. Then there's PacifiCorp, which serves about 1.9

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

wide transmission build-out could also slash the costs of reaching a zero-carbon grid with wind, solar and battery technologies that are cost-effective today. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added. transmission grid.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

The modeling highlighted this discrepancy in the form of planning reserve margins, or the amount of generation required to meet peak grid demand in emergencies. Under the IRP scenario, that reserve margin could reach 48 percent — far greater than the 15 percent recommended by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Overall demand for electricity in 2020 was almost exactly the same as in 2005, and 24% lower than projected by federal energy forecasters. Finally, natural gas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices. Wind, solar and battery technologies will be central to further decarbonization.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

” “In 2021, Washington consumed less natural gas than about half of the states, and in 2020, the state used less per capita than all but four other states and the District of Columbia. The largest share of the state’s natural gas comes from Canada, either directly or through the state of Idaho.”

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

NET Power is building a new type of natural gas power plant that uses oxy combustion (burning natural gas with pure oxygen) and supercritical CO2 instead of steam in its turbine. this technology could chip away at and then eventually replace industry standard combined cycle natural gas plants.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Developers in the space are concerned that the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy will depress demand for tax equity investments, as banks and financial institutions will have less appetite for credits to offset tax liabilities in a year when profits were depressed. Solar tax credit impacts. Another $2.36

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

We need to get rid of coal, natural gas and petroleum. Coal, natural gas and petroleum are the culprits here: the burning of these fuels tend to lead to inefficiency. It can also serve as seasonal energy storage in the form of wood or energy crops, basically acting as a cheap, self-growing all-organic battery.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Meanwhile, demand for coal, oil and natural gas fall by 80 per cent, 60 per cent and 45 per cent, respectively, by 2060 compared with last year. Ford said its Tennessee factory - called Blue Oval City - will cover a six-square-mile area and build next-generation electric pickup trucks and batteries from 2025.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the coronavirus struck the global economy earlier this year, demand for oil dropped by more than a fifth and prices collapsed. Since spring 2020, oil and gas has seen one bombshell after another, and the impacts are adding up. Many sources now suggest that oil demand has already passed its peak.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

One of the beneficial factors for the use of the renewable energy is that it is naturally generated. The common energy sources are Hydropower, Biomass, Biofuels, Wind, Geothermal and Solar Energy. The sources of renewable energy are present in the natural environment comprising the largest component of ecosystem.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

Nations saw rapid industrial and economic growth, accelerated consumer demand, and introduced significantly new changes in lifestyle and culture. It is speculated that the current situation, a downfall in demand ignited by the Coronavirus outbreak with an oil-price war added on top, will hasten the the peak for oil, gas and coal demand.

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