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The total eclipse shows us how important solar energy is to the US

The Verge: Energy

Millions more live near dirty power plants that could be tapped to make up for a loss of solar power. Grid managers have had to find backup sources of energy to cope with the eclipse. It shows us how far the nation has come in cleaning up its power grid — and what we’re still in dire need of to complete that task.

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Hitachi Energy to supply converter stations for Australia’s Marinus Link

Smart Energy International

The Marinus Link will use advanced converter technology at both ends of the link to stabilise and integrate more renewables into the power grid. Clean hydropower can then feed the mainland grid when it is needed most, acting as a large battery for the nation. million Australian homes.

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Clean energy technology supply chains must get better, faster, cleaner, says report

Envirotec Magazine

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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Rising battery storage costs: A long-term trend or short term blip?

Business Green

The price of battery energy storage systems rose for the first time since records began in 2022, as raw material and component costs soared, and developers and system integrators increased their margins in the face of challenging economic headwinds and soaring energy costs worldwide. link] pic.twitter.com/C55UHprYIv.

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How India’s Renewable Energy Sector Survived and Thrived in a Turbulent 2020

GreenTechMedia

The country awarded landmark supply contracts for flexible renewable power, an important step in addressing the limitations of intermittent wind and solar. Cheap renewables were favored on the grid last year, which caused coal use to fall as energy demand plummeted amid the economic slowdown.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

Toyota, one of the first major automakers to commit to fuel cell vehicles with its Mirai sedan, is also planning to expand production of hydrogen powered semi trucks now being tested at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Senior Engineer Jackie Birdsall said.

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What happens after your country runs on 99 percent renewable electricity?

The Verge: Energy

Climate change poses new risks to the power grid, and Costa Rica has a lot of work left to do to get more solar and wind farms online. In the winter, like a six-month period from June to December, many of the hydropower plants get surplus flows. That’s when we have low wind, but we have more hydropower.