The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

However, while EVs are well known for being an eco-friendly way to get around, the batteries themselves can be a bit problematic. From understanding the environmental concerns involved with EV batteries to the innovative solutions out there, here’s what you should keep in mind. Over time, EV batteries will slowly lose their capacity.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Jeff Perry, executive vice president of Asset Management for Agilitas Energy, writes on how energy storage technology can improve grid and renewables reliability, taking pressure off grid operators at peak demand periods. Instead, it emphasises the importance of increasing energy storage to stabilize the energy system.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

San Antonio municipal utility CPS Energy is partnering with a solar firm and global automobile group to develop a large-scale energy storage testing project from recycled electric vehicle batteries. CPS Energy has been a visionary leader for solar projects in Texas. Hyundai Ioniq EV. Image credit Hyundai.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 7, 2020

The world-renowned thought leader, entrepreneur, educator and author accurately predicted the rapid decline in solar photovoltaic costs and lithium ion batteries. Vice : How Solar Power Could Slay the Fossil Fuel Empire by 2030. He also predicted the collapse of the coal industry and oil prices.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

By storing energy we can address the challenge of guaranteeing flexible and reliable supply from weather-dependant energy sources, writes VINCI Energies – cutting bills, reducing carbon emissions and delivering on the promise of the energy transition. A constant balancing act. Industry-leading reference case.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Solar plus storage is fast emerging as a top choice, both at scale on the grid and also "behind the meter," installed in a home, apartment or commercial building. . When it comes to reliability, solar-with-storage systems offer the ability to charge a battery that can keep the power on during an outage.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) uses electricity to cool air until it liquefies, so it can be stored until an opportune moment arrives when it can be brought back to a gaseous state and used for power generation. Katie Smith of law firm Reddie & Grose LLP examines where the approach fits into the energy storage landscape.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts. While the immediate cause is still being investigated, we do know that California’s grid was experiencing multiple, coincident stressors — high demand, generators not performing when called upon and energy imports not showing up. Bryn Baker.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

ESS CEO Eric Dresselhuys joined Renewable Energy World for a conversation about the company's journey, the promise of flow battery technology, and the impact of proposed tax credits for energy storage currently being considered by the U.S. long-duration energy storage company to list on the New York Stock Exchange.

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The City Fix

MARCH 28, 2024

Like many parts of Africa, motorcycles are the most popular form of transportation among Rwanda’s 13.3 million people. Whether they’re commuting to work or school, transporting jugs of water from the local taps or just running everyday errands, people on.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago. Fast-acting battery technology performs many roles: frequency regulation, capacity, deferral of wires upgrades, resilience, firming renewable generation and more.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

After losing out on an early opportunity to build New York state's biggest battery, the owner of New York City's biggest power plant is taking steps to import renewable electricity generated upstate. The Ravenswood Generating Station is undergoing a strategic shift to carry out the transition to clean energy called for by Gov.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 3, 2023

According to the US Department of Energy , hydrogen fuel can be produced from a broad spectrum of different technologies and energy sources.    These include “fossil fuels, biomass, and water electrolysis with electricity.” Why is producing hydrogen at home not practical for fueling a car?

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The Verge: Energy

MARCH 27, 2024

Photo by Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A new study finds that Bitcoin mining paired with green hydrogen could help speed up a transition to clean energy — an eyebrow-raising claim, considering strong evidence that the cryptocurrency is a big polluter. Bitcoin would have to be mined using clean energy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals. The oil industry has been particularly badly hit.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 13, 2020

2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun Hunter Lovins Thu, 08/13/2020 – 00:15 We’re female entrepreneurs and environmentalists. We’ve spent decades promoting clean energy technologies. Fracking equipment sits idly in fields, and utilities shutter coal and natural gas power plants indefinitely. What happened?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Energy supplier moves to further increase incentives for homes to install solar panels in response to soaring energy bills this winter. The energy supplier said customers on its 'Fixed Outgoing' tariff will see an increase in payments from 7.5p/kWh for every kWh they sent back to the grid earlier this year.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Green hydrogen is both an untested and a potentially vital way for renewable-energy-powered grids to store their intermittent power for later use, not just for hours at a time, but for days, weeks or even seasons ahead. On Monday, Siemens Energy announced a U.S. green hydrogen market landscape.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

More homeowners are turning to solar and storage systems as wildfires, heat waves and other disasters cause power outages in parts of the U.S. OutBack’s configuration will optimize a generator’s output while relying on solar and storage for less power-intensive loads.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 13, 2021

The United States needs energy storage to reach the carbon-free electricity goals necessary to curb the worst effects of climate change. Storage technologies make renewables dispatchable like fossil fuels, yet they’re still not in abundant use.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Clean Energy Canada is a clean energy think tank at the Morris J. Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. Wind and solar accounted for 61% of electricity generated in Denmark in 2022. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

Kerry Rippy , National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. of Energy projects that renewable energy will be the fastest-growing U.S. energy source through 2050. However, it’s still relatively expensive to store energy.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The utility, which provides electricity to more than 13 million industrial, commercial and residential customers, is concerned about grid stability due to decommissioned traditional fossil fuel plants and increased levels of renewable energy coming online.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Feb 2, 2023 OTTAWA — In Alberta and Ontario, wind can now produce electricity at lower costs than natural-gas-fired power—with even more reductions on the horizon, according to a new report from Clean Energy Canada, which was informed by research commissioned from Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

On top of inking a massive 2 GWh deal with SB Energy, and reaching an agreement to supply Enel Green Power with 17 battery systems in Spain , ESS became the first U.S. long-duration energy storage system company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Follow @EngelsAngle. ESS began trading on the NYSE on Oct.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 4, 2021

That’s reason enough, these groups say, for regulators to demand that Duke rework its plans — and they’ve laid out their own solar and battery-heavy replacement options for consideration. It also notes that its planning a massive build-out of clean energy capacity, including from 8.7 GW to 16.4

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

” This tale underscores a vexing problem for the energy transition in Europe. While renewables’ levelized cost of energy (LCOE) is going down, and the proportion of renewables on many grids is growing, wholesale electricity markets don’t seem to be getting any cheaper. There are several factors to consider.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Chandu Visweswariah is founding president and CEO of Utopus Insights, a New York-based energy analytics company acquired last year by Vestas. With decades of accumulated manufacturing experience for portable electronics, lithium-ion battery prices have steadily dropped. Competitive markets are wonderful crucibles of innovation.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Now, as ambitious climate goals gain momentum and renewable energy prices drop, attention is turning towards scaling such systems for commercial transport. One key challenge addressed by the panelists is the volatility of renewable energy — both in price and physical availability. Wed, 11/04/2020 - 02:00.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes as the migration to clean power gathers pace. With world leaders about to gather in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the COP 28 climate summit, the transition to green energy will be one of the key topics on the agenda.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Renewable Connections secures green light for 42MW solar and battery farm in eastern Scotland, as RWE touts plans for huge solar project in Yorkshire. Over its 40-year lifespan, Montreathmont Solar Farm will displace an estimated 792,000 tonnes of CO2 from fossil fuel sources," he said.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Los Angeles' municipal utility unanimously approved the contract for the cheapest solar and energy storage project in the U.S. The 400-megawatt Eland project, developed by 8minute Solar Energy, failed to pass a late-August vote by the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s Board of Commissioners.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Latest BloombergNEF report predicts booming demand throughout the 2020s should see global energy storage market hit one terawatt hour by the end of the decade. The surge in installations is expected to involve more than $262bn of investment, as energy companies around the world rush to deploy storage capacity alongside wind and solar plants.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

That’s a task usually assigned to fossil-fired power plants and hydroelectric dams, or, in a growing number of cases, batteries. First Solar’s 2016 project with California grid operator CAISO and the U.S. How it works: Staying ahead of the curve.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 9, 2021

Over the past decade, Mainspring Energy has been at work on a novel "linear generator" that it says can provide on-site electricity with lower emissions than fossil-fueled engines and microturbines, and greater flexibility than fuel cells. On Tuesday, Mainspring's vision landed a vote of confidence from U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

and China will lead, claiming over half of the global installations by the end of this decade, according to a new outlook by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). This boom in stationary energy storage will require more than $262 billion of investment, BNEF estimates. Global adoption. See educational sessions here.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Renewable energy developer's largest UK solar project to date set to begin generating power from later next year. Lightsource BP is to kickstart construction of a 61MW solar farm in Nottinghamshire next month, marking the renewable energy developer's largest solar project to date in the UK.

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