Greentown Labs

JANUARY 30, 2024

As renewable energy sources have matured and become more affordable, a challenge remains in dramatically increasing the amount of clean power on the electric grid: long-duration energy storage. They also have a lifespan of 30 years—significantly longer than that of lithium-ion batteries—and aren’t prone to battery fires or explosions.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

But Global Wind Energy Council forced to revise its forecasts for 2020 and beyond as coronavirus fallout continues. Meanwhile, the growing number of wind farms around the world continues to be largely driven by financing via market based policy mechanisms, such as the UK's Contracts for Difference scheme, it seems.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

New York utility Con Edison has signed its biggest energy storage contract to date, a 100-megawatt/400-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery project that will help balance a grid facing rising levels of offshore wind and other renewable power in the years to come. In New York City, the biggest battery is the 4.8

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

But few sectors can lay as strong a claim for playing a central and strategic role in any recovery, as the renewables industry in general and the wind power sector in particular. Furthermore, 1GW of offshore wind power avoids 3.5 This is a clear signal," he added.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2021

A £20m research and development (R&D) competition to fund "the most promising electric vehicle (EV) technology innovations", has been announced by the Department for Transport (DfT) as it today confirmed fossil fuel cars and vans would as expected be banned from sale in the UK by 2030.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

has begun construction on battery storage projects in Scotland, touted as the first commercial contracts in the world for grid stability services through transmission connected batteries. The batteries will also ease network constraints by importing electricity at times of peak renewable generation. Scottish sites.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 20, 2023

In Clean Energy Canada’s recent net-zero analysis , which like the Canada Energy Regulator relied on the IEA’s net-zero oil price, Canada sees 700,000 more energy jobs in 2050 than exist today if countries around the world achieve their stated climate goals, as growth in clean energy jobs outpaces the decline in fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

A hydrogen industry lobby group has produced a comic book aimed at high schoolers that suggests solar and wind power are incapable of fueling decarbonization goals, and that only hydrogen fuel cells provide sufficient energy to eliminate fossil fuels.

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GreenTech Gazette

APRIL 1, 2024

Technology: Biomethane is converted into electricity that powers the train’s battery and motor, achieving a clean fuel source. Waste Repurposing: It utilizes existing waste materials, reducing dependence on traditional fossil fuels. Stage: Prototype: A functional prototype was tested in 2020.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

New 100MW battery in Capenhurst, Chester thought to be the largest in Europe to date to be connected to a transmission network A battery that is thought to be the largest in Europe to be connected directly to a transmission network went live today, marking another milestone for the fast-expanding energy storage sector.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 29, 2023

This clean and efficient fuel conversion method makes fuel cells perfect for powering vehicles, homes and portable electronic devices. Hydrogen fuel cells present a promising option to traditional fossil fuel-based power sources, lowering greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on non-renewable resources.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2022

In a wide-ranging speech to mark the graduation ceremony, Guterres reserved some of his strongest words for those financial institutions and oil and gas giants that continued to invest in and exploit new fossil fuels projects. But we know investing in fossil fuels is a dead end - economically and environmentally.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

gigawatts of solar, wind and battery storage projects, part of a massive clean energy growth plan that will open the utility's six-state territory to third-party renewable energy developers. While MidAmerican has one of the largest wind power portfolios in the country, it’s also dependent on coal-fired power.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

PHES still accounts for about 95% of all grid-scale storage, but that number has been falling in recent years as battery storage solutions have become more economical. In December 2017, the largest battery storage system to date was connected to the grid in South Australia. The Carbon Emission Footprint of Battery Storage.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Opponents of climate policy say curbing fossil fuel emissions will kill jobs, but a new study showed that switching to renewables would actually create more jobs than a fossil fuel–heavy future will. The tricky part will be ensuring that laid-off workers have access to alternative employment. What could be done?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Improving renewable reliability Renewable energy resources, like solar and wind power, may be cheap, but their intermittent nature creates reliability concerns. Energy storage enables these intermittent renewable resources to be reliable and persistent sources of energy, available in the same way that fossil-fuel-fired generation is.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

Grid operators around the world are unusually busy these days, but few have quite as much on their minds as NYISO, the independent system operator that manages New York state's bulk power system and wholesale energy market. Larger-scale transmission projects aimed at carrying Canadian hydropower and wind power downstate, such as the $2.2

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Regionally, the EU-wide average share of electricity generated from wind and solar in 2022 was 22%. In May 2023, wind and solar produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the European Union for the first full month on record. The average in the G7 was 15%, just above the global average of 12%. Looking ahead, the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

But storage's trajectory differs from the early growth dynamics of solar power in a crucial respect: It transcends the geographic boundaries, dictated by sunshine and policy, that constrained solar's rise. said Daniel Finn-Foley, energy storage director at Wood Mackenzie, speaking Tuesday at GTM's Energy Storage Summit in Denver.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Time to ditch fossil fuels-centric planning. Higher temperatures put more stress on traditional fossil-fired electric generators, reducing plant efficiency and output, and even caused them to temporarily shut down. The state is a leader in solar power, meeting much of the demand during the sunny hours of the day.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Salient Energy, seeking an alternative to lithium-ion batteries. Concerns over the lithium-ion battery supply chain did not disappear in 2020. Making fossil fuels more palatable: ReSynth International. Vortex Bladeless: wind power without blades.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 25, 2022

A V2G system, the models’ batteries will be used on a large scale to store sustainable energy. This will make it possible to use car batteries as a buffer in a sustainable grid system where solar and wind power are the main energy sources. Image courtesy of Hyundai Motors.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

Earlier this month, government figures confirmed that renewables ousted fossil fuels as the dominant source of power on Britain's grid for the first time ever in 2020, supplying 38 per cent of the island's power.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions. And managing electricity use to match grid needs can help utilities control the costliest part of decarbonizing their systems — reducing reliance on dispatchable fossil-fueled power. Community sharing of solar and batteries.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Then there’s energy: whether it’s $2 gas or higher home heating bills , powering our lives has gotten pricier. These two realities, climate change and volatile energy prices, have a common denominator in fossil fuels. Building new natural-gas-fired power plants means locking in emissions — and costs — for many years to come.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 27, 2021

Where they are emerging as innovators is with new models and technology for managing electric grid loads — from load-shifting water heaters to a giant experimental battery made of iron. The cooperative’s path to clean power could become clearer if its experimental iron-air battery project is successful.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For example, in windy weather, the prices of renewable energy are low, and therefore, its financial benefit remains low, i.e., wind power becomes a less lucrative investment option. This has led to the construction of batteries next to the turbines, which enables the energy to be discharged into the grid more evenly.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

This was the final piece of the puzzle required to enable wind farms to participate in those flexibility markets. All this is part of National Grid ESO's plans to be able to support a fossil-fuel-free network by 2025. The latest solution comes just in time. As more gas shifts off the U.K.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

That puts the Southeast ahead of other regions of the country in terms of transitioning heating loads from fossil fuels to electricity, but it also puts a strain on the power grid to meet peak heating needs. Why offshore wind is no slam dunk for Duke. Pumped hydro storage, but how much?

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

The death knell is being sounded for fossil fuels. By far the most startling aspect of today's report is the outlook for fossil fuels. Crucially, by 2035, no cars powered purely by fossil fuels should be sold anywhere in the world, which would effectively remove a huge market for the oil industry.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It starts with collecting data on the carbon intensity of the power supplied across different regions and calculating the resulting carbon footprints of different facilities. Some data centers in wind power-rich Midwestern states like Nebraska and Oklahoma got 96 percent of their power from carbon-free energy.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The report forecasts that renewable energy will be the primary source for new electricity generation, but power from natural gas, coal, and batteries will continue to meet load and provide grid stability. The EIA released the International Energy Outlook 2021 on Wednesday , which makes assumptions based on U.S.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

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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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

We can't afford to burn more fossil fuels to meet that demand so we need to invest now in the technologies that can deliver green electricity in the most cost-effective way," he said.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 11, 2020

Through its two utility subsidiaries, Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power, PacifiCorp claims to be the largest grid operator in the Western U.S., PacifiCorp's utilities have long relied on federally operated hydropower or utility-owned fossil-fueled generation for their electricity. million customers in six states.

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