GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 2, 2020

In search of alternatives, utilities turned to domestic coal, nuclear power and natural gas. Alongside increased dependence on nuclear power, an accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in 1979 raised new concerns about the resilience of the nuclear fleet.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

He expects blue hydrogen made from natural gas via steam reforming to meet around 80 percent of the 5 GW target, with HyNet alone planning for 3.5 The private investment will come if the revenue mechanism is right. Nuclear power will receive £525 million for the development of large and small-scale reactors.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Six months after inking California’s largest single energy storage procurement, utility Southern California Edison has added another three massive utility-scale battery projects to its portfolio—plus a behind-the-meter battery project with Sunrun. The four-hour duration 2.63 utility record books. The four-hour duration 2.63

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Longtime transmission guru Carl Zichella once called the American electric grid the “most complicated machine we’ve ever built”, and with $1T of IRA-driven renewable investments in the pipeline, it’s only going to get more complex. Innovators have been taking note and are looking to reap the rewards. 

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

“All of this will require substantial investment in a modern, flexible electricity system.” “Because in reality, nobody's going to want to invest in new coal capacities.” ” Before the pandemic hit, TERI projected that the tipping point for low-cost battery storage would come before 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

million customers by 2025, adding nearly 700 megawatts of wind power, plus more solar and battery storage systems to boost rural reliability. The plan also includes rolling out networked electric and gas meters from Landis+Gyr , the first big advanced metering infrastructure deployment in the state.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

This step is viewed by many as a considerably cleaner option than the current conventional methods of H2 production in the United States, which use natural gas reforming in large central plants without any carbon emission mitigation. Why use nuclear energy to produce hydrogen? How is pink hydrogen made?

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

And while the state’s 22-gigawatt wind power fleet has faced problems stemming from icing of wind turbine blades and relatively low wind conditions that have reduced its ability to contribute to the grid, the primary failure is from the state’s natural-gas, coal and nuclear generator fleet, according to ERCOT data.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

According to the analysis, generating the same amount of power using gas power stations alone would have required an additional 68TWh of gas, which is equivalent to 7.4 million homes' gas use for the entire winter, or 78 tankers of liquified natural gas (LNG).

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

nuclear power supplied another 8.0%. has seen a drastic decline in coal consumption over the past decade (but global coal consumption has risen) as it has been displaced in the power sector by natural gas primarily, as well as renewables. Most people drastically underestimate our ongoing dependence on fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

These design changes and safety reviews will be the responsibility of the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), the first customer for 213 megawatts of the 720 MW the CFPP will produce, under a combined construction and operating license process. SMRs could provide zero-carbon power for U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The CCAs have set targets for at least 20 percent of this investment into DERs to be made in low-income and disadvantaged communities. What are the models for how behind-the-meter solar-battery systems can serve grid needs? EBCE has done some advance work to prepare for integrating DERs at grid scale, Ross said.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 28, 2021

In 2010, solar power was just 4 percent of new electric generating capacity and there was a patchwork of state solar policies and renewable portfolio standards. [1] The technological advances and dramatic drop in cost would not have been possible without robust federal, state, and local policies and investments. The 2009 U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This marks Dominion Energy’s first solar energy investment in Ohio, where the company owns and operates a Cleveland-based natural gas local distribution company serving 1.2 The Permian Energy Center features 40 MW of battery storage located alongside existing oil and gas infrastructure. Impact Solar Project (G.S.E.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

With Hinkley Point C costs skyrocketing and timetables repeatedly slipping, at the same time as advances in wind, solar, and battery technologies continue to surpass all expectations, some had hoped the White Paper would mark the end to the UK government's long-running love affair with nuclear power.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

In other news, Hertz shifts gears on its EV strategy, Kerry steps down from his climate envoy post, and AI helps discover promising new battery materials.  Join us for a webinar Jan 25th on Sightline Climate’s 2023 investment trends, insights, and discussion. in Seed funding from NextGen Battery Chem Ventures.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

utilities pledging to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with a long-range plan that invests nearly $8 billion in renewable energy and accelerates some coal plant closures — although it will retain much of its coal fleet through 2040. million customers in Missouri and Illinois plans to invest nearly $8 billion to add 3.1

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

trillion in additional investments will be needed over the next decade, on top of an estimated $9.4 trillion the country would be expected to invest in energy over the next decade under a “business-as-usual” pathway. ” (Princeton study's breakdown of investments needed across different industry sectors).

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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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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. The massive spending bill awaiting passage by the U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

That’s a recipe for higher oil prices, and subsequently higher gasoline and natural gas prices. Europe’s natural gas crisis. Europe suffered from a natural gas shortage this year. That was exacerbated near the end of the year by nuclear plant outages and cold weather. The 2021 Infrastructure Bill.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meanwhile, oil continues its price ascent while California interconnection gets speedier and UAW wins union protection for GM battery plant workers.    In deals this week, EV charging “passport” charges up with $200M, a supercapacitor attracts $113M, and yet more funding for nuclear fusion. to $86.83 / barrel.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Only 3 percent of the Wyoming project’s CO2 has been geologically stored in the same formation from which the original gas was extracted, according to estimates from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). A natural gas demonstration plant in Texas tests carbon capture technology. “Gas

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Duke has shifted the $2 billion it planned to invest in the canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline project to more clean energy and grid investments to reach its goal to double its share of renewables from 8 gigawatts to 16 GW by 2025. Bipartisan promise for infrastructure investments and regulatory reform.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Betting on rising oil demand growth is now effectively saying that global vehicle makers will fail in their multi-billion dollar investments to shift to electric cars and trucks, that renewables won’t continue to get cheaper and easier to store, that carbon taxes won’t continue to rise or become more widespread. From oil to energy majors.

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