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Minnesota utility co-op sees big battery as piece of grid reliability puzzle

Renewable Energy World

The utility cooperative partnering with Form Energy on its first “iron air” battery project sees the long-duration energy storage technology as a potential buffer for its grid during extreme cold snaps like 2019’s polar vortex. Wind speeds tend to decrease during extremely cold temperatures. Form Energy’s “iron air” battery.

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10 notable battery storage projects that went live in 2021

Renewable Energy World

Battery storage is having its moment in the sun. Energy Information Administration said that when it totals up the numbers for 2021, it expects they will show that battery storage capacity grew by 4.5 Vistra says the facility, which uses technology from LG Energy Solution, is the largest lithium-ion battery storage system in the world.

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Media Brief: Addressing common myths around renewable power

Clean Energy Canada

When Canada’s carbon price is also included, both wind and solar are significantly cheaper than natural gas already today. Both find wind and solar to be cost-competitive with natural gas-fired electricity in the U.S. Analyses for the U.S. Analyses for the U.S. even without a carbon price.

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These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Renewable Energy World

From alkaline batteries for small electronics to lithium-ion batteries for cars and laptops, most people already use batteries in many aspects of their daily lives. Right now there are very few such batteries in use. Batteries work by creating a chemical reaction that produces a flow of electrical current.

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How Duke’s Unique Energy Landscape Dictates Its Path to Net Zero

GreenTechMedia

Some of those pathways move more dramatically toward closing coal plants or halting new natural gas power plants. Others rely on options like offshore wind that are untested in the U.S., Why offshore wind is no slam dunk for Duke. While most U.S. Energy Information Administration data illustrates.

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The next frontier of electric power will maximize renewable energy and storage

Renewable Energy World

This new era of power has only begun but is already quickly evolving. In the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the nonprofit organization that operates the electric transmission in most midwestern states, wind, and solar energy have gone from less than 1% of the region’s power capacity ten years ago to over 12% today.

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Could UK gas power stations still play a role on a net zero grid?

Business Green

After all, as the electrification of heat and transport gathers pace, Britain's peak demand capacity is set to grow to 80GW by 2050, up from 50GW today, and the fossil fuel gas-fired power stations that supply much of this power peak demand today are clearly incompatible with the nation's mid-century net zero target.