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Blustery bank holiday weather sets new UK wind power generation record

Business Green

Wind power generated nearly half of electricity in Britain on Monday afternoon. Blustery weather over the Bank Holiday saw Britain's growing fleet of wind farms deliver more power than ever before, according to figures published by National Grid ESO. Our provisional figures indicate a new #wind ???

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Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive, CSIRO analysis shows

The Guardian: Energy

Estimates show small modular nuclear reactors would provide most expensive power and will not be available until 2030 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Electricity generated by solar and on-shore wind is the cheapest in Australia, even after the significant (..)

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Aemo warns coal-fired power plants could drop off before replacements are ready

The Guardian: Energy

Solar and windfarms will need to triple by 2030 to 57GW and expand seven-fold by 2050 to 126GW Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s main power grid faces the “real” possibility ageing coal-fired power plants will drop out before sufficient generation (..)

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Coronavirus, the stay-at-home workstyle, and cloud energy consumption

Business Green

Google, for example, can deliver seven times as much computing power today as it did five years ago, using the same amount of electrical power, according to a blog published by Urs Holze, senior vice president of technical infrastructure, in late February.

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Revealed: Media Blitz Against Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group

DeSmogBlog

Green hydrogen” is made from solar and wind power, while “blue hydrogen” is made using natural gas, in a process that involves capturing and storing methane’s carbon dioxide emissions (CCS), however this technology was described as “minimal or non-existent” in a 2021 report by Manchester University’s Tyndall Centre.

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Clean energy is hot: how industry employers can find the best people in a growing and competitive job market

Renewable Energy World

million workers in everything from manufacturing all-electric vehicles and modernizing the power grid to building solar farms and maintaining wind turbines. Those who work in the industry feel the excitement, with new companies, products, services and opportunities. Currently, the U.S. employs nearly 3.4

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Looking for Fixes to What Broke the Texas Power Grid

GreenTechMedia

After a week of the country’s worst power grid collapse in decades — an event that's taken a dreadful toll in dozens of lives lost and billions of dollars in economic damage — the lights are back on in Texas.