The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 26, 2021

The global economy of 2020 was primarily shaped by the coronavirus pandemic which greatly affected energy usage, project engagement and investments worldwide. Fortunately, 2021 signals some progression towards normality, and there are hopes that the energy market will follow suit with renewed conviction for renewables.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 24, 2021

Chinese manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has unveiled a 264-meter tall, 16-megawatt capacity offshore wind turbine. 242 becomes the world’s largest hybrid drive wind turbine with a 242-meter diameter rotor, 118-meter long blades, and 4,600 m2 swept area. The MySE 16.0-242 ” The MySE 16.0-242

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. Those costs could rise even faster over the next decade, as utilities harden their grids against wildfires, grow their share of net-metered rooftop solar, and add other costs being passed through to utility customers.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

The ROI Of Sustainability in Business. There is general consensus among business leaders and investors that business success today requires a commitment to sustainability. There is company risk in not being sustainable, both to the planet and to the business. The Business Case for Sustainability Programs.

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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. percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. Source: NYISO. Source: NYISO.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

Good Energy becomes latest energy supplier to introduce innovative time of use tariff that promises to slash EV recharging costs. Good Energy has today announced the launch of a new tariff that offers electric vehicle (EV) drivers the opportunity to power their home, or charge their car, for free.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 9, 2021

American Electric Power – operator of the nation’s largest electricity transmission system – announced on Monday the launch of a Sustainable Finance Framework (SFF) to support the funding of social and environmental projects. San Diego-based energy infrastructure giant Sempra announced a similar SFF last week.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The energy and utilities industries play a significant role in carbon emissions. In the US, 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity generation. This is not surprising, with coal and natural gas representing about 60% of electrical supply. Energy Transition for Sustainability. Have you read?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 6, 2024

With its bountiful resources and strategic position, the country aims to cement its place as a leader in the clean energy transition. This ambition sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, each aspect contributing to the blueprint of a sustainable energy future.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Gansu Wind Complex, China The Gansu Wind Complex stands as a testament to China’s commitment to renewable energy and sustainable development. With its staggering scale, it comprises numerous interconnected wind farms, each with a sea of towering wind turbines.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Duke Energy, one of America’s largest energy holding companies, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), are entering a multiyear strategic collaboration to accelerate the utility’s development of smart grid solutions, including new smart grid software and an expansion of their Intelligent Grid Services.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

After a massive heat wave in California that led grid operator CAISO to order its first rolling blackouts since the 2001 energy crisis on Friday and Saturday, the state has thus far managed to avoid further forced outages. CAISO has issued a "Flex Alert" asking Californians to conserve energy from 3 p.m. through at least Wednesday.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

The technologies, which can be integrated into existing wind turbine control systems, are aimed to address the two major issues identified with the rapid growth of wind farms globally – namely power system frequency control and forced oscillations, which can cause widespread disruption over entire power grids.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 5, 2024

At the IEA Global Conference on Energy Efficiency event, executive director Fatih Birol said that “we now need to push into a higher gear and double energy efficiency progress by the end of this decade.” What’s more, it also reveals that most of which are caused by energy consumption. Let’s picture a wind turbine.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Over the past decade, a new class of digital power electronics has emerged that can shape, shift and control the flow of electricity on the power grid in ways never before seen. Others have been forced out of business, as with startup Gridco last year. SP Energy taps Ermco, Gridbridge.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Business Case for Sustainability. There is general consensus among business leaders and investors that business success today requires a commitment to sustainability. ROI and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money by themselves. Sustainability Programs.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Business Case for Sustainability. There is general consensus among business leaders and investors that business success today requires a commitment to sustainability. ROI and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money by themselves. Sustainability Programs.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Proportion of power derived from gas and coal in Britain fell to record low in 2020, official statistics confirm. Low demand for electricity during successive lockdowns saw renewables displace fossil fuels as the dominant source of power on Britain's grid for the first time ever in 2020, government data has confirmed.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 4, 2021

Capable of recording key wind characteristics such as speed and direction up to and above 200 meters vertical height, her special skills meant #106 was always destined to be a traveler and it wasn’t long before she spread her wings. Contributed by Alexander James. Choosing life with LIDAR.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. per cent of wind potential tapped thus far. As such, the analysts predict exponential growth for the solar and wind power sectors, noting that "humans specialise in extracting cheap energy, and fast".

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 19, 2022

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has launched a new report on grid codes for renewable powered systems. The report contains the latest developments and good practices to develop grid connection codes for power systems with high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) – solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 11, 2021

To date, considerable efforts have been made to look at solutions that implement more renewables and clean energy into a modern and sustainable electricity system – and electric vehicles (EVs) have an important role to play. million EV charging stations needed to meet the growing demand. million EVs will be on U.S.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Smart grids are a new generation of electric power grids that use digital technology to improve the reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of the grid. Smart grids can help to reduce outages, improve power quality, and enable new services such as demand-side management and renewable energy integration.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

The tech giant announced Monday that it recently powered a row of data center servers for 48 hours using nothing but hydrogen fuel cells, which it believes to be the longest such test in the world for a data center operator at that scale. Microsoft is already experimenting with using its onsite batteries to sell services to the grid.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Strong growth in corporate demand for renewable energy backed by European certificates of origin outpaced supply in 2019, data shows. The uptick marks a 61TWh rise in demand for renewable electricity last year compared to 2018, far outpacing the growth in supply of GOs, which is estimated to have grown by only 3.5

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Bidgely

JULY 1, 2021

Learn more about How to Use Data to Drive Your EV Investment Plans , watch the on demand webinar and download the report What Utilities Know (And Don’t Know) About EV Drivers and How Better Customer Insights Can Maximize Utility Investments in Electric Vehicle s. Customer Engagement.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

For years advocates of clean technologies have argued that they can help reduce energy bills for households and businesses alike. The upfront cost of such technologies may be considerable, but so are the savings, even before you consider the environmental, health, and energy security benefits. per cent, 3.2

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2020

Total of just 1GWh of energy storage added across Europe last year due to higher competition and lower prices, trade body warns. The downturn was particularly pronounced for large-scale energy storage projects, which are seen as key to expanding the use of intermittent forms of renewable energy such as solar and wind power.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Strong growth in corporate demand for renewable energy backed by European certificates of origin outpaced supply in 2019, data shows. That marks a 61TWh rise in demand for renewable electricity last year compared to 2018, far outpacing the growth in supply of GOs, which is estimated to have grown by only 3.5

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

Between video calls, collaboration applications and streaming services, data centers are working overdrive - proving why energy efficiency matters more than ever. One obvious exception: the world's data centers and internet infrastructure, which are experiencing an unprecedented spike in usage. How much more efficient?

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 2, 2021

The steam turbines and gas turbines of power coal plants, combined cycle and natural gas peaking facilities play a vital role in terms of grid inertia, stability, and the provision of reactive power in the form of VARs (Voltage Ampere Reactive). Over the past decade, the nation has installed around 20 GW of renewable power.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

That is the conclusion of a new report this week from the Sustainable Aviation group of industry players and consultancy ICF, which argues there are ample feedstocks of household, commercial, agricultural and forestry waste and waste industrial gases to meet projected demand from airlines for low carbon SAFs.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 14, 2020

offshore wind market, but it will need to go through early market frontrunner Ørsted to get there. “We're in a very good position to be the leading player [in the U.S.]," Jonathan Cole, managing director of Iberdrola’s offshore wind business told GTM. "We're offshore wind employees as it scales up.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

The proportion of global power generation represented by VRE, such as wind and solar power, has been rising rapidly since 2007. And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024.

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