Renewable Energy World

APRIL 16, 2021

MW Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant on the Rhine River in Switzerland, the first of several hydrogen facilities Axpo will commission in the coming years. If demand for hydrogen grows as expected, plant capacity can be doubled to 5 MW. Axpo plans to produce green hydrogen by building a production facility at its 43.4-MW

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

FirstLight Power joined the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy (CFE) Compact in partnership with Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and UN Energy. According to a press release, 24/7 carbon-free energy will reduce pollution and improve economic and health outcomes for those most impacted by the effects of climate change.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Carbon-pollution-free power generation — which includes renewables and nuclear energy — made up more than two-thirds of the electricity mix, and twice as much as fossil fuels. “An All in all, that meant a hefty 19 percent reduction in both fossil fuel generation and planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Over the past three years, some of the country’s biggest utilities have been committing to a goal that few may have predicted they’d undertake on their own: weaning themselves off carbon-emitting generation by 2050. Utilities in many states now face mandates to move to 100 percent renewable energy or cut carbon to zero by 2050.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 23, 2021

VANCOUVER — As more and more countries pledge to reduce emissions, including Canada’s closest trading partners, the materials required to build a net-zero world are increasing in demand. Our electricity grid is currently 83% emissions-free and among the world’s cleanest, thanks partly to an abundance of hydropower.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

New York state’s zero-carbon energy goals will require new transmission to carry upstate wind and hydro to downstate markets, plus a wave of new batteries and other balancing agents to balance the state's increasingly intermittent renewable mix. percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Credit facility will be used to refinance the low carbon aluminium producer's more expensive debt, the firm said. Russian low carbon aluminium producer Rusal has agreed a $200m loan with the interest paid subject to a discount or a premium depending on the firm's achievement of key sustainability performance measures.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Clean energy milestone signals renewable power sector is ready and able to keep up with growing electricity demand. Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system. utilities have pledged to go carbon-free. It projected that annual carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector would rise from 2,400 million to 3,000 million metric tons from 2005 to 2020. And 46 U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

The cost of new wind and solar generation, on a levelized cost of energy basis, is now lower than that of new thermal and hydropower generation, and increasingly below the operating cost of existing thermal plants. Existing hydropower plants can also help with this large ramp up power.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Manufacturing is going electric, too, as companies ratchet up their net-zero-carbon goals. Joel Makower.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Alone Can’t Curb The World’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions. That was remarkable given how significantly the pandemic impacted total energy demand. Global hydropower consumption in 2021 was 40.3 However, the 10-year average annual growth rate for hydropower is much lower at only 1.5%. Why The U.S. Against the backdrop of the 5.1

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

Drax said the new plant could be operational by 2030, providing critical stability services to the grid by acting like a "giant water battery" that can store excess power at times of peak generation and dispatch it to the grid at times of peak demand.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system. Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

National Grid ESO data reveals a number of fresh records, as zero carbon power sources made up more than half of Britain's power for extended periods of the year. The electricity grid achieved its lowest ever carbon intensity month in February 2022, which delivered an average of 126g CO2/kWh over the period, the data reveals.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

By enabling the trade of renewable energy between the two countries, says the utility, the North Sea Link will help reduce the burning of fossil fuels in the UK and avoid 23 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2030. NSL has taken six years to build.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Low solar PV cost – A 28% increase in solar capacity is likely to result, whilst energy storage deployment will increase by 32% No new fossil fuel – In addition to reducing carbon emissions, this would expand energy storage capacity rollout by 52%.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 4, 2022

The business runs on 100% renewable energy , contributes to green causes, works to reduce their carbon footprint by lowering greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), and efficiently minimizes the energy they use. All of Doteasy’s operations are run using 100% renewable hydropower, this includes the running of their data centers. Data centers.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 11, 2019

Previous articles in this series covered carbon dioxide emissions, petroleum supply and demand, the production and consumption of coal, and global natural gas trends: BP Warns Of An Unsustainable Path. Coal Demand Rises, But Remains Below Peak Levels. The former consists of hydropower, which has been around for a long time.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It also represents a major investment in Carbon County, diversifying the region’s economic base.”. rPlus Hydro is developing several large-scale pumped storage hydropower projects with a combined capacity of more than 5 GW.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

WWF predicts a 40 per cent gap between the global water supply and demand by 2030, and climate change is likely to increase water shortages and competition. It's a strategy similar to the policy of setting internal carbon pricing to account for the "cost" of carbon emissions as part of a product or service.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2021

A Record Decline In Carbon Emissions. pace the year before, but it’s remarkable given how significantly the pandemic impacted total energy demand. Global hydropower consumption in 2020 was 38.2 However, the 10-year average annual growth rate for hydropower is only 2.1%, versus 13.4% Maintains Its Natural Gas Dominance.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Doesn’t a low-carbon future require many types of clean energy? grid: business as usual; decarbonization, meaning a massive shift to low-carbon and carbon-free energy sources; and decarbonization with economy-wide electrification of activities that are powered now by fossil fuels. Why such a heavy focus on solar power?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Renewable power sources are expected to dominate almost all the growth in the world's electricity supplies through to 2025, according to the IEA, and together with nuclear power they are set to meet the vast majority of the increase in global power demand over the period. remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.

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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. Demand for renewable energy backed by verified certificates of origin grew across Europe last year, outpacing the growth in supply, the latest data from the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) today indicates.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The project at Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station in Phoenix will produce 200 MWh of electricity from six tonnes of stored hydrogen during times of high demand. Project lead PNW Hydrogen LLC will receive $12 million from the DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office and $8 million from DOE's Office Nuclear Energy.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This will be enabled by higher investment in robust and digitalised grid systems, accompanied by a role for batteries and demand response measures for short-term flexibility. The next energy era Getting on track to meet these targets, including net zero goals, has broad implications for future pathways, states the report.

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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 per cent in 2019.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 18, 2021

” He added that new pumped hydro reserves could help Spain cater more cost-effectively for peak power demands that are currently being met through expensive thermal plants. Pumped hydro is going to ease the closing of the nuclear plants.”

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Fossil fuels will continue to make up 50% of energy demand by 2050, with gas maintaining its position, according to the report. The authors argue for the rapid scaling of hydrogen and carbon capture technologies. Renewable energy forecasts. Wind will provide 33% of the world’s electricity output by 2050, the report forecasts.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. For example, as I will detail below, oil demand fell dramatically last year, but we already know that it has largely recovered in 2021. Global carbon dioxide emissions fell by 6.3% share of all energy consumption.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

In the summer of 1988, scientist James Hansen testified to Congress that carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels was dangerously warming the planet. The Biden administration’s goal is to have a carbon emissions-free grid by 2035. is headed in that direction. in 2020, according to BloombergNEF data. But will it be fast enough ?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

” Hydropower will continue as the largest source of renewable power, according to the IEA. While new investments must be made in solar, wind and other low-carbon options, the future of existing infrastructure also needs to be considered, Laura Cozzi, the IEA's chief modeler, said at the report's launch. degrees Celsius.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 16, 2021

Long-duration energy storage – defined as systems that can store energy for more than 10 hours at a time – would support a low-cost, reliable, carbon-free electric grid. Developing the technology and manufacturing to reach the Long Duration Storage Shot cost targets will also establish a new, U.S.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Canada’s hydropower-rich grid is 84% non-emitting with variable renewables (essentially wind and solar) currently making up 7% of the country’s total electricity generation. When Canada’s carbon price is also included, both wind and solar are significantly cheaper than natural gas already today. even without a carbon price.

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