Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

National Grid ESO confirms that on December 30th UK wind power generation hit a record peak of 20.9GW. Blustery weather conditions helped ensure the UK set yet another wind power generation record over the New Year period, according to data from grid operator National Grid ESO. per cent of demand.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Leading global wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has launched a venture capital unit as it looks to stoke the energy transition. While Northvolt is primarily planning to serve electric vehicle demand, it has already gone to market with a modular stationary storage product.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

A major renewable energy infrastructure project is to bring wind power from Shetland to the UK mainland via Europe's first multi-terminal high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) interconnection, the firms behind the development announced yesterday. Major milestone reached for pioneering green grid project.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Google on Monday pledged that by 2030 it will run its entire business on carbon-free energy — every hour of every day of the year. West driven by increased heat and dry conditions linked to global warming from human carbon emissions. Google's supply, demand and policy approach. Europe and Chile.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

More than 90 wind energy companies and associations from around the world called on leaders to take decisive action in pursuit of net-zero carbon emissions goals ahead of the COP26 United Nations climate summit next month. Follow @EngelsAngle. What we don't have yet is the unprecedented political will we need to make this happen.".

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In the previous article Renewable Energy Grew At A Blistering Pace In 2021 , I highlighted the inability of renewable energy to keep up with overall energy demand: “But here is the challenge the world faces. exajoule global increase in renewable energy consumption, global energy demand increased by 31.3 Against the backdrop of the 5.1

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 14, 2020

government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. the Saudi Arabia of wind power. carbon trading to begin next year. Detailing the U.K.'s One major difference: The U.K.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

The expanded wind targets, which are expected to form part of Number 10's Energy Security Strategy that is slated to be published next week, are set to cover both conventional offshore wind farms and floating wind turbines, Bloomberg reported this morning.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Sunny and breezy weather coupled with lower demand for power due to lockdown prompted negative electricity prices on Sunday. Demand is around 19GW, which is getting towards summer overnight levels (I think lowest Grid has coped with recently was 17GW). per cent to their lowest level since the 1800s.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. million-customer utility, said in a Tuesday interview.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Hey, Europe: You Can’t Get to 100% Renewables Without Demand Side Flexibility. But the next lap in this race requires a different muscle: Demand Side Flexibility (DSF) or the capacity to throttle electricity consumption by end customers as needed. Demand Side Flexibility Answers the Call. By Amit Narayan, CEO AutoGrid.

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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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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Located in the Gansu Province, this colossal wind energy project is a shining example of how a country can harness its vast natural resources to address its growing energy demands while simultaneously reducing its carbon footprint.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012. To help businesses create their individual decarbonisation strategies, Siemens has published a new whitepaper suggesting a range of specific steps towards carbon neutrality. Actions on the energy demand side.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

While the immediate cause is still being investigated, we do know that California’s grid was experiencing multiple, coincident stressors — high demand, generators not performing when called upon and energy imports not showing up. 15, resulted in an electric grid unable to meet customer demand. And not just in California.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 15, 2021

Fuel cell technology firm Plug Power and Apex Clean Energy are partnering on a 345-MW wind power purchase agreement and development of a green hydrogen facility driven by the zero-carbon electricity. The 100-percent renewable energy PPA will supply a new hydrogen production plant being co-developed by Plug Power and Apex.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 18, 2024

The idea is to make it possible to produce carbon-free energy that can be stored in caverns so that it can be cleanly used to generate electricity when it is needed. This project will store excess electricity generated by solar and wind farms in the spring and fall when demand is low.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Clean energy developer Engie has announced it has agreed a 12-year 100MW corporate power purchase agreement deal with tech giant Google, which will see it supply power from its Moray West offshore wind development off the coast of Scotland to support the data giant's goal of operating using entirely carbon-free energy by 2030.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

ECIU calculates wind, hydro, and solar have provided 13TWh electricity since October, driving down gas reliance for the UK. As the weather gets colder and demand for both heat and electricity increase the savings delivered by renewable generation is also expected to grow further. per cent of annual UK gas demand.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

Henrik Stiesdal, chair of GWEC's Floating Offshore Wind Task Force, said floating wind was "at an exciting point in its journey" but that having proven the efficacy and reliability of the technology, it was now time for the industry and policymakers to work together to accelerate delivery around the world.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Iowa’s most populous city passed a resolution last month calling for a transition to 100% carbon-free electricity community-wide by 2035. MidAmerican has made major investments in wind farms in recent years and expects to soon offset 100% of its electricity sales with wind power. Bonugli said.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Previous articles discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , the overall highlights of the Review, the production and consumption of petroleum, natural gas production and consumption, and coal production and consumption. Today we will cover nuclear power. But the stakes are too high.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 20, 2024

But it desperately requires many more skilled engineers, electricians and workers than it has In recent years, Britain has been busy setting up the scaffolding of the country’s future low-carbon economy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Yet while those transport sectors are advancing towards low-carbon solutions - with promising technologies cultivated by multilateral accords - industrial heat lacks any consensus plan and has a long to-do list to develop low-carbon alternatives. Certifying renewable thermal solutions. The first step? Covering the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 16, 2021

The expected decreased demand for fossil fuels, coupled with the falling costs associated with renewable energy projects, are driving major oil and gas companies – including bp, Total and Shell – to actively restructure their businesses to add more renewable power projects to their portfolios. Have you read? over the same period.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

“Carbon capture technologies, as well as power from nuclear plants, are also frequently brought to the forefront as relevant technical mitigation options. ” The authors assumed that Germany will need renewable energy sources to cover 1102 TWh heat demand and 967 TWh electricity demand. .”

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Statistical Review is instrumental in providing comprehensive data on global oil, gas, and coal production and consumption, as well as on carbon dioxide emissions and renewable energy statistics. While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption. growth in 2021.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Fossil gas' share of electricity supplies shrinks to less than 15 per cent over weekend as wind power meets more than half of UK demand. Just shy of 80 per cent of Great Britain's electricity generation was produced by low carbon sources on Saturday, according to the latest stats from the electricity system operator.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

Although temperatures dropped a bit on Monday, California still faces excessive heat warnings similar to those issued last week, driving air-conditioning demand. Conservation, demand response and backup generation. CAISO also was able to secure some scarce imported power, and wind power coming on late in the day helped too.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

With a growing global population and increasing demand for protein, this practice has become a vital part of the world’s food production. This paradigm shift is primarily driven by a desire to cater to the increasing global demand for poultry products while ensuring environmental sustainability.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Duke Energy’s options for reaching net-zero carbon by midcentury will look a lot different than those being pursued by utilities in the sun-soaked Western U.S., or the wind-rich Great Plains, or even those sharing the same Atlantic coastline. Others rely on options like offshore wind that are untested in the U.S.,

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The report outlines how co-location could incentivise the development of battery storage and the expansion of a variety of energy sources including solar and wind power, as well as low-carbon hydrogen production. It could also help to accommodate new energy needs such as an increase in electric vehicle charging.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

Modelling from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight on the UK’s Power Market out to 2030 seems to show that between 2025 and 2030 the government must spend nearly a fifth (18%) of its total energy technologies investment on energy storage batteries, if it wants to meet renewables targets and stabilise the energy market.

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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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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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

National Grid touted the news as a "major milestone" in the UK's journey towards net zero emissions, noting that it would allow the UK to avoid 23 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2030. Similarly, the UK will be able to import hydroelectric power from Noway when electricity demand is high and domestic generation is low, it explained.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

A request for information (RFI) released this week is the opening step toward meeting CPS’ “ Flexible Path ” plan, which calls for an 80 percent non-carbon-emitting energy portfolio by 2040 and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. “We are looking at this capacity.to They are among a growing number of U.S.

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