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Drax Cancels Plan to Build Europe’s Largest Natural Gas Power Plant

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gigawatt natural gas power plant in the U.K. have been shelved by the developer Drax, highlighting the challenging economics of converting coal-fired power to a cleaner, but still fossil-fuel-fired, alternative. ’s largest power plant. GW of power output to biomass, with a remaining 1.3 MW of capacity.

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Renewable natural gas is crucial to diversify our clean energy sources

Renewable Energy World

Electrification of everything is not necessarily the best path to decarbonization if was also want reliable energy delivery, argues David Cox. David Cox, Founder and CFO of the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas. But until we’re willing to make bold moves on how we approach energy, these incidents likely won’t change.

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EPICS global research centre for 100% renewable power grids launched in US

Smart Energy International

The Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) centre has been launched at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, MD in the US. The UK team, which includes the universities of Strathclyde, Edinburgh and Newcastle, is led by Mark O’Malley, professor of power systems at Imperial College. Have you read?

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Hitachi Completes Acquisition of ABB Power Grids to Tackle Renewable Energy’s Rise

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Japan’s Hitachi has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in ABB Power Grids worth up to $7.8 billion, creating a new business aimed at tackling the renewable and distributed energy frontiers of the power industry. percent stake in the venerable power grids unit of the Swiss-Swedish engineering giant.

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With an Energy Crisis Brewing, No Peak in Sight for Emissions

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On our current policy trajectory, there is no peak in sight, according to EIA By 2050, we will likely see a 50% increase in energy consumption. And even though renewables will be the fastest-growing new source of energy, hydrocarbon liquid fuels will meet the majority of demand. The Energy Gang is brought to you by Bloom Energy.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the "energies pond." Hydrogen from waste is an even smaller fish than hydrogen from renewable energy. Arlene Karidis. Wed, 07/15/2020 - 01:00.

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Russian firm to offer natural gas-powered EV charging in London

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Two Russian firms—software developer 4xxi and charger manufacturer L-Charge—are collaborating to create an off-grid EV charging network in London that’s scheduled to be launched this year. L-Charge’s “rapidly scalable off-grid ultra-fast chargers” use energy from locally-stored fossil fuels rather than the electrical grid.