The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Renewable energy is finally starting to take over the power grid. 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. Image: Ember An often unsung hero in this story is energy efficiency.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Managing power grid complexity: The 5 biggest priorities for utilities in 2024 Energy Transitions Podcast: Accelerating decarbonised power generation at scale Notable expansion of the data centre sector also is likely, with consumption from data centres, AI and the cryptocurrency sector potentially doubling by 2026. .

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Green energy solutions such as solar and wind power can power modern industries. In that way, they will not harm the natural environment while reducing the carbon footprint to offer a more sustainable energy source. The turbines are connected to the power grid and can generate electricity when the wind blows.

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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. And energy storage can increase local control of the power system and build resilience for communities, including by minimizing power grid disruptions.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Solar's new status as the dominant leader of the power markets is not being driven by only a handful of markets, but rather is a global phenomenon on multiple continents, a development Birol calls “extremely impressive.” ” Hydropower will continue as the largest source of renewable power, according to the IEA.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

“It’s envisaged that the Distributed ReStart project will demonstrate a world first,” says National Grid on its website. At the same time, though, a black start of the kind being tested by National Grid isn’t just rare — it’s so rare that it’s never happened.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 5, 2021

will supply nearly carbon-free electricity to power Google’s data centers in the state. The power generator announced it will become sole supplier of the tech giant’s data-center needs for clean energy. The utility will ensure the energy powering those data centers will be 90% carbon-free when measured on an hourly basis.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer. The “Roadmap to a U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Manufacturing of cathode/anode materials, high-power grid transformers, vessels for offshore wind installations and sub-sea cable laying are highly specialised and difficult to scale. Overall supply chain concentration in China (particularly solar PV and batteries).

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Dominion’s new IRP is driven by Virginia's Clean Economy Act passed earlier this year, which calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045 and sets targets for energy efficiency, energy storage, and in-state solar and wind power. Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

As the second-largest coal-producing and -consuming country on earth and the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, India’s transition from carbon-intensive resources is a critical front in the global climate change fight. ” “Oh, and by the way, it doesn't emit carbon dioxide or methane,” he added.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

Recovery measures could help install flexible power grids, energy efficiency solutions, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, energy storage, interconnected hydropower, green hydrogen, and multiple other clean energy technologies, while avoiding greater accumulation of carbon intensive stranded assets, according to the IRENA report.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

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. Ember calculated that achieving a near-zero carbon grid by 2030 would shave £93bn in gas costs, a figure roughly equivalent to the UK's annual education spending.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Notable clean energy statistics from the pandemic year include: Power Generation. Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

It's a sign there will be an accelerated move to a lower carbon economy, which calls into question the financial rationale for continuing to invest in fossil fuels. Research conservatively suggests that between $1tr and $4tr of value will be written down as a result of economies transitioning to lower carbon technologies.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Why such a heavy focus on solar power? 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.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

transmission grid will play a key role in decarbonizing the country’s electricity system. wide transmission build-out could also slash the costs of reaching a zero-carbon grid with wind, solar and battery technologies that are cost-effective today. trillion pathway to a zero-carbon U.S. The current status of U.S.

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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. Innovations that make 100% clean power possible. is headed in that direction. electricity.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

What’s more, the bill “provides the industry a full extra year to negotiate longer-term tax credits or tie renewables directly with future carbon policies with the friendly Biden administration,” Manghani noted. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Climate scientists say humanity must halve carbon emissions by the end of this decade to prevent global warming from causing far more devastating climate swings.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 2, 2020

Senate will consider a bipartisan energy package this week that could be this year’s best legislative hope to increase federal funding for a number of energy technologies, from solar, wind and batteries, to more efficient fossil fuel-fired power and carbon capture. Grid modernization. industry and jobs. Energy storage.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 11, 2020

The bill has come under fire from clean energy groups for its lack of targets or mandates for reducing carbon emissions, as well as provisions to direct billions of dollars to fossil fuel research. Grid modernization. industry and jobs. Energy storage. Several of the storage provisions were introduced by Sen.

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