Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Duke Energy’s newly formed Sustainable Solutions unit, merged from several entities only months ago, is building a 207-MW wind power project in Iowa. Construction on the Ledyard Windpower site in Kossuth County will be Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ first renewable energy project in Iowa. wind capacity to more than 3,100 MW.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 18, 2024

This project will store excess electricity generated by solar and wind farms in the spring and fall when demand is low. Then, it will use the stored energy in the summer when the demand for electricity is high. The new $2 billion plant’s construction is expected to be complete by 2025.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The solar and wind industries were unable to secure a “direct-pay” provision they had sought to allow tax credits to be converted into direct payments from the federal government, rather than needing to be claimed by investors seeking to offset tax liability. ” Wind tax credit impacts. Solar tax credit impacts.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 14, 2020

the Saudi Arabia of wind power. The white paper estimates that demand for low-carbon power will double, leaving the country with “overwhelmingly decarbonized power in the 2030s." It will cover power generation, aviation and energy-intensive industries. Detailing the U.K.'s

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Using advanced AI , the Capalo platform attempts to optimise the use of flexible energy assets, such as energy storage systems and EV charging stations, allowing the commissioning of weather-dependent renewable energy sources to grow by coordinating with the flexibility of the energy grid to adjust to production and demand fluctuations.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This expansion will involve a diverse portfolio, including green fuels initiatives, wind power developments, geothermal energy projects and larger facility undertakings. The ability to service the need for geothermal, hydropower and power transmission projects is of great importance.”

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Centrica has started work on converting its decommissioned Lincolnshire gas-fired power station into a battery storage facility, which it envisages supplying the equivalent of a full day's energy consumption for 11,000 UK households. Working with GE we'll store green energy produced locally and use it as efficiently as possible.".

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

However wind energy generation is closely looked at by many governments, especially in Africa, for its permanent consistency in the continent which should result in high profitability for the embedded countries due to low cost and sustainability. What opponents insist on is that wind energy is not as profitable as promised.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

For example, because wood is cheaper, lighter, and can be transported in smaller modules, construction costs for wooden towers are likely to be lower. Furthermore, a modular approach to construction allows towers to be taller and wider, meaning that turbines can extend longer vertically and operate in places where wind speeds are higher.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 6, 2024

The proximity to these markets is crucial as demand for green hydrogen – a cleaner energy alternative – grows globally. High Solar and Wind Potential A significant factor in the production of green hydrogen is the availability of renewable energy sources like solar and wind power.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Virginia has inked a 420-megawatt solar and wind power contract, the largest single procurement of renewable energy to power U.S. Thursday’s deal with utility Dominion Virginia includes 75 megawatts of onshore wind power from Apex Clean Energy and 345 megawatts of solar projects.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The first off shore wind farm in the US went online May 1st 2017 in Block Island, Rhode Island. Why does the Biden administration want to build so much wind power at sea? First, wind blows harder and more consistently at sea than on land. What makes an offshore site good for wind power?

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The total investment in Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be approximately £9 billion ($12 billion), with around £3 billion ($4 billion) allocated for phase C including offshore transmission. In total, Dogger Bank will produce enough clean electricity to supply 5% of the UK’s demand, equivalent to powering six million UK homes.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Nearly seven gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the second quarter of 2021. Renewable energy generation capacity growth was comparable to last quarter , while new fossil gas construction dropped dramatically. The development of the wind industry, on the other hand, picked up slightly this quarter.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Wind Turbines . The benefits of wind power are nearly the same as those from solar panels—mainly reduced energy costs and energy independence. However, it is important to understand that wind turbines on a residential property may require more annual maintenance than a solar panel.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 29, 2020

gigawatt onshore wind power fleet. In a Wednesday conference call, CEO James Torgerson credited the improved performance to better wind production from its huge base of existing U.S. renewables capacity, including 831 megawatts of onshore wind built last year by its Oregon-based Avangrid Renewables subsidiary.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

The milestone was reached thanks to the continued expansion of renewables capacity, the near complete eradication of coal from the grid, and reduced power demand as a result of the coronavirus crisis which pushed gas power demand to a five year low. MW, leaving a remaining capacity of 58.4MW. "We

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Saudi Arabia is constructing a futuristic city in the desert on the Red Sea called Neom. Europe, which has an economy saddled with high energy prices and is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas, is embracing green hydrogen by providing funding for construction of electrolysis plants and other hydrogen infrastructure. Wind Power.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 16, 2024

The investments will be used to upgrade the grid to connect more decentralised producers and users of solar and wind power, among them consumers who want to connect solar panels, heat pumps and wall boxes to benefit from the digital transformation. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed €3 billion ($3.2

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 2, 2024

Moreover, it must be scalable as the demand for H2 continues to climb.  At the same time that H2 is a great way to store renewable energy such as solar and wind power, hydrogen storage isn’t necessarily simple. What makes it so important?

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 24, 2020

Driven by booming demand in China and the U.S., where developers face declining subsidies, wind developers placed a record 100 gigawatts' worth of turbine orders last year. The global nature of the wind supply chain is likely to limit the impact. Europe may be hit hardest. Indeed, U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

More immediately, the utility aims for 2030 goals of 45 percent renewable electricity, with the Palo Verde nuclear power plant bringing the tally up to 65 percent carbon-free power. But in 2018 the Arizona Corporation Commission declined to acknowledge the gas-heavy IRPs from APS and Tucson Electric Power Co.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Engineering consulting firm Burns & McDonnell completed construction of three 10 MW/20 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage systems in West Texas. Kansas City-based Burns & McDonnell tapped its direct-hire subsidiary Ref-Chem to complete construction and installation of the batteries.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

Burns & McDonnell said on Monday that it was selected by LG Energy Solution and Sustainable Environmental Renewable (SER) Capital Partners to provide engineer-procure-construct (EPC) services for three 10-MW/20-MWh lithium-ion, stand-alone battery energy storage systems. Project construction is expected to be complete by June 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

These regions have some of the best wind power resources in the country and are seeing a massive growth of wind farms to take advantage of it. “What I’m looking forward to is a constructive federal-state relationship with this,” Rai said.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Google has been carbon-neutral on those measures since 2007, and has since shifted from buying power directly from existing wind and solar farms to financing the construction of new renewables, such as its 1,600 megawatts of wind and solar projects to be built in the U.S., Google's supply, demand and policy approach.

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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. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

Among the potentially worst affected by PJM's compliance plan are offshore wind farms, with average floor prices of $3,146 per megawatt-day; onshore wind power at $1,023 per megawatt-day; and battery energy storage at $1,040 per megawatt-day. Big roadblock for offshore wind. What comes next.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 9, 2020

” No new gas-fired power plants. This scenario retires all coal plants by 2035, and does not require any new construction of gas plants. The high-level problem of designing a clean grid is to maximize use of cheap intermittent solar and wind power while maintaining enough dependable capacity to meet demand all year long.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 21, 2021

The new credit will allow National Grid’s EEV to fund construction of solar, battery storage and wind projects currently under development by National Grid Renewables, the utility holding company’s competitive renewable energy arm. including solar, wind and battery storage.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 18, 2022

The partnership between Puerto Rico headquartered Bitcoin miner Coinmint and Voltus with its distributed energy resource software technology platform is delivering 100MW of demand response to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO). All of these are powered by hydropower. Have you read?

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 20, 2022

is going to need a lot more solar and wind power generation, and lots of cheap energy storage. Wind and solar power vary over the course of a day, so energy storage is essential to provide a continuous flow of electricity. Australia is installing solar and wind three times faster per capita than the U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

The new consortium, dubbed Offshore Wind Power Ltd (OWPL), will look to build on the three companies existing presence in Scotland's fast-expanding renewables market. Construction is expected to commence on the first projects this year, GIG said.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Special Initiative on Offshore Wind within the University of Delaware estimates, conservatively, that reaching the Biden administration's 30 GW offshore wind goal will require private sector investment of $109 billion by 2030. Jennifer Palestrant, chief deputy of the Virginia Dept.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

That if we electrify a lot of different end uses or sectors of the economy that power demand of the grid would double or something like that.” All the scenarios resulted in annual household utility bill savings — including the two in which annual electricity demand increased — ranging from $57.82

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 20, 2024

There are thousands of miles of cables to add to the national grid , electric car battery factories to build, heat pumps to install, and rising demand for wind and solar farms. Experts warn of a “critical shortage” of certified welders and electrical engineers, and fear that the government may have left it too late.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

But solar and wind power groups and energy storage advocates didn’t get all they’ve been asking for from Congress in the bill — and they’re seeking support for those additional policies from the incoming Biden-Harris administration and lawmakers from both parties.

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