Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

These changes reflect the federal government’s commendable efforts to work constructively with stakeholders and find creative solutions that accommodate Canada’s diverse electricity systems. To be effective, the regulations must help establish a clear path to decarbonization for the electricity sector. It’s vital we move now.”

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

It’s a shockingly heady time for electricity. 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. Subscribe here. Surge protection.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 23, 2023

The cost of fuel is the most significant factor affecting your electricity rates. If natural gas prices increase, your electricity rates will rise. Weather The weather is one of the most significant factors affecting electricity prices. Fuel Fossil fuel prices are a critical factor in electricity prices.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Beyond the coordination needed between building owners, contractors and occupants to retrofit buildings, electric appliances still have a higher upfront cost (although they are cheaper over the life of the appliance). Many clean energy technologies save money over time, so upfront finance can be a great investment.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 31, 2020

Dominion Energy is replacing its CEO as part of an executive shakeup accompanying the Virginia utility’s major shift away from natural gas and toward a renewable energy future, and its hefty financial penalty for its cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project. gigawatt offshore wind farm in 2024.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Canada’s transition to clean electricity is under intense scrutiny, and the centrepiece of the debate is the federal government’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations published in August 2023. Such regulations are critical to reaching our energy-transition targets and paving the way to a net-zero future.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

subsidiaries Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) have received regulatory approval to retire 600 MW of coal generation and more than 50 MW of peaking units by 2027 and to replace them with cleaner energy. billion of investment overall, including $1.6 billion through 2026.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

To mark Global Wind Day 2023 on June 15, ABB – which describes itself as the largest supplier of electrical components to the wind industry around the world – discusses the measures needed to achieve the UK’s goals in relation to offshore wind power. Electricity generated from wind currently accounts for almost a third (32.4

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Iberdrola’s Avangrid subsidiaries New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) have the go ahead for their joint ‘Reliable Energy New York’ plan. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

Coronavirus will create a $400 billion hole in energy investment in 2020, but the power sector is faring relatively well compared to oil and gas, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Going into 2020, the IEA had expected a 2 percent increase in global energy investments this year. It now expects a 20 percent drop.

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Solar Industry

MARCH 14, 2024

Bright Green Corporation says it will install a 102 MW solar field to power the electricity and heating requirements for its forthcoming $250 million Dalsem expansion project and commits to switch the existing facility currently burning natural gas and heavy oil to solar. are carbon neutral. to be powered by the solar field.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

In response, numerous companies are pioneering low-carbon hydrogen production techniques, focusing on blue hydrogen (natural gas reforming with CO2 capture) or green hydrogen (water electrolysis using renewable energy). However, access to affordable renewable electricity will ultimately determine green hydrogen’s success.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

It’s a bet on a particularly draining use of our electricity system over other priorities in need of power. s LNG industry is the question of where the electricity will come from to power new projects. currently proposed or under construction. currently proposed or under construction. And it’s a bet on our climate.

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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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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 9, 2024

“We are grateful to our many partners, including Mortenson and Sungrow, for their hard work and zero-injury mentality throughout the construction and commissioning process, and look forward to supporting Texas’ growing demand for electricity – particularly in the face of climate change and rising natural gas and oil prices – for years to come.”

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. To combat this, the report proposes a novel and admittedly radical solution — cutting back on the volumetric, per kilowatt-hour charges on customers’ bills, and recovering the missing money through constructs tied to customers’ income.

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Charged

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. However, heavy-duty electric trucks from traditional makers have started to hit the market. Publicity magnet Tesla said it delivered its first battery-electric Semi tractor on December 1. Put another way: Plan first, order trucks second.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So much so that new analysis suggests global emissions from electricity generation may peak this year due to a surge in wind and solar power. 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.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 16, 2024

On the back of approving €805 million in clean energy financing, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €400 million ($425.2 million) to municipal energy supplier Thüringer Energie AG (TEAG) to upgrade and digitise the electricity grid in Thuringia, Germany. The financing forms part of a larger, €4.3 billion ($4.6

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 11, 2022

A speedy transition to electric heat pumps in homes and businesses in Oregon could translate into lower utility bills and faster reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report. Switching to all-electric appliances by 2025 would result in $1.7 billion in system-wide savings by 2050, compared to $1.1

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Charged

DECEMBER 30, 2021

More than 50 US electric utilities have formed a new group to coordinate their efforts to expand the nation’s EV charging infrastructure. The Edison Electric Institute, a utility trade group, announced the formation of the National Electric Highway Coalition , which includes 50 EEI members, as well as the Tennessee Valley Authority.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 31, 2022

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the New York Power Authority (NYPA) Board of Trustees has approved economic development awards to three companies that will create 79 new jobs and spur nearly $46 million in capital investments. LW1 plans to invest at least $24.2 million in capital investment. Lawrence County.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

electricity markets and hurt generators in 2020, the U.S. electric power sector generation to include the COVID-19 outbreak’s massive economic disruptions. EIA now expects retail sales of electricity to the commercial sector to fall by 4.7 EIA now expects retail sales of electricity to the commercial sector to fall by 4.7

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 30, 2020

Chevron announced it will build 500 megawatts of renewable energy plants to power some of its global facilities, in what amounts to a sizeable clean-energy upscaling for an oil giant with comparatively few big investments in renewables to date. The initial projects will be sited on Chevron-owned land, with construction to begin in 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Duke's regulated utilities serve electricity to nearly 8 million people in six states and operate a 51-gigawatt generation fleet, one-third of it coal and nearly three-quarters fossil-fueled. The gas question. This reliance on natural gas aligns Duke with most U.S. utility, due to the company’s size.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

got more energy from renewables in 2019 than it did from coal, a year sooner than that same milestone is expected for the electricity sector on its own, according to the Energy Information Administration. electricity mix throughout 2020, another major milestone. gigawatt wind energy investment in Oklahoma. Last year the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

In April the picture darkened further: Duke's total electricity sales fell 5 percent, dragged down by a 12 percent slide in demand from industrial customers that was only partially offset by higher-than-usual residential sales. million electric and 1.4 million natural-gas customers across six states in the Southeast and Midwest.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

Energy Information Administration, Detailed State Data, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. According to survey reports on EIA’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, Texas will add 10 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar capacity by the end of 2022, compared with 3.2 Texas, already the U.S. GW in California.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Department of Energy’s investment of $7 billion in creating seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs is a testament to this burgeoning interest. The diversity in their approach – from leveraging natural gas with carbon capture to harnessing renewable and biomass energy sources – showcases the multifaceted potential of hydrogen.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Construction on the Ledyard Windpower site in Kossuth County will be Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ first renewable energy project in Iowa. A virtual PPA means that the electricity generated will not go directly toward the customer company’s power use, but help fund investment in the renewable energy capacity.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 20, 2022

The company said that since 2004, it has invested around $14 billion in renewable energy projects across Iowa. . MidAmerican estimates that the Wind PRIME project could create more than 1,100 full-time jobs during the construction phase and another 125 full-time positions for ongoing operations and maintenance.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The company is currently working with investment partners to advance development of a clean energy project pipeline that includes 1.2 Recent NTE projects that it is highlighting on its website include the 475-MW natural gas-fired Middletown Energy Center, the 475-MW natural gas-fired Kings Mountain Energy Center.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

Solar farms can also modulate how much power they’re feeding to the grid, slightly limiting their output to provide “headroom” to move that output up and down, much like hydroelectric or natural-gas-fired turbines do today. At times, it may issue direct instructions during grid emergencies.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

“We need to replace old pipes, but let’s not replace them with new gas pipes, but instead with networked geothermal and get every house on that block, all electric.” The bill also prioritizes job security for current gas workers. The skill set is already there.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Positives included a commitment to improve grid infrastructure and an aspiration to “attract record levels of investment in renewable energy sources”. Most controversial was the decision to support the future licensing of new oil and gas fields, “helping the country to transition to net zero by 2050 without adding undue burdens on households.”

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In total 455,076 jobs could be created or in demand in the construction and property sectors[2]. The construction industry has been one of the hardest hit in the pandemic, with 90% of construction businesses having applied for the furlough scheme, second only to the hospitality sector[3]. 100 billion green investment.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 25, 2022

Vistra has announced that its DeCordova battery energy storage system (BESS) in Granbury, Texas, is online and storing and releasing electricity to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid. Mortenson provided engineering and construction expertise.

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