GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

Two more utilities in Arizona and Colorado are moving to accelerate closure of coal plants and replace them with renewable energy backed by batteries, joining a broader push in both states to shift to more cost-effective clean energy options even in the absence of state mandates. gigawatts of solar, 850 megawatts of wind and nearly 1.4

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Utility Dominion Energy is planning a major shift toward renewable energy and batteries as it looks to comply with Virginia's ambitious new clean energy law. The new plan, by contrast, sets out a goal of nearly 16 gigawatts of solar, more than 5 gigawatts of offshore wind, and 2.7 Credit: Dominion Energy).

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Clean Energy Canada is a clean energy think tank at the Morris J. Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. Wind and solar accounted for 61% of electricity generated in Denmark in 2022. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2020

Energy Information Administration has confirmed what it and industry watchers predicted a year ago—that wind and solar power will expand on their already-large share of new U.S. gigawatts of natural gas-fired plants to come online this year. gigawatts of natural gas-fired plants to come online this year.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. utility has yet fully fleshed out how it intends to eliminate natural gas power plants from its generation portfolio. To be sure, no U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 13, 2021

LS Power announces the formation of Rev Renewables LLC to develop, acquire and operate energy storage and renewable projects, including conventional hydropower and pumped storage. Read more: LS Power launches Rev Renewables to operate energy storage and renewable projects. Rev has a 2.4-GW Rev has a 2.4-GW

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

There’s the natural gas that gets burned in them, and there’s all the electricity that it takes to power them. And then there’s another category: all the upfront energy that went into making the buildings in the first place. Clearly, how we choose to construct buildings really matters.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

Duke Energy is standing behind its plan to double its renewable energy base to 16 gigawatts by 2025 despite the depressing effect the coronavirus outbreak is having on its utilities. Utilities across the country are reporting dramatic drops in commercial and industrial energy demand. power utilities, with 7.4

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

The 800-megawatt Al Kharsaah development will use more than 2 million bifacial solar modules, making it one of the largest bifacial projects anywhere in the world. Qatar, whose natural-gas exports trail only those of Russia, will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 and has pledged to make the event carbon-neutral.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Its allure has proven more durable than energy blockchain, and its commercialization is further along than super-buzzy green hydrogen. Depending on who you talk to, long-duration storage technology can knock out coal and gas peaker plants, turn renewables into round-the-clock resources and generally pave the way for a carbon-free grid.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

Energy Information Administration says — even the fast-growing wind and solar power sectors. electric power sector generation to include the COVID-19 outbreak’s massive economic disruptions. electric power sector generation to include the COVID-19 outbreak’s massive economic disruptions.

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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. public network of electric vehicle chargers.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Solar energy grew by leaps and bounds in the 2010s. According to Wood Mackenzie, global annual solar installations grew more than sixfold this past decade, from 16 gigawatts in 2010 to 105 gigawatts in 2019. In the meantime, multi-silicon solar module prices dropped from over $2 per watt to just over $0.20

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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. million). The financing forms part of a larger, €4.3

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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. In the U.K.,

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

Engie is on the lookout for more clean energy acquisitions in the U.S., With a long history in fossil fuels and nuclear energy, Engie has pivoted dramatically toward renewables over the past few years — a strategy that included the U.S. gas plants — no small thing for a company once known as Gaz de France (GDF). "My

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 25, 2020

The surge in spending on all-electric homes is expected even though many consumers are unfamiliar with the natural gas-displacing electric appliances on the market today. Around 70 million American homes burn natural gas, oil, or propane for home space and water heating, according to Navigant Research. billion in 2020.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 7, 2020

California’s two days of rolling blackouts in August were the result of disconnects between its existing grid reliability constructs and the needs of an increasingly solar-powered grid, and its failure to prepare for a Western U.S.-wide wide heatwave that undermined its reliance on out-of-state resources.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

megawatts of generating capacity, with 20 megawatts coming from natural gas-fired generators and 2.5 megawatts from a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installation. Construction of the microgrid is scheduled to take 19 months, with the system expected to be online and fully commissioned in June 2021.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 25, 2022

Convergent Energy + Power and National Grid have announced the completion of one of the first solar-plus-storage systems providing a non-wires-alternative (NWA). The NWA system is designed, constructed and operated by Convergent. Read more: [link] — Convergent Energy + Power (@ConvergentEP) May 24, 2022.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

Adding solar farms to that list of assets could offer grid operators a new tool to deal with the challenge of integrating more and more carbon-free, yet intermittent and sometimes unpredictable, wind and solar power, said Troy Lauterbach, senior vice president of First Solar’s Energy Services business.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But as the costs and complexities of building new large-scale nuclear power plants haunt major new projects like Southern Company’s Vogtle plant in Georgia, a host of companies are promising smaller-scale versions that could avoid their larger cousins’ pitfalls while offering similarly priced carbon-free power.

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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. event hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute and utility Duke Energy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Offshore wind energy powerhouse Orsted demonstrates that a pivot away from fossil fuels is possible. The first, biggest step to slowing climate change is switching electricity generation from coal and gas to wind and sun. This needs to happen fast, with coal phased out no later than 2030 and gas not far behind.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

The slowdown is driven by shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders that have forced microgrid projects to delay permitting, construction and interconnection processes amid the country’s COVID-19 pandemic, microgrid analyst Isaac Maze-Rothstein wrote. That’s similar to the delays that have hurt U.S.

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Grist

MARCH 21, 2024

As a journalist covering climate, he’s had years of experience reporting on electrification, energy, and technology — and demystifying those often complex topics for the average consumer. Residential energy use accounts for roughly one-sixth of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Though still a top supplier of the world's natural gas turbines, the division had turned into a money-loser as renewable adoption surged. Meanwhile, an expanded Renewable Energy division materialized with some 40,000 employees and billions of dollars in revenue.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

One of the nation’s largest coal plants permanently powered down this week after the owners determined it would be uneconomical to continue operating the facility as natural gas and renewable energy prices continue to drop. Other partial owners include Arizona Public Service, NV Energy and Tucson Electric Power.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The IEA has released its first ever evaluation of global energy employment both today and in the future - BusinessGreen takes a deep dive. Fossil fuels - oil, gas, and coal - are still very much the backbone of the global energy system, and these industries employ tens of millions of workers around the world.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 11, 2022

Concept drawing of an energy storage system. Energy Information Administration said that when it totals up the numbers for 2021, it expects they will show that battery storage capacity grew by 4.5 as well as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and keep an eye on electric power industry news.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Last week’s article focused on the nine key elements of Joe Biden’s plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice. power sector by 2035. million new energy efficient homes.”. million new energy efficient homes.”. Energy efficiency will help, but in 2019 the U.S. power grid by 2050.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Kowalski, Energy News Network. Energy Harbor’s announced closing of the Sammis plant means solar projects in Ohio’s regulatory pipeline already exceed the coal power that will remain after 2028. The fast growth of solar capacity also fits with the national trend. By Kathiann M. It’s already happening.”.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 15, 2019

In a first for the United Kingdom, wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources have generated more electricity than their fossil fuel counterparts of coal and natural gas. s first power plant was established in 1882, zero-carbon energy has finally generated more clean terawatt hours.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Saudi Arabia is constructing a futuristic city in the desert on the Red Sea called Neom. And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? The Saudis aren’t alone in believing it’s the next big thing in the energy future. “Green hydrogen can do that.”

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In 2019, more than 20 California cities jump-started a building decarbonization movement when they took steps to eliminate gas from new buildings, ensuring they will instead be constructed with electric appliances such as heat pumps. Building-sector emissions, on the other hand, remain largely unchanged despite energy efficiency gains.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 3, 2022

From minimal site impact to material selection to energy-efficient systems, homeowners have a lot to consider. The steel is highly fire-resistant, and homes can be constructed quickly with minimal site impact. Sustainable architecture takes many forms. Dvele Images via Dvele. Continued here:Â .

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Plans for Europe's biggest gas-fired power station have cleared a major hurdle after the UK's High Court today rejected claims the government acted unlawfully in giving the North Yorkshire project the go-ahead, despite concerns it could undermine the UK's net zero emissions goal.

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