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BASF to add 90 MW total of wind and solar power contracts in Texas

Renewable Energy World

German chemical company, BASF, and EDF Energy North America signed a 35-MW wind power purchase agreement (PPA) that will bring 25 MW of wind power to BASF’s Verbund site in Freeport, Texas, and 10 MW of wind power to the Pasadena, Texas, site.

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How green energy offers five times more secure, skilled UK jobs than fossil fuels

Business Green

A new report by the think tank maps out the green energy jobs potential across England and Wales, estimating that low carbon power sources such as renewables and nuclear could create three times more secure, skilled jobs than gas power, while the wind and solar sectors hold potential to deliver five times more employment than fossil fuel plants.

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

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. Jim Robbins.

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World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds

The Guardian: Energy

Retire about 240 average-sized coal-fired power plants a year, every year between now and 2030. Construct the equivalent of three New Yorks’ worth of public transport systems in cities around the world each year this decade. Increase the rate of growth of solar and wind power from its current high of 14% a year to 24% a year.

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Renewable energy surpasses fossil fuels in the UK

AGreenLiving

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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Media Brief: Addressing common myths around renewable power

Clean Energy Canada

Global renewable power generation is growing at an unprecedented rate , driven by the favourable economics of wind and solar along with energy security concerns around oil and gas (largely caused by recent wars), and emissions goals. In other words, waste from solar electricity is significantly lower than that from fossil fuels.

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A Nordic energy giant shows how a carbon turnaround happens

Business Green

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. A carbon tax followed the next year, helping wind become cost-competitive with fossil fuels.

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