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Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

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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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AES pooling clean energy resources to power Google data centers

Renewable Energy World

The portfolio assembled by AES is expected to require approximately $600 million of investment and generate 1,200 jobs, both permanent and construction, in the host communities. Our hope is that this model can be replicated to accelerate the clean energy transition, both for companies and, eventually, for power grids.”.

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Largest PV investments in Poland and Ukraine

Renewable Energy World

Eastern European countries differ strongly in their current share of RES in total electricity production (with a record 65% share in Romania, Latvia, and Croatia, which rely heavily on hydropower). The construction of D?bsk As Marek Marzec, Renewable Energy Projects Development Director at Polenergia S.A., the investor of D?bsk

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

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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Here’s how pumped hydro works as an energy storage resource

Renewable Energy World

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. Two types of pumped-storage hydropower; one doesn’t require a river. To cut U.S.

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Hailed as the greatest invention of the 20th century , our now-aging grid was based on fundamental concepts that made sense at the time it was developed. The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. Innovations that make 100% clean power possible.

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Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions and Energy R&D Package in Spending Bill Before Congress

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Schumer’s office, the two-year extension of the federal Investment Tax Credit for solar projects will retain the current 26 percent credit for projects that begin construction through the end of 2022, rather than expiring at the end of 2020 as they would have under existing law. ” Wind tax credit impacts.

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