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Three-Quarters of New US Generating Capacity in 2020 Will Be Renewable, EIA Says

GreenTechMedia

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 wind power capacity to come online in 2020 surpasses 2012’s record of 13.2 generation capacity in 2020.

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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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A Nordic energy giant shows how a carbon turnaround happens

Business Green

The Danish energy utility leads the world in developing and operating wind farms at sea, contracting one-third of the world's offshore wind. The company recorded profits of $2.74bn in 2020, with many new projects in the pipeline in the coming decade - including large developments in solar power, onshore wind and green hydrogen. "I

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

Business Green

Earlier this year, the government published an Energy Security Strategy, which ramped up targets for offshore wind and solar power while also promising to develop new oil and gas fields in the North Sea, in a bid to reduce exposure to risky, global fossil fuel markets.

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Global Briefing: Coronavirus crisis will have 'negligible' impact on emissions without green recovery, study warns

Business Green

The project - which is backed by investment totalling €89 million - will now enter its first five year phase, which will involve the planning and construction of a 30MW electrolyser unit that will produce 'green' hydrogen using offshore wind power.

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Energy Security Strategy: Government promises 'major acceleration of homegrown power'

Business Green

The sector is investing tens of billions of pounds in cheap wind power, as well as cutting-edge green hydrogen and floating wind technology, so that the UK can reduce our dependence on gas.". "Scaling up our ambitions for renewables, and increasing speed of delivery, will help us cut bills and be more energy independent.

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

Renewable Energy World

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. Beginning in 1958, these were augmented by nuclear power plants, which have operated nearly continuously to pay off their large capital investments.