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Why Flexible Gas Generation Must Be Part of Deep Decarbonization

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Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. This enables minimization of use of fossil fuels and maximized reduction of emissions.”

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India’s Clean Energy Revolution ‘on Pause’ During Coronavirus Crisis

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While India’s power grid is still dominated by coal, the country has been deploying wind and solar at a rapid pace to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s targets of 175 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2022, and 450 gigawatts of non-fossil sources by 2030. The rapidly evolving country of nearly 1.4

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It's been a busy year for green policy - now 2022 must be a year of implementation

Business Green

This investment is essential to support the UK's continued economic recovery, the government's levelling up ambitions, business competitiveness and reduce the UK's exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices. This is a time for more, not less action.

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The 4 Things PG&E Must Do to Survive and Thrive Post-Bankruptcy

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The San Francisco-based utility is emerging from bankruptcy with a massive debt load that could make it harder to raise the tens of billions of dollars of investment needed to prevent its power grid from causing more devastating wildfires. PG&E plans to invest about $40 billion over the next five years into its power grid.

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Why Offshore Wind and Energy Giants are Chasing Off-Grid Green Hydrogen

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The European Union wants to build 40 gigawatts of green hydrogen electrolyzers by 2030, and estimates that 80 to 120 gigawatts of solar and wind will be needed to power them. That’s a fresh headache for Europe’s grid operators. Taking hydrogen production off the power grid could be a win-win solution to these problems.

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How to build a net zero power system: Seven top takeaways from the CCC's green grid blueprint

Business Green

A power system running solely on clean energy technologies is entirely feasible During a media briefing yesterday, CCC officials made a point of emphasising the huge amount of work it has put into producing its most detailed and comprehensive analysis of the UK's energy system to date.

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All the key recommendations from the CCC's Sixth Carbon Budget report: At a glance

Business Green

The government's Future Homes Standard - which requires all new build homes to be free of fossil fuels for heating - should be in place for new build homes by 2023. A robust definition of the standard for housebuilders should therefore be in place in advance of 2023, according to the CCC. Energy, renewables and fossil fuels.

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