R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. For example, as I will detail below, oil demand fell dramatically last year, but we already know that it has largely recovered in 2021. Renewables and Nuclear Power. share of all energy consumption.

Natural gas 88

Natural gas Nuclear Power Energy Energy 88

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

Last summer’s record heat waves triggered a surge in power demand that maxed out supplies and led to outages across the West. California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand.

Solar Energy Monitor 114

Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 114

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

More than half of the UK's electricity came from zero carbon sources across five months last year, as Britain celebrated a flurry of fresh green grid records in 2022, according to National Grid ESO. Indeed, gas power continued to play a major role on Britain's grid last year, providing 38.5 Nuclear power plants, meanwhile, provided 15.5

Power grid 71

Power grid Hydropower Fossil fuels Carbon 71

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.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 130

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

However, base load refers to the minimum amount of demand on an electrical grid over a given period of time, not a minimum level of constant supply. percent WWS for the electric power sector,” said Jacobson. “So, These batteries match approximately 25 percent of peak demand in all but summer, and approximately 12.5

Batteries 119

Batteries Fossil fuels Demand Energy 119

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It’s the biggest utility-contracted battery in the state thus far, though independent power producer LS Power is planning to build at least 300 MW/1,200 MWh of batteries at its Ravenswood power plant in Queens.

Batteries 130

Batteries Ozone Nuclear Power Hydropower 130

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

The water industry is a prime destination for these components, although they appear in a vast range of process technology and other systems, including power generation, whether it be from oil, gas, biomass, energy-from-waste, or nuclear. Actuators play a vital role in the control process. What does it do?

Energy Monitor 147

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Logging Electricity 147

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 29, 2022

When the electric grid is under strain, many electric utilities use the load shedding technique to lower demand and balance it with energy production. The idea is to turn off the power supply to certain areas on a cyclical basis, for example, two hours ON, then two hours OFF. Some situations are difficult to predict.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 52

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. Figure 1: U.S.

Sustainability 92

Sustainability Natural gas Energy Energy 92

R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with electricity from solar photovoltaic (PV) power. on solar power would require a substantial amount of backup power or storage for when the sun isn’t shining. wind power generation, which started from a larger base at that time, has increased by a factor of five. gasoline consumption with wind and solar power.

Solar Power 97

Solar Power Wind power Electricity Nuclear Power 97

Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The UN agency warned that water stress could jeopardise low carbon energy sources such as nuclear power plants and hydropower, both of which rely heavily on water supplies in order to operate, while rising sea levels and extreme weather are also posing a growing threat to energy infrastructure.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Energy Energy Resilience 36

Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

In an analysis of the electricity market published late last week, the IEA warned the global economy could face three more years of turbulence and stagnating levels of carbon emisisons if national governments do not start to spend significantly more money on these clean energy and green grid technologies.

Natural gas 75

Natural gas Energy Energy Fossil fuels 75

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come.

Hydrogen 130

Hydrogen Natural gas Wind power Investment 130

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Von der Leyen announced a plan to collect up to 140 billion euros in windfall profit taxes from energy companies that produce electricity at low cost, e.g. wind, solar, hydro and nuclear. Also, electricity companies aren’t likely to be generous. Electricity markets reform. Skimming off windfall profits.

Energy 147

Energy Energy Nuclear Power Natural gas 147

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. The Japanese are optimistic about the electrical power that will be generated, given the region’s current trajectory.

Energy 28

Energy Energy Wind power Construction 28

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔋 Renewables + storage turned out to be price competitive against fossil fuels after Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Electricity analysis included intermittency costs for the first time. Proterra, the dominant electric bus maker, was just one high profile example. Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down.

Business Energy Monitoring 72

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 72

Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. will need to nearly triple its 2020 growth rate for the grid to be 80% powered by clean energy by 2030. is headed in that direction. in 2020, according to BloombergNEF data.

Solar Energy Monitor 117

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 117

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system. and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. electricity sector has managed to march halfway to zero in just 15 years. And 46 U.S.

Carbon 145

Carbon Electricity Policy Solar Power 145

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

If Joe Biden wins the presidential election in November and Congress enacts his $2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure ambition, utilities will need to reconfigure their plans to meet Biden's nationwide goal of zero-carbon electricity by 2035. million electric customers and 1.6 million customers across 18 states.

Carbon 246

Carbon Natural gas Carbon-neutral Nuclear Power 246

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

transmission grid will play a key role in decarbonizing the country’s electricity system. First, nationwide transmission allows power-sharing across regions facing widely different weather systems that drive variation in wind and solar generation. Study after study over the past decade has concluded that expanding the U.S.

Carbon-neutral 130

Carbon-neutral Carbon North America Electricity 130

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

” With New York sheltering in place and the city’s office buildings largely empty of workers, electricity demand in New York City has declined by as much as 18 percent compared to typical levels. The challenge of bringing renewable power into NYC. But that electricity must feed directly into the New York City grid.

Law 130

Law Carbon Education Real Estate 130

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

of Energy to demonstrate technology that produces clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power, as part of the agency's goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen production by 80%.

Hydrogen 95

Hydrogen Nuclear Power Natural gas Energy 95

Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

In addition, the partners confirmed the Task Force would look at how to accelerate efforts to reduce gas demand by accelerating the roll out of clean energy projects and emracing "energy efficiency solutions such as ramping up demand response devices, including smart thermostats, and deployment of heat pumps". "As

Hydropower 38

Hydropower Fossil fuels Energy Energy 38

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Developers in the space are concerned that the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy will depress demand for tax equity investments, as banks and financial institutions will have less appetite for credits to offset tax liabilities in a year when profits were depressed. Nuclear power will receive $6.6 Another $2.36

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Packaging Nuclear Power Energy Energy 130

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

electricity sector by 2035, and the cost imperatives of U.S. Taken as a group, the 50 utility holding companies studied have a total of 100,000 megawatts of new wind and solar in their IRPs, Sierra Club Electric Sector Analyst Cara Bottorff said in a Tuesday press conference. generation capacity in 2020, according to federal data.

Climate change 130

Climate change Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 130

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the coronavirus struck the global economy earlier this year, demand for oil dropped by more than a fifth and prices collapsed. Many sources now suggest that oil demand has already passed its peak. I do not expect oil prices or demand for our products to recover in the medium term." The industry as we once knew it, is gone.

Fossil fuels 78

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Demand 78

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage and in-state solar and wind power. Dominion also gets more than one-third of its energy from nuclear power.

Solar Energy Monitor 246

Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 246

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

The TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider, serving a wide swath of seven southern states, including most of Tennessee. Its fleet of 29 dams, 14 small “solar energy sites,” and 25 power plants generates the electricity that it sells to 153 regional utilities.

Fossil fuels 65

Fossil fuels Natural gas Methane Law 65

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

The TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider, serving a wide swath of seven southern states, including most of Tennessee. Its fleet of 29 dams, 14 small “solar energy sites,” and 25 power plants generates the electricity that it sells to 153 regional utilities.

Fossil fuels 52

Fossil fuels Natural gas Methane Law 52

Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

It is significantly larger than the clean tech focused stimulus package the Obama administration passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, which played such a big role in accelerating US renewables and electric vehicle deployment. Clean power producers would be eligible to receive 1.5

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Methane Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 36