GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

electric grid relies on fossil fuels for 63 percent of its generation, and according to the U.S. They’re also a key dispatchable assets to help meet peak grid demand. Stage 2: ‘reshape’ the demand side of the grid.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

trillion spending package and coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress on Monday night. There’s no doubt that solar and wind power will benefit from the Investment Tax Credit extensions included in the bill. Renewable and energy storage in the $35 billion energy R&D package.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Midwest has massive wind power potential, and it’s a growing target for solar power projects as well. That seam cuts from north to south across the country’s wind-rich Great Plains , making it a key barrier to transmission lines that could carry wind power to eastern markets hungry for carbon-free energy.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In the US, 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity generation. This is not surprising, with coal and natural gas representing about 60% of electrical supply. Here’s how: Firstly, having more renewable energy sources can increase the demand for green energy. Have you read?

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The global push to produce all electricity from clean sources won’ t be enough to meet the net-zero target of the Paris climate agreement , according to a new report from energy consultant DNV. Many of the pandemic recovery packages have largely focused on protecting, rather than transforming, existing industries,” Eriksen said.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As Elon Musk becomes more and more of a household name, electric vehicle sales continue to rise home and solar panels are lining more roofs. Consumers need new options for less wasteful and less pollutive products, packaging, transportation, and energy. Eco Friendly Distribution, Shipping and Packaging. Clean Energy.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 1, 2021

Traceability is the next big frontier in demanding clean energy from source to socket, argues former IBM Global Smart Grid Systems Leader, Steve Hoy. We track almost everything these days: packages, food, supply chains, even pets. Exposing and driving the demand for clean energy. by Steve Hoy. Traceability technology is here.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

million utility customers, approximately one-third of the state’s electric customers, were without power in Texas as of Tuesday morning, up from about 2.5 Winter electricity demand hit record highs of more than 69 gigawatts on Sunday evening, spiking pressure on the grid.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 3, 2022

Finally, removing the state opt-out for demand response will provide certainty in the marketplace for aggregators to bid heterogenous aggregations, including distributed resources with rooftop solar/storage. But PJM has more renewable demand given its capacity market. PJM is in the same boat with its queue reform process.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

given the overwhelming momentum among countries in support of a renewable energy package and a long overdue fossil fuel phase out, we needed a far more ambitious result.” Solar and wind power are already cheaper alternatives to coal, oil, and gas in most of the world when it comes to meeting new electricity demand.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

China burns about half the coal used globally while at the same time it is the leading market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. This duality is evident in Shanxi, which is both China's coal mining region and the location of some of the country's largest solar and wind power projects.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 1, 2020

As with the last stimulus bill, the industry's plans center on securing changes to two federal policies: the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar power and the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power. For wind power, the term "safe harbor" applies not to when projects are started but when they’re completed.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2020

billion) to invest in its switch to electric vehicles. Germany's upcoming election could be a catalyst for a new period of change, and the energy and climate package passed last year could get an overhaul. The wind lobby is furious. Audi announced the cut of 9,500 job with the sole aim of saving €6 billion ($6.7

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Green energy industry welcomes 'really good' package for Contracts for Difference Round 4 that promises to accelerate roll out of offshore wind, solar, and onshore wind projects. Meanwhile, trade association Scottish Renewables reported earlier this year that renewables met 97 per cent of Scotland's electricity demand in 2020.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

The New York installation will provide 100 percent of the electricity required for its Joseph H. Lauder office facility, while the Minnesota one will contribute up to 50 percent — the remainder of its power will come from utility-sourced wind power. . Clancy: Can you share your vision for sustainable packaging?

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

The New York installation will provide 100 percent of the electricity required by the office operations, while the Minnesota one will contribute up to 50 percent — the remainder of its power will come from utility-sourced wind power. . Clancy: Much of the work on renewable energy has really focused on electricity.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

The past decade has been a wild ride for America's massive electricity sector. Cheap wind and solar have turned the industry's conventional economic wisdom on its head. electric utility by market capitalization, valued at a whopping $125 billion on Jan. billion bid for Hawaiian Electric and $18.7 Today, no U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Additionally, businesses, charities and public sector organisations, are also set to be given relief from soaring bills, through a six-month support package to be unveiled shortly with an "equivalent guarantee", the PM said. This will mean that generators are receiving a fair price reflecting their cost of production.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The government reiterated that the support package would cap the average household bill at around £2,500 a year, while non-domestic customers will see prices frozen at current levels for at least six months, meaning they will be paying less than half of predicted wholesale costs this winter.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

gigawatts of new wind capacity in 2020, and nearly 39 gigawatts during a three-year installation boom from 2019 to 2021, according to Wood Mackenzie’s 2019 North America Wind Power Outlook. In 2015, both wind and solar secured historic multi-year extensions to their main federal subsidies.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2020

The downturn was particularly pronounced for large-scale energy storage projects, which are seen as key to expanding the use of intermittent forms of renewable energy such as solar and wind power. Wind and solar markets are also expected to be adversely affected.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Trump appointees at the Department of Energy have buried a study of the value of interconnecting the country’s interstate transmission system, dubbed SEAMS , reportedly due to its undermining of the administration’s case against renewables as a reliable replacement for baseload coal-fired power plants. Current U.S. Historical U.S.

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Charged

MAY 31, 2022

However, state-of-the-art cell packaging and chemistries are evolving quickly these days. The site in the Northeast of England was selected because of the abundance of renewable energy—it has access to the North Sea Interconnector, so the company can take hydropower-created electricity from Norway and feed wind power back.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. It said the new energy facilities would create 300,000 jobs, adding that Poland's coal power reliance would fall to an 11-28 per cent share of country's electricity mix by 2040. Siemens Gamesa wind-to-hydrogen project takes step forward.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

These almost certainly won’t be the last of the state’s land-based wind farms: Duke Energy, the state’s dominant monopoly utility, envisions building at least 750 megawatts of the resource in the next 15 years, and clean energy advocates are pushing the company to do many times that. However, it’s all timing.”.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2023

With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last year, a decades-long effort to get a major climate package through Congress is over. The tax credit is designed to reduce the cost of a carbon-free method that requires only electricity, water, and a machine called an electrolyzer. electricity still comes from fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More good news from the UK this month as the Government announced a new package of £265m to support green energy projects. Just this week, we’ve seen a report published by Xodus demonstrating the international demand for British onshore wind expertise. How does it work? What’s the latest?

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Connecticut has implemented a bidding system that promises a 15% flex in power pricing indexed to inflation.    The EU also announced a “ Wind Power Package ” to speed up project permitting, improve auction design, and index auction prices and tariffs to better absorb increasing costs. 

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2022

Renewable power - which is getting more efficient the whole time - is a crucial part of the solution. We are going to double down on new wind power and greatly accelerate the rollout of new offshore farms. We will do more to exploit the potential of solar power. Could do better.".

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 8, 2024

  In deals,   $2.2bn in electric cars, $800m for Octopus’ expansion, and $34m for EVs in India. Verdagy , Electric Hydrogen ).  🛵 BluSmart Mobility , an Ahmedabad, India-based electric ride hailing company, raised $24m in funding from BP Ventures and Survam Partners.  LevelTen , Granular ). 

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

In contrast, only 29 per cent said the government should seek a more gradual transition away from oil and gas, while just 10 per cent agreed the UK should aim to continue to meet its energy demand primarily with oil and gas for as long as is necessary. per cent for fossil fuel electric utilities, the report concluded.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

His enthusiasm for technologies such as electric vehicles and digital networks might not have been matched by Innogy’s investors, but it is by the backers of Neom. With its perpetual sunshine and wind, in combination with vast tracts of unused land, electric power comes cheap in the desert. Carbon targets?

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2022

The Biden administration has given the clearest signal yet it is planning a wide-ranging package of executive actions to accelerate US decarbonisation efforts, in the wake of reports rebel Democrat Senator Joe Manchin intends to block any legislation containing provisions designed to tackle the climate crisis.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy. The period saw the large-scale development and use of automobiles, telephones, movies, radio, and electrical appliances being installed in the lives of thousands of Westerners. Aviation soon became a business.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

   🚢 SWITCH Maritime , a Jackson, WY-based hydrogen and electric ferries manufacturer, raised $10M in Series A funding from Nexus Development Capital.         Exits 🚗 Proterra , a Burlingame, CA-based commercial electric vehicle manufacturer, was acquired by Volvo for $210M. 

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

Liz Truss is openly flirting with the libertarian, climate sceptic right of the party, while Rishi Sunak's fiscal conservatism is the primary reason Johnson failed to deliver a meaningful green stimulus package. Want to find out more about how the net zero transition will impact your business?

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Prior media reports suggested the government had intended to badge all of its announcements under the banner of 'Green Day', but instead it appears to have gone with the name 'Powering Up Britain', evidently keen to place as much focus as possible on energy security issues.

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