The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Photo by VCG via Getty Images By 2030, transportation and electricity around the world will be far greener than it is today, according to the latest forecast from the International Energy Agency. Solar panels alone generate more electricity globally than the entire US power sector does today. degrees of global warming this century.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2021

EIA and IEA are out with projections for emissions and fossil fuel consumption. On our current policy trajectory, there is no peak in sight, according to EIA By 2050, we will likely see a 50% increase in energy consumption. The Energy Gang is brought to you by Bloom Energy. What does your energy future look like?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Swiss tech major Hitachi Energy has acquired eks Energy in a strategic move to add power and electronics and energy management software to their ever-growing portfolio. Hitachi Energy called the move part of its strategy to meet global demand for battery energy storage solutions.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts. 14 and 15, the California electric grid operator made the incredibly rare decision to proactively shut off parts of the electricity grid, resulting in limited rolling blackouts affecting businesses and homes throughout the state. Bryn Baker.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2024

Why do renewables such as distributed energy resources (DERs) present such a challenge? The hard truth is that the majority of electric grids were not originally designed to accommodate DERs, writes Dominique Verhulst, head of the Energy Segment at Nokia’s Network Infrastructure Group.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Crypto miners have successfully blocked the Department of Energy’s (DOE) survey of Bitcoin’s energy consumption in the US. There’s some early evidence that Bitcoin mining has already affected the US energy system.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

In fresh statistics released today, Britain's grid operator said more than 50 per cent of the nation's power mix came from a wind, solar, nuclear, hydropower and other zero carbon sources for extended periods of 2022, helping to significantly drive down carbon emissions from UK energy generation.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 10, 2021

” That’s how a range of clean energy advocates and demand response providers are describing the California Public Utilities Commission’s latest plan to prevent a repeat of the state’s August 2020 rolling blackouts this coming summer.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Clean energy milestone signals renewable power sector is ready and able to keep up with growing electricity demand. Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

A new briefing from think tank organisation the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) argues that the clean energy transition can be delivered on time and at an affordable cost if supply chain risks are minimised by policy and industry action. offshore wind transport vessels or grid transformers) that are costly and have long lead times.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes as the migration to clean power gathers pace. With world leaders about to gather in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the COP 28 climate summit, the transition to green energy will be one of the key topics on the agenda.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

As energy policy and politics shift globally, business flexibility will be a necessity for the success of the energy transition. Well, not quite, because anyone who has even briefly scanned the news over the last few months will have noted the shift in the political mood music around energy policy across the world.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

EDF leads a proof-of-concept on automating renewable energy transactions and Eurelectric’s study on the benefits of matching energy consumption with clean energy on a (near) real-time basis are on the week’s technology radar.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing concern about the impact of human activity on the environment, and the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels in order to combat climate change. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) solar panels currently installed represent 860 million tonnes of CO2 savings every year.

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AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

How VPPs Reduce Both Costs and Emission in Meeting Peak Demands. New York and Texas Offer Opportunities to Replace Fossil Fuel Peaker Plants. The emergence of virtual power plants (VPPs) as bona fide replacements for fossil fuel peaker plants has been discussed conceptually, but is there data to support this opportunity?

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

Low demand for power sees carbon intensity on grid plummet to lowest ever level, National Grid ESO confirms. It's an exciting time, and the progress we're seeing with these records underlines the significant strides we're taking towards our ambition of being able to operate the system carbon free by 2025.".

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The Verge: Energy

MARCH 6, 2024

Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images A new report warns that a boom in computer chip manufacturing in the US could fuel demand for dirty energy, despite companies’ environmental claims. These companies claim to run on renewable energy, but according to an analysis by nonprofit Stand.earth, that’s not entirely true.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Power grids globally must be upgraded by 2040 to keep the lights on. And while these upgrades will likely cost trillions, virtual power plants (VPPs), writes Autogrid’s Gisela Glandt , can curb these costs to the tune of $10B annually. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2024

Dublin-based ESB Networks has announced that it has 1,000MW of electricity storage connected to the Irish power grid. According to the medium and low voltage electricity infrastructure operator, the figure includes 731.5MW of battery storage projects and 292MW from Turlough Hill pumped storage power station.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. The stakes are particularly high because India is the world’s third largest energy consumer.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), RenewableUK and Solar Energy UK team up to demand clearer, ambitious clean energy goals. The UK recently set a new goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 78 per cent against 1990 levels by 2035, by which date the government has also said sales of all new cars fossil fuelled cars must end.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

According to analysis from consultancy DNV between now and 2050 a staggering $12 trillion will be invested in doubling power grid capacity and renewables technologies in the US and Canada. Overall energy expenditure is projected by the report to decrease from the current 4% of GDP to 2.5% times by 2050, states DNV.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Leading this week’s Smart Energy Finances is pre-seed funding of half a million euros for Finnish startup Capalo AI, which will further develop its virtual power plant and market optimisation technology. Also on the radar are an acquisition in the Netherlands of storage developer Equans by E.ON-owned

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The record-breaking performance during December meant there were nearly 100 hours when the grid delivered more clean power than it needed last year. Electricity is the only form of energy where we produce more than we consume - in comparison to our coal and gas requirements where 60-75 per cent are still imported from abroad."

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The energy sector has been characterized in recent years by a crisis that affects the globe. As fossil fuel-based energy production decreases in popularity due to its negative effects on […] The post Enhancing Energy Asset Performance: Confronting the Energy Challenges of the 21st Century appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Two Russian firms—software developer 4xxi and charger manufacturer L-Charge—are collaborating to create an off-grid EV charging network in London that’s scheduled to be launched this year. L-Charge’s “rapidly scalable off-grid ultra-fast chargers” use energy from locally-stored fossil fuels rather than the electrical grid.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

ubitricity, a UK-based EV charge point operator with a network of more than 7,000 public charge points, is partnering with UK Power Networks (UKPN), the UK’s largest electricity distribution network, to shift charging demand away from periods of peak demand on the power grid.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The utility, which provides electricity to more than 13 million industrial, commercial and residential customers, is concerned about grid stability due to decommissioned traditional fossil fuel plants and increased levels of renewable energy coming online. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The UK's growing sources of wind, solar and hydro power served to significantly curb millions of households' reliance on expensive, carbon-intensive fossil fuels last month, further underscoring the benefits of expanding clean, renewable electricity sources to tackle the ongoing energy crisis.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

British energy developer Balance Power has secured planning approval for a 40MW battery storage project in Cheshire, which will export stored renewable power to the grid when demand is high. It’s crucial in diversifying the energy network and reducing the need for fossil fuel technologies.”

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. Green hydrogen - made by splitting water's hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources - is a small fish in the "energies pond." Today, more than 95 per cent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From storing, processing and analyzing the data needed to power any online service, data centres are the backbone of the growing digital economy, but have been notorious to be energy-guzzling facilities. From powering the servers and storage equipment to cooling infrastructures, data centres have a large appetite for electricity.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

San Antonio municipal utility CPS Energy wants to replace aging fossil-fueled generation with more than a gigawatt of solar, energy storage and flexible capacity, and it’s asking for ideas on how to get there. “We are looking at this capacity.to

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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Future of Energy and Grid Resiliency is Distributed By Giovanni Herazo, Vice President, Smart Grid Solutions As one of FPL’s smart grid & innovation leaders, I saw firsthand how our grid was consistently put to the test by unexpected outages, power quality issues, adverse weather conditions, and rising load demand.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Global supply chain pressures led to a year-over-year decline in new solar power capacity additions in the second quarter of 2021 in the U.S., But, researchers wrote, demand is strong with 17.4 added 1,968 MW of utility-scale solar power capacity in the second quarter of 2021, 31% less than the amount installed in the first quarter.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A Texas-based energy technology firm has raised $150 million to develop Bitcoin mining campuses powered by renewable energy sources. Lancium's growth strategy includes 2,000 megawatts of capacity in development across its Clean Campuses, which are placed in areas overwhelmed by renewable energy. (Courtesy: Lancium).

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Laura Sherman is president of the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council. Building electrification is a potential game-changer for energy efficiency, demand management, distributed energy and other advanced energy industries, as well as for the broader task of reducing emissions.

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