R-Squared Energy

JUNE 28, 2020

This week BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2020. The Review covers energy data through 2019, and provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. This annual report is one of the most important sources of global energy data.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Recent years have seen energy storage installations dominated by lithium-ion battery technology around the world. This week, the International Hydropower Association and the U.S. This week, the International Hydropower Association and the U.S. Department of Energy, at a Tuesday event launching the alliance.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That is the headline conclusion of a fresh analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) today, which offers a glimmer of hope that global emissions are closer than ever to an historic peak, even if the rapid decline in greenhouse gases required this decade to limit temperature increases to 1.5C remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recent comments about the use of batteries for renewable energy infrastructure surprised experts, one of whom described the premier’s comments as possibly ideologically motivated misinformation. Jacobson, who also leads the institution’s Atmosphere/Energy Program. Another four countries are at 98.5-100

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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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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% Renewable energy generated a fifth of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

Researchers say it can speed up the development of marine energy technologies while helping to reduce costs, The technology will stress-test blades made from composite materials more quickly, and using significantly less energy, than any other facility of its kind, the group behind it says.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Like many other utilities with similar decarbonization goals , Southern Company doesn’t yet see a clear path to eliminating natural gas-fired power plants “unless and until technology emerges that can affordably and efficiently replace it,” CEO Tom Fanning said in a written introduction to the plan. To be sure, no U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

New York utility Con Edison has signed its biggest energy storage contract to date, a 100-megawatt/400-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery project that will help balance a grid facing rising levels of offshore wind and other renewable power in the years to come. MWh system developed near Albany by Key Capture Energy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

World Meteorological Organisation calls for doubling of clean energy supplies within eight years alongside increased focus on adaptation and resilience. We need a complete transformation of the global energy system.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned. The stakes for nations that fail to unhitch themselves from gas markets are incredibly high, according to the global energy think tank.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

How are European policymakers dealing with the energy crisis? On behalf of environmental group RePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp offers a deep analysis of the key messages in Europe’s policy. For much of the past decade, they have barely been breaking even as energy prices have been at historic lows.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

Actuators are a vital component in a wide range of systems used in water, energy and other industries. 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.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) once calculated that there are about 2,000 square miles of suitable area for PV generation just on U.S. 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. gasoline fleet.

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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. Fukushima, which is Japan’s third largest prefecture, is revitalizing and transforming into a renewable energy hub. billion in U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer. The “Roadmap to a U.S.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Since the IRA passed, 265 clean energy and manufacturing projects worth $100B+ have been announced. 👻 Spooky season for clean energy stocks. The S&P Global Clean Energy index dropped 30% YTD weighed down by higher interest rates and supply / demand imbalances. 🏦 The Loans Program Office kept busy.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Driving this sea change in long-term planning is a combination of public pressure and energy economics. The falling costs of wind and solar power are pushing utilities to find ways to incorporate them into their long-range plans, even as they struggle to define what resources can be relied on to provide the dispatchable power they need.

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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%. Additionally, President Biden's FY 2022 budget request includes $400 million for hydrogen activities, compared to $285 million in FY 2021.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

will need to nearly triple its 2020 growth rate for the grid to be 80% powered by clean energy by 2030. (As The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. Pine Tree Wind Farm near Tehachapi, California, provides renewable power to Los Angeles.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

to meet the study’s assumptions of doubling its transmission network capacity and creating new interregional and cross-country links to shift clean energy from where it’s most efficiently generated to where it’s needed remains an open question. Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

While this much change in 15 years seems ambitious, our new report, “ Halfway to Zero ,” looks back at the past 15 and finds that power sector emissions are half of what they were projected to be. We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S.

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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. Building energy audits: Little more than a good start. percent for multifamily residential buildings and 4.9

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

Washington and Brussels team up in support of wide-ranging plan to diversify Europe's sources of LNG, ramp up renewables development, plug methane leaks, and boost energy efficiency. EU and US team up for energy security push. China latest mega-hydropower plant comes online. Belgium announces plan to delay nuclear exit.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 Summaries of the energy provisions included in the bill were provided by the office of Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York), and Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

The report gives some of its worst marks to some of the biggest utilities with net-zero carbon by 2050 goals, including FirstEnergy , Duke Energy , Dominion Energy and utilities operated by Southern Company. Wind and solar power accounted for just above 10 percent of U.S. And only two — Northern Indiana Public Service Co.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Big oil and the energy transition Summary - 2020 is already the worst year for the oil industry ever. Now the world is in the midst of an energy shock that is unprecedented. As the coronavirus struck the global economy earlier this year, demand for oil dropped by more than a fifth and prices collapsed.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Dominion Energy, Virginia’s dominant utility, is racing to get ahead of the expanding clean-energy ambitions of state Democratic legislators. On Tuesday Dominion announced a 100 percent net-zero emissions plan on the eve of a key vote for even more aggressive renewable energy bills, while promoting its planned 2.6-gigawatt

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

But what really dismayed him is why the Tennessee Valley Authority wants to build the project: It plans to replace two coal-fired power plants with natural gas facilities. The TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider, serving a wide swath of seven southern states, including most of Tennessee.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

But what really dismayed him is why the Tennessee Valley Authority wants to build the project: It plans to replace two coal-fired power plants with natural gas facilities. The TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider, serving a wide swath of seven southern states, including most of Tennessee.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark climate, energy and tax legislation just passed by the US Senate joins the EU's RePowerEU action plan and UK's Energy Security Strategy to accelerate the G7 transition to reliable, affordable and clean energy." The US clean energy sector finally has some long term certainty.

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