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Soaring electricity demand must be ‘good citizen of the grid’ says California energy chief

Smart Energy International

And he added a year later, droughts dried up reservoirs of hydropower plants. More from IRENA Innovation Week: Energy storage needs greater innovation say Europe and Africa commissioners California energy agenda “California’s climate agenda is based on rapid electrification.

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Mannvit rebrands to COWI and enters new chapter of growth in Iceland

ThinkGeoEnergy

Örn Guðmundsson explains the need for additional talents given the projects that lie ahead: “ We are looking into a year with exciting projects ahead, for example, a key role in the construction of The New Hospital in Reykjavík, ongoing work on the Borgarlínan project and various hydropower projects.

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Fun with Floating Solar Panels

GreenTech Gazette

Floating solar panels have been in use for years in Europe and Asia. It’s said to be the largest floating solar array of its kind in North America. The US Department of Defense leaked a plan to install floating solar panels on Big Muddy Lake at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in 2020. megawatts, went live in 2019.

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Renewable PPA prices surge in response to gas crisis

Business Green

The Index series, created by renewable transaction infrastructure provider LevelTen Energy, analyses thousands of wind and solar PPA pricing offers listed on the LevelTen Energy Marketplace across 21 countries in Europe and North America to deliver insight into the fast-growing market.

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Renewables Buoy RWE and EDF as Clean Energy Outlook Brightens

GreenTechMedia

Two of Europe’s major utilities have demonstrated the signs of a post-coronavirus lockdown recovery, highlighted by growing renewables capacities. While COVID-19 lockdowns have trimmed demand for electricity over the period, sustained renewables deployment and the associated revenue were bright spots for both companies.

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Grid investment key as renewables dominate future energy economy says IEA

Smart Energy International

This will be enabled by higher investment in robust and digitalised grid systems, accompanied by a role for batteries and demand response measures for short-term flexibility. ” The energy world will look very different by 2030, even under today's policy settings ?

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IRENA: Global renewables capacity grows a record 9.6 per cent

Business Green

Renewables capacity in Europe and North America grew by 57.3GW and 29.1GW, respectively, while Africa added 2.7GW of capacity, delivering a marginal year-on-year increase. Moreover, Oceania saw 5.2GW of new capacity come online and South America continued an upward trend with 18.2GW of capacity added.

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