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Fossil fuels are losing ground to renewable energy in Europe

The Verge: Energy

Renewable energy is finally starting to take over the power grid. Carbon-pollution-free power generation — which includes renewables and nuclear energy — made up more than two-thirds of the electricity mix, and twice as much as fossil fuels. “An Electricity demand actually fell by 3.4

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Improving the efficiency of the hydropower network

Envirotec Magazine

Hydropower is an extremely old source of energy, whose provenance extends back to the watermills that were relied upon by ancient civilisations. Hydroelectricity remains an attractive renewable energy source today, especially in Europe which has a large network of small and large hydropower plants. WEG installation.

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Largest PV investments in Poland and Ukraine

Renewable Energy World

For Europe, 2020 represented a historic year for renewable energy sources. Plans for the coming years show that the energy ambitions of Eastern Europe are still untapped. This is where the Green New Deal guidelines meet old and inefficient power plants. (Sponsored Content). By Electrum. And this is only the beginning.

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Rising battery storage costs: A long-term trend or short term blip?

Business Green

BloombergNEF also expects costs across the sector to remain high throughout 2023, due to high raw material and labour costs, soaring demand for battery packs from automakers, and cost increases across other parts of their supply chain, such as for power conversion systems and balancing services.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

Andy Marsh, CEO of report sponsor Plug Power, noted Monday that the company’s hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts and distribution center vehicles used by customers like Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot and Lowe’s are using about 27 million tons of hydrogen per day, supplied by its more than 100 fueling stations across the country.

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'Fundamental change': How write downs and bankruptcies are fuelling stranded asset fears

Business Green

Price and demand projections have been trimmed and there is a real sense that the clean energy transition that much of the industry has tip-toed around for the past decade could be about to accelerate. "The However, the contention that the new price projections are more realistic is contestable.

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Smart Wires Looks to Ease Transmission Grid’s Mounting Challenges with Digital Controls

GreenTechMedia

“Now we’re looking to scale up to meet global demand.” Smart Wires is one of a handful of companies developing digital power flow control systems that could revolutionize how power grids function, compared to the mostly electromechanical system in place today. In the U.K.,