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

DECEMBER 16, 2020

But downstate New York is facing significant supply-demand imbalances that will require large-scale energy storage to manage, he noted. New York’s plan to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant by next year and retire its most polluting power plants by 2025 will only exacerbate this imbalance.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility has yet fully fleshed out how it intends to eliminate natural gas power plants from its generation portfolio. That’s because those plants provide critical flexibility to meet peaks in grid demand and deliver power when wind and solar resources may not be reliably producing enough to meet customers’ needs.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The UN agency warned that water stress could jeopardise low carbon energy sources such as nuclear power plants and hydropower, both of which rely heavily on water supplies in order to operate, while rising sea levels and extreme weather are also posing a growing threat to energy infrastructure.

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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. The shedding is carried out based on previous demand levels.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

It argued that investments in renewables, energy efficiency, and smart grid solutions should be at the heart of any response to the crisis, noting how these green investments will enable nations to drastically reduce their reliance on polluting and volatile fossil fuel markets.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In news this week, COP28 wraps up with a landmark agreement on transitioning away from fossil fuels, DOE announces a new office focused on AI, and over 2M Teslas were recalled.  The S&P Global Clean Energy index dropped 30% YTD weighed down by higher interest rates and supply / demand imbalances.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

wind power generation, which started from a larger base at that time, has increased by a factor of five. gasoline demand could be displaced if all of the wind and solar power generation went into powering EVs. gasoline consumption with wind and solar power. That led me to wonder how much U.S. trillion kWh required.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Von der Leyen announced a plan to collect up to 140 billion euros in windfall profit taxes from energy companies that produce electricity at low cost, e.g. wind, solar, hydro and nuclear. All suppliers bidding in this auction get paid the same price, namely the price that balances demand and supply. Source: IEA).

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

In the summer of 1988, scientist James Hansen testified to Congress that carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels was dangerously warming the planet. The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. is headed in that direction. Dennis Schroeder/NREL.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Virginia’s Clean Economy Act demands that the state's flagship utility, Dominion Virginia, supply at least 30 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2030 and shut down all carbon-emitting power plants by 2045. Nuclear power plays a large role in PSEG’s carbon-reduction plans.

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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%. due to its high cost, while the remaining 95% is produced using fossil fuels. But hydrogen has its share of skeptics.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

First, nationwide transmission allows power-sharing across regions facing widely different weather systems that drive variation in wind and solar generation. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added. transmission grid.

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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. The proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line would carry hydropower from Quebec south to New York City.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

The Task Force for Energy Security will be chaired by a representative from the White House and a representative of the President of the European Commission and will work on a range of measures to bolster EU energy security, including initiative to drastically reduce fossil fuel imports this year.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

But that's only one-fifth the amount that would be required to replace their existing or planned fossil fuel generation over the coming decade, she said. Wind and solar power accounted for just above 10 percent of U.S. From decarbonization imperatives to utility realities. and around the world.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The time is therefore now to plan an orderly wind-down of fossil fuel assets and manage the impact on the global economy rather than try to sustain the unsustainable. The worst year for oil ever Oil fueled the 20th century. Many of us now believe it is not a matter of if, but when we will transition away from fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

Today just five remain, and the agency wants to replace two in Tennessee, one in Cumberland and the other in Kingston, with gas-powered plants. Doing so all but commits its customers to fossil fuels for the next 25 to 30 years, obliterating the utility’s chance of reaching any national or international, or even its own, climate goals.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

Today just five remain, and the agency wants to replace two in Tennessee, one in Cumberland and the other in Kingston, with gas-powered plants. Doing so all but commits its customers to fossil fuels for the next 25 to 30 years, obliterating the utility’s chance of reaching any national or international, or even its own, climate goals.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Its carbon-free portfolio includes nuclear power supplying about one-third of its generation needs, and just over 5 percent renewable, most of that hydropower and biomass. At the same time, the utility has been pushing forward with significant investments into renewable energy — most notably, its massive, 2.6-gigawatt

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. After decades of gridlock, the US looks set to pass sweeping climate legislation for the first time.

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