Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Duke Energy’s newly formed Sustainable Solutions unit, merged from several entities only months ago, is building a 207-MW wind power project in Iowa. The non-regulated commercial brand of Duke was formed with the combination of several previous units, including REC Solar, Duke Energy Renewables Wind, and other subsidiaries.

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The BV Investment Team Better Ventures backs the most important companies of tomorrow that are building a sustainable, healthy, and equitable society. This is the first in a series of posts on our investment themes, which will be followed by deeper dives into each of the three categories below. a $13T opportunity.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With studies indicating that Canadian power demand could double between now and 2050, the federal government recently proposed the Clean Electricity Regulations to help ensure that Canada’s power system remains both clean and affordable in the years ahead. Analyses for the U.S. Analyses for the U.S. even without a carbon price.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 16, 2021

The expected decreased demand for fossil fuels, coupled with the falling costs associated with renewable energy projects, are driving major oil and gas companies – including bp, Total and Shell – to actively restructure their businesses to add more renewable power projects to their portfolios. Have you read?

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 20, 2023

Wind power, the biggest contributor to new power generation in a net-zero 2050, increases ninefold from current levels. Ultimately, while the global energy transition will drive much of the demand for clean energy and the decline of fossil fuels, the regulator’s work also makes clear that Canadian policy choices matter deeply.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

San Francisco-based developer Plus Power won two bids in the latest capacity auction held by the New England ISO, which operates the transmission grid and competitive power markets in six northeastern states. You’re allowing for more clean electrons while replacing the need for gas to help balance that," Keefe said.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of those pathways move more dramatically toward closing coal plants or halting new natural gas power plants. Others rely on options like offshore wind that are untested in the U.S., ” That’s given Duke a “dual-peaking” system, with both summer and winter demand spikes to deal with.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 13, 2021

LS Power announces the formation of Rev Renewables LLC to develop, acquire and operate energy storage and renewable projects, including conventional hydropower and pumped storage. Rev is the latest effort by LS Power to support the commercialization and deployment at-scale of clean energy technologies.”.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

Alliant, which serves about 1 million customers in the Midwestern states of Wisconsin and Iowa, currently relies on renewables for about 20 percent of its generation capacity, largely wind power in Iowa, with twice as much coming from natural gas plants.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

That’s how much additional capacity Duke expects to need in the next 15 years to make up for the retirement of its coal-fired power plant fleet and aging natural-gas plants. All of the scenarios are less reliant on wind power, which plays little role in the Southeastern U.S. billion and nearly $9 billion.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Investment is starting to flow towards efforts to tackle one of the biggest clean energy challenges going - industrial heat. The options include biodiesel, renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, solar thermal, geothermal, thermal storage and hydrogen. Making natural gas renewable.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

S&P Global Market Intelligence notes that power plant operators added 8,139 MW of new generating capacity to the ERCOT market last year -- 42% came from wind and 40% from solar. Natural gas-fired additions made up 13% of the new capacity. The interconnection queue (at ERCOT) is full.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

They want to see more investment in wind and solar technology across the UK, and interestingly, there is also a call for investment in hydrogen too. This means we're going to go further to create a market for new technologies such as hydrogen power and carbon capture use and storage (CCUS).

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In the US, 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity generation. This is not surprising, with coal and natural gas representing about 60% of electrical supply. Here’s how: Firstly, having more renewable energy sources can increase the demand for green energy.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2021

Final investment decision is due for 2022. When powered by renewable ?energy energy (Ørsted will provide wind power from the North Sea) this produces ‘green’ hydrogen, without generating direct carbon emissions. ?Hydrogen produced by reforming natural gas, which does result in CO2 emissions.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Members approved the pilot as a power supply resource that will be owned and operated by the generation and transmission utility. Brekke did not reveal the cost of the project but characterized it as “small” and not involving a significant investment risk. Form Energy has raised $367 million so far from investors.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 14, 2022

Sales of gas-powered cars already peaked in 2017, and global automakers are racing to meet electric-vehicle (EV) demand. Meanwhile, new solar and wind power projects are now typically cheaper than the cheapest fossil fuel option. The difference in 2022 is that this time, the incumbent has a fierce competitor.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar. US energy-related emissions are now down almost one gigatonne from their peak in 2000, it added.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

That could drive commercial and industrial customers out of the state, weaken public support for the state’s clean energy goals, and drive residential customers to “more gasoline usage and more natural gas usage” rather than toward their electric-powered alternatives, he said.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

It provides direct advice to governments and its annual World Energy Outlook reports, which offer projections for future energy sources and demand, have provided the bedrock for major energy investment and policy decisions that help shape the trajectory of the global market. Most fossil fuel majors are far behind the curve.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

A series of new offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities to supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required for low-emissions steel production in Germany are set to be built following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal. tonnes of CO2 emissions per tonne.

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2021

So, it's easy to understand why there's a lot of investment pouring into creating sustainable steel technologies. Swedish miner LKAB is investing $46bn to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2045. They haven't made any specific or any real investments yet.". Who's making moves towards a greener steel economy?

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

MidAmerican has made major investments in wind farms in recent years and expects to soon offset 100% of its electricity sales with wind power. However, it continues to burn coal and natural gas for baseload power and has not announced plans to phase out those power plants. Bonugli said.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 2, 2021

Providing reliable, affordable, and low-carbon electricity in a warming world requires careful consideration of evolving electric energy supplies and demands. For instance, energy demands are likely to shift, reducing the need to heat in the winter and increasing the need to cool in the summer. Southeast in 2050. Figure 1. (a)

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

She was invited on the show (1:24) to discuss the National Grid’s ‘demand flexibility service’ scheme, under which households and some businesses receive payments for using less energy at times of peak demand. Richard Wilson from Stop Funding Heat said: “Britain urgently needs a media that tells the truth about climate change.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

We encourage QRC to state support for the direct regulation of methane emissions and reductions in methane emissions throughout the natural gas supply chain, as well as framing its support for carbon capture and storage in the context of support for the goal of the Paris Agreement and net-zero emissions," Shell said.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

Any incentives to boost demand once normal life resumes should be targeted at zero-emissions cars. California this week adopted a new emissions target for its electric sector that would see the state double its clean energy capacity by 2030 and end the development of new natural gas plants in support of its previous net zero emissions goal.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

So far, Porterbrook has invested more than $10m in the initiative. In a path towards our decarbonization commitments, clean hydrogen demand can grow to 75 Mt by 2030; of this, two-thirds will stem from new markets like steel, industry, mobility, aviation, and maritime. "In Can all this hydrogen hype hold water?

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 2, 2021

The next wave appears to be the phasing out as many natural gas-fired facilities as is feasible as more wind and solar resources are deployed. power plant were outfitted with clutches to enable GE LM6000 turbines to provide rapid standby power as well as reactive power support. Four units at this U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

The plans, available at The Solutions Project’s “ Clean Energy ” link, reveal the unique mix of wind, water and sun technologies capable of powering states, countries and even select U.S. Wind, Water and Sun (aka WWS) include wind power; waterpower from tides, rivers, and subsurface water (geothermal water); and solar power.

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Research service BloombergNEF, meanwhile, estimates that clean hydrogen could meet up to nearly a quarter of the world’s energy demand by 2050. And a Bank of America analyst even compared the investment opportunity in the sector to that of smartphones before 2007. The reason for these excited forecasts?

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024. This dramatic expansion of wind and solar has been driven by precipitously falling costs.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Scheme: A previously announced £160m funding pot is being formally launched today in a bid to kick start investment in port infrastructure projects that can enable new floating offshore wind projects. An government action plan on the topic is then slated for summer this year.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This system, in use since the start of the liberalisation of electricity markets in the 1990s, works as a continuous auction, ensuring that electricity sources with the lowest cost of production are used to meet demand first. All suppliers bidding in this auction get paid the same price, namely the price that balances demand and supply.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

” Europe, which has an economy saddled with high energy prices and is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas, is embracing green hydrogen by providing funding for construction of electrolysis plants and other hydrogen infrastructure. hydrogen is a lot more expensive than other fuels such as natural gas.

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