Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The ninth edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook tells the story of American energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy in a volatile year. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Source: BloombergNEF estimate. The economic disruption caused a massive drop in national greenhouse gas emissions. Figure 1: U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 2, 2024

Moreover, it must be scalable as the demand for H2 continues to climb.  At the same time that H2 is a great way to store renewable energy such as solar and wind power, hydrogen storage isn’t necessarily simple. What makes it so important?

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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. A roadmap for green hydrogen expansion. The report doesn’t set specific dollar targets for U.S. investment.

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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

MARCH 2, 2021

an Enbridge company, announced a green hydrogen project for injection into a natural gas distribution network in Quebec, Canada, to be powered by hydro. The plant will be built in the Masson sector of the City of Gatineau, adjacent to Evolugen’s hydroelectric facilities, which will power the electrolyzer.

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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.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

But as we move towards net zero and see more heat and transport move away from fossil power to electrification, we're going to need to increase the sources of cleaner power generation to meet this demand. Across the UK there are already ongoing trials using hydrogen blended with the natural gas supply to decarbonise heat.

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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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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. Alberta, Canada’s sunniest and windiest province, issued a moratorium on new solar and wind power projects last year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Yet while those transport sectors are advancing towards low-carbon solutions - with promising technologies cultivated by multilateral accords - industrial heat lacks any consensus plan and has a long to-do list to develop low-carbon alternatives. Making natural gas renewable. Covering the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Because other sectors, such as transportation, buildings, and industry, could largely reduce carbon emissions through electrification, the power sector will play a crucial role in achieving the administration’s 2030 economy-wide goal. Among EPRI’s highlights for the year: In April, the U.S.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2021

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. renewable-powered electrolysis capacity at Lingen.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

After all, as the electrification of heat and transport gathers pace, Britain's peak demand capacity is set to grow to 80GW by 2050, up from 50GW today, and the fossil fuel gas-fired power stations that supply much of this power peak demand today are clearly incompatible with the nation's mid-century net zero target.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

That’s not just unfair to the state’s most vulnerable residents, the report argues — it could also make it more expensive to electrify transportation and building heating with carbon-free power. The problem of raising rates to cover California’s myriad costs.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

The move came in the same week as European NGO Transport & Environment warned leading auto industry lobby groups were calling on the EU to now delay new emissions rules. Any incentives to boost demand once normal life resumes should be targeted at zero-emissions cars. Total buys French wind power firm.

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The interest in HydroFlex underscores the hopes some companies are pinning on green hydrogen as a method of decarbonizing transportation and carbon-intense industrial processes, such as fertilizer and chemicals production. The fuel will be used to power a fleet of 50 heavy vehicles, buses and garbage trucks from nearby communities.

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Electrification of Everything Rick leads our electrification efforts, which includes electrification of transportation, decarbonization of buildings and industry, and software for grid resilience needed to support electrification. solar and wind power now cost less than natural gas. a $13T opportunity.

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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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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Experts such as Fakhry say that while wind and solar energy can provide the electricity to power homes and electric cars, green hydrogen could be an ideal power source for energy-intensive industries such as concrete and steel manufacturing, as well as parts of the transportation sector that are more difficult to electrify.

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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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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

While the immediate cause is still being investigated, we do know that California’s grid was experiencing multiple, coincident stressors — high demand, generators not performing when called upon and energy imports not showing up. 15, resulted in an electric grid unable to meet customer demand. And not just in California.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Each still plans to build new natural gas power plants in the near term, despite the additional emissions they will cause. The first stage, dubbed “renew,” concentrates on replacing coal and natural gas with renewables and energy storage.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

The government believes hydrogen to power can provide reliable low-carbon flexible generation while creating a decarbonisation pathway for unabated generation; supporting our decarbonisation ambitions while maintaining security of supply," it said. An government action plan on the topic is then slated for summer this year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

He is confident its technology can support a massive jump in demand and commercialisation. A World Wildlife study that compared the life cycle assessment of lettuce grown traditionally in California and transported to St. But simply hooking up a vertical farm to solar or wind power won't solve the problem. It's local.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

Green hydrogen” is made from solar and wind power, while “blue hydrogen” is made using natural gas, in a process that involves capturing and storing methane’s carbon dioxide emissions (CCS), however this technology was described as “minimal or non-existent” in a 2021 report by Manchester University’s Tyndall Centre.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Natural-gas consumption is set for a sharp drop in California as the state pushes to achieve carbon neutrality by midcentury, according to utility Southern California Edison. ” Meanwhile, extensive energy efficiency gains and the transition to electric appliances will further squeeze natural-gas consumption in California.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Out in Utah, a coal-fired power plant supplying electricity to Los Angeles is being outfitted with natural-gas-fired turbines that will eventually be able to run on hydrogen, created via electrolysis with wind and solar power and stored in massive underground caverns for use when that clean energy isn’t available for the grid.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Consumers need new options for less wasteful and less pollutive products, packaging, transportation, and energy. State mandates and consumer choice have sparked a demand for clean and green energy. Wind power turbines and home battery systems might have a little more industry wiggle room. Clean Energy.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 6, 2021

If you live in Oregon, it’s likely you’ve been bombarded with misleading PR from the local utility company, Northwest Natural, about the potential for what the industry is calling renewable natural gas (RNG) — methane captured from places like landfills and repurposed into energy for homes.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The use of renewable can be seen in day to day life basically in four areas electricity generation, air and water heating and cooling transportation and rural(off-grid) energy services. Solar energy can likewise be utilized to meet our power prerequisites. Solar Energy is dependable progressing at Solar Transport.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Shell - Gas to liquids (GTL) | Shell Natural Gas. This is the practice where natural gas is separated into hydrogen and CO2. We will need to create a circular, sustainable feedstock to power our industry into the 21st century. Waterstof - Hydrogen in Rotterdam. For that we need green hydrogen.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This is the practice where natural gas is separated into hydrogen and CO2, where the hydrogen is used for the petrochemical industry and CO2 is simply released into the atmosphere. We will need to create a circular, sustainable feedstock to power our industry into the 21st century. For that we need green hydrogen.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

The school also worked with Lowell (nicknamed “America’s Venice”) to redesign bridges, create active transportation corridors, and further plan infrastructure that would better accommodate pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit buses. The past year saw another solar installation and a new wind power project go online.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 9, 2020

By using updated cost figures for wind, solar and batteries, the researchers found that it will be economically feasible to power a reliable grid by 2035, while only depending on natural gas for 10 percent of annual electricity production. Solving the transmission problem.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The solar and wind industries were unable to secure a “direct-pay” provision they had sought to allow tax credits to be converted into direct payments from the federal government, rather than needing to be claimed by investors seeking to offset tax liability. ” Wind tax credit impacts. Solar power will get $1.5

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Jigar Shah

OCTOBER 8, 2019

As we move closer to 100% clean electricity grids, it will be necessary to not just store excess electricity production from the spring and fall, but to turn all of this excess electricity into valuable commodities that can help decarbonize other sectors outside of electricity — transportation, industrial heat , and chemicals, for example.

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