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Low carbon generation set to meet electricity demand growth – IEA

Smart Energy International

The IEA’s Electricity 2024 report records electricity demand growth easing in 2023 but is projected to accelerate over the next three years through 2026. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% in 2023, less than the 2.4% Have you read?

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Hunterston B nuclear power station poised for shutdown,sparking fresh questions over UK's new nuclear plans

Business Green

Closure of EDF's Ayrshire plant, which has operated on west coast of Scotland since 1976, leaves UK with just seven operational nuclear stations. The 1.2GW capacity power station first began operating in 1976, and although it was originally expected to operate for 25 years, EDF was able to extend the plant's lifespan a number of times.

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New UK DERMS Project Targets Flexibility Across Distribution and Transmission Grids

GreenTechMedia

will lay the foundations for a flexibility platform encompassing centralized and decentralized assets — the latest step in the country's push to enlist distributed energy resources (DERs) at grand scale to balance an increasingly renewable-powered grid. A new active network management project in the U.K. DNOs in the U.K.

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. power in 2020.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

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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Can Joe Biden Decarbonize The U.S. Power Sector By 2035?

R-Squared Energy

In a July campaign speech in Delaware, Biden discussed decarbonizing the transportation sector. This is notable because it would actually boost the demands on the power sector, which will increase the challenges of decarbonizing the sector. power grid by 2050. trillion through 2035. The current U.S.

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Going electric is not enough: Low carbon EV charging will be the driving force of the green industrial revolution

Business Green

It is already clear we must decarbonise transport if we are to reach net zero. Transport is currently the largest emitting sector of the UK economy, responsible for 27 per cent of total UK greenhouse gas emissions. But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs? This is a missed opportunity.

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