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New York?s Energy Transition (and Challenges) in 5 Charts

GreenTechMedia

That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. Larger-scale transmission projects aimed at carrying Canadian hydropower and wind power downstate, such as the $2.2 Source: NYISO.

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'Our seas hold immense potential': PM pledges to power all UK homes with offshore wind by 2030

Business Green

Announcing the first stage of the 10-point plan, Johnson will tomorrow confirm a new increased target for 40GW of operational offshore wind power capacity to be delivered by the end of the decade, up from the existing target of 30GW by 2030, and marking a sizeable increase on the 10GW in operation today.

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Global Energy Trends From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy

R-Squared Energy

Global electricity generation increased by 2.3% Wind and solar reached a record high of 12% share of power generation with solar recording 25% and wind power 13.5% The combined generation from wind and solar once again surpassed that of nuclear energy. Output from nuclear power fell by 4.4%.

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Spring Budget: Chancellor to press button on clean energy reset with £20bn carbon capture pledge

Business Green

That is why we are fully committing to nuclear power in the UK, backing a new generation of small modular reactors, and investing tens of billions in clean energy through carbon capture. We don't want to see high bills like this again, it's time for a clean energy reset.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

Toyota sees the growth of light-duty fuel cell vehicle markets driving cost reductions through economies of scale, and heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles increasing demand for hydrogen fuel production and distribution.

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These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Renewable Energy World

For example, high-capacity batteries with long discharge times – up to 10 hours – could be valuable for storing solar power at night or increasing the range of electric vehicles. For example, concentrated solar power plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight, which heats up hundreds or thousands of tons of salt until it melts.

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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

The government has set out the UK's plans to accelerate the charging network rollout to help transition to zero emission vehicles, committing to 300,000 public electric vehicle (EV) charge points by 2030. But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs? Electric cars offer a genuine route to net zero mobility.

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