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Grid reliability: Is nuclear the stabiliser we’ve been looking for?

Smart Energy International

Grid stability is consistently brought up as a key puzzle that needs to be solved to reach our net zero targets. One often overlooked piece, states Bernard Salha, group technical director and R&D director for French energy giant EDF, might be found in nuclear power. Join Enlit Europe in Paris.

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'Falling like dominos': Renewables records continue to topple across Europe

Business Green

New analysis reveals that on May 24th over half of the continent's power came from renewables, as UK's coal-free run extends beyond 50 days. On a Sunday late last month, 55 per cent of Europe's power was delivered by wind, solar, and hydroelectric sources.

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Analytics platform to involve UK energy stakeholders in grid resilience efforts

Smart Energy International

Grid technology company Reactive Technologies has launched Tradenergy, a software tool and analytics platform with the aim of providing short-term energy traders real-time insights into grid events such as generation or interconnector trips. Europe’s unpredictable energy climate. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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National Grid powers up 149-mile green power cable under English Channel

Business Green

Seabed interconnector linking Britain and France to allow trade of surplus green power enters testing phase. per cent of Britain's electricity needs - delivering enough zero carbon power for up to one million homes, while avoiding 1.2 The high voltage direct current cable is expected to help meet 1.2

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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? But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs?

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EIB invests nearly half a billion euros in major German grid expansion plan

Smart Energy International

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing Dutch-German TSO TenneT with a loan of €450 million ($440 million) for the construction of a 185km electricity transmission corridor — the Ostbayernring — connecting Redwitz to Schwandorf in the south-east of Germany. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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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. and Europe, and stationary fuel cells for data centers and distribution hubs.

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