GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. utility has yet fully fleshed out how it intends to eliminate natural gas power plants from its generation portfolio.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 130

R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

Small declines were also reported in coal, natural gas, and nuclear consumption, while renewables and hydropower recorded gains. The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27.2%), natural gas (24.7%), hydropower (6.9%), renewables (5.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%).

Natural gas 88

Natural gas Nuclear Power Energy Energy 88

Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

In an analysis of the electricity market published late last week, the IEA warned the global economy could face three more years of turbulence and stagnating levels of carbon emisisons if national governments do not start to spend significantly more money on these clean energy and green grid technologies.

Natural gas 75

Natural gas Energy Energy Fossil fuels 75

Renewables-Info

OCTOBER 21, 2020

biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) dominated new U.S. electrical generating capacity additions in the first eight months of 2020. There have been no new capacity additions by oil, nuclear power, or geothermal energy since the beginning of the year. Renewable energy sources now account for 23.2% rooftop) solar.

Hydropower 40

Hydropower Natural gas Electricity Energy 40

GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is the new company formed Wednesday by the close of Hitachi’s acquisition of an 80.1 percent stake in the venerable power grids unit of the Swiss-Swedish engineering giant. ABB will now focus on industrial automation, electric transportation and digital solutions.

Power grid 130

Power grid Hydropower Smart Cities Nuclear Power 130

GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Dominion’s new IRP is driven by Virginia's Clean Economy Act passed earlier this year, which calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045 and sets targets for energy efficiency, energy storage, and in-state solar and wind power. Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co.

Natural gas 130

Natural gas Energy Energy Law 130

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. THE BIG RETHINK.

Solar Energy Monitor 114

Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 114

Clean Energy Canada

JULY 2, 2020

This means its potential role has similarities with that of electricity. Currently, the majority of hydrogen around the world is produced from fossil fuels (76% from natural gas, 23% from coal). It can also be produced from electricity and water using a process called electrolysis. How and why is it currently produced?

Hydrogen 113

Hydrogen Fossil fuels Energy Energy 113

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.

Hydrogen 130

Hydrogen Natural gas Wind power Investment 130

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. power in 2020.

Sustainability 92

Sustainability Natural gas Energy Energy 92

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

The water industry is a prime destination for these components, although they appear in a vast range of process technology and other systems, including power generation, whether it be from oil, gas, biomass, energy-from-waste, or nuclear. Actuators play a vital role in the control process. What does it do?

Energy Monitor 147

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Logging Electricity 147

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Von der Leyen announced a plan to collect up to 140 billion euros in windfall profit taxes from energy companies that produce electricity at low cost, e.g. wind, solar, hydro and nuclear. Also, electricity companies aren’t likely to be generous. Electricity markets reform. Skimming off windfall profits.

Energy 147

Energy Energy Nuclear Power Natural gas 147

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

If Joe Biden wins the presidential election in November and Congress enacts his $2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure ambition, utilities will need to reconfigure their plans to meet Biden's nationwide goal of zero-carbon electricity by 2035. Here's a look at the five largest U.S. Dominion Energy. Duke Energy.

Carbon 246

Carbon Natural gas Carbon-neutral Nuclear Power 246

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system. and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. electricity sector has managed to march halfway to zero in just 15 years. And 46 U.S.

Carbon 145

Carbon Electricity Policy Solar Power 145

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

A subset of that funding will go toward more advanced grid controls, such as sensors and switches to sectionalize circuits and reduce the scope of power outages. The plan also includes rolling out networked electric and gas meters from Landis+Gyr , the first big advanced metering infrastructure deployment in the state.

Solar Energy Monitor 246

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Batteries Wind power 246

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

of Energy to demonstrate technology that produces clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power, as part of the agency's goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen production by 80%. Green (or clean) hydrogen represents only 5% of the hydrogen produced in the U.S.,

Hydrogen 95

Hydrogen Nuclear Power Natural gas Energy 95

Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

electrical generation in 2030. EIA’s most recent “ Electric Power Monthly ” report reveals that renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) provided 22.5% electrical generation during the first four months of 2021. in April 2011 (year-to-date) to 13.9%

Hydropower 101

Hydropower Nuclear Power Electricity Energy 101

R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

nuclear power supplied another 8.0%. Renewables, including hydropower, just 8.7%. has seen a drastic decline in coal consumption over the past decade (but global coal consumption has risen) as it has been displaced in the power sector by natural gas primarily, as well as renewables. of our energy in the U.S.;

Building Energy Monitoring 117

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 117

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

transmission grid will play a key role in decarbonizing the country’s electricity system. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added. Study after study over the past decade has concluded that expanding the U.S.

Carbon-neutral 130

Carbon-neutral Carbon North America Electricity 130

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

UAMPS, a division of the Utah state government serving wholesale electric services to communities across the Intermountain West, has seen three cities vote to depart the 33-city consortium planning to agree to buy power from the CFPP in the past few months and is facing an October 31 deadline to commit to its role in the project.

Nuclear Power 130

Nuclear Power Construction Carbon Hydropower 130

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) strongly dominated new US energy generation capacity additions in 2020, according to the SUN DAY Campaign of data released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Wind (13,626MW) and solar (8,543MW) each contributed more new energy generation capacity than did natural gas (6,259 MW).

Natural gas 124

Natural gas Nuclear Power Hydropower Energy 124

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. electricity sector by 2035, and the cost imperatives of U.S. utilities that still rely on coal and natural gas for most of their generation capacity.

Climate change 130

Climate change Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 130

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Utility-scale solar power is already cost-competitive against coal-fired power across the world and with natural-gas-fired power in many markets. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Nuclear power will receive $6.6 Another $2.36

Packaging 130

Packaging Nuclear Power Energy Energy 130

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage and in-state solar and wind power. Dominion also gets more than one-third of its energy from nuclear power.

Solar Energy Monitor 246

Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 246

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

But for its more aggressive plans to reach 70 percent carbon reduction in the next decade, which could include offshore wind, nuclear power and long-duration energy storage, “having some legislative support…would be helpful.” ” Duke's decarbonization plans haven't been embraced by all stakeholders.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 130

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Betting on rising oil demand growth is now effectively saying that global vehicle makers will fail in their multi-billion dollar investments to shift to electric cars and trucks, that renewables won’t continue to get cheaper and easier to store, that carbon taxes won’t continue to rise or become more widespread. billion deal.

Fossil fuels 78

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Demand 78

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during a discussion of natural gas pipeline projects, a map appeared on the screen and gave him a surprise. The agency once boasted 14 coal-fired power plants, including one that was for much of the 1960s the world’s largest.

Fossil fuels 66

Fossil fuels Natural gas Methane Law 66

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during a discussion of natural gas pipeline projects, a map appeared on the screen and gave him a surprise. The agency once boasted 14 coal-fired power plants, including one that was for much of the 1960s the world’s largest.

Fossil fuels 52

Fossil fuels Natural gas Methane Law 52

CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expects that slightly more than 50% of new US power capacity in the next 3 years will come from solar power — and that’s just considering large-scale solar power projects, not small-scale/rooftop solar power installations.

Solar Power 0

Solar Power Energy Energy Natural gas 0

CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Last week, I published an update on US power capacity — new additions as well as total power capacity. The good news was that 100% of new capacity power in October was from renewable sources. of total power capacity is from wind, water, and solar power plants (only counting large-scale solar, not small-scale rooftop solar).

Solar Power 0

Solar Power Natural gas Nuclear Power Hydropower 0