GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

NYISO’s Power Trends 2020 report released Wednesday highlights the challenges and opportunities for a grid in flux. Last year’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) calls for getting 70 percent of the state’s electricity from renewables by 2030, up from 26.8 Source: NYISO.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 22, 2021

As more solar and wind power solutions are deployed, the role of hydropower will become increasingly important due to its inherent reliability, flexibility, and ability to integrate other renewables onto the grid,” said Carmichael Roberts, BEV. “As

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And yet this sort of endorsement for variable renewables like wind and solar hasn’t been common in Canada over the last several years. Only a piddling 5 per cent actually oppose solar, with 7 per cent against wind. and Ontario have started advertising near-term procurements focused on new wind and solar resources. And both B.C.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024. Renewables will become the largest source of electricity generation in 2025.

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U.S. Green Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The US Energy Information Administration projects renewable energy sources will provide nearly half of the world’s electricity within the next three decades. Most of this, the EIA predicts, will come from solar, wind, and hydropower. But not all sectors are growing at the same rate.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Green energy solutions such as solar and wind power can power modern industries.   Solar Power:  The process of making electricity from sunlight is called solar energy. A factory can use sunlight to generate electricity.  The fans in these turbines are called wind turbines.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2023

Hydropower, traditionally one of Africa’s most important sources of electricity, will rapidly fade in importance and cede its position to solar power. Abundant rainfall, massive gorges, enormous waterfalls: the geography of Africa has all the elements for producing electricity from river flow.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 18, 2021

But they “are clearly incompatible between them both for hydraulic, electrical and environmental reasons,” said Gironés & Raïmats developer Romero Polo in documentation hosted by the European Network for Transmission System Operators — Electricity (ENTSO-E), an industry body.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 8, 2020

proposed transmission projects meant to carry Midwest wind power to eastern markets, is one step closer to completion after winning key court and policy battles in Missouri. In May, the Missouri legislature failed to advance a bill that would have barred Invenergy from using eminent domain power.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) dominated new U.S. electrical generating capacity additions and increased their contribution to the nation’s electrical production in the first half of 2021. Wind grew by 10.0% Combined, net electrical generation by wind and solar is 14.1%

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

The gap is growing between the transmission network’s capacity and the need to link wind farms in the Great Plains and Intermountain West , solar farms in the Southwest, and hydropower resources in eastern Canada, to other regions hungry for carbon-free energy. and Tucson Electric Power. TransWest Express.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 6, 2021

More than 80% of all new electricity capacity added last year was renewable, with solar and wind accounting for 91% of new renewables. However, hydropower still accounts for the largest share of renewables in the total mix. China and the U.S. were the two outstanding growth markets from 2020.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

More than half of the UK's electricity came from zero carbon sources across five months last year, as Britain celebrated a flurry of fresh green grid records in 2022, according to National Grid ESO. Indeed, gas power continued to play a major role on Britain's grid last year, providing 38.5 Nuclear power plants, meanwhile, provided 15.5

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 22, 2021

A solution has emerged that’s being tested in several locations around the world: making wind turbines that float. A floating wind turbine works just like other wind turbines – wind pushes on the blades, causing the rotor to turn, which drives a generator that creates electricity. offshore wind power today.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So much so that new analysis suggests global emissions from electricity generation may peak this year due to a surge in wind and solar power. Canada’s hydropower-rich grid is 84% non-emitting with variable renewables (essentially wind and solar) currently making up 7% of the country’s total electricity generation.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 10, 2019

electrical generating capacity by renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) has now - for the first time - surpassed that of coal. According to an analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

California grid operator CAISO has been curtailing renewable energy at record levels this year, as the state’s ever-rising share of solar power during daylight hours increasingly outpaces electricity demand. Adding to its challenges, the grid operator is now contending with falling power demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 8, 2019

electrical generating capacity mix. Sharp declines are foreseen for fossil fuels and nuclear power while accompanied by even stronger growth in renewable energy (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) than earlier projected.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 4, 2022

Solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources (including biomass, geothermal, and hydropower) added more than 2,250 MW of new generating capacity each month during 2021. . According to the SUN DAY Campaign’s analysis, during the first 10 months of 2021, solar and wind added 9,604 MW and 8,580 MW of capacity, respectively.

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POWER Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2023

25 to the loss of 270 MW from the 310-MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Plant (LTWP), though the wind generator has […] The post Dispute Brews About Wind Farm’s Role in Kenya’s Nationwide Blackout appeared first on POWER Magazine. Kenya’s government is pinning a nationwide blackout on Aug.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Washington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower) dominated new U.S. electrical generating capacity additions during the first three-quarters of 2021. [1].

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It’s the biggest utility-contracted battery in the state thus far, though independent power producer LS Power is planning to build at least 300 MW/1,200 MWh of batteries at its Ravenswood power plant in Queens. At the same time, New York has also set a target of 9 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2035.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Renewable electricity capacity growth slowed just a touch in 2019, yet still made up almost three quarters of all new power capacty that came into operation worldwide last year, according to the latest data released today by the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA). according to IRENA. per cent, up from 33.3

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

EIA estimates that wind power accounted for 9% of U.S. electricity generation in 2020., surpassing hydropower as the predominant renewable electricity generation source in 2019. The agency expects wind to make up 31% of the nearly 40GW of new generating capacity in 2021.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with electricity from solar photovoltaic (PV) power. on solar power would require a substantial amount of backup power or storage for when the sun isn’t shining. solar power generation has increased by a factor of 66. kWh of electricity (one gallon of gasoline equivalent). electricity generation.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 1, 2021

The “green cable” will exchange German wind energy with Norwegian hydropower and connect two optimally complementary systems, according to transmission system operator TenneT. The first direct electricity bridge not only helps to stabilize energy prices in both countries.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 29, 2020

gigawatt onshore wind power fleet. In a Wednesday conference call, CEO James Torgerson credited the improved performance to better wind production from its huge base of existing U.S. renewables capacity, including 831 megawatts of onshore wind built last year by its Oregon-based Avangrid Renewables subsidiary.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 18, 2022

Voltus can remotely reduce our electricity consumption nearly to zero, helping to keep the homes and communities around us fully powered,” he explains. Voltus asserts to being the only distributed resource software platform integrated into all nine US and Canadian wholesale power markets. “Our Using excess renewables.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 24, 2024

Kenneth Lobo Méndez, director of planning and sustainability in electricity management, and Marco Jiménez Chavez, an engineer, at the state-run electricity utility Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). For comparison, the US generates just over 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

One of those who challenged the premier’s assertion against renewable energy sources was Derek Power of Toronto, the founder of Power Networks, a company that installs solar roofs. After Smith asked, “And what do I do when there’s no sun and there’s no wind?,” Power responded, “Batteries.”

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

The additional environmental, social, and health costs that fossil fuels, road transport, aviation, and renewable electricity impose on UK society have been totted up in new analysis today, which estimates the unaccounted for bill to British taxpayers at a staggering £264bn a year.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The North Sea Link is set to be operational by the end of 2021, allowing UK to import enough clean electricity got up to 1.4 North Sea link will provide additional transmission capacity for electricity to be traded between the UK and Norway to the benefit of both countries. million homes, according to National Grid. million homes.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The global push to produce all electricity from clean sources won’ t be enough to meet the net-zero target of the Paris climate agreement , according to a new report from energy consultant DNV. Wind will provide 33% of the world’s electricity output by 2050, the report forecasts. Follow @EngelsAngle.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 11, 2020

Through its two utility subsidiaries, Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power, PacifiCorp claims to be the largest grid operator in the Western U.S., PacifiCorp's utilities have long relied on federally operated hydropower or utility-owned fossil-fueled generation for their electricity. million customers in six states.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Millions of retail electricity customers in the United States buy voluntary clean power, meaning renewable energy beyond what load-serving entities such as utilities otherwise provide. Utility "green" pricing programs are the bread and butter of utility voluntary clean power. Utility "green" pricing programs.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 30, 2021

The overall project, on the South Fork of the Boise River, includes wind and solar generation parks and the pumped-storage plant. These plants, along with the associated electrical transmission facilities and structures, and a very large upper reservoir, will provide more than $1 billion in U.S.

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