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.

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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.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But even after another banner year for clean energy in the state, a market redesign, fueled by political rhetoric from state leaders, could thwart future deployment, experts say. Natural gas-fired additions made up 13% of the new capacity. Follow @EngelsAngle. Texas' love affair with renewable energy is undeniable.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But even as the freezing temperatures that caused the crisis have waned, the political stances over who to blame have been hardening. But these attacks have run up against the cold fact that the state’s natural gas infrastructure was central to its broader grid failure. Texas Republicans like Gov.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

and Germany will continue to rapidly deploy renewable power and electric vehicles. No need for Germany to rely on Russian gas. Of course, renewables and electric vehicles will help alleviate this dependence over time. That brings me to Russia’s natural gas. Let’s consider the natural gas industry in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

Thursday’s appointment was welcomed by clean energy groups as a critical early step to put a supporter of Biden’s energy and climate push in charge of setting the agenda of the federal agency that holds regulatory authority over interstate electricity transmission and natural gas networks.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

That order could bar many wind, solar, demand response, energy storage and nuclear power resources from effectively competing against natural gas and coal-fired power plants in the market. Those include the Dec. We hope the Senate can swiftly confirm these two strong candidates.”

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4 In Minnesota, Gov.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

That’s a recipe for higher oil prices, and subsequently higher gasoline and natural gas prices. Europe’s natural gas crisis. Europe suffered from a natural gas shortage this year. That was exacerbated near the end of the year by nuclear plant outages and cold weather.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The newly approved changes will boost those targets dramatically for investor-owned utilities Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power, mandating a 50 percent cut in carbon emissions from 2016 to 2018 average levels by 2032 and a 75 percent cut by 2040. are facing bigger and more devastating wildfires.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” As Germany, Europe’s largest economy, has shut down its last nuclear power plants, its looking toward developing hydrogen infrastructure to help supply the power that so many of its industries desperately need. These projects would include repurposing existing gas lines and the building of new links.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

stays on track, there will be 11 million electric vehicles on U.K. Residential gas boilers will be a thing of the past, with 8 million heat pumps installed to replace them. Unabated natural-gas use will be halved by 2038. Adding more wind, solar and electric vehicles seems achievable, if challenging. If the U.K.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

nuclear power supplied another 8.0%. 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. There is always a political risk that energy companies have to consider.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Nuclear power will receive $6.6

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Duke’s long-range plans and looming home-state political decisions. 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.”

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

transmission grid will play a key role in decarbonizing the country’s electricity system. Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S. The chart below indicates the linkage between transmission build-out and electricity cost, with costs falling as the integration between existing transmission grid regions increases.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

He expects blue hydrogen made from natural gas via steam reforming to meet around 80 percent of the 5 GW target, with HyNet alone planning for 3.5 Electric vehicles get turbo-charged. Nuclear power will receive £525 million for the development of large and small-scale reactors.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. But various experts challenge this view and the National Grid, which runs the UK’s electricity network, is not anticipating outages this winter.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric is on the verge of escaping from its 18-month bankruptcy , only to begin a years-long effort to prevent a repeat of the disasters that pushed it into insolvency in the first place. And all of this must happen without excessively raising customer rates, if it’s to avoid political and customer backlash.

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Mr. Sustainability

MAY 30, 2021

In this article the different paths are described and compared, so that readers can recognize them and place the paths in today's context and political decisions. Wizards Wizards support big, high tech, centralized power plants based on concentrated energy sources like coal, oil, natural gas and uranium.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

The current Haber Bosch process relies on fossil fuels (~ 70% natural gas, 30% coal) and emits 2.4 Direct use in turbines: Japanese firm IHI and GE are retrofitting liquid natural gas power plant turbines to run on ammonia. Hawaii replaced its final coal-powered facility with a 565 MWh battery.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Transitional Phase of CBAM In its transitional phase, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will only apply to imports of cement, iron and steel, aluminum, fertilizers, electricity and hydrogen. It’s produced from various domestic resources such as natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and renewable power like solar and wind.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

Solar prices hit record-lows, firmly ousting coal as the cheapest source of electricity. Also, while renewable energy capacity is dramatically increasing, coal still provides around 70 percent of the country’s electricity. “All of this will require substantial investment in a modern, flexible electricity system.”

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

At the same time, however, the intermittency of solar and wind power means poses challenges for ensuring the lights are kept on at all times in the UK, and that peak times of demand can be met regardless of when the wind blows and sun shines.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 31, 2019

This, in turn, is perceived to be a result of decarbonization trends like electric vehicles (EVs) taking a big bite out of oil demand. During the year, as she traveled the globe to challenge political leaders to take serious action on climate change, Thunberg addressed the United Nations and earned Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ award.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

As coal mines shutter across the country and the prevalence of black lung increases, American coal workers say they are running out of hope for a political fix. Many coal miners have found new union jobs laying down pipelines for natural gas used to generate electricity. consumption declines, as an economic opportunity.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Overall it paints a hugely complex, but largely holistic picture for how the UK generates, manages, and uses heat and power, as it strives to deliver on its net zero emissions goals. Electric heat pumps and hydrogen, green gas and shared heat networks all have their part to play.". There are currently around 1.7

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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.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Going into 2021, CleanTechnica is taking a look at electricity generation changes over the past decade. We have been publishing monthly US power capacity reports and monthly US electricity generation reports for a long time. However.

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