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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

It’s a shockingly heady time for electricity. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Subscribe here. Surge protection.

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Virginia Mandates 100% Clean Power by 2050

GreenTechMedia

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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Utilities at an ‘Inflection Point’: Portland General Electric CEO

GreenTechMedia

Since 2018, when Pope became CEO at Portland General Electric (PGE), Oregon’s largest utility, the U.S. has seen social and political upheaval on a scale few would have predicted. The unemployment rate has surged in PGE’s region during the coronavirus pandemic, hobbling commercial demand for power.

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Europe’s Energy Storage Market Is Fading, Right When It’s Needed Most

GreenTechMedia

European energy storage deployment is set to shrink compared to other global markets, even as the need for flexibility on the grid increases, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. In 2014, EMEA, dominated by Europe, represented 44 percent of global energy storage deployment. By the end of 2019, the total tally (plus the U.K.)

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How 4 Top US Utilities Are Grappling With the Energy Transition (or Not)

GreenTechMedia

The past decade has been a wild ride for America's massive electricity sector. utility can be said to be close to that vision — or not outside a few fortuitously supplied and forward-thinking outliers like Vermont’s Green Mountain Power. NextEra Energy: America's renewables behemoth. Today, no U.S.

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Duke Energy Will Play ‘Pivotal Role’ in North Carolina Clean Energy Debate, CEO Says

GreenTechMedia

Duke Energy’s third-quarter earnings report on Thursday revealed success in managing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on its multistate utility operations. Historically, energy policy in North Carolina has moved in a bipartisan way," she said. Duke’s long-range plans and looming home-state political decisions.

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The Risks in Biden’s Energy Plan

R-Squared Energy

We all know there are negative consequences associated with fossil fuel usage, such as the emission of carbon dioxide and various other pollutants. According to the latest BP Statistical Review — which is the “bible” of energy statistics — in 2019 fossil fuels supplied 83.3% of our energy in the U.S.;