GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

After losing out on an early opportunity to build New York state's biggest battery, the owner of New York City's biggest power plant is taking steps to import renewable electricity generated upstate. The Ravenswood Generating Station is undergoing a strategic shift to carry out the transition to clean energy called for by Gov.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

European energy giant announces sweeping renewables and networks-focused investment strategy designed to turbocharge the clean energy transition. An investment in planting 20 million trees by 2030, including eight million trees by 2025, should then secure carbon neutral status for the global business.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Similar specifications already exist for bioenergy and geothermal energy and are also being developed for hydropower and marine energy.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 13, 2021

LS Power announces the formation of Rev Renewables LLC to develop, acquire and operate energy storage and renewable projects, including conventional hydropower and pumped storage. Read more: LS Power launches Rev Renewables to operate energy storage and renewable projects. Rev has a 2.4-GW Rev has a 2.4-GW

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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. For decades, many African countries have relied on hydropower for electricity generation, including projects that inspire as much awe as controversy.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

transmission projects seeking to carry wind and solar power from where it’s most cost-effectively generated to where it’s needed the most. A growing number of states and utilities have set 100 percent clean-energy goals, with no obvious path to generating all that power close to home.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 11, 2020

Utility group PacifiCorp is about to open a gusher of opportunity for wind, solar and energy storage developers in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Through its two utility subsidiaries, Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power, PacifiCorp claims to be the largest grid operator in the Western 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. California’s curtailment challenges.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 15, 2021

A partial solar eclipse last Thursday was expected to reduce solar energy production for a time. It underlines the importance of photovoltaic operators and utilities having backups, whether in the form of energy storage or alternative ways of getting energy to customers during an outage. . GW capacity.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Clean Energy Canada is a clean energy think tank at the Morris J. Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. Wind and solar accounted for 61% of electricity generated in Denmark in 2022. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

New research by Drax Electric Insights shows that the UK broke all records last year for renewable energy consumption. 42% of all energy used across the country through 2020 came from wind, solar, tidal and hydro. Why that might be the case has been sketched out by the IEA in their latest Global Energy Review.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Solar power is the "new king" of global electricity markets, with the International Energy Agency calling it the cheapest form of electricity in history in its annual centerpiece World Energy Outlook report. Solar's ascent and coal's decline have been rapid by the standards of the electricity industry.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A new study from the Energy Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that deploying 307 GW of solar and 142 GW of wind capacity in India by 2030 would need around a $26.5 billion annual investment. Current nuclear and large hydropower capacity add up to around 50 GW.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The move gives the hydropower giant a solar boost and, for Solarcentury, makes the task of delivering its substantial pipeline a bit easier. Statkraft claims to be the largest generator of renewable power in Europe, courtesy of its substantial hydropower capacity. Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft acquired the U.K.-based

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 8, 2020

On Tuesday, a Missouri state appeals court ruling upheld a decision by state utility regulators last year allowing Chicago-based renewable energy developer Invenergy to acquire the 780-mile, $2.3 billion project from its founder, Clean Line Energy. Invenergy spokeswoman Beth Conley told the St.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

A new study says changing that could save the region’s utilities and customers billions of dollars over the next two decades — and highlights that a currently proposed plan to create an energy-trading market encompassing the region’s dominant utilities likely won’t be enough to get the job done.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

As large utilities increasingly set out carbon emissions targets, Guzman Energy, a Colorado-based power provider, is working to ensure co-ops — many of which receive power from larger, coal-reliant generation and transmission co-ops — don’t get left behind. Seeing the opportunity for rural renewables.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

Renewable electricity expanded at its fastest pace in two decades last year with demand for clean energy skyrocketing, as coal plants shuttered and companies and governments embraced tougher climate goals. Wind and solar power are giving us more reasons to be optimistic about our climate goals as they break record after record," he said.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Quantum computing in the energy sector is gaining ground with the development of new use cases by Italy’s Eni and EDF in France. The utilisation of Pasqal’s proprietary algorithms should enable Eni to accelerate its research and new capabilities in areas including renewable energy technologies and magnetic fusion among others.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

Clean energy now comprises 38 per cent of global power capacity after another record year of additions driven largely by wind and solar, latest figures reveal. It calculates that across all countries, renewable power grew by 9.1 per cent in 2021, bringing clean energy's share of global power capacity to 38 per cent.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 28, 2023

ITC stands for investment tax credit. ITC stands for investment tax credit. Decreased Renewables Cost: Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) to project sponsors is expected to decrease by 40-60%, which will likely result in cost reductions for commercial electricity users. Notes: PTC stands for Production Tax Credit.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Happy Earth Day 2021!

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

New IEA report reveals encouraging recent trends have been thrown into reverse by the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine - but clean energy investment could swiftly reignite development. The report emphasises how Africa has huge untapped renewables potential.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 29, 2019

Los Angeles made waves this summer by finalizing a 400-megawatt solar project with a record-breaking low price. But the project, developed by 8minute Solar Energy, still needs final approval. By shifting solar power into the evening, the plant would reduce the need to rely on gas peakers or hydropower to meet peak demand.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 11, 2021

In other words, they are striving to supply energy with an overall net zero contribution of carbon to the atmosphere. Although most of the integrated supermajors have been making some investments into renewables, none of them have reached the milestone Equinor reported this week when it released its earnings. But an astounding $1.34

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Energy giant inks agreement to acquire pioneering solar developer, securing 6GW clean energy pipeline in bid to become 'one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies'. Joining forces will accelerate our growth and continue to drive the energy transition forward.".

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. power generation by 2030, branded as the "Solar+ Decade.". Solar contributed about 2 percent of U.S.

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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. This growth reflects ongoing utility innovations to extend voluntary clean power access to more customers.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hydropower dam proposals have ballooned across the Balkans over the last two decades, as the leaders of some of Europe's poorest regions have looked to tap their abundant natural resources to secure access clean energy. Where and how do they find projects? How do they find partners? But the picture is much more complicated.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Researchers from the University of Sussex Business School and South Korea's Hanyang University sought to estimate the external costs of the UK's energy and transport sectors which are not met by the industries themselves but are indirectly paid for by the public. Co-author of today's study Benjamin K.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

How are European policymakers dealing with the energy crisis? On behalf of environmental group RePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp offers a deep analysis of the key messages in Europe’s policy. For much of the past decade, they have barely been breaking even as energy prices have been at historic lows.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

per cent last year, as a growing reliance on clean energy and a further decline in coal power helped bring an end to the 2021 rebound in emissions that followed the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis of preliminary data released today.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 2, 2021

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Vano , and a full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. Southeast in 2050.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

BNEF: Sub-Saharan African enjoys renewables investment surge. Investment in renewables across sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, jumped $600m in 2018 to $2.8bn, according to new data from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Carlos Tavares, chairman of Groupe PSA, said the investment would similarly support the company's EV plans.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2022

The rate of clean energy additions has grown every year for a decade - but are the rising energy, labour, and raw material costs straining wind energy supply chains set to put an end to this trend? A financial update from its Danish rival Vestas, meanwhile, highlighted that it, too, is struggling to break even as costs climb.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

President Joe Biden has called for major clean energy investments as a way to curb climate change and generate jobs. Department of Energy that found that solar power could generate up to 45% of the U.S. Why such a heavy focus on solar power? million solar panels or 364 large-scale wind turbines.

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