GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 7, 2020

California’s two days of rolling blackouts in August were the result of disconnects between its existing grid reliability constructs and the needs of an increasingly solar-powered grid, and its failure to prepare for a Western U.S.-wide wide heatwave that undermined its reliance on out-of-state resources.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

After a massive heat wave in California that led grid operator CAISO to order its first rolling blackouts since the 2001 energy crisis on Friday and Saturday, the state has thus far managed to avoid further forced outages. CAISO has issued a "Flex Alert" asking Californians to conserve energy from 3 p.m. by 6:30 p.m.,

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. event hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute and utility Duke Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 25, 2020

But its energy infrastructure recommendations come with a greater sense of urgency, given their potential value in combating the country’s dual economic and environmental crises. A long-overdue draft energy bill could incorporate some of these measures to kick-start their path to legislation. ’s final energy demand by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

But the gas industry would stand to lose billions of dollars in stranded assets if the UK and other countries no longer needed its pipelines, city-wide grids and other infrastructure to pipe natural gas to heat millions of homes. But these boilers would still mostly run on natural gas – even if hydrogen was available.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Well, the answer to that question greatly depends on the type of energy fuelling them in the first place. While electricity allows these modes of transportation to be carbon-neutral, they still use a pretty significant amount of non-renewable energy resources , both in the manufacturing process and during regular charges.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The energy and utilities industries play a significant role in carbon emissions. In the US, 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity generation. This is not surprising, with coal and natural gas representing about 60% of electrical supply. Energy Transition for Sustainability. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

State regulators have proposed a major set of responses to what could be a looming grid reliability shortfall in Sothern California, including a 2.5-gigawatt The biggest is the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, formerly Los Angeles Community Choice Energy, which has been adding cities across L.A. and Ventura counties.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Last week’s article focused on the nine key elements of Joe Biden’s plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice. power sector by 2035. million new energy efficient homes.”. million new energy efficient homes.”. Energy efficiency will help, but in 2019 the U.S. power grid by 2050.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Bryn Baker of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance argues much of the finger-pointing in the wake of the recent Californian blackouts has been wide of the mark. Forced outages are a tool of last resort, employed in circumstances of incredible stress to the grid and done to protect against more widespread outages.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

UK energy regulator sets out potential energy market reforms aimed at weaning country off expensive, volatile, and risky fossil gas. The government is targeting 50GW of offshore wind capacity and a five-fold increase in solar capacity by 2035, by which point it is aiming to have established a fully-decarbonised power grid.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts Bryn Baker Fri, 09/04/2020 – 01:00 On Aug. Forced outages are a tool of last resort, employed in circumstances of incredible stress to the grid and done to protect against more widespread outages. And not just in California.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts Bryn Baker Fri, 09/04/2020 – 01:00 On Aug. Forced outages are a tool of last resort, employed in circumstances of incredible stress to the grid and done to protect against more widespread outages. And not just in California.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Pacific Gas & Electric’s bankruptcy has already threatened the credit ratings of some of the solar and wind farms, cogeneration plants, and other independent power generators that rely on the utility to buy their electricity through power purchase agreements.

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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? Doesn’t a low-carbon future require many types of clean energy?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Photoncycle claims it can store solar power from summer to winter cheaper than batteries. Photoncycle, a startup from Norway, is tackling interseason storage of solar energy, which could save the abundance of solar energy generated in sunny months to be used for heat and electricity in the winter.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Georgia Power owns an additional 120 MW of utility-scale solar projects at Georgia military bases, located at Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Stewart, and SUBASE Kings Bay. Hardin Solar Energy Center Facility - Hardin, OH. Impact Solar Project (Courtesy: Lightsource bp). Anson Solar Center - Jones, TX.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Out in Utah, a coal-fired power plant supplying electricity to Los Angeles is being outfitted with natural-gas-fired turbines that will eventually be able to run on hydrogen, created via electrolysis with wind and solar power and stored in massive underground caverns for use when that clean energy isn’t available for the grid.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As part of the wider renewable energy sector, geothermal has set ambitious targets for scaling up by the end the decade. One of the most important things we can do is decarbonize heating, and our Celsius Energy startup speaks directly to that. Celsius Energy installation at SLB’s Riboud Product Center in Clamart, France.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

Gas currently provides heating for around 85 percent of the UK’s homes, producing roughly 15 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. In Whitby, the 2,000 residents in the proposed trial area would have the choice to continue using natural gas or switch to hydrogen for heating.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Energy and Water Efficient Sustainable Home Products. When it comes to sustainable home products, you should be looking for home appliances designed for energy and water efficiency, such as those certified by credible organizations like ENERGY STAR and WaterSense. total energy consumption. ENERGY STAR certified LG 7.4

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 3, 2021

In a recent article for WIRED — The Energy Sector Must Prepare for More Extreme Weather — I detailed some of the primary causes behind the recent power outages in Texas. Tucker Carlson blamed wind turbines for the power outages. If you only look at this graphic, then natural gas is the hero of the story.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 6, 2020

Over the weekend Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, two of the country's biggest utilities, canceled their Atlantic Coast Pipeline project, citing costs that have ballooned to as much as $8 billion and ongoing legal challenges from landowners and environmental groups. A shifting cost-benefit equation for gas vs. renewables.

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Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 9, 2020

May Cleantech Roundup: COVID & EVs | Enormous Storage Investments | Scooter Consolidation | Insanely Cheap Solar Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. Note: There is a lot happening in the world.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 Summaries of the energy provisions included in the bill were provided by the office of Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York), and Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2020

By far the biggest grid edge story of 2020 was the continued commitment of U.S. Plenty of industry observers and critics have pointed out the gaps between utilities’ 2050 net-zero carbon goals and their short- and long-term resource plans, many of which call for continued buildout of natural gas-fired power plants.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

But figures like Morano may be gaining ground in a larger mission: twisting public opinion against renewable energy in other would-be host communities. Marc Morano, a prominent climate change denier, spoke at the Heartland Institute’s “America First Energy Conference” in 2018. It’s not just offshore wind at risk either.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2020

energy sector by 2035, but it’s still a lofty target that will require a radical reconfiguration of the country’s generation and transmission system to achieve. Others are part of a broader agenda from clean energy groups and states with carbon reduction mandates.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

President Joe Biden has named Richard Glick to chair the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, giving leadership and agenda-setting authority to the agency’s longest-running Democratic member, and a key opponent to some of FERC’s most clean energy-unfriendly decisions under the Trump administration.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 11, 2023

power grid, according to our latest inventory of electric generators. Operating capacity: Solar power accounted for the largest share, […] In the first half of 2023, developers added 16.8 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity to the U.S. Developers plan to bring an additional 35.2

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 10, 2022

power grid, according to our Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Almost half of the planned 2022 capacity additions are solar, followed by natural gas at 21% and wind at 17%. Developers and power plant owners report […]. In 2022, we expect 46.1

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Welcome to the inaugural issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we will pull news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article. Ongoing, this series will find a home over on CleanTechnica's “Future Trends” page.

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