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Improving the efficiency of the hydropower network

Envirotec Magazine

Hydropower is an extremely old source of energy, whose provenance extends back to the watermills that were relied upon by ancient civilisations. Hydroelectricity remains an attractive renewable energy source today, especially in Europe which has a large network of small and large hydropower plants. WEG installation.

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Largest PV investments in Poland and Ukraine

Renewable Energy World

For Europe, 2020 represented a historic year for renewable energy sources. Plans for the coming years show that the energy ambitions of Eastern Europe are still untapped. This is where the Green New Deal guidelines meet old and inefficient power plants. (Sponsored Content). By Electrum. And this is only the beginning.

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China Three Gorges starts work on 1.7 GW pumped storage station

Renewable Energy World

Upon completion, the Tiantai station will mainly provide peak load regulation, valley filling, frequency regulation, phase modulation, power storage and emergency use for Zhejiang’s power grid, as well as offer flexible dispatching capacity for the East China Grid. CTG expects to record annual output of 1.7

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

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. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.

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IRENA: Green energy-led coronavirus recovery would deliver $98tr boost by 2050

Business Green

Yet a return to business as usual marked by continued large-scale investments in fossil fuel infrastructure would only result in further volatility and economic disruption, while failing to deliver on the medium and long-term goals set out in the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development agenda, it argued.

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Rising battery storage costs: A long-term trend or short term blip?

Business Green

But batteries undeniably remain the most common form of energy storage and are widely regarded as a critical component of the net zero transition and an enabler of both vehicle electrification and cleaner, more efficient grids dominated by intermittent solar and wind power.

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'Fundamental change': How write downs and bankruptcies are fuelling stranded asset fears

Business Green

The organisation concluded that no oil and gas firms across Europe and the US are currently basing their asset valuations on realistic price assumptions for oil. It's a sign there will be an accelerated move to a lower carbon economy, which calls into question the financial rationale for continuing to invest in fossil fuels.