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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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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

Andy Marsh, CEO of report sponsor Plug Power, noted Monday that the company’s hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts and distribution center vehicles used by customers like Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot and Lowe’s are using about 27 million tons of hydrogen per day, supplied by its more than 100 fueling stations across the country.

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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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Smart Wires Looks to Ease Transmission Grid’s Mounting Challenges with Digital Controls

GreenTechMedia

Smart Wires is one of a handful of companies developing digital power flow control systems that could revolutionize how power grids function, compared to the mostly electromechanical system in place today. Deployments in Europe, Australia to test power flow capabilities. In the U.K.,

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Dynamic Line Rating: Expanding Transmission Grid Capacity for Clean Energy

GreenTechMedia

A big part of the world’s electricity decarbonization challenge lies in expanding transmission capacity for wind and solar power — and according to energy experts, Europe and the U.S. But using existing grid infrastructure more efficiently could help as well. are falling behind on that task.

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Cascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?

Grist

The region’s power grid — part of a larger Western grid — is too weak and fractured to reliably integrate the massive increase in renewable energy needed to decarbonize. Ensuring a cleaner and reliable grid. Meanwhile, shifting patterns of precipitation threaten carbon-free hydropower supplies across the region.