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Energinet taps Siemens Energy in transmission expansion tender

Smart Energy International

Danish TSO Energinet has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy on a comprehensive expansion of the power grid in Western Denmark. By 2030, Denmark must quadruple its electricity generation from wind and solar power, with more to come in the following decades.

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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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As Canada builds a net-zero electricity grid, good decisions must start with good data 

Clean Energy Canada

Even without carbon pricing, wind power is set to be 40 per cent cheaper than gas-fired power in Alberta and Ontario by 2030. Our analysis also explores the costs of using battery storage to complement wind and solar power, finding that, even with storage included, both are still highly cost-competitive.

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The next PM must move fast to unlock investment in long duration energy storage

Business Green

For many years energy security was an issue resolved by complex, continent-wide gas pipelines which stretched from Russia into the heart of Europe. We now know this reliance on Russian gas didn't strengthen Europe's energy security - in fact it weakened it.

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Research: 24GW of long duration energy storage needed for net zero UK grid

Business Green

Major investment is urgently needed to roll out up to 24GW of long-duration energy storage over the next 15 years to help smooth operation of the grid as it contends with a rapid influx of intermittent wind power capacity, Aurora Energy Research has warned.

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The grid needs $14T to support full decarbonization

Renewable Energy World

At least $14 trillion needs to be invested in the grid worldwide by 2050 to support an evolved power system, according to BloombergNEF’s new Power Grid Long-Term Outlook 2021 published this week. Grid investment in the U.S., Annual investment more than doubles and surpasses $100 billion by 2043.

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How to Build a Green Hydrogen Economy for the US West

GreenTechMedia

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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