Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

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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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

However wind energy generation is closely looked at by many governments, especially in Africa, for its permanent consistency in the continent which should result in high profitability for the embedded countries due to low cost and sustainability. For example, Denmark receives over 50% of its electricity from the wind farms.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

ScottishPower has today hailed its move "to the forefront of the UK's solar industry", after agreeing a £500m investment in projects that are set to collectively power the equivalent of 220,000 homes. It also boasts 31GW of solar projects under development in Spain, the US, Mexico, the UK, Portugal, and Italy.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. per cent of solar and 0.16 per cent of wind potential tapped thus far. The land for solar power alone to satisfy global energy demand in the world - approximately 450,000 kilometres squared, or 0.3

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

Renewables are set for yet another year of record growth in 2022, with some 320GW of new capacity expected to be added around the world this year as governments take advantage of the climate and energy security benefits of solar and wind power, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

BloombergNEF downgrades its 2020 growth forecasts for global wind power capacity as pandemic disrupts supply chains. The trade body pointed out that 300,000 European's work in wind energy, which currently provides 15 per cent of the continent's electricity and is seen a key part of the EU's Green Deal plans to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Since 2010, wind power has grown from providing under one per cent to providing 10 per cent of electricity in Brazil, and provided 15 per cent of the EU's electricity demand in 2019. But as seen in major emerging economies, as well as in Europe, these new technologies are now actually cutting energy costs.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

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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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

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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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In response to the news that the LCCC could grant MGT Teesside yet another extension, Phil MacDonald, Chief Operation Officer at Ember said, “Burning wood for power isn’t just a big risk for the climate – it’s a big risk for investors too.?Utilities Unlike cheap wind and solar power, biomass?power

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 19, 2024

  Indeed, plans within the country are so far advanced that Germany is set to become the biggest importer of hydrogen in Europe and the third biggest in the world, behind global leaders China and Japan.  How significant is Germany’s role in the global hydrogen market?

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

Solar electricity consumption rose by a record 1.3 exajoules (EJ) — an increase of 20% — but wind power (+1.5 Last year’s increase in solar and wind capacity was staggering, particularly in light of the pandemic. The growth in wind capacity was nearly double the highest prior annual increase.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

ClientEarth and Planning Inspectorate had both argued the power station could undermine the UK's climate change targets. It also argued wind and solar power would be more cost-effective for bill payers compared to new gas power capacity.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The Danish energy utility leads the world in developing and operating wind farms at sea, contracting one-third of the world's offshore wind. The company recorded profits of $2.74bn in 2020, with many new projects in the pipeline in the coming decade - including large developments in solar power, onshore wind and green hydrogen. "I

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

per cent of the country's power, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). per cent of UK electricity in 2020, driven by the rapid growth of the UK's offshore wind industry, the data confirms. Across the year, fossil fuels supplied 37.7 Meanwhile, clean energy delivered 43.1

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

It's time we overhauled the current energy system, decoupled renewable prices from the global gas market and prioritised harnessing our abundant natural resources, including wind, wave and solar power in order to secure energy supply and bring prices down in the long-term." per cent for fossil fuel-focused power suppliers.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A new report published in the journal Scientific Reports has warned that extreme droughts are set to become much more frequent across central Europe in the coming decades as climate impacts escalate. Study: China accounts for over 90 per cent of planned global coal power capacity. Fresh warnings of European drought risks.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2022

Boris Johnson is set to push ahead with plans to loosen planning rules to allow an expansion of onshore wind capacity across England and Wales, according to reports, despite the misgivings of some Cabinet members who continue to view turbines as a blight on the countryside.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As Vladimir Putin continues to weaponise Russia's vast energy supplies to punish Europe for standing with Ukraine, the cost of this unprecedented intervention will become astronomical. Firstly, the government should unleash onshore renewables, which are now nine times cheaper than gas power.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

This isn't to say the government hasn't done anything, small steps on the road to net zero have been taken such as the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announcing £90m for projects to tackle emissions from homes and heavy industry, including Europe's first hydrogen plants.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

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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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

Of the 15 technology areas PWC analysed, the areas that represent over 80 per cent of future emission reduction potential by 2050 - such as solar power, wind power, food waste technology, green hydrogen production, and alternative protein - received just 25 per cent of recent climate tech investment between 2013 and the first half of 2021.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2020

At the end of 2019, the President of the European Commission announced the European Green Deal, setting out an ambitious strategy for the EU to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, aiming to make Europe the world's first 'climate neutral' continent.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

” Europe, which has an economy saddled with high energy prices and is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas, is embracing green hydrogen by providing funding for construction of electrolysis plants and other hydrogen infrastructure. As Europe intensifies its decarbonization drive, it, too, is betting big on the fuel.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

On behalf of environmental group RePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp offers a deep analysis of the key messages in Europe’s policy. It was a strong call to action in response to the multiple threats and opportunities faced by Europe. The country’s investment in wind energy didn’t take off until the late 1990s.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

A new Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Scheme, providing up to £160m to kick start investment in port infrastructure projects that can enable new floating offshore wind projects, is also set to be launched, while a new taskforce is planned to support more solar power coming onto the grid.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 30, 2021

Europe is following this approach, perhaps because its companies don’t have the enormous success of a shale revolution to maintain. billion in Adani Green Energy, where they share a 50% partnership in the company’s solar power systems. In Ireland, it will be a 51% stakeholder in a 300-MW wind farm.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including India wind power targets, China EV sales, and calls for a net zero referendum in Switzerland. EU wind installations up by a third in 2022. 15GW new wind in 2022 is not too bad given the challenges faced last year by Europe's wind industry," he said.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 21, 2022

And it's likely to get worse if global prices are raised by Russia realising its threat to turn off the gas taps to Europe altogether. The public know that expensive bills will stick around as long as we rely on gas that is affected by supplies from places like Russia and have some of the worst housing in Europe.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Key findings from the report include: In 2020, roughly $235 billion was invested in the power grid, and this needs to rise to $636 billion by 2050 to support more power generation capacity, serve new demand and replace existing infrastructure. This results in more power plants connecting directly to the distribution grid.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The export/import grid connection means that as well as optimizing the value of power for the solar plant and providing grid services, the battery can also be used, for example, to soak up excess wind power overnight and sell it when the price is right. solar projects over 5 megawatts ended in 2015. "We

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

Industrial consortium begins operation of wind-powered hydrogen plant at Saxony steelwork. The project, which is the only one of its kind in Germany, will produce green hydrogen by harnessing local wind power capacity. India touts plans for solar-powered electric scooter megafactory. In Europe, 12.GW

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

And, since 2010, many renewable energy sources have become nearly price competitive with their more carbon-intensive alternatives: the cost of offshore wind power has fallen 29 percent; onshore wind by 39 percent; solar power, as much as 82 percent.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 5, 2022

Using Hitachi Energy’s HVDC Light technology, SuedLink DC4 will transfer up to 2,000MWs of emission-free electricity, reportedly enough to power 5 million German households. Image: Hitachi Energy.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. The race is on to create the first ever cross-border, open-source CO2 transport and storage infrastructure network in Europe.

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