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Britain's power grid celebrates greenest day and month on record in 2022

Business Green

More than half of the UK's electricity came from zero carbon sources across five months last year, as Britain celebrated a flurry of fresh green grid records in 2022, according to National Grid ESO. Favourable conditions then saw that record once again broken by the year-end, with 20.918GW of wind power generated on 30 December.

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Largest PV investments in Poland and Ukraine

Renewable Energy World

Eastern European countries differ strongly in their current share of RES in total electricity production (with a record 65% share in Romania, Latvia, and Croatia, which rely heavily on hydropower). With humility, but also with confidence in our skills, we position ourselves as a pioneer in the Polish photovoltaic and wind energy markets.

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Industrial Revolution: Green Energy Solutions for the Modern Industries

Hydrogen Fuel News

Green energy solutions such as solar and wind power can power modern industries. The turbines are connected to the power grid and can generate electricity when the wind blows. As the Water Flows:  Water flow, such as in rivers, can produce electricity using hydropower.

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IRENA: Renewables provided 80 per cent of new global power capacity in 2021

Business Green

Clean energy now comprises 38 per cent of global power capacity after another record year of additions driven largely by wind and solar, latest figures reveal. It calculates that across all countries, renewable power grew by 9.1 per cent in 2021, bringing clean energy's share of global power capacity to 38 per cent.

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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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AES pooling clean energy resources to power Google data centers

Renewable Energy World

The portfolio assembled by AES is expected to require approximately $600 million of investment and generate 1,200 jobs, both permanent and construction, in the host communities. Our hope is that this model can be replicated to accelerate the clean energy transition, both for companies and, eventually, for power grids.”.

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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.