GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

California grid operator CAISO has been curtailing renewable energy at record levels this year, as the state’s ever-rising share of solar power during daylight hours increasingly outpaces electricity demand. Adding to its challenges, the grid operator is now contending with falling power demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

  Solar Power:  The process of making electricity from sunlight is called solar energy. Solar panels are placed on roofs and fields to capture the sun’s energy. The turbines are connected to the power grid and can generate electricity when the wind blows. But how to track energy consumption? 

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The move gives the hydropower giant a solar boost and, for Solarcentury, makes the task of delivering its substantial pipeline a bit easier. Statkraft claims to be the largest generator of renewable power in Europe, courtesy of its substantial hydropower capacity. Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft acquired the U.K.-based

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 15, 2021

German grid operator Amprion warned that the celestial event would cause a drop in solar power output of about one gigawatt, Reuters reported. Under peak conditions Germany can produce 40 GW of solar power, so the eclipse loss is significant. Previous eclipses strained solar power systems in the past.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

New York City has millions of electricity customers but limited space to generate wind or solar power. Rise Light & Power is not planning on owning that wind and solar, but the transmission line it's planning could instigate several billion dollars' worth of investment in upstate New York, Plummer said.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Solar power is the "new king" of global electricity markets, with the International Energy Agency calling it the cheapest form of electricity in history in its annual centerpiece World Energy Outlook report. Solar's ascent and coal's decline have been rapid by the standards of the electricity industry.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Wind and solar alone generated around 30 per cent of Britain's electricity in 2020, while biomass provided seven per cent, and hydropower made up 1.6 Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5 per cent of Britain's power last year, while imports accounted for just under seven per cent.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A new study from the Energy Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that deploying 307 GW of solar and 142 GW of wind capacity in India by 2030 would need around a $26.5 billion annual investment. Current nuclear and large hydropower capacity add up to around 50 GW.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

To fill this gap, NYISO is working toward growing transmission capacity for its ample upstate hydropower and wind power resources to reach New York City and downstate population centers, which will also be served by the 9 gigawatts of offshore wind the state is seeking by 2035. Source: NYISO.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

The projection marks a 25 per cent increase on a previous forecast by the agency from last November, with the upgrade driven by a number of record-breaking government renewable capacity auctions and a surge in power purchase agreements (PPAs) brokered by companies.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 8, 2020

Louis Post-Dispatch that the project would bring $500 million in private investment and 1,500 construction jobs to the state. After initially being denied by Missouri regulators, Grain Belt won a court battle to allow a rehearing in 2018, only to have another court in Illinois overturn that state's approval of the project weeks later.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power may provide a sustainable solution, but their output is intermittent and varies with environmental conditions leading to periods of oversupply and periods of undersupply. Energy storage. Finally, the third stage is discharging.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 13, 2021

LS Power announces the formation of Rev Renewables LLC to develop, acquire and operate energy storage and renewable projects, including conventional hydropower and pumped storage. Rev is the latest effort by LS Power to support the commercialization and deployment at-scale of clean energy technologies.”. Rev has a 2.4-GW

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 29, 2019

per megawatt-hour for solar power under a 25-year power-purchase agreement — is predicated on beginning construction this year, before the 30 percent federal Investment Tax Credit steps down. The Eland project will get another shot; it is now slated for another hearing on September 10.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

The report notes that solar capacity grew by 19 per cent in 2021 on the year before, and wind energy increased its generating capacity by 13 per cent. The figures come just weeks after IRENA warned that investment in renewables and clean energy technologies needed to hit $5.7tr a year to keep climate goals on track.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Global renewable power generation is growing at an unprecedented rate , driven by the favourable economics of wind and solar along with energy security concerns around oil and gas (largely caused by recent wars), and emissions goals.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 11, 2021

It would seem to make sense, with the world seeking to reduce the use of carbon-intensive energy sources, that oil companies would use today’s revenues to invest in lower-carbon energy sources, which will undoubtedly grow in importance in the decades ahead. So its renewable investments are diversified by both type and geography.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Christian Rynning-Tønnesen, CEO of Statkraft, said the deal was "in line with our strategy to ramp up as a wind and solar developer and become one of the leading renewable energy companies globally". Statkraft is the perfect match for us given their ambition to invest in and grow their solar portfolio.".

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 11, 2020

Through its two utility subsidiaries, Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power, PacifiCorp claims to be the largest grid operator in the Western U.S., PacifiCorp's utilities have long relied on federally operated hydropower or utility-owned fossil-fueled generation for their electricity. million customers in six states.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. power generation by 2030, branded as the "Solar+ Decade.". Solar contributed about 2 percent of U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hydropower dam proposals have ballooned across the Balkans over the last two decades, as the leaders of some of Europe's poorest regions have looked to tap their abundant natural resources to secure access clean energy. Where and how do they find projects? How do they find partners? But the picture is much more complicated.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

transmission projects seeking to carry wind and solar power from where it’s most cost-effectively generated to where it’s needed the most. Direct Connect, which is backed by investment from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Jingoli Power, and Siemens Financial Services, hopes to start construction on the $2.5

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Sovacool, a professor of energy policy at the University of Sussex Business School, said the combined £264bn estimated bill for the UK was "shockingly more than the country invests into the NHS each year - and it underscores how much social and economic injury our energy and transport systems cause".

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

above normal, which led to a reduction in demand for heat and power from buildings in 2022, and therefore emissions. As a result, the UK became a net exporter of electricity last year for the first time since 1978, in part due to downturns in production from nuclear and hydropower across the continent.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

By investing heavily in existing ‘tried and tested’ technologies and by adopting new carbon capture, hydrogen and storage developments, it’s hoped that the UK will hit its self-set deadline and secure its ambition to be a global leader in green tech. “The

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

New IEA report reveals encouraging recent trends have been thrown into reverse by the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine - but clean energy investment could swiftly reignite development. The report also argues that such investment is affordable and a more attractive financial bet than investment in new gas infrastructure.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

That’s primarily because renewable energy’s growth will remain challenging without a more flexible and regionally coordinated system to balance the intermittency of wind and solar power through geographic diversity and a broader range of hydropower dams, new battery storage and other balancing resources.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

These clean power sales have surged in the past decade: According to data collected and published annually by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, they doubled from 2010 to 2014 and doubled again from 2014 to 2019. Offerings could become more common, and more diverse, as grids get cleaner.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

The plans, available at The Solutions Project’s “ Clean Energy ” link, reveal the unique mix of wind, water and sun technologies capable of powering states, countries and even select U.S. Wind, Water and Sun (aka WWS) include wind power; waterpower from tides, rivers, and subsurface water (geothermal water); and solar power.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

BNEF: Sub-Saharan African enjoys renewables investment surge. Investment in renewables across sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, jumped $600m in 2018 to $2.8bn, according to new data from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Carlos Tavares, chairman of Groupe PSA, said the investment would similarly support the company's EV plans.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 28, 2023

ITC stands for investment tax credit. Improve Operational Resiliency On-site renewable energy and storage help companies improve the reliability and resiliency of their operations by mitigating the impacts of supply chain disruptions and power outages. Notes: PTC stands for Production Tax Credit. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Renewable energies in which Eni has developed particular expertise include concentrated solar power and wave energy. EDF was one of the first French industrial players to invest in quantum technologies as far back as 2018 with the aim to improve computing performance for energy management. “We Hydro dam structures.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 2, 2021

They use a series of models to explore energy mixes that include coal, hydropower, nuclear, solar, natural gas, and wind in the future relative to today. The optimization model also includes emission reductions requirements, which can be varied as a percentage of total installed power system capacity based on stricter carbon caps.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

President Joe Biden has called for major clean energy investments as a way to curb climate change and generate jobs. Department of Energy that found that solar power could generate up to 45% of the U.S. Why such a heavy focus on solar power? million solar panels or 364 large-scale wind turbines.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Riley, who founded Guzman Energy along with Leopoldo Guzman, the CEO of investment bank Guzman & Company, comes from a family of coal workers in Utah. Guzman builds out a unique energy portfolio for each co-op it works with said Riley, combining local resources and large-scale renewables while meeting interim demand with power purchases.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

After all, consumer prices have become much higher than the cost of producing wind and solar power. They do not inspire confidence in the ability of the EU Commission to diagnose and address the root cause of the problem: chronic lack of investment in indigenous European energy supply. Denmark vs France. Source: IEA).

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 4, 2021

Over the past decade, $3 trillion has been invested in clean power worldwide. degrees Fahrenheit), the best-case scenario outlined at the Paris Climate Accord, global investment in renewable energy needs to double over the next decade. Read more: First half of 2021 sees record investment in renewable energy.

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