Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

biomass, geothermal, hydropower) dominated new U.S. There were also small additions in 2021 by hydropower (28 MW), geothermal (25 MW), and biomass (14 MW). . available installed generating capacity – a share significantly greater than that of coal (18.88%) and more than three times that of nuclear power (8.32%).

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

This week, the International Hydropower Association and the U.S. Because of this, “It isn’t easy to build new projects,” said Alejandro Moreno, director of hydropower and marine energy at U.S. Department of Energy, at a Tuesday event launching the alliance. Solutions to pumped hydro’s new challenges.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 8, 2019

Sharp declines are foreseen for fossil fuels and nuclear power while accompanied by even stronger growth in renewable energy (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) than earlier projected. electrical generating capacity mix.

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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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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year. This is largely thanks to the huge momentum behind renewables, with ever cheaper solar leading the way, and support from the important comeback of nuclear power, whose generation is set to reach a historic high by 2025. .

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. Larger-scale transmission projects aimed at carrying Canadian hydropower and wind power downstate, such as the $2.2 Source: NYISO.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Hydroelectricity, which the Review reports as a separate category is growing globally at a much slower rate than modern renewables like solar power. Global hydropower consumption in 2021 was 40.3 However, the 10-year average annual growth rate for hydropower is much lower at only 1.5%.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

ABB’s Power Grids unit earned about $10 billion in annual revenues last year from its businesses ranging from high-voltage transmission systems and transformers to distribution grid controls and battery systems.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

Small declines were also reported in coal, natural gas, and nuclear consumption, while renewables and hydropower recorded gains. The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27.2%), natural gas (24.7%), hydropower (6.9%), renewables (5.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Renewables and Nuclear Power.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Renewable power sources are expected to dominate almost all the growth in the world's electricity supplies through to 2025, according to the IEA, and together with nuclear power they are set to meet the vast majority of the increase in global power demand over the period. remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 28, 2020

The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27%), natural gas (24%), hydropower (6%), renewables (5%), and nuclear power (4%). The share of renewables in power generation increased to 10.4%, surpassing nuclear power for the first time.

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Renewables-Info

OCTOBER 21, 2020

biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) dominated new U.S. There have been no new capacity additions by oil, nuclear power, or geothermal energy since the beginning of the year. June, July, August) was provided by solar (1,448 MW), wind (1,309 MW), and hydropower (24 MW). rooftop) solar.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

In fresh statistics released today, Britain's grid operator said more than 50 per cent of the nation's power mix came from a wind, solar, nuclear, hydropower and other zero carbon sources for extended periods of 2022, helping to significantly drive down carbon emissions from UK energy generation. per cent.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

The Arrol Gibb Innovation Campus (AGIC) will work with companies in the marine, nuclear power and energy-transition sectors to transform large-scale manufacturing through innovation and skills development. It is the first facility to open in a recently launched multi-partner innovation centre at Babcock’s Rosyth site.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. But rising temperatures from climate change are just one challenge.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

New York City and environs make up most of the state’s electricity demand but have less than one-third of the state’s current renewable energy capacity, and there’s not enough transmission capacity to carry all of New York’s ample upstate wind and hydropower to its downstate load centers.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Georgia Power’s latest IRP plans to add 2,260 megawatts of wind, solar and biomass generation and 80 MW of battery storage, as well as boost its hydropower capacity, close five coal plants, and bring two new units at its Volgtle nuclear power plant online. Department of Energy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

Reports: Germany looking to postpone looming closure of nuclear plants. While such a move would likely be temporary, it would mark a major departure from German energy policy over the past two decades, with the government having opted to gradually shutter its nuclear power plants amid safety fears over atomic energy.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jacobson’s research demonstrates that adding hydropower to this mix of renewable energy sources, as well as batteries, can meet 100 percent of Canadian demand without using any fossil fuels or nuclear power. “Batteries fill in additional gaps, and solar combined with wind and batteries fill in even more gaps.”

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The UN agency warned that water stress could jeopardise low carbon energy sources such as nuclear power plants and hydropower, both of which rely heavily on water supplies in order to operate, while rising sea levels and extreme weather are also posing a growing threat to energy infrastructure.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

One example of where this came in handy was with an underwater hydro turbine control application at the Sauerbrunn hydropower plant near Graz, Austria, in Autumn 2022, resulting in a solution that provided better control and feedback at a much lower cost.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Dominion’s Virginia generation portfolio today is roughly one-third natural gas, one-third nuclear and one-quarter coal, with just over 5 percent ascribed to renewable energy, much of it hydropower and biomass.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s also investing about $40 million to renovate a hydrogen facility in Quebec, Canada to double its capacity to convert renewable hydropower and wind power to green hydrogen to 20 megawatts by year’s end, she said.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 2, 2020

Hydrogen produced from renewable electricity (wind, solar, hydropower, tidal, etc.) Hydrogen from other non-emitting sources—such as nuclear power—does not currently have an established colour designation. This method does not produce direct emissions but requires electricity. is known as green hydrogen.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 29, 2022

The main causes include a lack of fuel for diesel power plants, technical difficulties, and low water levels at the dams where hydropower is produced. This year (2022), France has been struggling with a lack of cooling water for its nuclear power facilities due to an extremely dry period.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Cumulatively, the 0.411 trillion kWh of electricity from wind and solar power represents 22.8% If we added nuclear power and hydropower into the mix, 2019 generation from these non-fossil fuel sources would have equaled 85% of the amount required. Respectively, those sources represented 2.5% of all U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

All the while, Denmark has been in a unique position to use wind power. The question remains how the European Commission can expect member states without access to offshore wind, or surplus hydropower for backup, to become independent of fossil fuels using wind energy. Source: World Nuclear Association). (Source: IEA).

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. Fukushima, which is Japan’s third largest prefecture, is revitalizing and transforming into a renewable energy hub.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

” Of all the carbon-free generation options studied, only hydropower emerged as a promising energy source, with an EROI of 84:1. Even nuclear power appeared to offer marginal potential to support society, with an EROI of 14:1.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand. This was despite a decline in nuclear output. Renewable energy generated a fifth of U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Low-carbon energy technologies including renewables, energy efficiency and nuclear power, alongside an expansion of robust and smart electricity grids are all part of the solution, he added. "Policy makers should be taking action now to soften the impacts on the most vulnerable and to address the underlying causes."

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) reached an all-time high in the first six months of this year, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the U.S. renewable energy output, followed by biomass (21.28%), hydropower (19.84%), biofuels (17.11%), solar (12.32%), and geothermal (1.67%).

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

The report also highlights how targeted investment could help minimise the impact of the coronavirus crisis on energy security, after a recent IEA analysis warned global energy investment is set for an unprecedented plunge of 20 per cent in 2020, raising serious concerns for energy security and clean energy transitions.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

☢️ US nuclear power saw mixed results.    🌊 Hydrogrid , a Vienna, Austria-based planning hydropower plants developer, raised $9M in Series A funding from Inven Capital, SET Ventures, CNB Capital, and SET Ventures.   Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

gigawatt generation fleet comes from coal-fired power plants, while natural gas makes up about a quarter more, and nuclear power one-tenth. Hydropower provides about 800 megawatts, and its only solar facility, the O’Fallon Renewable Energy Center, has a 5.7-megawatt About half of Ameren Missouri’s existing 10.3-gigawatt

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Georgia Power’s latest IRP plans to add 2,260 MW of wind, solar and biomass and 80 MW of battery storage, boost its hydropower capacity and shutter five coal plants. Nuclear power plays a large role in PSEG’s carbon-reduction plans. Public Service Enterprise Group.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

EIA’s most recent “ Electric Power Monthly ” report reveals that renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) provided 22.5% In April 2011, solar and wind accounted for 3.74% of the nation’s generating capacity while hydropower, biomass, and geothermal accounted for 10.23%.

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