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

Business Green

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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Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

GreenTechMedia

Dominion’s new IRP is driven by Virginia's Clean Economy Act passed earlier this year, which calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045 and sets targets for energy efficiency, energy storage, and in-state solar and wind power. Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

But it highlights the need for capital to build the hydrogen production and transport infrastructure to carry it to end users, incentives to stimulate private-sector investment, codes and standards to regulate a growing supply chain, and research into still-nascent technologies.

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Examining the Limits of ‘Energy Return on Investment’

GreenTechMedia

This obvious point has sustained debate over perpetual motion machines since the Middle Ages and continues to be a key issue for the commercial viability of technologies such as nuclear fusion. Onshore wind fared better, at 18:1, but the authors noted that “the value in practice may be less due to the need for backup facilities.”

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

The continued growth of clean energy in the United States, in spite of the economic downturn and the challenges of the pandemic, demonstrates that the market for these technologies is maturing and the portfolio is highly resilient,” said Lisa Jacobson, BCSE President. power in 2020. This was despite a decline in nuclear output.

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The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

GreenTechMedia

At the very least, utilities will need plans that can get them most of the way there, while rushing ahead with next-generation technologies: long-duration energy storage, small modular nuclear reactors or green hydrogen and methane to fuel natural gas peaker plants. Here's a look at the five largest U.S. Southern Company.

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The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Renewable Energy World

This drop happened thanks to policy, market and technology drivers. has also become more energy efficient since 2005, thanks to policies and technology improvements. Many devices that power our lives, such as LED lights , get more performance from a kilowatt-hour of electricity now than they did 15 years ago. About the Authors.

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