GreenTechMedia

JULY 8, 2020

proposed transmission projects meant to carry Midwest wind power to eastern markets, is one step closer to completion after winning key court and policy battles in Missouri. The Grain Belt Express, one of the biggest U.S. billion project from its founder, Clean Line Energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

Scottish Renewables and the British Hydropower Association have written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling on the UK Government to urgently support the deployment of long-duration electricity storage, including pumped storage hydro (PSH). The Cruachan pumped storage hydro facility, Argyll and Bute (image credit: Scottish Power).

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

Report funded by Scottish Renewables, the British Hydropower Association, Buccleuch, CCSQ, Drax Group, Intelligent Land Investments Group, SSE Renewables. Cara Dalziel, Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Phasing out fossil fuel electricity generation is essential if we are to have any chance of tackling climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Mark Wilson, CEO of Intelligent Land Investments, told a conference of the British Hydropower Association in Glasgow on 24 November that while the current energy crisis offers “a great opportunity for renewables”, long-term energy storage will also be required to fulfil that potential. However, the policy makers have to keep up.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

The cost of new wind and solar generation, on a levelized cost of energy basis, is now lower than that of new thermal and hydropower generation, and increasingly below the operating cost of existing thermal plants. Existing hydropower plants can also help with this large ramp up power.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Investment in clean energy such as solar, hydropower and wind to meet Africa’s energy demand which is expected to double by 2040. The researchers call for urgent collaboration on: • Continuous air monitoring via a network of sensors in order to build a detailed picture of air pollution variations and track progress.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Since large hydropower is emission-free but not counted as renewable in California, the agency said all customers are receiving at least 50 percent renewable power generated by solar, wind, biomass and small hydropower projects. The remainder of the emission-free power will be provided from large hydropower.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 13, 2020

This article is the third in a six-part series that explores … The post What You Need to Know About Hydropower appeared first on Earth911.com. View original here: What You Need to Know About Hydropower.

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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. Environmental groups have been pressing federal agencies to consider tearing down hydropower dams in the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 6, 2021

However, hydropower still accounts for the largest share of renewables in the total mix. At the end of 2020, global renewable generation capacity amounted to 2,799 GW, with hydropower still accounting for the largest share at 1,211 GW. China and the U.S. were the two outstanding growth markets from 2020.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The compact is an effort to speed decarbonization of the world’s electricity systems by working with a global group of companies, policymakers and organizations to develop and scale technologies, policies and solutions.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The once-humdrum electricity sector has become a hub of interest and innovation for the worlds of energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, transportation, buildings, policy, finance and others. And the era of fossil fuels is hardly over. The paths from here to electrification and decarbonization are costly and complex.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The report also highlights the importance of increasing levels of lower-emissions technologies for seasonal variations, including hydropower, nuclear, fossil fuels with carbon capture, utilisation and storage, bioenergy, hydrogen and ammonia. ” The energy world will look very different by 2030, even under today's policy settings ?

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GreenBiz

APRIL 7, 2020

That's according to a BloombergNEF report that calls policy support for the hydrogen economy "insufficient.".

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 3, 2021

Primeo Energie France offers its customers not only green energy but also structured market access solutions to support them in a competitive and sustainable supply policy. The company acquires and operates photovoltaic solar power plants, wind farms and small hydropower plants in Switzerland and certain European countries.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Growth in batteries outpaced almost all other clean energy technologies in 2023 as falling costs, advancing innovation and supportive industrial policies helped drive up demand for the crucial technology, finds the IEA’s Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions World Energy Outlook Special Report.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 21, 2021

Hydropower sits at the nexus of energy and water, enabling hydropower projects to be unique catalysts for positive change. If designed with both energy and water in mind, hydropower projects can increase reliable renewable generation and deliver positive co-benefits for river ecosystems and water users. What is keeping the U.S.

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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 Overall, it means wind, solar, hydropower, and biomass sources together supplied 38.5 Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5 In contrast, fossil fuel sources made up 39.6

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 3, 2019

The nation’s largest electric grid operator is grappling with how to prevent state climate policies from merely pushing emissions — and costs — across state lines.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

A new briefing from think tank organisation the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) argues that the clean energy transition can be delivered on time and at an affordable cost if supply chain risks are minimised by policy and industry action. The supply chains covered in this report are critical to the energy transition. “Our

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 4, 2022

Solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources (including biomass, geothermal, and hydropower) added more than 2,250 MW of new generating capacity each month during 2021. . Including new hydropower (28 MW), geothermal (25 MW), and biomass (18 MW), renewables provided 83.6% of all new generating capacity through the end of October.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) dominated new U.S. Together with generation by hydropower, biomass, and geothermal, overall production by renewables grew by 3.0% Washington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

“We now need to turn this ambition into action and hold policy makers accountable to deliver on their commitments. The strategy focuses on Finance, Policies, Innovation, Training, and Standards. The GRA represents the leading international industry players and provides a unified renewable energy voice.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In June, AWEA along with solar, hydropower and storage industry trade groups also introduced a joint vision to achieve “majority renewables” by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

” Hydropower will continue as the largest source of renewable power, according to the IEA. Even the IEA’s middle-road "Stated Policies" scenario would require an 80 percent increase in grid investments over the next decade compared to the previous 10 years. Grid operators in China, the U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2022

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure trust (DORE) has launched a £50m fundraise in order to pay off outstanding credit and fund an investment pipeline, while also seeking approval to alter its investment policy. After the outstanding £17.3m

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 26, 2019

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has entered into an agreement to acquire Cube Hydro, an operator of small and medium-sized hydropower facilities in the northeast and southeast U.S.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The RFP, issued pursuant to Section 80 of An Act Driving Climate Policy Forward , 2022 Mass. Massachusetts currently has more than 300 MWh of installed energy storage, primarily in the form of pumped hydropower storage or lithium-ion battery storage. Responses to the RFP are due on January 18, 2023.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Canada’s hydropower-rich grid is 84% non-emitting with variable renewables (essentially wind and solar) currently making up 7% of the country’s total electricity generation. In fact, renewables are set to contribute 80% of new power capacity worldwide between now and 2030 under current policies, with solar alone accounting for more than half.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

By transitioning to a 100% renewable energy grid with a sustainable hydropower backbone, we can curb the worst effects of climate change. How hydropower balances a renewable energy grid. By combining hydropower with wind and solar, we can decarbonize our grids without sacrificing reliability.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

The global renewable power sector added 176GW of new capacity in total last year - just fractionally down on the 179GW added in 2018 - as rapid growth in wind, solar, hydropower and other renewable power sources outpaced the fossil fuel sector by a factor of 2.6, according to IRENA. Overall, renewables capacity expanded by 7.6

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 28, 2019

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has issued an order approving long-term contracts for 9,554,940 MWh annually of hydropower between H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) and the Commonwealth’s electric distribution companies through the New England Clean Energy Connect 100% Hydro project (NECEC Hydro).

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Eco-Business

JULY 6, 2022

Renewables like solar, wind and hydropower met only 40 per cent of new electricity demand in Southeast Asia over the past six years. Rapid policy intervention is needed to steer the region towards a net-zero pathway, says a new report.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 2, 2024

As part of this DOE has partnered with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to develop PolicyAI, a policy-specific large language model test bed to develop software to augment the National Environmental Policy Act and related reviews.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

Governments need to build on this promising momentum through policies that encourage greater investment in solar and wind, in the additional grid infrastructure they will require, and in other key renewable technologies such as hydropower, bioenergy and geothermal," he said. "A billion tonnes in 2021 due to a resurgence in coal use.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 22, 2022

Our main source of electricity was hydropower, which people blamed for causing the power problems and not being reliable. Now I have a much different perspective from my work, and even got to talk to different hydropower leaders at a recent conference. ” The Road Ahead.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The funding awards apply net earnings from unutilized hydropower from the St. The consideration of an applicant’s impact on DEI is aligned with policies outlined in NYPA’s VISION2030 strategic plan to support and encourage a culture of inclusion, a diverse supplier base and a commitment to environmental justice.

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