GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

generation in 2018, compared to wind and hydropower at around 7 percent each, nuclear at 19 percent, coal at 27 percent, and natural gas at 35 percent. The Solar Energy Industries Association industry group published a roadmap Monday to increase solar power to 20 percent of U.S. power generation by 2030, branded as the "Solar+ Decade.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

But reports this week suggest there is growing political consensus in Germany of the need to keep its few remaining nuclear plants running for the time being as its braces for a challenging winter for energy supplies.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Political will. Global leaders belly-flopped well short of the pool at a pivotal climate-protection summit, even after the United Nations declared a “code-red” emergency. . Jay Inslee.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

2 Other considerations include balancing political priorities, such as creating local jobs and energy security, with feasibility challenges, for example, caused by stringent environmental and social standards, slow permitting, and difficulties in accessing finance.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

Gauging the political realities. In fact, a separate analysis of an “economic IRP scenario” that presumed this least-cost approach to utilities’ existing plans indicated that it could yield about three-quarters of the cost improvements from the RTO scenario, he said.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2021

Mekong River societies are reliant on water for their infrastructure; transport, livelihoods, hydropower, agriculture and manufacturing. It is a high growth area and the major base for global manufacturing, yet highly vulnerable to climate change due to its physical position. Disaster risk management.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

"Sharp spikes in electricity prices in recent times have been causing hardship for many households and businesses around the world and risk becoming a driver of social and political tensions," said IEA executive director Fatih Birol. These assertions are misleading to say the least," he wrote.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Offering some of the lowest cost electricity ever seen and providing power at prices that are consistently cheaper than oil and gas, solar is set to be the star of the show, followed by onshore and offshore wind - although hydropower will continue to hold the highest capacity for power generation by 2030, the IEA said.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

However, the IEA also warned that renewable power's growth is on track to lose momentum in 2023, predicting that global additions to the clean power fleet will plateau as solar power's continued acceleration is offset by "little change" in wind additions and a 40 per cent decline in hydropower expansion.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

” India’s total installed capacity renewable energy, not including hydropower, currently stands at 90 gigawatts. ” <br /> Tim Buckley explains why 2020 could be a tipping point for fossil fuels in India and around the world on this episode of Political Climate.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

The report sees the influential Abu Dhabi-based agency join the UN, the IEA, and a raft of top political and business figures in calling for economic recovery plans to focus on driving more ambitious climate action. The time has come to invest trillions, not into fossil fuels, but into sustainable energy infrastructure.".

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Inadequate enforcement, corruption and a lack of political will to address these issues are key challenges facing these producing economies in tackling violations. Major community resistance against wind farms, and indeed other solar and hydropower projects, has resulted in significant financial costs to renewable sector investors.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The country is a clean energy pioneer, having transitioned from an economy heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels in the first half of the 20th century to a place where almost all homes are now heated and powered by hydropower or geothermal energy. This low emission economy is enabled by Iceland's unique geology.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. Their report revealed that by combining wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower sources, California could, theoretically, meet 100% of its electricity demand with WWS.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The oligarch also has a major stake in EuroSibEnergo, a subsidiary of En+ with coal and hydropower assets that was previously subject to U.S. The London Stock Exchange suspended trading in En+ in March but the U.K. government has refrained from imposing sanctions. Its CEO Mikhail Khardikov is also part of Russia’s COP27 delegation.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

electricity, don’t often have the political sway or capital to direct a push towards more renewables. And unlike their large investor-owned utility counterparts, co-ops, which deliver about 12 percent of all U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The words of von der Leyen and Timmermans might turn out to be nothing more than mere political rhetoric – a prelude to blaming energy companies for seeking maximum profits during a crisis while they did their best to serve the common good. And so, it remains to be seen how much money – if any – can be raised. Source: IEA).

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It is also more popular with supporters from every political party—including, by a small margin, Conservative voters. David Coletto, Chair and CEO, Abacus Data “Climate change and the affordability crisis are two political mountains that, far from being at odds, must be climbed together.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

As the world's two biggest economies and emitters, the USA and China have particular responsibility for making such a "historic" Pact a reality, said Guterres, as he called on the two superpowers to come together in the mutual interests of the planet, despite their political differences. "It

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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

There’s a political storm brewing here that doesn’t have many easy solutions. sort of a cross between pumped hydropower storage, a construction site, and a lego set. In addition to being bankrupt, PG&E represents one of the most progressive communities in the country.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Renewables, including hydropower, just 8.7%. There is always a political risk that energy companies have to consider. According to the latest BP Statistical Review — which is the “bible” of energy statistics — in 2019 fossil fuels supplied 83.3% of our energy in the U.S.; nuclear power supplied another 8.0%.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 30, 2019

Not particularly great in this political climate, although they seem to have brightened a bit since the introduction of extension legislation last month. Their estimated capacity factor of 63 percent is beyond many hydropower and combined-cycle gas plants. This is it: The bedrock of the U.S. What are the odds of an extension?

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The rest would come mostly from a mix of other low- or zero-carbon sources, including wind, nuclear, hydropower, biopower, geothermal and combustion turbines run on zero-carbon synthetic fuels such as hydrogen. In my view, the biggest challenge is that driving change on this scale requires sustained political will.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 31, 2021

Energy powerhouses, Ernest Moniz and Lynn Good, talk politics, R&D, stakeholder engagement, transmission, EVs and a host of other topics around the future of energy in the US. He believes that Biden’s election represents “a major shift” in politics. “I The public is ready, and the public wants it,” he said.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

We can continue to leverage the carbon pollution-free energy provided by existing sources like nuclear and hydropower. Policy & Politics. That is, it allows the market to determine the best way to meet the Clean Electricity Standard. Climate Change. Transparency. Sponsored Article. Shutterstock.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 1, 2022

In recent days, the idea of clean energy security has been advocated by Canadian political and world leaders alike, with U.S. Indeed, the Canadian government cannot change global fossil fuel markets. What it can change is whether we’re going to stay beholden to them.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The common energy sources are Hydropower, Biomass, Biofuels, Wind, Geothermal and Solar Energy. Hydro power One of the most important and large source of renewable energy, Hydropower contributes to 10% of world electricity generation. The flowing water energy is converted to electricity in the hydropower plants.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As the capital and political pressures increase for industries to decarbonize their processes and prove a commitment to Paris Climate Goals, there is a genuine threat to the sector as steel comes under increasing scrutiny. Wind, solar, hydropower or green hydrogen would radically and rapidly reduce the emissions impacts of steel.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 4, 2020

solar, wind, energy storage and hydropower industries announced a new era of cooperation between their sectors, with the goal of bringing renewables to constitute a majority of electricity generation sources by 2030. Traditional hydropower would tick up to 9 percent of generation. Challenging targets, challenging politics.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year shattered global heat records. The world witnessed the effects of rising temperatures in the form of devastating wildfires, severe flooding, extreme heatwaves and more. Poor countries and communities who have contributed the least to causing the climate crisis.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

The largest country-level advances in renewable energy in 2018 were in Spain, owing to higher hydropower generation, followed by Indonesia, with a rapid uptake of bioenergy. In contrast, renewable energy share for transport and heat declined in 2020. Heat had only a 1.2% absolute increase when it came to renewable sources.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Cornell University Score 82.14 | Ithaca, New York In March 2020, Cornell saw 100 percent of its campus power needs met by solar, hydropower, and other renewable energy projects. Thanks to the university's new environmental literacy gen-ed requirement, students sign up for courses like Politics of Oil and Insects, Food, Culture.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2023

Right now, some self-described green hydrogen producers are flocking to areas like upstate New York , where existing hydropower is cheap, and Florida, where solar energy is abundant.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 27, 2021

This is just the latest of a long line of records broken over the past couple of years, and unsurprisingly, such frequent affirmations of our energy-producing potential is having an impact on the frontline of politics. Wales goes to the polls on May 6th and the ‘green economy’ has become a central proposition of all of the main parties.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

The same challenges hold true for other utilities that don’t already get a significant share of their energy from hydropower or nuclear power, the two primary carbon-free resources in the country. Wind and solar power accounted for just above 10 percent of U.S. generation capacity in 2020, according to federal data.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. Geothermal energy research will get $850 million, and hydropower and marine power will get $933 million.

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