Green Living Guy

MARCH 28, 2022

Hydropower plants harness the force of water to run […]. That’s why hair dryers have huge tags on them warning consumers about electric shock and why some people won’t shower during a thunderstorm. However, water is also used to create energy. The post Is Reclaimed Water the Key to More Energy?

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 8, 2024

Hydropower and gas are supposed to make up for most of the the shortfall in solar energy. Put simply: more gas, more pollution. When it comes to soot and smog-forming pollutants, the effects are more concentrated in communities that border fossil fuel power plants.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Rise of Renewable Energy Renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydropower have gained significant momentum in recent years. Hydropower generators use the force of flowing water to produce electricity. Let’s read more about staying comfortable amidst the cold and harsh weather.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Low Pumped storage hydropower would result in a 1% increase in solar capacity additions and a 26% increase in energy storage deployment. In Bangladesh, energy storage is expected to help reduce reliance on expensive, high-polluting diesel- and fuel-oil-fired power plants to manage demand and provide peaking power.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This pollutes the air, harming humans and animals alike. As the Water Flows:  Water flow, such as in rivers, can produce electricity using hydropower. Our planet is being kind to our environment using renewable energy sources like solar, wind, hydropower and yes, even hydrogen fuel. Why Go Green?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When she returned in 2018, long after the war had ended, a journalist encouraged her to go into the hills and take a look at some new hydropower plants on the river Lumbardhi i Deçanit. An area called ‘Zalli i Rupes, where environmental campaigners say gravel was dug for the construction of hydropower plants further down the river.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Most new household customers burn kerosene and charcoal for energy, while businesses have to rely on expensive and polluting diesel generators. According to Gridworks, only 12% of the country’s 12 million people currently have access to electricity, with that number falling to 2% in rural areas.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

That money would go to jobs and tax base in the state, he noted, whereas alternatives like importing hydropower from Canada send wealth out of state. Batteries deliver power without emitting pollutants on-site, a major difference from New York's aging fleet of oil- and gas-burning peak power plants. A setback for battery plan.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

According to a press release, 24/7 carbon-free energy will reduce pollution and improve economic and health outcomes for those most impacted by the effects of climate change.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

R&I activities are needed on renewable energy generation from e.g. solar, wind, geothermal, ocean, hydropower, and sustainable energy vectors like biomethane, advanced biofuels, solar and synthetic renewable fuels as well as on other strategic technologies such as heat pumps and on unconventional renewable energy technologies.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

There’s the complex carbon composition of the electric grid, which can vary widely from place to place — in the United States, for example, from Washington state (which relies heavily on hydropower) to Wyoming (powered almost entirely by coal). And the era of fossil fuels is hardly over. Are we up to the challenge?

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U.S. Green Technology

AUGUST 12, 2023

Water and wastewater treatment are essential for preserving human health and safeguarding the environment since untreated water may contain harmful bacteria, viruses, and chemicals that can cause disease and pollution. The therapy process frequently. Green Technology.

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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. But the picture is much more complicated.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Habitat destruction, destructive fishing practices, invasive species, industrial pollution and hydropower dams are just a few of the threats freshwater fish face in their everyday lives, according to The World’s Forgotten Fishes Report. “They are the aquatic version of the canary in the coalmine, and we must heed the warning.”

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

In just ten years, Jacobson has harnessed passion, determination and science to re-frame the way renewable energy is seen and, ultimately, accepted as a viable solution to climate change and air pollution. If this soup of pollution was hurting me after only a few minutes, I imagined the damage it caused people who lived in it.”

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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

JANUARY 6, 2021

As the country grapples with the intertwined issues of air pollution, water scarcity and energy security, along with energy access and affordability, experts say they’re starting to see a future for India where coal will no longer be king. Challenges lie ahead, but there may be cause for optimism. Solar ticks every one of those boxes.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Climate Bonds Initiative, of which Climate Bond Market Intelligence is a part, said that 2022 would also see further expansion in the reach of its Climate Bonds Standard, which is seeking to tackle concerns that some green bonds are channelling investment into polluting activities.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

With renewable energy sources such as hydropower and solar accounting for just 29% of the country’s energy and natural gas accounting for 13.5%, the Philippines could continue relying on coal for a long time. Although not a renewable source of energy, natural gas pollutes the environment significantly less than coal.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jacobson also determined that fully electrifying Canada’s energy grid with renewable energy and battery storage would further save 3,800 lives annually from air pollution-related deaths, and eliminate nearly one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. Credit: Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Common sources of renewable energy are hydropower, solar, wind, and geothermal. We need energetic processes which produce as little pollution as possible. We must replace energy generated by fossil fuels with sustainable power sources.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 27, 2021

The company is one of the largest hydropower operators in Europe. Here, power consumption is high due to the tourism industry, but also costly and polluting due to a reliance on dated diesel generators. Major utility Statkraft purchased four 500-kilowatt systems from Ocean Sun in March 2019.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 2, 2021

Below the surface, the boat creates additional energy through hydropower from propeller rotations capable of generating over 15 kWh at about seven knots. The Sunreef 80 Eco is equipped with two electric motors that produce no pollution , fumes or vibrations, regardless of the trip distance.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 2, 2020

In some cases , hydrogen from fossil fuels is produced in conjunction with carbon capture and storage, meaning that the carbon pollution is captured during production and sequestered. Hydrogen produced from renewable electricity (wind, solar, hydropower, tidal, etc.) This is known as blue hydrogen. is known as green hydrogen.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 12, 2022

The Austrian government aims to generate 100% of electricity from wind, solar and hydropower by 2030. The company cites lower emissions, noise reduction and less pollution (due to a reduction in the use of oil and lubricants) as the main drivers for their shift into electrification.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As a result, the industry accounts for roughly 8 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, as well as a toxic soup of air pollutants. And if the facility can use cheap, plentiful renewable electricity, perhaps from a hydropower plant, its steel would cost less than the competition. “At

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2022

While solar, wind and hydro now account for the majority of annual investments in power generation, the global energy mix continues to be dominated by more polluting energy sources.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

The authors calculated the huge additional costs lumped onto society by the transport and electricity sectors' contribution to climate change, air pollution, land degradation, noise, and biodiversity damage, as well as health and social costs, with the estimated total bill coming to £264bn.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 29, 2021

In order to increase investment into emerging markets, the Imperial College report argues that green bonds are in fact not an appropriate vehicle for many of the heaviest emerging market polluters and instead transition bonds should be the focus.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Solar , wind and hydropower projects have been rolling out at their fastest rate in recent years. Their increasing deployment is crucial for efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, reduce air pollution and expand energy access.” And, they are projected to experience increased growth rates in years to come.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A new report from think tank Ember, published this morning, has revealed that solar, wind, and hydropower additions around the world between January and June outpaced demand growth across the electricity sector. Malgorzata Wiatros-Motyka, senior analyst at Ember, said the results marked a significant milestone for the clean energy transition.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

This will help keep jobs in Europe, curb pollution and boost the competitiveness of our car industry.". ButReuters reported that the NorthConnect project is controversial as some Norwegian politicians fear rising grid costs and power prices could result as generation from wind turbines and hydropower dams is exported.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

The report also highlights how in addition to the short term economic boost a green investment surge would deliver multiple health and well-being benefits, at a time when air pollution and unhealthy lifestyles have been identified as an exacerbating factor in the coronavirus pandemic.

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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. These vital talks have already been exposed by our research as awash with the interests of big polluters. The London Stock Exchange suspended trading in En+ in March but the U.K.

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The City Fix

MAY 7, 2024

Over the past several months, the climate pattern El Niño has disrupted different regions and sectors across the world. Zimbabwe recently declared a state of disaster, due largely to El Niño-induced drought. The city government in Bogotá, Colombia, announced water rationing as reservoir levels.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

By late Spring, we were receiving reports that the UK’s coal-powered energy had fallen to ‘ pre-industrial revolution levels ’, and by the summer, that pollution levels had dropped by half. Consistent reports from last year demonstrated that 2020 was going to be an incredible year for energy/environmental figures.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

The plan includes climate adaptation measures across seven sectors - water, agriculture, land, forestry, human settlement, health, transport, and mining - as well as measures to scale up hydropower and solar energy, improve energy efficiency and rollout electric vehicles, the according to the news site.

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