The Verge: Energy

APRIL 24, 2024

Kenneth Lobo Méndez, director of planning and sustainability in electricity management, and Marco Jiménez Chavez, an engineer, at the state-run electricity utility Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). In the winter, like a six-month period from June to December, many of the hydropower plants get surplus flows.

Hydropower 133

Hydropower Electricity Fossil fuels Climate change 133

Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Eastern European countries differ strongly in their current share of RES in total electricity production (with a record 65% share in Romania, Latvia, and Croatia, which rely heavily on hydropower).

Investment 127

Investment Europe Fossil fuels Ethics 127

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

” India’s total installed capacity renewable energy, not including hydropower, currently stands at 90 gigawatts. In a testament to India's growing demand for low-cost and locally manufactured power, Indian power minister R. “Our renewable energy capacity is the fourth largest in the world.

Energy 130

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity. From now on all three elements of the energy trilemma - security, affordability and sustainability - are pushing in the same direction.

Demand 73

Demand Fossil fuels Electricity Hydropower 73

Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

But there is a good reason why a growing number of fossil fuel giants are not simply battening down the hatches in preparation for a period of recession and sustained low prices, before firing up a new wave of projects. A consensus is building that more write downs are on the way - potentially a lot more.

Building Energy Monitoring 84

Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 84

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. One advantage solar power has over many other low-carbon technologies is that most of the U.S. power grid.

Solar Power 90

Solar Power Electricity Hydropower Fossil fuels 90

Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Hailed as the greatest invention of the 20th century , our now-aging grid was based on fundamental concepts that made sense at the time it was developed. The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. Innovations that make 100% clean power possible.

Solar Energy Monitor 117

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 117

Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

At the moment, however, supporting grid infrastructure investment risks lagging behind investment in renewables generation projects, according to EY's global renewables leader Arnaud de Giovanni. However, the rankings do not take into account the UK government's fresh announcement last week that it is targeting a net zero power grid by 2035.

Investment 69

Investment Policy Hydrogen Hydropower 69

CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to the February 2021 “Unlocking Africa’s Mini-Grid Market” report, 60% of Africa’s population lives in rural areas. Only 5% of this rural population has access to modern electricity services, without which sustainable development cannot take place.

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Hydropower Africa Electricity Demand 0

CleanTechnica

APRIL 24, 2021

A California company, Natel Energy, is hard at work developing a low-head, low-impact hydropower approach that addresses one of the leading concerns of new deployment — impacts to natural stream flows. Of course, if environmental mitigation strategies take too big a bite out of revenues, the effort is a nonstarter.

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