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GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt gigawatt generation fleet from 52 percent to 40 percent, while reducing natural gas and oil from 38 percent to 26 percent. gigawatts of nameplate capacity as of 2020. Missouri’s RPS demands only 15 percent renewables by 2021.
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 14, 2020
According to EIA data released Tuesday , wind and solar will make up 32 of the 42 gigawatts of new capacity additions expected to start commercial operation in 2020, dwarfing the 9.3 gigawatts of natural gas-fired plants to come online this year. Older natural gas-fired power plants in California will account for most of the 3.7
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GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 5, 2020
needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.
Renewable Energy World
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
S&P Global Market Intelligence notes that power plant operators added 8,139 MW of new generating capacity to the ERCOT market last year -- 42% came from wind and 40% from solar. Natural gas-fired additions made up 13% of the new capacity. The interconnection queue (at ERCOT) is full.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar. US energy-related emissions are now down almost one gigatonne from their peak in 2000, it added.
Business Green
DECEMBER 24, 2021
As the oil crises of the 1970s shattered perceptions of energy security, nations frantically invested in domestic research and development initiatives. France built nuclear power. Denmark looked to offshore wind. Ørsted is an advocate of strong government policy driving private investment in decarbonisation.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2022
As long as there are enough suppliers (such as renewables and nuclear) with low marginal costs, the price paid for electricity by consumers also remains low. But as soon as demand outstrips the capacity of these low-cost producers, prices jump to the price bid by gas-fired generators, which depends largely on the price of natural gas.
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