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Hawaiian Electric Reveals Full List of Winners From Its Big Energy Storage Procurement

GreenTechMedia

Bright Canyon has primarily invested in wind power projects to date, including ownership stakes in Missouri and Minnesota projects being developed by Tenaska. Hanwha Energy USA Holdings Corp. Bright Canyon Energy, a subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corp.,

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Low carbon generation set to meet electricity demand growth – IEA

Smart Energy International

Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year. This is largely thanks to the huge momentum behind renewables, with ever cheaper solar leading the way, and support from the important comeback of nuclear power, whose generation is set to reach a historic high by 2025.

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How NextEra Overtook ExxonMobil As The Largest U.S. Energy Company

R-Squared Energy

If you had invested in Florida-based utility NextEra Energy a decade ago, your total return through this week, including dividends, would have been 600%. In contrast, if you had invested in ExxonMobil a decade ago, you have seen the share value decline by half. NextEra’s dividend is considered as safe as an investment-grade bond.

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Cryptominer taps underutilised nuclear energy on Georgia grid

Smart Energy International

The company’s second project, which doubles its capacity from 8MW to 16MW, includes an additional four EZ Blockchain mobile data centres and involved an investment totalling over $1 million. Blockchain energy consumption should be transparent in Europe – a call 100% renewable powered Bitcoin mining facility to prove concept.

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RWE Wants ‘Dignified’ End for Coal Plants as It Storms Ahead With Renewables

GreenTechMedia

German utility RWE confirmed plans Thursday to build another 4 gigawatts of renewables by 2022, expanding the scope for its annual investments into wind and solar. In its annual report, RWE said it will invest €1.5 billion to €2 billion (or as much as $2.2 billion) into renewables each year in the near term.

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Can EDF Make Big Money in Small-Scale Renewables?

GreenTechMedia

The world’s leading nuclear power generator is betting big on a future of small-scale, distributed energy. Électricité de France operates 58 nuclear reactors in its home country and owns stakes in several U.S. nuclear plants that it's now moving to sell.

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Could nuclear hydrogen be a game changer worth trillions?

Hydrogen Fuel News

The $7 billion the federal government is investing in clean H2 is meant to clean up precisely this type of production. Scientists at four nuclear power plants in the US are attempting to improve electrolysis processes to make it more practical, affordable and feasible at scale. Why use nuclear energy to produce hydrogen?

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