GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

APS has committed to 100-percent clean power by 2050 , including an interim target of 65 percent by 2030. That target will make use of the roughly 25 percent of its capacity provided by the Palo Verde nuclear power plant, as well as 45 percent renewable energy, largely solar power.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Opponents of new natural gas power plant construction argue that the falling cost of renewable energy paired with batteries is undercutting the business case for natural gas-fired peaker plants, leaving them at risk of becoming stranded assets unable to recover the costs of building them. Department of Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

New York utility Con Edison has signed its biggest energy storage contract to date, a 100-megawatt/400-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery project that will help balance a grid facing rising levels of offshore wind and other renewable power in the years to come.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

Coal remained the dominant fuel globally for power generation in 2022, with a stable share around 35.4%, down slightly from 35.8% Natural gas-fired power generation remained stable in 2022 with a share of around 23%. Output from nuclear power fell by 4.4%. to a new high of 34.4

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2020

California regulators have allowed utilities to replace capacity from the closed San Onofre nuclear power plant with new gas-fired peaker plants, though they also required Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric to seek out batteries, energy efficiency and demand response to meet part of the shortfall.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

At the same time, however, the intermittency of solar and wind power means poses challenges for ensuring the lights are kept on at all times in the UK, and that peak times of demand can be met regardless of when the wind blows and sun shines.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

He didn’t mention nuclear power or carbon sequestration in this speech, but his website does mention them among four specific goals designed to decarbonize the power sector. Biden’s plan calls for: Grid-scale storage at one-tenth the cost of lithium-ion batteries.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

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. Nuclear hydrogen provides a source of zero carbon emission energy for everything from industry to home heating or fuel cell powered vehicles or backup power.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 1, 2020

Battery backup projects have already been completed — and many more are underway — but spending in this area is a fraction of what is being spent to deploy wind and solar power. I didn’t mention nuclear power, for example, because conventional nuclear technology is also capital intensive.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Low-carbon energy technologies including renewables, energy efficiency and nuclear power, alongside an expansion of robust and smart electricity grids are all part of the solution, he added. Today, it is natural gas; tomorrow, it could be something else, such as lithium," he reflected.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

💨 Private equity and O&G bet big on climate tech’s next frontiers: DAC and lithium. Blackrock injected $550M into Oxy’s DAC plant and ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation. ☢️ US nuclear power saw mixed results.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Monday’s new contracts includes 585 megawatts of lithium-ion batteries: NextEra Energy’s 325-MW Desert Peak project, Recurrent Energy’s 200-MW Crimson project, and 174 Power Global / Hanwha Group’s 60-MW Eldorado Valley project.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Beginning in 1958, these were augmented by nuclear power plants, which have operated nearly continuously to pay off their large capital investments. Unlike coal and nuclear, solar and wind are variable; they provide power only when the sun and wind are available. However, new nuclear plants in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

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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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

In fact, the CCC's preferred option - or 'central scenario' - is for the government to aim for an overwhelmingly, but not entirely, decarbonised power system by 2035. But as lithium-ion batteries are not capable of providing long-duration energy storage for prolonged periods, the CCC identifies a key role for hydrogen.

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Clean Energy Trust

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The law will phase out fossil fuels in energy generation, provides additional funding for the construction of renewable energy projects, subsidizes some existing nuclear power plants in the state, and a host of other features.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

🚚 Range Energy , a Mountain View, CA-based electric trailers for commercial trucks developer, raised $24m in Series A funding from Trousdale Ventures, R7 Ventures, UP.Partners, and Yamaha Motor Ventures. who are working towards a clean, green, and just future.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 22, 2024

Just last week, the UK Government laid out its plan to quadruple nuclear power by 2050 and China approved construction for four new reactors. Other 🔋 Northvolt , a Stockholm, Sweden-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer company, raised $5bn in Debt funding from the European Investment Bank and the Nordic Investment Bank.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 5, 2020

This battery chemistry is less energy-dense than lithium-ion. This investment speaks to how the battery landscape may be evolving from lithium-ion for most things?—?to Link Other news New Chemistries for New Applications? Natron , a developer of sodium-ion batteries, raised $35 million in new investment.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Other 🔋 Northvolt , a Stockholm, Sweden-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer, raised €902m ($986m) in Grant and Debt funding from The European Commission. Hawaii replaced its final coal-powered facility with a 565 MWh battery.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The report lays out five alternative pathways to reaching its targets, ranging from those that rely on a complete shift to renewable energy and electrifying transport and buildings, to those that rely more on nuclear power, carbon capture and storage or biomass to decarbonize.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Ameren has asked Missouri regulators to approve $68 million for three solar-battery pilot projects, each linking 10 MW of PV to several hours' worth of battery storage for communities served by single transmission lines that can experience long power outages. Ameren serves about 1.2

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The IRP’s base-case scenario, set to reduce emissions by 50 percent to 55 percent by 2030 through new renewables and retiring its roughly 10,000 megawatts of coal-fired power plants, can be done “under existing statutes,” Good stated. ” Duke's decarbonization plans haven't been embraced by all stakeholders.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

  In the US , a 2023 Pew Research Center survey shows 57% of Americans favor nuclear power, a 14% increase over 2020. Italy installed its National Platform for Sustainable Nuclear Power in September. The committee will draft a plan to reintroduce nuclear for the first time since 1990.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 8, 2021

And some of those bets will lead to losses,” as with loans to bankrupt (and now reviving) EV maker Fisker Automotive and bankrupt lithium-ion battery manufacturer A123. In terms of technologies eligible for loans, roughly half of the more than $40 billion available is earmarked for advanced fossil fuel and nuclear power.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 21, 2023

This includes helping nuclear power work with renewables to develop sustainable, carbon-free energy systems. But current batteries are too expensive and inefficient because of material procurement, battery life, power limitations, and […]

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Electricity from coal power plants has declined from 26.9% of US electricity generation in the first 7 months of 2018 to 17.7% of US electricity in the first 7 months of 2020. Furthermore, that's down from 33% in 2015, 39% in 2014, 45% in 2010, and 50% in.

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