Business Green
JUNE 30, 2022
International Energy Agency argues nuclear power can play a significant role in supporting transition to a renewables-dominated energy system worldwide. At present, nuclear is still the world's second largest source of low carbon power after hydro electricity, with atomic power plants spread across 32 countries.
R-Squared Energy
JUNE 4, 2020
The short version is that policies to curb carbon emissions were put in place about the same time the shale boom and renewable power revolutions created cheaper, cleaner alternatives to coal. So, how does the consumption of renewables and coal compare to our consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and nuclear power?
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Energy Innovation
JULY 14, 2020
In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 3, 2021
None of that generation in 2021 will stem from nuclear power. The agency’s 2020 power mix was 95 percent carbon-free. Peninsula Clean Energy customers will continue to receive this clean power at rates lower than those charged by PG&E, it said. California needs to speed its transition to 100 percent clean energy.
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.
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 6, 2021
California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. ROOT CAUSES. THE BIG RETHINK.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Wind and solar alone generated around 30 per cent of Britain's electricity in 2020, while biomass provided seven per cent, and hydropower made up 1.6 Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5 per cent of Britain's power last year, while imports accounted for just under seven per cent.
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