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Renewables Overtake Coal, Thanks To Natural Gas

R-Squared Energy

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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Retail electricity provider Peninsula Clean Energy now offering 100% emission-free power

Renewable Energy World

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.

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Study: 108GW of offshore wind and 140GW of storage needed to deliver net zero electricity grid by 2035

Business Green

The UK's windy weather means that offshore wind energy, backed by energy storage, provides the best value route to a decarbonised grid, the report concludes, arguing that solar power is set to play a relatively "small role" in the transition to a zero-emission UK energy system.

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'Our seas hold immense potential': PM pledges to power all UK homes with offshore wind by 2030

Business Green

Announcing the first stage of the 10-point plan, Johnson will tomorrow confirm a new increased target for 40GW of operational offshore wind power capacity to be delivered by the end of the decade, up from the existing target of 30GW by 2030, and marking a sizeable increase on the 10GW in operation today.

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A Nordic energy giant shows how a carbon turnaround happens

Business Green

The Danish energy utility leads the world in developing and operating wind farms at sea, contracting one-third of the world's offshore wind. The company recorded profits of $2.74bn in 2020, with many new projects in the pipeline in the coming decade - including large developments in solar power, onshore wind and green hydrogen. "I

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Investigation into Texas freeze highlights natural gas failures, frequency of cold weather events

Renewable Energy World

Greg Abbott, Public Utility Commission of Texas Chairman Peter Lake, and leaders in the state legislature, said current policy proposals are built on the false premise that renewable energy sources – like wind and solar – were to blame for the outages.

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Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

DeSmogBlog

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Porter’s blog repeatedly cites the work of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate science denial group.