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One Big Chart: how does the cost of nuclear power compare to renewables?

The Guardian: Energy

MAY 23, 2024

Peter Dutton has suggested Australia should build large-scale nuclear reactors, but CSIRO’s GenCost report shows the price compared to solar and wind Electricity from nuclear power would cost Australia significantly more than generating it from solar and wind, according to the CSIRO.

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Could The U.S. Automobile Fleet Run On Wind And Solar Power?

R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with electricity from solar photovoltaic (PV) power. on solar power would require a substantial amount of backup power or storage for when the sun isn’t shining. I also knew that my solar PV calculation was subject to many assumptions, and the answer could therefore be 50% too large or 50% too small.

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Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis? | Adam Morton

The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 18, 2024

We should focus on rooftop solar – Australians love it A missing element from much of the debate about whether Australia should embrace nuclear power is that – unless the Labor rank-and-file have an extraordinary change of heart – the issue is already dead on arrival. John Howard and Scott Morrison knew the score on this.

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Three-Quarters of New US Generating Capacity in 2020 Will Be Renewable, EIA Says

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2020

Energy Information Administration has confirmed what it and industry watchers predicted a year ago—that wind and solar power will expand on their already-large share of new U.S. EIA’s numbers also break records for both wind and solar in terms of annual capacity additions. generation capacity in 2020.

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Highlights from the 2022 BP Statistical Review

R-Squared Energy

JULY 13, 2022

The remaining share of primary energy use consisted of hydroelectric power (6.8%), renewables (6.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Coal remained the dominant fuel for global power generation in 2021, with its share increasing to 36%, up from 35.1% Renewables and Nuclear Power. Wind and solar reached a 10.2%

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New York?s Energy Transition (and Challenges) in 5 Charts

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. Larger-scale transmission projects aimed at carrying Canadian hydropower and wind power downstate, such as the $2.2 Source: NYISO.

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Renewables Overtake Coal, Thanks To Natural Gas

R-Squared Energy

JUNE 4, 2020

This surge is better shown by the following graphic, which highlights the three categories of modern renewables that have driven the consumption surge: Wind power, solar power, and biofuels. So, how does the consumption of renewables and coal compare to our consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and nuclear power?

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Renewable Energy Grew At A Blistering Pace In 2021

R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Hydroelectricity, which the Review reports as a separate category is growing globally at a much slower rate than modern renewables like solar power. exajoules, which is still more than wind and solar. for modern renewables like wind and solar power. Global hydropower consumption in 2021 was 40.3

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'It's working': Clean energy supplies nearly 80 per cent of power in Britain on Saturday

Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Fossil gas' share of electricity supplies shrinks to less than 15 per cent over weekend as wind power meets more than half of UK demand. National Grid ESO data published yesterday reveals that wind power produced more than half of British electricity generation on Saturday, bringing renewables' share of overall supplies to 60 per cent.

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

R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In the process, NextEra became the largest producer of wind and solar power in the world. NextEra’s renewables unit, NextEra Energy Resources, is primarily oriented toward wind power (58% of this unit’s fuel mix) and is the largest generator of wind power in North America.

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Highlights From The BP Statistical Review Of World Energy 2021

R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27.2%), natural gas (24.7%), hydropower (6.9%), renewables (5.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Renewables and Nuclear Power. Solar electricity consumption rose by a record 1.3 exajoules (EJ) — an increase of 20% — but wind power (+1.5

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

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.

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These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. And since renewable energy generation isn’t available all the time – it happens when the wind blows or the sun shines – storage is essential. This approach allows concentrated solar power to work around the clock.

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

Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

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

OCTOBER 5, 2020

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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Subsidies to biomass plant in Teesside must be stopped says environmental coalition

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

By comparison, the CfD awarded to Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is £106.12/MWh. The most recent CfD auction for offshore wind resulted in a strike price of £46/MWh – one-third of the cost of the MGT Teesside’s award in today’s prices. Unlike cheap wind and solar power, biomass?power

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Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Dominion’s new IRP is driven by Virginia's Clean Economy Act passed earlier this year, which calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045 and sets targets for energy efficiency, energy storage, and in-state solar and wind power. Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co.

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

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In July, Abbott directed the PUC to “allocate reliability costs to generation resources that cannot guarantee their own availability, such as wind or solar power” and to “streamline incentives within the ERCOT market to foster the development and maintenance of adequate and reliable sources of power, like natural gas, coal, and nuclear power.”.

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Renewables make up nearly all of Texas’ new generating capacity. Can the market keep up the momentum?

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Greg Abbott directed the PUC to “allocate reliability costs to generation resources that cannot guarantee their own availability, such as wind or solar power” and to “streamline incentives within the ERCOT market to foster the development and maintenance of adequate and reliable sources of power, like natural gas, coal, and nuclear power.”.

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A Nordic energy giant shows how a carbon turnaround happens

Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

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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'British power to the British people': Keir Starmer unveils plans for publicly-owned clean energy company

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Dubbed Great British Energy, the new venture would enable British people to profit from the nation's clean energy resources, he said, stressing that state-backed energy companies from France, China, and Sweden were all currently profiting from wind and nuclear power generated in Britain. British power to the British people.".

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'Our seas hold immense potential': PM unveils £160m offshore wind investment

Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And, forming the first stage of the 10-point plan, Johnson will tomorrow announce a new increased target for 40GW of operational offshore wind power capacity 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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Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

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. Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter.

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How green energy offers five times more secure, skilled UK jobs than fossil fuels

Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

Earlier this year, the government published an Energy Security Strategy, which ramped up targets for offshore wind and solar power while also promising to develop new oil and gas fields in the North Sea, in a bid to reduce exposure to risky, global fossil fuel markets.

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'Slight tension': From coal mines to nuclear, new Business Secretary hints at delicate decisions at heart of UK's net zero ambitions

Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

In a wide-ranging appearance before the BEIS Committee, Kwarteng also defended the government's support for nuclear power, reiterating hopes that Hinkley Point C would come online by 2025 and act as a forerunner for another major nuclear project, as well as a fleet of small modular rectors developed in future.

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Global Briefing: Coronavirus crisis will have 'negligible' impact on emissions without green recovery, study warns

Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

The project - which is backed by investment totalling €89 million - will now enter its first five year phase, which will involve the planning and construction of a 30MW electrolyser unit that will produce 'green' hydrogen using offshore wind power.

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Here’s why there is no nuclear option for Australia to reach net zero | Alan Finkel

The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 21, 2024

Any call to go directly from coal to nuclear is effectively a call to delay decarbonisation of our electricity system by 20 years The battle lines have been drawn over Australia’s energy future. The Coalition wants nuclear. Continue reading.

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Comment: Europe’s struggle to understand energy economics

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

After all, consumer prices have become much higher than the cost of producing wind and solar power. The country’s investment in wind energy didn’t take off until the late 1990s. All the while, Denmark has been in a unique position to use wind power. Source: World Nuclear Association). Source: IEA).

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Energy Security Strategy: Government promises 'major acceleration of homegrown power'

Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

The sector is investing tens of billions of pounds in cheap wind power, as well as cutting-edge green hydrogen and floating wind technology, so that the UK can reduce our dependence on gas.". "Scaling up our ambitions for renewables, and increasing speed of delivery, will help us cut bills and be more energy independent.

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The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The falling costs of wind and solar power are pushing utilities to find ways to incorporate them into their long-range plans, even as they struggle to define what resources can be relied on to provide the dispatchable power they need. Nuclear power plays a large role in PSEG’s carbon-reduction plans.

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Corporate leaders ask Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to abandon anti-renewable energy proposals

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 10, 2021

In July, Abbott directed the PUC to “allocate reliability costs to generation resources that cannot guarantee their own availability, such as wind or solar power” and to “streamline incentives within the ERCOT market to foster the development and maintenance of adequate and reliable sources of power, like natural gas, coal, and nuclear power.”.

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Texas Energy System Faces a Winter Reckoning

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

And while the state’s 22-gigawatt wind power fleet has faced problems stemming from icing of wind turbine blades and relatively low wind conditions that have reduced its ability to contribute to the grid, the primary failure is from the state’s natural-gas, coal and nuclear generator fleet, according to ERCOT data.

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The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Many devices that power our lives, such as LED lights , get more performance from a kilowatt-hour of electricity now than they did 15 years ago. Wind and solar power dramatically outperformed expectations, delivering 13 times more generation in 2020 than projected. Emission-free nuclear generation largely held steady.

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Clean Energy Funding Finds Its Way Into Congressional Spending Bill

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

On the solar front, it would include $300 million per year through 2025 for Department of Energy programs to improve solar PV energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness, boost manufacturing and recycling of solar panels, and fund programs to integrate solar power into the grid.

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. Beginning in 1958, these were augmented by nuclear power plants, which have operated nearly continuously to pay off their large capital investments.

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Natural Gas Performed Heroically In Texas, Until It Didn’t

R-Squared Energy

MARCH 3, 2021

Hence, one could point to this graphic as evidence that between February 8 and February 10, wind power dropped dramatically while power from natural gas came to the rescue. On the other hand, if Texas was being largely powered by wind and solar power — even with battery backups — the situation could have been much worse.

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Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions and Energy R&D Package in Spending Bill Before Congress

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

But the tax-credit extensions contained in the bill could provide a significant boost for the primary federal incentive structure for wind and solar power by extending the expiration dates set by Congress late last year. ” Wind tax credit impacts.

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Princeton Study Charts a $2.5T Pathway to a Net-Zero Carbon US

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. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Virginia Mandates 100% Clean Power by 2050

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage and in-state solar and wind power. Dominion also gets more than one-third of its energy from nuclear power.

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FERC Order Will Restart PJM’s Capacity Market

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Under that plan, offshore wind farms will almost certainly be priced out of the market, but state-subsidized onshore wind, solar power, nuclear power and demand-side resources may be able to win approval for bids low enough to clear.

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Forecast: Solar Power Over 50% of US Power Capacity Growth in Next 3 Years

CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expects that slightly more than 50% of new US power capacity in the next 3 years will come from solar power — and that’s just considering large-scale solar power projects, not small-scale/rooftop solar power installations.

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Solar & Wind Power Growth In UK From 2012–2020 (Charts)

CleanTechnica

JANUARY 12, 2021

At the end of 2020, I published a report on solar power, wind power, and fossil fuel power market share changes from 2010 to 2020. A helpful reader, Mike Dyke, directed me to UK data for the same period.

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Solar Power, Wind Power, & Fossil Fuel Electricity Share Changes From 2010 To 2020

CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We have been publishing monthly US power capacity reports and monthly US electricity generation reports for a long time. Going into 2021, CleanTechnica is taking a look at electricity generation changes over the past decade. However.

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Solar & Wind = 74.6% of Expected US Power Capacity Growth in Next 3 Years (Charts)

CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The good news was that 100% of new capacity power in October was from renewable sources. of total power capacity is from wind, water, and solar power plants (only counting large-scale solar, not small-scale rooftop solar). The less good news was that only 21.7%

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One Big Chart: how does the cost of nuclear power compare to renewables?

Could The U.S. Automobile Fleet Run On Wind And Solar Power?

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Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis? | Adam Morton

Three-Quarters of New US Generating Capacity in 2020 Will Be Renewable, EIA Says

Highlights from the 2022 BP Statistical Review

New York?s Energy Transition (and Challenges) in 5 Charts

Renewables Overtake Coal, Thanks To Natural Gas

Renewable Energy Grew At A Blistering Pace In 2021

'It's working': Clean energy supplies nearly 80 per cent of power in Britain on Saturday

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

Highlights From The BP Statistical Review Of World Energy 2021

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

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

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

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

Subsidies to biomass plant in Teesside must be stopped says environmental coalition

Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

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

Renewables make up nearly all of Texas’ new generating capacity. Can the market keep up the momentum?

A Nordic energy giant shows how a carbon turnaround happens

'British power to the British people': Keir Starmer unveils plans for publicly-owned clean energy company

'Our seas hold immense potential': PM unveils £160m offshore wind investment

Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

How green energy offers five times more secure, skilled UK jobs than fossil fuels

'Slight tension': From coal mines to nuclear, new Business Secretary hints at delicate decisions at heart of UK's net zero ambitions

Global Briefing: Coronavirus crisis will have 'negligible' impact on emissions without green recovery, study warns

Here’s why there is no nuclear option for Australia to reach net zero | Alan Finkel

Comment: Europe’s struggle to understand energy economics

Energy Security Strategy: Government promises 'major acceleration of homegrown power'

The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

Corporate leaders ask Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to abandon anti-renewable energy proposals

Texas Energy System Faces a Winter Reckoning

The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Clean Energy Funding Finds Its Way Into Congressional Spending Bill

A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Natural Gas Performed Heroically In Texas, Until It Didn’t

Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions and Energy R&D Package in Spending Bill Before Congress

Princeton Study Charts a $2.5T Pathway to a Net-Zero Carbon US

Virginia Mandates 100% Clean Power by 2050

FERC Order Will Restart PJM’s Capacity Market

Forecast: Solar Power Over 50% of US Power Capacity Growth in Next 3 Years

Solar & Wind Power Growth In UK From 2012–2020 (Charts)

Solar Power, Wind Power, & Fossil Fuel Electricity Share Changes From 2010 To 2020

Solar & Wind = 74.6% of Expected US Power Capacity Growth in Next 3 Years (Charts)

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