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

Renewable Energy World

As a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, I work with the federal government and private industry to develop renewable energy storage technologies. Here are three emerging technologies that could help make this happen. This approach allows concentrated solar power to work around the clock. Longer charges.

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Fresh U.K. Proposals Chase More Nuclear and Higher Carbon Prices

GreenTechMedia

government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. the Saudi Arabia of wind power. Nuclear talks with EDF to resume. Detailing the U.K.'s

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EarthEn’s CO2 Battery Stores Renewable Energy for Four to 100 Hours, Enabling a Cleaner Grid

Greentown Labs

As renewable energy sources have matured and become more affordable, a challenge remains in dramatically increasing the amount of clean power on the electric grid: long-duration energy storage. EarthEn’s technology utilizes 27 metric tons of CO 2 per megawatt hour.

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

Business Green

"We can't afford to burn more fossil fuels to meet that demand so we need to invest now in the technologies that can deliver green electricity in the most cost-effective way," he said.

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Arizona Utility APS Charts 15-Year Plan on Its Way to Zero-Carbon Energy by 2050

GreenTechMedia

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. million-customer utility, said in a Tuesday interview.

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How Should Europe Decarbonize? Depends Who You Ask

GreenTechMedia

The EU's own new strategy for decarbonizing its energy system draws largely from European Commission projections from 2018, predicting that in 2050 more than 80 percent of the electricity supply will come from renewables and 15 percent from nuclear. ” Pay attention to who is doing the forecasting.

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New Climate Targets Will Require Europe to Double the Pace of Renewables Deployment

GreenTechMedia

Coal power slumped by 20 percent year-on-year while solar and wind power grew 15 percent and 9 percent, respectively. Major economies, including France, Italy, Netherlands and Poland, all get less than 20 percent of their electricity from wind and solar. France is stuck at around 10 percent.

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