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How the utilities industry is building a sustainable future

Smart Energy International

Raw source materials needed to generate power, i.e., sun, wind, or water, are basically free. By 2025, it is estimated that the cost of energy from solar power, wind power, and energy storage will be competitive with traditional power-generation technologies in more geographies of the world.

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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. She also spoke at a webinar run by GWPF’s campaign arm Net Zero Watch last June. Another of her sources, Paul Homewood, has written for the GWPF.

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Report Calls for a Ground-Up Overhaul of Federal Transmission Grid Policy

GreenTechMedia

“Not only yes, but hell yes,” James Hoecker, FERC chairman from 1997 to 2001, said of the need for major new transmission investment in a Wednesday webinar introducing the report. In that light, the new report represents “the radical idea that planning should actually be about the future.”

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What Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Did, and Didn’t, Get from Congress This Week

GreenTechMedia

But solar and wind power groups and energy storage advocates didn’t get all they’ve been asking for from Congress in the bill — and they’re seeking support for those additional policies from the incoming Biden-Harris administration and lawmakers from both parties. The R&D package also includes $2.2

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