GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

gigawatt reliability resources procurement between 2021 and 2023. Although the proposed ‘all-source’ procurement would allow existing natural gas-fired peaker plants to compete, it could also open a massive new market for renewable energy, energy storage, demand response and other preferred alternatives to fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric has asked California regulators to approve seven battery projects totaling 423 megawatts, or nearly 1.7 gigawatts of carbon-free resources to help meet grid reliability needs that will arise when four natural gas-fired power plants retire next year to reduce their environmental harm to coastal waters.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

Grid operators around the world are unusually busy these days, but few have quite as much on their minds as NYISO, the independent system operator that manages New York state's bulk power system and wholesale energy market. percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. Source: NYISO.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2020

That is the conclusion of independent research released today by Imperial College London and energy firm Drax, which saw experts assess the tumultuous impact of the coronavirus crisis on Britain's electricity system from April to June 2020, a period characterised by near historically low levels of demand for power.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The solar project plan will be filed in early 2021, with a decision expected in the middle of next year. Xcel expects regulators to approve this plan, which also includes coal-closure commitments and extending its nuclear power plant operations through at least 2040, by the end of this year. In Minnesota, Gov.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

It argues the costs of removing emissions from the power system are likely to rise over the coming years as policymakers plot how to deliver firm and flexible low carbon generation capacity that can oust unabated fossil fuel power from the grid.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 22, 2020

The world’s leading nuclear power generator is betting big on a future of small-scale, distributed energy. Électricité de France operates 58 nuclear reactors in its home country and owns stakes in several U.S. nuclear plants that it's now moving to sell.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

The cost-competitiveness of renewable energy alternatives, air pollution regulations and water scarcity have also been putting pressure on the coal sector — and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic cratered energy demand. But in absolute terms, coal use will increase as India’s overall energy demand grows.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Demand The most critical of energy transition minerals.   Demand is on the rise.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Six months after inking California’s largest single energy storage procurement, utility Southern California Edison has added another three massive utility-scale battery projects to its portfolio—plus a behind-the-meter battery project with Sunrun. gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, for August 2021 delivery.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

gigawatts of utility-scale solar capacity in the first half of 2021, a 15% increase from the first half of 2020 and nearly halfway to the total capacity added in 2020, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. But, researchers wrote, demand is strong with 17.4 Follow @EngelsAngle. now has 53.7 Twelve) - Lamar, TX.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

At the same time, the report asserts that coal-fired power generation needs to fall drastically by 72 per cent compared to 2019 levels by the end of the decade, which would mean retiring up to around 70 per cent - or over 1,400GW - of the world's coal power capacity. Hydrogen, CCS, and nuclear. Hydrogen, CCS, and nuclear.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

Their price will vary depending on international changes to energy supply and demand as well as major economic and political events. Russia is a significant producer and exporter of oil and gas, with 32 per cent of the EU's gas demand in 2021 having come from Russia.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

After all, if PG&E keeps raising rates for electricity that can’t be relied on during emergencies, customers may demand options to defect from its service — a real-life version of the “ utility death spiral ” threat supposedly posed by rooftop solar and behind-the-meter batteries that has yet to emerge in the real world.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 19, 2021

West pushed electricity demand past available supply, and problems with California’s resource adequacy program and market practices for ensuring adequate grid capacity failed to correct the imbalance. Simply put, the heat waves that blanketed the U.S. Utilities are getting on board with the CPUC's fast-track efforts.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

With the growth of e-commerce and demand for faster shipping (which means burning more fuel), maritime emissions increased nearly 5% between 2020 and 2021. Therefore, freight owners are a critical demand lever for pulling decarbonization forward. - What’s new? New regulations focused on CO2 are taking effect this year.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

And the Demand Response Auction Mechanism pilot project has allowed multiple vendors to aggregate batteries, plug-in electric vehicles , and smart-thermostat-enabled homes and businesses in fulfillment of Resource Adequacy requirements. What are the models for how behind-the-meter solar-battery systems can serve grid needs?

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

According to the analysis, generating the same amount of power using gas power stations alone would have required an additional 68TWh of gas, which is equivalent to 7.4 As the wind industry expands alongside the rapid growth of battery storage, ever more of the electricity we use is homegrown but also plentiful enough to export.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Early projections suggest the world just wrapped up a record year of renewable electricity growth in 2021, following a record 33,500 megawatts of solar and wind electricity installed in the U.S. 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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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 28, 2021

In 2010, solar power was just 4 percent of new electric generating capacity and there was a patchwork of state solar policies and renewable portfolio standards. [1] In the US, battery electric vehicles represent about 2.5 1] Solar Energy Industries Association, “Solar Market Insight Report, 2020 Year in Review”, March 16, 2021.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

Moreover, for climate and energy security reasons, a net zero power grid is essentially non-negotiable. It factored in a 50 per cent increase in power demand in 2035 compared to today, so as to reflect the expected rise in electricity use from electric vehicles (EVs), industry, heat pumps, and buildings in the coming years.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2021

Most notably, it argues that an immediate halt in developing new oil and gas fields and unabated coal power plants is required worldwide, and as such no investments in new fossil fuel supply projects - be they for oil, gas, or coal infrastructure - should be committed beyond 2021.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 22, 2024

Nuclear was in the doldrums for years following Fukushima, with few new plants planned and stagnant investment in new uranium mines and enrichment facilities. Now as nuclear makes a comeback, increased demand combined with a neglected supply chain has fueled a uranium price spike.   Geopolitics.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Announcing plans to approve the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant, increase energy efficiency funding from 2025, and retain clean tech R&D budgets, Hunt said the UK would continue to pursue energy independence as it strives to deliver on its climate goals. And they did nothing. Why, when people are facing a bills crisis now?

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

Wednesday’s filing from PJM lays out how the 11-state grid operator will comply with FERC’s order to assign a minimum bidding price to all state-subsidized resources, including new solar and wind projects and existing nuclear power plants. What comes next.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

In other news, Hertz shifts gears on its EV strategy, Kerry steps down from his climate envoy post, and AI helps discover promising new battery materials.  Startup Amogy converts ammonia to hydrogen onboard fuel cell-powered vehicles. in Seed funding from NextGen Battery Chem Ventures.   Want more deals?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

GW of generating capacity, measured in terms of 2020 peak summer demand, incudes 5.3 GW of nuclear, 820 megawatts of hydroelectric and 13 MW of solar. Ameren Illinois doesn’t own generation; it acquires generation resources through a procurement process managed by the Illinois Power Agency or through retail electric suppliers.

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 5, 2021

February 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Climate Software Gold Rush | Lone Star State Struggles | Jobs and the Energy Transition Credit: Poole Group This month, we’re covering the rush of investing into startups that quantify, manage, and verify carbon emissions reductions, Texas’ grid troubles, new research on transitioning fossil fuel workers, and more!

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

That remained true in 2021, as supply chain issues combined with an economic recovery caused prices to soar. Demand has returned, but supply hasn’t caught up. The project had been rejected by President Obama in late 2015, fast-tracked by President Trump in 2017, and now once more rejected by President Biden in 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Developers in the space are concerned that the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy will depress demand for tax equity investments, as banks and financial institutions will have less appetite for credits to offset tax liabilities in a year when profits were depressed. Nuclear power will receive $6.6 Another $2.36

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