The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

billion in funding today to upgrade the US’s aging electric grid, the largest investment to date in the grid. Stressed power grids need the money badly, both to prevent blackouts and bring more clean energy online. Weather disasters supercharged by climate change have already led to more power outages in the US.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

A new report from power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research suggests that increased deployment of (and continued improvements in) virtualisation technology could reduce potential future European computing emissions 55% by 2040.

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Charged

JANUARY 26, 2024

The company also says it plans to electrify its entire fleet of 1,800 refuse collection vehicles in the UK by 2040. This would allow it to provide the grid with a daily flexible power capacity of about 200 MW. Source: Veolia

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

The report's most progressive scenario, which sees the UK economy achieving net zero by 2048, estimates that 11 million electric vehicles could be on the roads by 2030, a figure it expects to nearly triple by 2040. The UK government is currently consulting on phasing-out fossil fuel car sales by 2035 or earlier.

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The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Around 25 million kilometers (15.534 million miles) of electricity grids need to be built or updated by 2030. A decade later, by 2040, the equivalent of all of the world’s existing power grids would need to be refurbished or built new to support Paris climate goals, the IEA has previously estimated.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Portland General Electric has outlined a path to net-zero emissions that relies on tripling clean energy assets and utilizing customer-sited distributed energy resources for grid resiliency. The Oregon utility shared plans Friday to reduce emissions by at least 80% by 2030, 90% by 2035, and to reach zero emissions by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

There is currently twice as much installed hydro as there is solar, but PV could grow three times faster from now till 2040. Cheap finance and maturing technology mean solar will be cheaper than both new coal or gas power plants from now onward. Power grids remain the weak link.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

A request for information (RFI) released this week is the opening step toward meeting CPS’ “ Flexible Path ” plan, which calls for an 80 percent non-carbon-emitting energy portfolio by 2040 and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

In today’s distributed energy system, managing power grid complexity is challenging. But grid operators are often handling these changes with an ageing infrastructure that wasn’t built with a distributed energy system in mind. This puts enormous pressure on power generation,transmission and the distribution network.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2022

Technologies for renewable electricity generation, energy storage and power grids are essential to decarbonise existing supply and meet growing electricity demand from rapid electrification of buildings, transport, and industry. of UK and Ireland businesses claim to have installed a microgrid or renewable power source (e.g.,

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Renewable energy is finally starting to take over the power grid. Carbon-pollution-free power generation — which includes renewables and nuclear energy — made up more than two-thirds of the electricity mix, and twice as much as fossil fuels.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Successful test in Oxfordshire hailed as a major milestone in UK's quest to produce clean energy from nuclear fusion by 2040, government said. It heralded the achievement as major milestone in the UK's plans to develop a nuclear fusion power plant that can provide a new source of clean energy to the power grid within the next 20 years. "We

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Wärtsilä defines the goal of 100 percent decarbonization as a carbon-neutral power grid with a combination of generation resources — the vast majority of which would be wind and solar — as well as ample amounts of battery storage, demand response and flexible gas power, which will ultimately run on carbon-free renewable fuels.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Think AI-boosted investment platforms, moves to ease up grid connection queues and top tech players to watch. Power grid forecasting One of the key recurring themes that has gained solid recognition over the last year has been the unarguable position of the power grid as an investment priority to reach global net-zero targets.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

ESS, Form Energy, and Ambri are among the founding members of the council, which aims to provide guidance to governments and grid operators on the path to deploying 85-140 TWh of long-duration energy storage globally by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Green hydrogen is both an untested and a potentially vital way for renewable-energy-powered grids to store their intermittent power for later use, not just for hours at a time, but for days, weeks or even seasons ahead. power plant operators are starting to expand their ambitions. green hydrogen market landscape.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Centrality of the grid Whether it is the spiralling demand for more electricity or the universal initiative to shift to renewable energy, a crucial element in this complex matrix is the power grid. Myriad challenges facing the grid Expanding the grid, although essential, is just one part of the problem.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The company believes green hydrogen will be cheaper than "grey" hydrogen made with natural gas by 2030, and cheaper than natural gas itself by 2040. Snam has already been running a hydrogen trial in southern Italy where it has been injecting hydrogen into the gas grid at a ratio of 5 percent. Missing link.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

UK takes a major step forward in its plans to commercialise a nuclear fusion power plant by 2040, inviting local communities to submit bids to host the country's inaugural project.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 31, 2024

In this week’s edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief revisits National Grid’s £66 billion ($76.5 Specifically, £66 billion was promised for the power networks to enable digitalisation and decarbonisation of the power system. billion) will be needed annually for Europe’s distribution grids until 2040.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Power grids globally must be upgraded by 2040 to keep the lights on. And while these upgrades will likely cost trillions, virtual power plants (VPPs), writes Autogrid’s Gisela Glandt , can curb these costs to the tune of $10B annually.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“Readying our grid infrastructure for electric trucks will require careful planning and close collaboration across state lines,” said Bart Franey, National Grid’s Vice President of Clean Energy Development in New York. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published on Power Grid by Sean Wolfe.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

For Africa to achieve universal electricity access by 2040, a more equitable system must be implemented – one that leverages a diverse mix of the continent’s abundant renewable resources and is dependent upon a more interconnected, flexible and reliable power grid. To realise this ambitious target, an estimated $1.29

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

A data centre equipped with fuel cells, a hydrogen storage tank and an electrolyser could provide refuelling services to hydrogen-powered vehicles, it said.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Energy storage can also provide backup power during events that disrupt the power grid. According to BloombergNEF , states alone are planning to add 110 gigawatts of battery storage capacity by 2040; that’s enough to power about 77 million homes.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 25, 2024

It is now well understood that globally the current networks need to approach a doubling in length by 2040 to integrate the increasing penetration of renewable energies and electrification across sectors. In Europe, this means in practical terms integrating 2,000GW of renewables in 2040, up from 400GW today. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The German network is being deployed by Nokia , which also is contracted for other services including maintenance until 2040. E.DIS Netz is one of the largest regional energy grid operators in Germany and operates a power grid of around 79,000km in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Take the 5,000-plus electric bus fleet the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to deploy by 2040. utilities are investing billions of dollars in grid infrastructure to support EV charging, providing incentives for EV purchases, and making arrangements to waive or reduce demand charges at fleet vehicle charging depots.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Mineral demand for use in EV and power grid storage batteries could grow by 30-fold over the next two decades, while mineral demand to support the global rollout of renewable energy could be set to triple, the report estimates. Moreover, the IEA expects the commercial importance of such minerals will grow rapidly.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the study, factors driving an increase in the adoption of microgrids include: The inability of grids to meet growing energy demand. The study states that continued increases in energy demand are resulting in the failure of traditional power grids to maintain energy reliability and security.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

BNEF has been issuing an annual Electric Vehicle Outlook for the past five years, analysing in detail the economic and technology trends affecting the road transport sector by both countries and segment - including buses, trucks, private cars, and even bikes - through to 2040. Elsewhere, though, the outlook is not quite so rosy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As part of the report, the CCC assessed whether the UK could achieve net zero emissions by as soon as 2040, but concluded that this would be "highly optimistic", requiring significant buy-in from citizens, business and global markets for major and rapid change. All cement production must reach near-zero emissions by 2040.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

According to analysis from consultancy DNV between now and 2050 a staggering $12 trillion will be invested in doubling power grid capacity and renewables technologies in the US and Canada. Overall energy expenditure is projected by the report to decrease from the current 4% of GDP to 2.5%

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. According to the EIA’s Stated Policies Scenario (STEPS), India will have 140 GW of battery capacity by 2040, the largest portfolio of batteries of any country in the world.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Earlier this week, Eurelectric reported the need to prioritise grid expansion to meet Fit or 55 and REPowerEU goals, and the European distribution system operator (DSO) association E.DSO set out key pledges for the future grid with a call for investment to be high on the EU’s future agenda. Europe needs to invest €584 billion ($624.6

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

With power demand expected to triple by 2040 as India’s population continues to achieve upward mobility, fossil fuels are poised to see continued growth even as the clean energy market thrives. But while the renewable energy industry endured a turbulent 2020, coal remains the dominant player in India’s electricity mix.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

The move is designed to support PepsiCo's target announced last year to become a net zero emissions company by 2040, backed by a goal to cut its absolute emissions by 40 per cent by 2030 across its entire value chain, against a 2015 baseline.

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