Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 10, 2022

The agency says another 5% of the country’s planned electric capacity additions in 2022 will come from two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. One of these reactors, Unit 3, was delayed until June 2022 to allow additional time for construction and testing.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 8, 2021

Hydrogen can be produced from a variety of resources, such as natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and renewable power like solar and wind. For instance, a large-scale electrolysis project in Corpus Christi, Texas would convert low-cost Texas wind power into green hydrogen and ultimately into green ammonia.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 24, 2024

This achievement is nothing short of extraordinary, as wind energy generated nearly 2.5 Such an output is capable of powering nearly 90% of the European Union’s electricity needs. The International Energy Agency estimates that to meet global energy goals, we need to be installing 320 GW of wind power annually by 2030.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Research published today by RenewableUK shows the UK's pipeline of offshore wind projects has continued to grow over the past 12 months, surging by a further 14GW of planned capacity to close in on a milestone of almost 100GW in total. Even so, at present the UK still remains a dominant offshore wind player on the global stage.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

France built nuclear power. Denmark looked to offshore wind. Yet, despite years of government R&D and subsidies, Danish wind power didn't become commercially viable until, in 1991, the nation instigated a feed-in tariff - a subsidy that guarantees a long-term, fixed price for renewable power plants.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Figures from conservation group WWF, the Construction Industry Training Board, the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board, the East London Institute for Technology, Retrofit Works, and the University of Edinburgh will also sit on the Taskforce.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Figures from conservation group WWF, the Construction Industry Training Board, the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board, the East London Institute for Technology, Retrofit Works, and the University of Edinburgh will also sit on the Taskforce. "I

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand. This was despite a decline in nuclear output. Renewable energy generated a fifth of U.S.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing Dutch-German TSO TenneT with a loan of €450 million ($440 million) for the construction of a 185km electricity transmission corridor — the Ostbayernring — connecting Redwitz to Schwandorf in the south-east of Germany.

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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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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. Estimated costs for all the green energy construction runs upward of 300 billion Japanese yen, or $2.75 billion in U.S.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

"Renewable power capacity added worldwide rose by about a quarter in 2022. And now, nuclear power is making a strong comeback." BloombergNEF said Russia's war in Ukraine had prompted Europe to accelerate its renewables roll out with the sector overtaking nuclear as the continent's biggest single power source.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

The plan would represent a major policy reversal a decade after the Fukushima disaster triggered a move to phase down the country's reliance on nuclear power. Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) this week announced plans to invest nearly KZT 110 billion ($230m) in building a major new wind power project in Kazakhstan.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

Trade body RenewableUK recently revealed data showing the UK has the largest planning pipeline of offshore wind projects in the world, at around 86GW. Nuclear targets increased to 24GW by 2050. Achieving the government's nuclear ambitions would require a huge ramp up of nuclear power capacity from less than 7GW today.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

But he claimed that despite some initial pushback about plans to rapidly scale up nuclear power in the UK, the Treasury was coming around to the idea. "To To be fair to the Treasury they've committed to nuclear projects, they're fully behind SMRs [small-scale nuclear reactors that Rolls Royce are developing]," he said.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Scheme: A previously announced £160m funding pot is being formally launched today in a bid to kick start investment in port infrastructure projects that can enable new floating offshore wind projects.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The move is also expected to result in new powers to fast-track consenting for some projects, including a "non-exhaustive" list of more than 100 priority schemes, which the government is aiming to have starting the construction phase for by the end of 2023. Modest boost for energy efficiency.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

For hydrogen to be deemed ‘green,’ the electricity driving this process must originate from carbon-free sources such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, or nuclear power. With environmental permits secured, the project is on track to commence construction and start commercial operations by July 2025.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Photo: Getty Images For the first time, a shuttered nuclear power plant in the US could reopen thanks to federal support. billion loan to help restore a nuclear generating station in Covert Township, Michigan. It’s a powerful clean energy comeback story.” The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $1.52

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Beginning in 1958, these were augmented by nuclear power plants, which have operated nearly continuously to pay off their large capital investments. Unlike coal and nuclear, solar and wind are variable; they provide power only when the sun and wind are available. However, new nuclear plants in the U.S.

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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. Big roadblock for offshore wind.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The paper also backed plans to ramp up renewables deployment across the country, including through reforms to designate two per cent of Germany's land as suitable for wind power and new rules to require commercial buildings to install solar panels. "We Russia is ready for such constructive and close cooperation.".

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 2, 2025

check all that apply) All International UK Sign Up According to project organizers, the network will produce more than 1,000 metric tons per day of clean hydrogen using wind power, natural gas, and nuclear energy. This phase is expected to last 18 months, with construction still years away.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

And, among other proposals to invest in plugging old oil and gas wells, clean up abandoned mines and spend $10m on air quality monitoring, the draft Budget also proposes more than $800m over the next decade in spending and tax breaks to support clean energy technologies, randing from hydrogen to nuclear power, according to the New York Times.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Schumer’s office, the two-year extension of the federal Investment Tax Credit for solar projects will retain the current 26 percent credit for projects that begin construction through the end of 2022, rather than expiring at the end of 2020 as they would have under existing law. ” Wind tax credit impacts.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Along with a significant share of the state’s ample wind power fleet that lacked the cold weather hardening typical of wind farms in northern climes, coal and nuclear power plants also tripped offline as safety instruments and cooling systems froze up.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The first off shore wind farm in the US went online May 1st 2017 in Block Island, Rhode Island. Why does the Biden administration want to build so much wind power at sea? offshore wind resources could provide over 2,000 gigawatts of generating capacity – nearly twice as much electricity as the nation uses every year.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In November, just a day after the coalition collapsed, Merz gave an interview to broadcaster ZDF, describing wind turbines as ugly and wind energy as a transitional bridge technology. In late 2023, CDU worked with the AfD and Free Democrats to limit wind energy at the regional level in the state of Thringen.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 21, 2025

Request a Sightline Climate demo In the News In nuclear news, the UK government is exploring the use of nuclear power to supply clean and reliable energy to new “AI Growth Zones” , addressing the substantial energy demands of data centers. Meanwhile, nuclear-powered ships are also making waves.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

And so even if there are extremely large dangers with fossil fuels, I would say, and even if there’s some legitimate theories you can construct on where there could be runaway effects, the cost benefit tells us we have to go forward,” he said. “We and electrical power is roughly a third of the nation’s overall energy use.

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