Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

The IEA’s Electricity 2024 report records electricity demand growth easing in 2023 but is projected to accelerate over the next three years through 2026. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% in 2023, less than the 2.4%

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Geothermal energy is a renewable, stable, and carbon-neutral energy source, with estimates suggesting it could meet up to a quarter of Europes heating and cooling needs and up to 10% of its electricity demand. Croatia holds a unique position in Europe.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

Last summer’s record heat waves triggered a surge in power demand that maxed out supplies and led to outages across the West. California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. Contributed by Ben Paulos.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. For example, as I will detail below, oil demand fell dramatically last year, but we already know that it has largely recovered in 2021. Renewables and Nuclear Power. share of all energy consumption.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 4, 2025

While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing piling pressure on an already fragile system Thirty-six hours by boat from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, Deodato Alves da Silva longs for enough electricity to keep his tucum and cupuau fruits (..)

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 23, 2024

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Global Renewable Consumption (excluding hydropower). Robert Rapier Wind power also soared to new heights, with over 115 GW of new capacity installed—another record. First, it excludes hydropower.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 28, 2020

The Review covers energy data through 2019, and provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27%), natural gas (24%), hydropower (6%), renewables (5%), and nuclear power (4%).

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility has yet fully fleshed out how it intends to eliminate natural gas power plants from its generation portfolio. That’s because those plants provide critical flexibility to meet peaks in grid demand and deliver power when wind and solar resources may not be reliably producing enough to meet customers’ needs.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2022

That was remarkable given how significantly the pandemic impacted total energy demand. Hydroelectricity, which the Review reports as a separate category is growing globally at a much slower rate than modern renewables like solar power. Global hydropower consumption in 2021 was 40.3 But renewables once again led the pack.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

But downstate New York is facing significant supply-demand imbalances that will require large-scale energy storage to manage, he noted. New York’s plan to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant by next year and retire its most polluting power plants by 2025 will only exacerbate this imbalance.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Renewable power sources are expected to dominate almost all the growth in the world's electricity supplies through to 2025, according to the IEA, and together with nuclear power they are set to meet the vast majority of the increase in global power demand over the period. remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“I want to talk about batteries for a minute because I know that everybody thinks that this economy is going to be operated on wind and solar and battery power, and it cannot. However, base load refers to the minimum amount of demand on an electrical grid over a given period of time, not a minimum level of constant supply.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

In fresh statistics released today, Britain's grid operator said more than 50 per cent of the nation's power mix came from a wind, solar, nuclear, hydropower and other zero carbon sources for extended periods of 2022, helping to significantly drive down carbon emissions from UK energy generation.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. Figure 1: U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Toyota, one of the first major automakers to commit to fuel cell vehicles with its Mirai sedan, is also planning to expand production of hydrogen powered semi trucks now being tested at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Senior Engineer Jackie Birdsall said.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

wind power generation, which started from a larger base at that time, has increased by a factor of five. gasoline demand could be displaced if all of the wind and solar power generation went into powering EVs. gasoline consumption with wind and solar power. That led me to wonder how much U.S. of all U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

One example of where this came in handy was with an underwater hydro turbine control application at the Sauerbrunn hydropower plant near Graz, Austria, in Autumn 2022, resulting in a solution that provided better control and feedback at a much lower cost.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

” With New York sheltering in place and the city’s office buildings largely empty of workers, electricity demand in New York City has declined by as much as 18 percent compared to typical levels. The proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line would carry hydropower from Quebec south to New York City.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Low-carbon energy technologies including renewables, energy efficiency and nuclear power, alongside an expansion of robust and smart electricity grids are all part of the solution, he added. In its forecast, gas-fired power will grow by about one per cent annually, while coal-fired power will fall slightly.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The obvious candidates: Renewable energy Renewables—wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower—are universally recognized as clean energy. Clean but not pollution-free: Nuclear power Nuclear power currently supplies 20 percent of the United States’s electricity, making it one of our largest sources of power free from climate pollution.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 29, 2022

When the electric grid is under strain, many electric utilities use the load shedding technique to lower demand and balance it with energy production. The idea is to turn off the power supply to certain areas on a cyclical basis, for example, two hours ON, then two hours OFF. The shedding is carried out based on previous demand levels.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The obvious candidates: Renewable energy Renewables—wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower—are universally recognized as clean energy. Clean but not pollution-free: Nuclear power Nuclear power currently supplies 20 percent of the United States’s electricity, making it one of our largest sources of power free from climate pollution.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The UN agency warned that water stress could jeopardise low carbon energy sources such as nuclear power plants and hydropower, both of which rely heavily on water supplies in order to operate, while rising sea levels and extreme weather are also posing a growing threat to energy infrastructure.

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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. The end goal for 2040 is that the entire Land of the Rising Sun will be completely powered through renewable energy.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The S&P Global Clean Energy index dropped 30% YTD weighed down by higher interest rates and supply / demand imbalances. Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down. ☢️ US nuclear power saw mixed results. Proterra, the dominant electric bus maker, was just one high profile example.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Virginia’s Clean Economy Act demands that the state's flagship utility, Dominion Virginia, supply at least 30 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2030 and shut down all carbon-emitting power plants by 2045. Nuclear power plays a large role in PSEG’s carbon-reduction plans.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. Beginning in 1958, these were augmented by nuclear power plants, which have operated nearly continuously to pay off their large capital investments. However, new nuclear plants in the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

of Energy to demonstrate technology that produces clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power, as part of the agency's goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen production by 80%.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

First, nationwide transmission allows power-sharing across regions facing widely different weather systems that drive variation in wind and solar generation. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Overall demand for electricity in 2020 was almost exactly the same as in 2005, and 24% lower than projected by federal energy forecasters. Using this much wind and solar raises the question of how to meet the last portion of demand on cloudy or windless days. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, CC BY-ND. All require more research.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

In addition, the partners confirmed the Task Force would look at how to accelerate efforts to reduce gas demand by accelerating the roll out of clean energy projects and emracing "energy efficiency solutions such as ramping up demand response devices, including smart thermostats, and deployment of heat pumps". "As

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the coronavirus struck the global economy earlier this year, demand for oil dropped by more than a fifth and prices collapsed. Many sources now suggest that oil demand has already passed its peak. I do not expect oil prices or demand for our products to recover in the medium term." The industry as we once knew it, is gone.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2025

Exemptions for nuclear power plants First, Treasury created an exemption from the incrementality requirement for nuclear power plants that are nominally at risk of retirement. This design is far too lenient to capture specifically those power plants that face real retirement risk.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

The same challenges hold true for other utilities that don’t already get a significant share of their energy from hydropower or nuclear power, the two primary carbon-free resources in the country. Wind and solar power accounted for just above 10 percent of U.S. generation capacity in 2020, according to federal data.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 10, 2025

These credits create an ecosystem that must be maintained on the supply side and demand side to ensure these investments reach their full potential. It is key for businesses to continue to advocate to Members of Congress on the importance of these tax credits to your investments and the jobs that you have created. Sets as U.S.

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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

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Its carbon-free portfolio includes nuclear power supplying about one-third of its generation needs, and just over 5 percent renewable, most of that hydropower and biomass. At the same time, the utility has been pushing forward with significant investments into renewable energy — most notably, its massive, 2.6-gigawatt

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