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GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Forced outages are a tool of last resort, employed in circumstances of incredible stress to the grid and done to protect against more widespread outages. Record heat for several days across parts of the state strained the power grid so much that it started rationing electricity, for the first time in almost 20 years.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual states to opt out of letting demand response companies enlist customers to turn down their energy use to support the power grid. ” Why demand-side resources are gaining grid power.
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Business Green
APRIL 6, 2021
Low demand for power sees carbon intensity on grid plummet to lowest ever level, National Grid ESO confirms. Meanwhile, 13 February 2021 saw the highest ever level of wind generation recorded in Britain at 17.5GW, with solar power delivering its highest level of 9.7GW in May last year. Coal generated just 1.6
Business Green
MAY 19, 2021
Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), RenewableUK and Solar Energy UK team up to demand clearer, ambitious clean energy goals. However, today the UK's main clean energy trade bodies warned that an acceleration in clean power capacity deployment is required if emissions goals and rising demand for electricity is to be met.
The Verge: Energy
APRIL 8, 2024
More than 31 million people — nearly 10 percent of the population in the US — live in an area that will experience the total solar eclipse today. Millions more live near dirty power plants that could be tapped to make up for a loss of solar power. While solar generation falls, electricity demand is expected to rise.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
That is the conclusion of new research released today by Imperial College London on behalf of energy firm Drax, which estimates that carbon emissions from Britain's grid fell by 16 per cent last year as a result of the growth of green power and plummeting energy demand during Covid-19 lockdowns.
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
But a global shortage of components and skills means efforts to meet climate targets will go down to the wire From next year, engineers will need to roll out more than 100km (62 miles) of electric cabling every day until 2040 if the government hopes to power the UK towards its climate goals, according to new data. Continue reading.
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