Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

In 2020, renewables generated a record 834 billion kWh of electricity, or about 21% of all the electricity generated in the U.S., according to the Energy Information Administration , coming in second to natural gas at 1,617 billion kWh. Only natural gas produced more electricity than renewables in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 6, 2021

If you live in Oregon, it’s likely you’ve been bombarded with misleading PR from the local utility company, Northwest Natural, about the potential for what the industry is calling renewable natural gas (RNG) — methane captured from places like landfills and repurposed into energy for homes.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

million customers by 2025, adding nearly 700 megawatts of wind power, plus more solar and battery storage systems to boost rural reliability. A subset of that funding will go toward more advanced grid controls, such as sensors and switches to sectionalize circuits and reduce the scope of power outages. Transmission challenges.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 4, 2025

Positioned close to the SuedLink high-voltage direct current grid connection, the plant will leverage renewable wind power from northern Germany and offshore installations as a primary energy source. Electrolysis involves splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 11, 2021

Global offshore wind developer Ørsted has become the latest major player to pursue off-grid green hydrogen, a technology that could expand capacity for converting offshore wind power to zero-carbon energy. The Danish firm is collaborating with ITM Power, Siemens Gamesa and Element Energy on the Oyster project.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The plan is to use electricity from an Ørsted offshore wind farm to power the electrolyzers. That term incorporates hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture technology in place, or so-called blue hydrogen. The companies announced the project in Lingen, northern Germany, on Tuesday.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What would happen if you converted all the single-family homes in Texas from natural gas to electric heating? cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity and 8.4 cents per therm for natural gas. Peak electricity demand in Texas would shift from summer to winter. Nothing the grid can't handle.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt gigawatt generation fleet from 52 percent to 40 percent, while reducing natural gas and oil from 38 percent to 26 percent. million electric and 1.8 million electric and 1.8 gigawatts of nameplate capacity as of 2020.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 11, 2021

Electric power generated from renewable energy sources in the U.S. Renewables – including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy – became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in ­­2020 , trailing only natural gas. electricity source in ­­2020 , trailing only natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The commissioners cited multiple complementary benefits as justification for the decision: greenhouse gas emissions reductions, the ability to soak up surplus renewable electricity, and grid demand flexibility. Around 90 percent (PDF) of the furnaces and water heaters in California are fueled by natural gas or propane.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Feb 2, 2023 OTTAWA — In Alberta and Ontario, wind can now produce electricity at lower costs than natural-gas-fired power—with even more reductions on the horizon, according to a new report from Clean Energy Canada, which was informed by research commissioned from Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

natural gas supply network was stressed by record demand and prices. Energy Information Administration, for the 9-day stretch from February 9 through yesterday February 17, natural gas provided about 35 percent of the U.S. Lower 48 Power Generation Mix, with other fuels providing 65 percent. First, the U.S.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Renewable energy development is key for Thailand to cut its dependency on fossil fuel imports, as gas-based thermal power generation accounted for nearly 61.3% of the country’s annual electricity generation in 2021, says GlobalData, a leading data, and analytics company.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

American Electric Power has secured enough state regulator approvals to move ahead with a 1,485-megawatt wind power project in Oklahoma — even if Texas regulators end up denying its plans. of Oklahoma and 810 megawatts more to its Southwestern Electric Power Co. Swepco) utility.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 5, 2019

They’re also important for states like Nevada and Arizona that are starting to see the same "duck curve" effects as nearby California, where solar generation is pushing cheap energy onto the grid at midday that fades away in the evening hours when electricity demand spikes. PacifiCorp, the 1.9-million-customer

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. ” Short-term goals: Lots of new renewables, no new natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

Responses will help inform options to meet its FlexPower Bundle plan, which envisions adding about 900 megawatts of solar, 50 megawatts of energy storage and 500 megawatts of “new technology solutions” to replace the need for buying natural-gas-fired power from outside power plants.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. But without some intervention along these lines, California could see its volumetric electricity costs rise far faster over the coming decade, he said. The problem of raising rates to cover California’s myriad costs.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) dominated new U.S. electrical generating capacity additions and increased their contribution to the nation’s electrical production in the first half of 2021. By comparison, net growth for natural gas will be only 13,241 MW. Wind grew by 10.0% of total U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The upshot is that a region with big climate goals and physical constraints on its natural gas supply will meet its hours of greatest electricity demand with a bit more battery power and a bit less gas-fired power. Gas plants are the go-to source of on-demand power for the U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 18, 2024

The idea is to make it possible to produce carbon-free energy that can be stored in caverns so that it can be cleanly used to generate electricity when it is needed. This project will store excess electricity generated by solar and wind farms in the spring and fall when demand is low.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The plan will be carried out by LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy subsidiary, which will aim to deliver no excess manufacturing materials and packaging to landfills and incineration without energy recovery. Nearly a third of LM Wind Power's carbon footprint comes from waste disposal.

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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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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Duke Energy’s newly formed Sustainable Solutions unit, merged from several entities only months ago, is building a 207-MW wind power project in Iowa. The non-regulated commercial brand of Duke was formed with the combination of several previous units, including REC Solar, Duke Energy Renewables Wind, and other subsidiaries.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 8, 2019

In April 2019, in the heart of coal country, Indiana regulators rejected a proposal by its electric and gas utility, Vectren, to replace baseload coal plants with a new $900 million, 850 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired power plant.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Greg Abbott on Friday has forced power plants and wind farms to stop generating electricity, triggering statewide emergency blackouts and leaving the timeline for restoring that power unclear. At the same time, a number of natural gas, coal and nuclear thermal generators began tripping offline starting around 1:30 a.m.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

state with the most wind energy capacity, is catching up to California in utility-scale solar capacity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Detailed State Data, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Texas, already the U.S. GW in California. Principal EIA contributor to this news report: Suparna Ray.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Virginia has inked a 420-megawatt solar and wind power contract, the largest single procurement of renewable energy to power U.S. Thursday’s deal with utility Dominion Virginia includes 75 megawatts of onshore wind power from Apex Clean Energy and 345 megawatts of solar projects.

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

APRIL 9, 2024

Scientists are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So much so that new analysis suggests global emissions from electricity generation may peak this year due to a surge in wind and solar power. Canada’s hydropower-rich grid is 84% non-emitting with variable renewables (essentially wind and solar) currently making up 7% of the country’s total electricity generation.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

The world has already found some innovative ways to sustainably produce energy without the reliance on coal, oil, and natural gas. Other than the changes we as individuals make, businesses need to adapt their operations to use greener sources of energy – such as wind power. An onshore wind turbine with a 2.5-3MW

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 23, 2020

Alliant serves about 1 million customers in Wisconsin and Iowa, and gets about 20 percent of its generation capacity from renewables today, mostly from wind farms in Iowa. Coal made up 31 percent of its capacity as of 2018, while natural gas accounted for about 42 percent.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Von der Leyen announced a plan to collect up to 140 billion euros in windfall profit taxes from energy companies that produce electricity at low cost, e.g. wind, solar, hydro and nuclear. Also, electricity companies aren’t likely to be generous. Electricity markets reform. Skimming off windfall profits.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of those pathways move more dramatically toward closing coal plants or halting new natural gas power plants. Others rely on options like offshore wind that are untested in the U.S., or next-generation modular nuclear reactors which have yet to be proven in any market. While most U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

million utility customers, approximately one-third of the state’s electric customers, were without power in Texas as of Tuesday morning, up from about 2.5 Winter electricity demand hit record highs of more than 69 gigawatts on Sunday evening, spiking pressure on the grid.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 10, 2022

GW (21%) from natural gas projects and 7.6 GW (17%) from wind additions. 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. Around 21.5 GW (46%) of that would be from solar projects, 9.6 Of the 9.6

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