Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

US researchers have created a new method to predict electric grid stability in real time using signals from pumped storage hydropower facilities. Yilu Liu, UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for power grids who has led the project, explains that when the hydropower facility pumps shut down, they almost always stop at a fixed power level.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

. | Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Union saw a record drop in pollution from fossil fuel power plants last year, according to a new report. Ember, an energy think tank that crunched the numbers, calls it “an unprecedented collapse in coal and gas electricity generation.”

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 7, 2022

Upon completion, the Tiantai station will mainly provide peak load regulation, valley filling, frequency regulation, phase modulation, power storage and emergency use for Zhejiang’s power grid, as well as offer flexible dispatching capacity for the East China Grid. CTG expects to record annual output of 1.7

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The non-profit Solar Foundation will soon become part of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, merging two groups with a common vision for an increasingly clean-powered grid. There's a push for clean energy and an emphasis on. In addition to solar, IREC works on energy storage and grid modernization.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Industrial Revolution changed the way that industries produce and consume energy. Green energy solutions such as solar and wind power can power modern industries. In that way, they will not harm the natural environment while reducing the carbon footprint to offer a more sustainable energy source. Why Go Green?

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

A new briefing from think tank organisation the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) argues that the clean energy transition can be delivered on time and at an affordable cost if supply chain risks are minimised by policy and industry action. offshore wind transport vessels or grid transformers) that are costly and have long lead times.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

a geothermal baseload and energy storage company based in Houston, has released results and data from its full-scale commercial pilot confirming the performance of its energy storage system that can provide short- or long-duration storage (EarthStore). Sage Geosystems Inc. ,

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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

JULY 16, 2021

Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Department of Energy’s (DOE) goal to reduce the cost of grid-scale, long-duration energy storage (of which pumped storage hydro is the largest source) by 90% within the decade. Energy storage technology holds great promise in the fight against climate change.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 7, 2025

Were seeing everything from breakthroughs in clean hydrogen production to boots-on-the-ground projects like hydrogen-powered industrial machines and pipeline upgrades thatll move this clean fuel where it needs to go. Its a great fit for both city power grids and heavy-duty industries. Down in Malaysia, things are heating up too.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Utility Dominion Energy is planning a major shift toward renewable energy and batteries as it looks to comply with Virginia's ambitious new clean energy law. gigawatts of energy storage over the next 15 years. Credit: Dominion Energy). Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co.

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Global Renewable News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

On a power grid partly supported by wind turbines, solar panels and hydropower turbines, weather and climate patterns can significantly affect how much power is produced. And as more wind and solar ar.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

A British initiative is looking to dismiss the argument that renewables could topple the grid — by using distributed energy resources for a black start. “Past and current approaches rely on large power stations, but as the U.K. moves to cleaner, greener and more decentralized energy, new options must be developed.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

And India’s clean energy transition went on pause. Looking back, however, 2020 proved to be a decisive year for clean energy in India. Cheap renewables were favored on the grid last year, which caused coal use to fall as energy demand plummeted amid the economic slowdown. Businesses closed. Workers fled from cities.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 5, 2021

The power generator announced it will become sole supplier of the tech giant’s data-center needs for clean energy. AES will source the energy needed from a portfolio of wind, solar, hydro and battery storage which will be developed or contracted by the utility. Under the agreement AES will start supply later this year.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2024

Hitachi Energy has been selected by Marinus Link Pty Ltd (MLPL) to supply a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) project in Australia, which will augment the connection between the mainland and Tasmania’s grid. Clean hydropower can then feed the mainland grid when it is needed most, acting as a large battery for the nation.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 13, 2024

SMECI) for Sage’s or the 3-MW Geopressured Geothermal System (GGS) energy storage facility. With this agreement, the 3-MW EarthStore system will located in Christine in Atascosa County, Texas near the SMECI lignite coal power plant. Sage will operate as a merchant, buying and selling electricity to the ERCOT grid.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Solar power is the "new king" of global electricity markets, with the International Energy Agency calling it the cheapest form of electricity in history in its annual centerpiece World Energy Outlook report. ” Hydropower will continue as the largest source of renewable power, according to the IEA.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

Paris Agreement should serve as compass for post-Covid-19 recovery, argues International Renewable Energy Agency. Compared to business as usual, an "ambitious but achievable" push to deliver renewable energy infrastructure at scale would deliver 2.4

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

Clean energy now comprises 38 per cent of global power capacity after another record year of additions driven largely by wind and solar, latest figures reveal. It calculates that across all countries, renewable power grew by 9.1 per cent in 2021, bringing clean energy's share of global power capacity to 38 per cent.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8%

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

(Sage), a geothermal baseload and energy storage company, has announced the results and data from their full-scale commercial pilot of EarthStore – the company’s energy storage system that can provide short- or long-duration storage. Sage will present their energy storage pilot results tomorrow at the PIVOT 2023 conference.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2024

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $2.5 million grant to Iowa State University engineers to establish a new cybersecurity centre focused on protecting power grids that rely on renewable energy sources. The opportunities to attack are huge compared to a conventional grid.” That’s the emphasis here.”

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The energy transformation is gaining momentum, and the “green revolution” is becoming a fact. For Europe, 2020 represented a historic year for renewable energy sources. In Poland and Ukraine, key facilities on the energy map of the world were put into operation. By Electrum. And this is only the beginning.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 13, 2020

Over the past three years, utilities including National Grid in the U.K., EirGrid in Ireland, and TransGrid and Western Power in Australia have deployed the devices with hopes of solving challenging transmission congestion and renewable integration challenges. Deployments in Europe, Australia to test power flow capabilities.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer. The “Roadmap to a U.S.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 13, 2024

Data collection and transparency are crucial to map the true state of renewable generating capacity across power grids that is needed for international electricity markets, writes Amir Cohen of Electrical Grid Monitoring. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Managing power grid complexity: The 5 biggest priorities for utilities in 2024 Energy Transitions Podcast: Accelerating decarbonised power generation at scale Notable expansion of the data centre sector also is likely, with consumption from data centres, AI and the cryptocurrency sector potentially doubling by 2026.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Clean energy milestone signals renewable power sector is ready and able to keep up with growing electricity demand. Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity. per cent, it noted.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 18, 2021

The unit came online Saturday, according to power grid coordinator COES. The hydro project uses water from the Tarma River and connects to the national grid via the 63.5-km-long, The first of three units at the US$140 million, 84-MW La Virgen hydroelectric plant in Peru’s highland region of Junín has begun commercial operations.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Price and demand projections have been trimmed and there is a real sense that the clean energy transition that much of the industry has tip-toed around for the past decade could be about to accelerate. Looney made clear the deal was of a piece with the company's clean energy transition strategy.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Environmentally friendly smart grid technology has the potential to restore stagnating economies and transform how electricity is distributed to customers worldwide, driven by the global desire for greener technologies and alternative energies. How to understand the term ‘smart grid’.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

New BloombergNEF analysis charts the rising cost pressures faced by the global stationary energy storage market. That is the core conclusion of recent analysis from BloombergNEF, which estimates the average price of a four-hour turnkey energy storage system rose to $324/kWh in 2022 - a 27 per cent increase from the previous year.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 10, 2019

As the sun sets on California’s solar farms, a backup energy source deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains springs to life.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 20, 2022

Batteries get hyped, but pumped hydro provides the vast majority of long-term energy storage essential for renewable power. is going to need a lot more solar and wind power generation, and lots of cheap energy storage. To rely more on wind and solar power, the U.S. It’s called pumped hydro energy storage.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

The Biden administration’s goal is to have a carbon emissions-free grid by 2035. will need to nearly triple its 2020 growth rate for the grid to be 80% powered by clean energy by 2030. (As The foundation of this transition is a dramatic change in the electric grid itself. One recent study found that the U.S.

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