R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with electricity from solar photovoltaic (PV) power. on solar power would require a substantial amount of backup power or storage for when the sun isn’t shining. I also knew that my solar PV calculation was subject to many assumptions, and the answer could therefore be 50% too large or 50% too small.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Any time I write about nuclear power, it evokes passionate responses from readers. That was certainly the case following my previous article, Nuclear Power Could Cut The World’s Carbon Emissions In Half. There is always a contingent who are convinced that all we need is solar power. China — 16.7%.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 4, 2021

Grey hydrogen denotes hydrogen produced from fossil fuels, such as via the SMR process. Depending on the process, blue hydrogen can be produced from fossil fuels, but it can also be produced from nuclear power. The Nuclear Option. This is where nuclear power can make a huge impact.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This foray into behind-the-meter battery aggregation comes as part of PG&E’s efforts to meet the California Public Utilities Commission’s call for energy storage to help balance the state’s increasingly solar power-influenced grid.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 15, 2023

Although it is cleaner than coal, natural gas is still a fossil fuel and therefore has associated greenhouse gas emissions. Renewables sources like wind and solar power are scaling rapidly, but there are several challenges in using them to displace coal-fired power.

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Solar Power World

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Sharp declines are foreseen for fossil fuels and nuclear power while renewable energy is forecast to experience… The post Latest FERC three-year forecast shows no new coal and drops in oil and natural gas, while renewables soar appeared first on Solar Power World. electrical generating capacity mix.

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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. After all, consumer prices have become much higher than the cost of producing wind and solar power. Source: World Nuclear Association).

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 4, 2020

This surge is better shown by the following graphic, which highlights the three categories of modern renewables that have driven the consumption surge: Wind power, solar power, and biofuels. So, how does the consumption of renewables and coal compare to our consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and nuclear power?

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

National Grid ESO data published yesterday reveals that wind power produced more than half of British electricity generation on Saturday, bringing renewables' share of overall supplies to 60 per cent. With nuclear power providing 18.3 per cent of electricity generation throughout the day, and solar power 5.8

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

A new report by the think tank maps out the green energy jobs potential across England and Wales, estimating that low carbon power sources such as renewables and nuclear could create three times more secure, skilled jobs than gas power, while the wind and solar sectors hold potential to deliver five times more employment than fossil fuel plants.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. Source: NYISO.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

International Energy Agency argues nuclear power can play a significant role in supporting transition to a renewables-dominated energy system worldwide. At present, nuclear is still the world's second largest source of low carbon power after hydro electricity, with atomic power plants spread across 32 countries.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Municipal utility Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has contracted for up to 300 megawatts/1.2 gigawatt-hours of storage being built alongside 400 megawatts of solar power being built by 8Minute Energy. Pacific Gas & Electric is contracting seven battery projects totaling 423 megawatts , or nearly 1.7

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Previous topics covered were: Global carbon dioxide emissions Overall highlights Oil production and consumption Natural gas production and consumption Coal production and consumption Global nuclear power trends Today, I will cover renewable energy in detail. Together, wind and solar power provided 3,428 TWh of electricity in 2022.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27.2%), natural gas (24.7%), hydropower (6.9%), renewables (5.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Cumulatively, fossil fuels — shown below in shades of gray — still accounted for 83.1% Renewables and Nuclear Power. share of all energy consumption.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 23, 2024

In previous articles, I discussed: Overall highlights Trends in global carbon dioxide emissions Global production and consumption of petroleum Global production and consumption of natural gas Global production and consumption of coal Trends in nuclear power Today I will discuss renewable energy, with a focus on the growth of wind and solar power.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 13, 2022

Fossil fuels accounted for 82% of primary energy use last year, essentially the same as in 2020, but down from 83% in 2019 and 85% five years ago. The remaining share of primary energy use consisted of hydroelectric power (6.8%), renewables (6.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Renewables and Nuclear Power.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Offshore wind energy powerhouse Orsted demonstrates that a pivot away from fossil fuels is possible. Within 10 years, Ørsted has transformed from a conventional energy company reliant on fossil fuels for 85 per cent of its revenues to a renewable energy powerhouse, with 85 per cent of revenues coming from non-fossil sources.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2021

The report makes clear that huge changes are already underway across the global energy system that will have "far reaching consequences" for fossil fuel producers as the economy rapidly embraces clean technologies.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

That’s a different challenge than that faced by summer-peaking systems that can expect solar power and energy storage to help meet air conditioning demand. But Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, the states where Southern Company’s electric utilities serve about 4.2 million customers, have not set such mandates.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. For example, high-capacity batteries with long discharge times – up to 10 hours – could be valuable for storing solar power at night or increasing the range of electric vehicles. Concentrating solar power is still relatively expensive.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

The UK's windy weather means that offshore wind energy, backed by energy storage, provides the best value route to a decarbonised grid, the report concludes, arguing that solar power is set to play a relatively "small role" in the transition to a zero-emission UK energy system.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Dominion Virginia’s new integrated resource plan (IRP), announced Friday, represents a potentially historic shift for the state’s largest utility, which has seen previous plans rejected by Virginia regulators for their over-reliance on fossil fuel power plants and infrastructure to be paid for by ratepayers.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

As such, it sets out how the UK could accelerate its transition away from fossil fuels, secure its energy supplies, and tackle the looming affordability, security, and sustainability 'trilemma' through a raft of new policies. Britain will continue to need to access fossil fuel supplies during the Net Zero transition.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Although the proposed ‘all-source’ procurement would allow existing natural gas-fired peaker plants to compete, it could also open a massive new market for renewable energy, energy storage, demand response and other preferred alternatives to fossil fuels. gigawatts by 2021, and 2.2

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 14, 2020

In a previous article , I analyzed the carbon footprint of producing hydrogen from fossil fuels. Renewable power has grown rapidly in the past decade. In some places, it has created intermittent periods of excess power. The single BTU of liquid fuel is more valuable than the two BTUs of natural gas.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

Electricity generation from natural gas fired power plants also fell back slightly by 2.2 per cent, while nuclear power dropped 14 per cent to its lowest level since 2008 due to a series of prolonged outages at Dungeness B and Hunterson B last year, the statistics show.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 1, 2020

The primary culprits that add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere are the coal, oil, and natural gas — the fossil fuels — we consume for energy. Natural gas and renewables complement each other well, because natural gas plants can be ramped up quickly to compensate for some of the intermittency of renewables like wind and solar power.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Announcing the first stage of the 10-point plan, Johnson will tomorrow confirm a new increased target for 40GW of operational offshore wind power capacity to be delivered by the end of the decade, up from the existing target of 30GW by 2030, and marking a sizeable increase on the 10GW in operation today.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Dubbed Great British Energy, the new venture would enable British people to profit from the nation's clean energy resources, he said, stressing that state-backed energy companies from France, China, and Sweden were all currently profiting from wind and nuclear power generated in Britain. British power to the British people.".

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

The government will tomorrow publish its long-awaited Energy Security Strategy, promising that the sweeping new plan will 'supercharge' clean energy deployment and put the UK on track to source 95 per cent of its power from domestic low carbon sources by 2030.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

The study drew on data from 123 countries that together account for 99 per cent of fossil fuel emissions. In contrast, with an economic recovery tilted towards green stimulus and reductions in fossil fuel investments, it is possible to avoid future warming of 0.3C warming target at the heart of the Paris Agreement.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

still obtained 63% of its electricity from fossil fuels. He didn’t mention nuclear power or carbon sequestration in this speech, but his website does mention them among four specific goals designed to decarbonize the power sector. Energy efficiency will help, but in 2019 the U.S.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Because our economies are still coupled with the burning of fossil fuels, this markedly reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Every $1 million invested in renewable energy or energy efficiency created nearly three times as many jobs compared to the same investment in fossil fuels. As such, Hanna et al.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

Ahead of the release of the government's new Energy Independence Strategy, the opposition has published a five-point plan to curb fossil fuel imports and help households cope with soaring bills. The Conservatives' decade of failure on renewables, nuclear, and energy efficiency has left us vulnerable to the global fossil fuel market.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And, forming the first stage of the 10-point plan, Johnson will tomorrow announce a new increased target for 40GW of operational offshore wind power capacity by the end of the decade, up from the existing target of 30GW by 2030, and marking a sizeable increase on the 10GW in operation today.

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