Solar Power World
APRIL 21, 2020
A review of FERC data by the SUN DAY Campaign has found that solar, wind and hydropower provided 85.7% electrical generating capacity added during the first two months of 2020 — completely overwhelming that provided by natural gas. of new U.S.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 24, 2023
Hydropower, traditionally one of Africa’s most important sources of electricity, will rapidly fade in importance and cede its position to solar power. For decades, many African countries have relied on hydropower for electricity generation, including projects that inspire as much awe as controversy.
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GreenBiz
APRIL 20, 2021
Buildings are similarly opening their doors to being powered entirely by electricity, supplanting natural gas and other fuels for heating and cooling. Local jurisdictions are banning the use of natural gas in newly constructed (and, in some places, renovated) homes and commercial buildings.
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 31, 2020
Some of the choices include coal and natural gas, but those resources emit carbon. The best option of today and tomorrow is the nation’s first renewable resource — hydropower — a flexible and reliable clean resource that helps to integrate other renewables onto the grid. California is in a similar position.
Renewable Energy World
JANUARY 31, 2022
The NYPA board awarded two Erie County businesses with low-cost hydropower allocations — generated at NYPA’s Niagara Power Project hydroelectric facility in Lewiston — and one St. NYPA’s board also approved a 400-kW low-cost hydropower allocation to Niagara Refining. LW1 plans to invest at least $24.2
Renewable Energy World
JULY 29, 2021
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. The specific contribution from hydropower was not listed. Coal-fired electricity generation in the U.S.
Renewable Energy World
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
also including biomass, geothermal, hydropower) accounted for 20.45% of total U.S. Reflecting worsening drought conditions, though, hydropower fell by 12.47%. Nonetheless, all renewables combined – including hydropower – produced 4.05% more electricity than a year earlier. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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