GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

gigawatt generation fleet comes from coal-fired power plants, while natural gas makes up about a quarter more, and nuclear power one-tenth. Hydropower provides about 800 megawatts, and its only solar facility, the O’Fallon Renewable Energy Center, has a 5.7-megawatt About half of Ameren Missouri’s existing 10.3-gigawatt

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Global Renewable News

APRIL 1, 2024

HIGHLIGHTS LATEST FERC AND EIA REPORTS SHOW SOLAR OFF TO A STRONG START IN 2024 INSTALLED SOLAR CAPACITY NOW EXCEEDS NUCLEAR POWER AS WELL AS HYDROPOWER SOLAR ELECTRICAL OUTPUT GREW 20.5%

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

biomass, geothermal, hydropower) dominated new U.S. There were also small additions in 2021 by hydropower (28 MW), geothermal (25 MW), and biomass (14 MW). . available installed generating capacity – a share significantly greater than that of coal (18.88%) and more than three times that of nuclear power (8.32%).

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

All the while, Denmark has been in a unique position to use wind power. The question remains how the European Commission can expect member states without access to offshore wind, or surplus hydropower for backup, to become independent of fossil fuels using wind energy. Source: World Nuclear Association). (Source: IEA).

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

This week, the International Hydropower Association and the U.S. Because of this, “It isn’t easy to build new projects,” said Alejandro Moreno, director of hydropower and marine energy at U.S. Department of Energy, at a Tuesday event launching the alliance. Solutions to pumped hydro’s new challenges.

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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. Larger-scale transmission projects aimed at carrying Canadian hydropower and wind power downstate, such as the $2.2 Source: NYISO.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Wind and solar alone generated around 30 per cent of Britain's electricity in 2020, while biomass provided seven per cent, and hydropower made up 1.6 Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5 per cent of Britain's power last year, while imports accounted for just under seven per cent.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

ABB’s Power Grids unit earned about $10 billion in annual revenues last year from its businesses ranging from high-voltage transmission systems and transformers to distribution grid controls and battery systems.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 8, 2019

Sharp declines are foreseen for fossil fuels and nuclear power while accompanied by even stronger growth in renewable energy (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) than earlier projected. electrical generating capacity mix.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

The Arrol Gibb Innovation Campus (AGIC) will work with companies in the marine, nuclear power and energy-transition sectors to transform large-scale manufacturing through innovation and skills development. It is the first facility to open in a recently launched multi-partner innovation centre at Babcock’s Rosyth site.

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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 26, 2021

Small declines were also reported in coal, natural gas, and nuclear consumption, while renewables and hydropower recorded gains. 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%). Renewables and Nuclear Power.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 28, 2020

The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27%), natural gas (24%), hydropower (6%), renewables (5%), and nuclear power (4%). The share of renewables in power generation increased to 10.4%, surpassing nuclear power for the first time.

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Global Renewable News

OCTOBER 27, 2024

HIGHLIGHTS SOLAR AND WIND EACH SURPASSED HYDROPOWER WHILE THE OUTPUT BY WIND + SOLAR WAS GREATER THAN COAL AND NEARLY EQUAL NUCLEAR POWER ELECTRICAL GENERATON BY THE MIX OF ALL RENEWABLES INCR.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Hydroelectricity, which the Review reports as a separate category is growing globally at a much slower rate than modern renewables like solar power. Global hydropower consumption in 2021 was 40.3 However, the 10-year average annual growth rate for hydropower is much lower at only 1.5%.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Georgia Power’s latest IRP plans to add 2,260 megawatts of wind, solar and biomass generation and 80 MW of battery storage, as well as boost its hydropower capacity, close five coal plants, and bring two new units at its Volgtle nuclear power plant online. Department of Energy.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. But rising temperatures from climate change are just one challenge.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

New York City and environs make up most of the state’s electricity demand but have less than one-third of the state’s current renewable energy capacity, and there’s not enough transmission capacity to carry all of New York’s ample upstate wind and hydropower to its downstate load centers.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Renewable power sources are expected to dominate almost all the growth in the world's electricity supplies through to 2025, according to the IEA, and together with nuclear power they are set to meet the vast majority of the increase in global power demand over the period. remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year. This is largely thanks to the huge momentum behind renewables, with ever cheaper solar leading the way, and support from the important comeback of nuclear power, whose generation is set to reach a historic high by 2025. .

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Dominion’s Virginia generation portfolio today is roughly one-third natural gas, one-third nuclear and one-quarter coal, with just over 5 percent ascribed to renewable energy, much of it hydropower and biomass.

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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. per cent.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

NuScale's situation underscores the challenges facing small modular reactor (SMR) companies developing a new generation of nuclear power plants. SMRs could provide zero-carbon power for U.S. And while the Department of Energy has issued a $1.36 NuScale and UAMPS told Greentech Media they remain confident in the project.

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Renewables-Info

OCTOBER 21, 2020

biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) dominated new U.S. There have been no new capacity additions by oil, nuclear power, or geothermal energy since the beginning of the year. June, July, August) was provided by solar (1,448 MW), wind (1,309 MW), and hydropower (24 MW). rooftop) solar.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Cumulatively, the 0.411 trillion kWh of electricity from wind and solar power represents 22.8% If we added nuclear power and hydropower into the mix, 2019 generation from these non-fossil fuel sources would have equaled 85% of the amount required. Respectively, those sources represented 2.5% of all U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

” Of all the carbon-free generation options studied, only hydropower emerged as a promising energy source, with an EROI of 84:1. Even nuclear power appeared to offer marginal potential to support society, with an EROI of 14:1.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

One example of where this came in handy was with an underwater hydro turbine control application at the Sauerbrunn hydropower plant near Graz, Austria, in Autumn 2022, resulting in a solution that provided better control and feedback at a much lower cost.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The obvious candidates: Renewable energy Renewables—wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower—are universally recognized as clean energy. Clean but not pollution-free: Nuclear power Nuclear power currently supplies 20 percent of the United States’s electricity, making it one of our largest sources of power free from climate pollution.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

The proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line would carry hydropower from Quebec south to New York City. And by the mid-2020s, electricity from wind farms offshore Long Island should begin replacing zero-carbon power from the soon-to-be-shuttered Indian Point nuclear power plant.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The obvious candidates: Renewable energy Renewables—wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower—are universally recognized as clean energy. Clean but not pollution-free: Nuclear power Nuclear power currently supplies 20 percent of the United States’s electricity, making it one of our largest sources of power free from climate pollution.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand. This was despite a decline in nuclear output. Renewable energy generated a fifth of U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Low-carbon energy technologies including renewables, energy efficiency and nuclear power, alongside an expansion of robust and smart electricity grids are all part of the solution, he added. "Policy makers should be taking action now to soften the impacts on the most vulnerable and to address the underlying causes."

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The UN agency warned that water stress could jeopardise low carbon energy sources such as nuclear power plants and hydropower, both of which rely heavily on water supplies in order to operate, while rising sea levels and extreme weather are also posing a growing threat to energy infrastructure.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 29, 2022

The main causes include a lack of fuel for diesel power plants, technical difficulties, and low water levels at the dams where hydropower is produced. This year (2022), France has been struggling with a lack of cooling water for its nuclear power facilities due to an extremely dry period.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

The report also highlights how targeted investment could help minimise the impact of the coronavirus crisis on energy security, after a recent IEA analysis warned global energy investment is set for an unprecedented plunge of 20 per cent in 2020, raising serious concerns for energy security and clean energy transitions.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. Fukushima, which is Japan’s third largest prefecture, is revitalizing and transforming into a renewable energy hub.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 10, 2021

The largest and one of the fastest emissions growing sectors in the study, power sector emissions were skewed by low availability of zero-carbon resources, including below average hydropower availability and the unexpected shutdown in 2012 of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.

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