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 exajoules, which is still more than wind and solar. for modern renewables like wind and solar power.

Energy 78

Energy Energy Hydropower Solar Power 78

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.

Natural gas 88

Natural gas Nuclear Power Energy Energy 88

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. THE BIG RETHINK.

Solar Energy Monitor 114

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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. Department of Energy.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

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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.

Natural gas 130

Natural gas Energy Energy Law 130

The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 4, 2025

While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing piling pressure on an already fragile system Thirty-six hours by boat from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, Deodato Alves da Silva longs for enough electricity to keep his tucum and cupuau fruits (..)

Demand 80

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The falling costs of wind and solar power are pushing utilities to find ways to incorporate them into their long-range plans, even as they struggle to define what resources can be relied on to provide the dispatchable power they need. Nuclear power plays a large role in PSEG’s carbon-reduction plans.

Carbon 246

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. However, new nuclear plants in the U.S.

Energy Monitor 117

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 117

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

After all, consumer prices have become much higher than the cost of producing wind and solar power. All the while, Denmark has been in a unique position to use wind power. After all, wind farms are usually backed up by either hydro power (if available), or gas-fired stations. Source: World Nuclear Association).

Energy 147

Energy Energy Nuclear Power Natural gas 147

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Many devices that power our lives, such as LED lights , get more performance from a kilowatt-hour of electricity now than they did 15 years ago. Wind and solar power dramatically outperformed expectations, delivering 13 times more generation in 2020 than projected. Emission-free nuclear generation largely held steady.

Carbon 145

Carbon Electricity Policy Solar Power 145

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

They plan to combine green energy provided by wind turbines, biomass, solar panels and hydropower, with agricultural waste and grasses from the Northern provinces in the Netherlands as feedstock for the chemical cluster. Their goal is to create synthetic fuel by directly capturing CO2¬ and water from the air using solar power.

Fossil fuels 78

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Demand 78

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

The gas-free scenario is also reliant on the greatest mix of as-yet untested technologies such as long-duration energy storage or small modular nuclear reactors — and it would involve keeping some of its coal plants open past 2030, to ensure it can provide reliable power in the winter when solar power is scarce.

Climate change 130

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

But the tax-credit extensions contained in the bill could provide a significant boost for the primary federal incentive structure for wind and solar power by extending the expiration dates set by Congress late last year. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Solar power will get $1.5

Packaging 130

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Its carbon-free portfolio includes nuclear power supplying about one-third of its generation needs, and just over 5 percent renewable, most of that hydropower and biomass.

Energy 130

Energy Energy Natural gas Methane 130

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Dominion also gets more than one-third of its energy from nuclear power. Those existing renewables are largely hydropower and biomass. And to help balance intermittent wind and solar power, it calls for Dominion to procure at least 2.7

Solar Energy Monitor 246

Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 246

CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expects that slightly more than 50% of new US power capacity in the next 3 years will come from solar power — and that’s just considering large-scale solar power projects, not small-scale/rooftop solar power installations.

Solar Power 0

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The good news was that 100% of new capacity power in October was from renewable sources. of total power capacity is from wind, water, and solar power plants (only counting large-scale solar, not small-scale rooftop solar). The less good news was that only 21.7%

Solar Power 0

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