Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

According to a new report by Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), portfolios of these clean energy resources can provide the same energy… The post Report finds consumers could save $29 billion if clean energy replaced proposed natural gas plants appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Preliminary findings of a joint investigation into the freeze that left millions in Texas without power for days last February highlighted an increasing frequency of extreme cold weather events, as well as the devastation caused by the failure of natural gas-fired plants. — Jeff Dennis (@EnergyLawJeff) September 23, 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 17, 2020

Electricity demand for air conditioning throughout the region stretched California's power capacity and limited the state's ability to import power from nearby states. “That solar resource is fading fast, and we have to ramp up other resources quickly to meet that net peak event.”

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 28, 2021

Florida Power & Light Company announced that construction has begun on the FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center , which is expected to become the world’s largest integrated solar-powered battery system, according to the company. Located in Parrish, Fla.,

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Cities and utilities across the United States are starting to reject natural gas — and not just for environmental reasons. San Jose, the tenth largest city in the country, recently joined a string of cities banning gas utility connections for new homes and buildings.

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Green Living Guy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The sun generates main energy forms that we can use for several things, including solar power systems. Compared to conventional electricity from coal or natural gas, a solar system can produce clean, pure energy from the sun. The post Considering a Solar Powered Home? The installation of.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

gigawatts of solar, 850 megawatts of wind and nearly 1.4 Alongside a big boost in its energy efficiency efforts, TEP says the plan would allow it to avoid building any new natural gas plants. At the same time, the plan would see TEP adding 1.7 gigawatts of energy storage by 2035.

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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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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

In fact, the heat wave last month shuttered a 500 megawatt natural gas unit and a 750 MW gas unit was unexpectedly out of service Aug. Outages of dispatchable fossil generation paired with reduced output from renewables, such as the 1,000 MW reduction in available wind power Aug.

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Solar Power World

DECEMBER 2, 2019

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the first three-quarters of 2019, solar and wind provided nearly six-times as much new generating capacity as natural gas in September.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

It supplies 40% of the energy necessary to power the Three Rivers Filtration Plant, the Water Pollution Control Plant and the Wet-Weather Pump Station. The microgrid design integrates solar power with biogas generated from food waste and natural gas engines.

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Solar Power World

MARCH 6, 2020

electrical generating capacity added in 2019 — swamping new additions provided by coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear power combined. FERC released its year-end energy infrastructure report today, and initial analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign finds that renewable energy sources provided 57.26% of new U.S.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

OCI Solar Power, one of the largest utility-scale solar energy developers in Texas, CPS Energy, the nation's largest municipally-owned, fully-integrated electric and natural gas utility, and the Hyundai Motor Group, a South Korean multinational mobility, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to test recycled electric vehicle (EV) batteries for (..)

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Key highlights include: Advanced Hydrogen Power Generation The facility uses 21 units of 5 kW pure hydrogen fuel cell generators, delivering stable energy supply while balancing operating hours to ensure smooth maintenance. The hydrogen used is locally sourced green hydrogen, further reducing the system’s carbon footprint.

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Natural gas provider Gas South and Georgia electric utility Cobb EMC broke ground on a solar + storage in Marietta, Georgia. MW solar, 4-MWh storage project appeared first on Solar Power World.

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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.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Solar plus storage also helps the wider grid and environment by letting consumers shift the time when they consume solar power: by storing solar energy when it’s abundant during the day, and using it at night, in place of power generated from fossil fuels.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 20, 2022

By Gabe Phillips, CEO, Catalyst Power The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made the clean energy transition even more urgent. Now, buying Russian natural gas means directly supporting a regime that is committing war crimes.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The study specifically analyzes scenarios for a geothermal-natural gas hybrid plant, as wel as a “triple-hybrid” plant that combines natural gas, solar thermal, thermal energy storage, and geothermal. can be accessed via this link: [link].

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Solar Power World

MARCH 13, 2023

More than 8 million people took a flight from Pittsburgh International Airport in 2022, but they likely didn’t know the airport’s terminals, shops, restaurants, trams and other facilities are all operating on a separate electrical grid powered by a solar array and natural gas-fueled generators.

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Solar Power World

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Study finds decarbonizing Colorado would also lower electric rates Denver, Colorado A new report found replacing Colorado’s aging coal plants with a mix of wind, solar-plus-storage and some natural gas, combined with electrifying transport and buildings, would reduce Colorado electric costs by more than 15% by 2040.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

To support this shift, Germany pledged seven billion euros for decarbonizing steel production, with companies such as ArcelorMittal committed to building plants powered by natural gas that could transition to green hydrogen over time. Today, solar energy is indispensable in the global energy mix.

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Solar Power World

MAY 28, 2020

A new information services product that harnesses a massive project performance dataset and suite of financial analytics that industry leaders use to make long-term asset and contract decisions for wind and solar energy has revealed that the low energy demand during the coronavirus shutdown, combined with low natural gas prices and high renewable generation, (..)

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Americans are in an energy renaissance, desiring to replace fossil fuel and natural gas resources with green energy to sustain our homes. At… The post AI forecasting can ensure solar installations meet customer expectations appeared first on Solar Power World. In 2021, the conversation got real.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 1, 2022

GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Thailand Power Market Size, Trends, Regulations, Competitive Landscape and Forecast, 2022-2035’, reveals […]. The post New Study: Thailand’s Natural Gas Reserve is Declining and More Renewable Energy is Key appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

No other electricity generation technologies have been able to keep up with solar’s pace of cost reduction over this period. Energy Information Administration’s data shows that the overnight capital cost required to build new onshore wind and conventional natural gas combined-cycle power plants in the U.S.

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TechCrunch: Climate

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Solar and wind together now represent nearly a quarter of electricity demand and nearly 10% of all energy consumption in the U.S. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2020

Energy Information Administration has confirmed what it and industry watchers predicted a year ago—that wind and solar power will expand on their already-large share of new U.S. gigawatts of natural gas-fired plants to come online this year. generation capacity in 2020. gigawatts of capacity.

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TechCrunch: Climate

JANUARY 24, 2025

Solar farms can be completed far faster than nuclear reactors and natural gas power plants. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. utility has yet fully fleshed out how it intends to eliminate natural gas power plants from its generation portfolio. To be sure, no U.S.

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 12, 2021

Solar power is a renewable alternative to the greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels affecting the atmosphere and the climate. Nonrenewable energy sources, like oil, natural gas, and coal, pollute the environment and. The post A History of Solar Power appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

Most of the winning projects will be co-located with existing solar farms that will charge the batteries, making them useful for integrating and smoothing the intermittency of the state’s growing share of renewable generation, as well as providing resource adequacy (RA) for times of peak demand in the late afternoons and evenings.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 9, 2025

The strategy combines constructing new pipelines with retrofitting existing natural gas pipelines, helping to optimize costs and accelerate implementation. The network involves a mix of retrofitting natural gas pipelines (60%) and building new infrastructure (40%), optimizing costs and timelines.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago. But these tools proved unexpectedly useful when the Aliso Canyon natural-gas leak jeopardized fuel supplies for Southern California power plants.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

Qatar, whose natural-gas exports trail only those of Russia, will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 and has pledged to make the event carbon-neutral. Lowest-ever solar PPA price. Essa bin Hilal Al-Kuwari claimed the PPA price was the lowest ever for a solar power project but did not state the value of the winning bid.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 9, 2024

  The most used fossil fuel in the country is natural gas , 47 percent of which is imported from other countries, primarily Algeria (as of data from June 2023).    The country’s local natural gas production is through the national exploration company ETAP, as well as foreign company concessions.

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