The Guardian: Energy

JUNE 17, 2024

On Tuesday the Fortescue boss warned that relying on the introduction of nuclear power in at least 15 years’ time while opposing large-scale renewables and abandoning interim targets would cripple investment certainty.

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Energy Central

JUNE 15, 2022

Both countries have a power plant fleet and electricity generation of similar size. However, Italy’s power generation is based on natural gas, while Spain generates larger shares of its electricity from wind power and nuclear power.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Nuclear power stations could be decommissioned in the future with the help of teams of autonomous robots known as the SMuRFs, scientists have suggested. The robots’ ability to collaborate is the result of a sophisticated computer system developed by the researchers, which they call a ‘cyber physical system or CPS.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 18, 2024

We should focus on rooftop solar – Australians love it A missing element from much of the debate about whether Australia should embrace nuclear power is that – unless the Labor rank-and-file have an extraordinary change of heart – the issue is already dead on arrival. John Howard and Scott Morrison knew the score on this.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

million customers by 2025, adding nearly 700 megawatts of wind power, plus more solar and battery storage systems to boost rural reliability. Missouri's lagging wind market. Unlike most utility grid modernization plans, however, Ameren Missouri’s plan also includes $1 billion for wind power.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The government must rebalance nuclear's place in the energy portfolio and bring the public onside while there is still time, argues Bright Blue's Andrew Leming. Hitachi's withdrawal from proposed nuclear power sites in Anglesey and Oldbury last month dealt a sharp blow to the government's net zero emissions strategy.

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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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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

President Moon Jae-in said: “The wind farm to be built on the waters off Sinan will be as much as seven times the size of the world’s current largest wind power complex. gigawatts of electricity to be generated here is equivalent to the capacity of six new Korean nuclear power reactors combined.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt At the same time, it increased its share of renewables from less than 1 percent to roughly 27 percent, almost entirely wind power, with nearly 3.9 gigawatts of nameplate capacity as of 2020. Similarly, Xcel Energy, which serves about 3.3

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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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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 16, 2020

The New Jersey Wind Port, which is unlike anything yet revealed in the U.S., could grow to more than 150 acres and cost as much as $400 million to build, as the state looks to accommodate manufacturers of blades, nacelles and the other huge components that go into offshore wind farms. gigawatt Ocean Wind project to Orsted.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2020

According to EIA data released Tuesday , wind and solar will make up 32 of the 42 gigawatts of new capacity additions expected to start commercial operation in 2020, dwarfing the 9.3 EIA’s numbers also break records for both wind and solar in terms of annual capacity additions. gigawatts, and pushes total U.S.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The country’s investment in wind energy didn’t take off until the late 1990s. All the while, Denmark has been in a unique position to use wind power. Source: World Nuclear Association). The French responded by launching a plan to build dozens of nuclear power stations. Source: IEA).

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 13, 2022

The remaining share of primary energy use consisted of hydroelectric power (6.8%), renewables (6.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Coal remained the dominant fuel for global power generation in 2021, with its share increasing to 36%, up from 35.1% Renewables and Nuclear Power. to the highest level since 2006.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

The network upgrade plan would see new infrastructure delivered to connect both onshore and offshore wind power where needed alongside solutions that can optimise the location of strategic, flexible demand connections in the future.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

until 2016, and 2020 was the first year that more electricity was generated by renewables and nuclear power than by coal (according to EIA’s data series that dates back to 1949). Coal was the largest source of electricity in the U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 13, 2020

NextEra’s renewables unit, NextEra Energy Resources, is primarily oriented toward wind power (58% of this unit’s fuel mix) and is the largest generator of wind power in North America. It has smaller contributions from gas-fired generation (20%), nuclear power (14%) and solar (4%).

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Fossil gas' share of electricity supplies shrinks to less than 15 per cent over weekend as wind power meets more than half of UK demand. 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.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Even so, at present the UK still remains a dominant offshore wind player on the global stage. Today's report, published by RenewableUK's EnergyPulse data analysis unit, shows the UK is now home to 13.7GW of operational offshore wind power, which amounts to 23 per cent of the the entire world's operational wind capacity.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 14, 2020

government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. the Saudi Arabia of wind power. Nuclear talks with EDF to resume. Detailing the U.K.'s

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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%). Renewables and Nuclear Power. exajoules (EJ) — an increase of 20% — but wind power (+1.5 share of all energy consumption.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 24, 2024

This achievement is nothing short of extraordinary, as wind energy generated nearly 2.5 Such an output is capable of powering nearly 90% of the European Union’s electricity needs. The International Energy Agency estimates that to meet global energy goals, we need to be installing 320 GW of wind power annually by 2030.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

more electricity than coal through June 2021 and expanded their lead over nuclear power. In fact, during the first half of this year, renewables outperformed nuclear power by 16.4%. “And their continued, strong growth – especially by solar and wind – suggest that the best is yet to come.”

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The offers of nuclear power, coal and gas come next. The energy producers offer the capacity of their power plants in the daily auctions for their marginal costs. A recent example of such an effect is the increased feed-in of renewable energy sources (photovoltaics, wind energy, biomass).

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The offers of nuclear power, coal and gas come next. The energy producers offer the capacity of their power plants in the daily auctions for their marginal costs. A recent example of such an effect is the increased feed-in of renewable energy sources (photovoltaics, wind energy, biomass).

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Although wind consumption maintains a healthy lead over solar consumption, the ten-year growth rate in solar power consumption continues to be more than double the growth rate of wind power. China is the world’s top consumer of renewable energy. Cumulatively, the Top 10 consumers accounted for 75.9%

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

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%). Renewables now provide more than a quarter (25.39%) of total U.S. By comparison, a year ago, renewables’ share was only 23.28%. respectively. ”

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 30, 2024

As renewable energy sources have matured and become more affordable, a challenge remains in dramatically increasing the amount of clean power on the electric grid: long-duration energy storage.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

Coal power slumped by 20 percent year-on-year while solar and wind power grew 15 percent and 9 percent, respectively. Major economies, including France, Italy, Netherlands and Poland, all get less than 20 percent of their electricity from wind and solar. France is stuck at around 10 percent.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

More immediately, the utility aims for 2030 goals of 45 percent renewable electricity, with the Palo Verde nuclear power plant bringing the tally up to 65 percent carbon-free power. Through 2024, APS plans to add 962 megawatts of renewable energy to its current 1,700 megawatts, as well as 850 megawatts of energy storage.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

The technology mix will be different in different countries, but in Britain, it's clear the system will be dominated by wind power with batteries picking up a lot of the slack when wind is low.".

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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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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 10, 2022

The agency says another 5% of the country’s planned electric capacity additions in 2022 will come from two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. EIA said it expects an additional 5.1 GW (11%) to come from energy storage projects. The long-delayed project has repeatedly increased its project cost.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Wind is now the largest single renewable energy source, accounting for 27.78% of total U.S. By comparison, production by the nation’s nuclear power plants in 2021 dropped by 2.81% and 4.07% compared to 2020 and 2019 levels.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 8, 2020

Ørsted has signed what it calls the world's largest corporate renewables power-purchase agreement to supply 920 megawatts of offshore wind power to Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMC, a key supplier to Apple. gigawatts of offshore wind by 2035 as it phases out its nuclear power plants.

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