The Past, Present, and Future of Renewable Energy — Interview with LandGate CEO Yoann Hispa

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:35:56 +0000

Renewable energy has clearly turned a corner and hit the inflection points that so many pundits have forecast for so long. Since the invention of the solar panel more than 70 years ago through 2022, the world added 1 terrawatt of solar energy production capacity. From 2022 through the end … [continued]

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Data Centers and Renewable Energy — Assuring the Future of Data is Clean

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:35:35 +0000

A recent project for carbon capture using renewable energy was kiboshed after years of exploration and development. It was called Project Bison, and it was set to be built in Wyoming, where there is a ton of renewable energy. The idea was that this plentiful, cheap, clean energy could be … [continued]

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Bright Spots Of Solar Energy Cut Through The Clutter

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:41:52 +0000

The US developer Hecate has 11 gigawatts of solar energy and storage projects under its belt and 47 more gigawatts in its pipeline.

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Poland Added About 4 GW Of Solar Power In 2024

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:57:54 +0000

It was reported recently that Poland was on track to add about 4 gigawatts (GW) of solar power in 2024. Though, the final numbers are not yet available. Apparently, in November 2024, it was short about 0.3 GW, which means it was on schedule for a total of about 4 … [continued]

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US Electric Power Sector Has Driven Rising Pennsylvania Natural Gas Consumption Since 2013

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:50:11 +0000

Natural gas-fired electric power generation has increased in Pennsylvania since 2013 as the state has shifted toward natural gas as its main fuel source for electric power generation. In October 2024, natural gas-fired generation accounted for 57% of the electricity generated in Pennsylvania, more than twice the share in October … [continued]

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Clean Energy & Pork Production at Milford, Utah

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:34:53 +0000

There is a strange confluence of clean energy and pork production near Milford, Utah, 208 miles south of Salt Lake City, and 30 miles west of Beaver. Located there, just north of Milford in Beaver County, is the largest solar farm in Utah. It is the Escalante Solar Project, which … [continued]

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Manorga Solar Parking Canopies To Be Distributed By BayWa re

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:57:45 +0000

Not so long ago, France ushered in a new era of solar energy with the passage of a new law that mandates a large rise in solar canopies. The country’s new regulation requires large parking lots to have at least 50% of their space covered in solar canopies. It applies … [continued]

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Regulatory Challenges Continue To Hound Offshore Wind Growth In The Philippines

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:45:58 +0000

Offshore wind energy is painfully slow in development in the Philippines. As of December 2024, the Philippine Department of Energy had approved 92 offshore wind energy service contracts with a combined potential capacity of more than 65 GW. As of January 2025, only 5 of those projects have moved on … [continued]

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AI Electricity Demand Spike Already Drooping Due To Innovation

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:45:21 +0000

At present we’re in another wave of hysteria regarding data center energy demands, this time focused on concerns related to AI. It was all over Davos, for example. Many decarbonization folks, although not me, are deeply concerned about the electricity demands of the various large language models and generative AI … [continued]

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More Bright Green, Clean Energy For Deep Red State

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:26:19 +0000

Trump or no Trump, a new bidirectional clean energy transmission line is on track for construction to commence this year, connecting wind and solar resources in Idaho, Nevada, and California.

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