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Renewables Provided 18% of U.S. Power Generation in 2018

March 20, 2019 admin biomass, Business, EIA, geothermal, Hydro, Markets, news, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:09:44 +0000

Renewable generation in the U.S. has doubled over the past 10 years. In 2018, generation from solar, wind, hydro, and other renewables soared to a record 742 TWh—or 17.6% of total U.S. generation. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), since 2008—when renewables provided 382 TWh—wind generation rose from 55 TWh and generated 275 TWh […]

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POWER Notebook: Alabama Power Says Closing Coal Plant Will Cost $740 Million

March 3, 2019 admin ALABAMA, alabama power, biomass, Business, Coal, Georgia, geothermal, hanwha, Hawaii, International, Japan, news, ormat technologies, Renewables, silicon ranch, Solar, Southern Company, toshiba

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 21:57:24 +0000

Several developments worldwide impacted the power generation landscape in the past week, including more news about the closure of a coal-fired power plant in Alabama, the restart of a geothermal facility in Hawaii, and construction of a biomass-fueled power plant in Japan. In addition, a company said it plans a $150 million investment in three […]

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POWER Digest [March 2019]

March 1, 2019 admin Business, Canada, Coal, coal plant, distribution system, Europe, exxonmobil, Gas, geothermal, International, Japan, Kyushu, news, news briefs, Nuclear, petrovietnam, power digest, Renewables, Taiwan, Technology, transition, Vietnam

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The Distribution System Is Newest Energy Transition Frontier in Europe. The European power sector is urging member states and regulators within the European Union (EU) to speed up development of

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10 Takeaways from the IEA’s Newest World Energy Outlook

January 1, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Environmental, flexibility, Fuel, Gas, general, geothermal, History, iea, International, investment, news, Nuclear, ownership, Power Demand, power supply transformation, renewable costs, Renewables, Solar, Technology, timeline, variable sources, wholesale power markets, Wind, world energy outlook 2018

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:59:00 +0000

The International Energy Agency (IEA) deemed growth and disruptions of the world’s power sector so significant to the future of energy, it dedicated—for the first time—a four-chapter “special focus”

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In Energy Policy Pivot, France Will Shutter 14 Nuclear Reactors

December 2, 2018 admin biogas, biomass, Business, climate change, Coal, energy policy, Energy Storage, Environmental, France, future energy mix, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, International, news, Nuclear, Offshore, onshore, policy planning, Renewables, Solar, strategy, Wind

France will shut down 14 of its 58 nuclear reactors by 2035 as well its remaining four coal power plants by 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron said November 27 in a lengthy speech that sought to clarify the country’s future energy direction. According to the World Nuclear Association, France’s nuclear power share has steadily expanded […]

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New Zealand’s Largest Geothermal Plant Comes Online

November 2, 2018 admin geothermal, grid, International, Maori, NEW ZEALAND, news, ormat technologies, Renewables, te ahi o maui

New Zealand’s largest geothermal plant was synchronized to the country’s national grid in October. The project took just more than three years to complete. Eastland Group, a Gisborne, New Zealand-based

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California Mandates 100% Renewable Energy

September 10, 2018 admin ace rule, Arnold Schwarzenegger, biomass, Business, California, Carbon Capture, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, Energy Storage, Environmental, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, jerry brown, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Renewables, socal edison, Solar, storage, Trump, Wind

California Gov. Jerry Brown on September 10 signed into law a measure requiring the state to produce all its electricity from renewable sources by 2045. It’s a goal that also has been set by Hawaii and is being discussed by other states. Environmental groups and renewable energy advocates immediately praised Brown’s action. Utilities operating in […]

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Cerro Pabellón: Taking Geothermal Power to New Heights

September 1, 2018 admin andes, atacama desert, Business, carro pabellon, chile, enap, enel green power, Environmental, geotermica del norte s.a., geothermal, high-altitude, high-enthalpy binary cycle technology, International, microgrids, news, ollagüe, Renewables, Safety, T&D, Technology, top plant, workforce

South America’s first and only geothermal power plant, the 48-MW Cerro Pabellón project, sits at an elevation of 4,500 meters above sea level in Chile’s harsh and remote Atacama Desert. Building and

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Innovative Narrowband Solution for SCADA Communications

July 2, 2018 admin communications, Distribution, FCC, geothermal, great river energy, Instrumentation & Controls, mimomax wireless, narrowband, news, O&M, Plant Design, Renewables, scada, Solar, Technology, transmission, Wind

Great River Energy rolled out an extensive 700-MHz point-to-multipoint communications project within its 56,000-square-mile service area. Using high-order modulation, combined with full-duplex

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Innovative Narrowband Solution for SCADA Communications

Great River Energy rolled out an extensive 700-MHz point-to-multipoint communications project within its 56,000-square-mile service area. Using high-order modulation, combined with full-duplex

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