Introducing the 2022 Electricity Annual Technology Baseline

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 03:40:18 +0000

What You Need To Know About This Year’s Annual Technology Baseline, Including Distributed Wind and Pumped Storage Hydropower Supply Curve Data for the First Time The 2022 Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) is now available, including distributed wind and pumped storage hydropower supply curve data for the first time. The ATB integrates current and projected cost and […]

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North Africa Should Keep Green Hydrogen For Itself, Share Renewable Electricity

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 14:53:13 +0000

Cropped cover page from CEO hydrogen reportIf Europe continues down the path of making hydrogen a mainstay of heat and transportation, they will invest in highly inefficient and ineffective infrastructure, substantially delay actual climate action, and pressure Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt to waste time and money that could be better spent.

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River-Powered Villages to Hydropower Water Power Successes: WPTO Accomplishments Report

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 20:54:08 +0000

From River-Powered Villages to Hydropower Regulations, NREL Projects Earn Spotlight in Water Power Technologies, WPTO, Office 2020–2021 Accomplishments Report This year, several of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) recent water power successes earned spots in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office’s (WPTO) 2020–2021 Accomplishments Report. “This report highlights numerous achievements and results […]

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Renewable Generation Surpassed Nuclear in the U.S. Electric Power Sector in 2021

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:00:43 +0000

Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totaled 795 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in the United States during 2021, surpassing nuclear generation, which totaled 778 million MWh. The U.S. electric power sector does not include electricity generators in the industrial, commercial, or residential sectors, such as small-scale solar or wind or some combined-heat-and-power systems. Renewable generation […]

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Betting A Billion Dollars On Low-Carbon Grid Transformation Tech

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 17:05:18 +0000

Virtually all of those technologies are mature and robust today. We don’t need to invent a lot of new technology, we just need to deploy existing tech.

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Mexico’s Clean Energy Ambitions Realistic With These Renewable Energy Resources

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 19:54:16 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released an in-depth report on the potential for clean energy development in Mexico. Mexico is replete with solar and wind resources and has remaining untapped potential in geothermal and hydropower. NREL’s Mexico Clean Energy Report concludes that, in light of this potential and the low […]

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100% Renewable Energy In Puerto Rico — How To Get There

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:00:37 +0000

An analysis led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is now underway to supply Puerto Rico with options for achieving a renewable, reliable, and equitable electric power system. Stay informed about PR100 by subscribing to email updates, including additional opportunities for public engagement and input throughout the study. The study, Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and […]

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NREL Celebrates the Powerful Women of Water Power

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 23:15:03 +0000

Power to the Women: For Women’s History Month, NREL Celebrates the Powerful Women of Water Power This article is the first of two in a Women’s History Month series that showcases a handful of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) outstanding women researchers in water power. “Are women really interested in renewable energy technologies?” asked an NREL […]

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