Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:30:56 +0000
Pumped hydro already accounts for 93% of utility-scale energy storage in the US, and plans are in the works to build up from there.
Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:30:24 +0000
One of the world’s biggest sources of renewable energy is hydropower, which generates around 16% of the global electricity supply. As the world looks to meet net-zero targets, hydropower is slated to play a key role in combating climate change. Just 37% of the world’s 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing — without any human-made dams, […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:30:39 +0000
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) acted as lead authors on five reports in a larger series designed to strengthen America’s clean energy supply chains. The following NREL-authored, topic-specific “deep-dive” studies are intended to inform national policy at the highest level. Solar Photovoltaics (PV) [PDF] Solar power could supply 40% […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:00:41 +0000
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), is one of the more developed power pools on the African continent. The SAPP operates four competitive electricity markets between 12 member countries. It has facilitated trade between utilities in Southern Africa since 1995. The operating member countries include Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, […]
Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:31:48 +0000
The United States has a great network of waterways that is used for municipal, agricultural, and industrial purposes. With millions of miles of pipelines and conduits, the opportunity to harness that wasted energy with conduit hydropower is tremendous. In a recent study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, there was great […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 22:10:49 +0000
Renewable energy development in the Canary Islands will need to transform the existing conventional infrastructure while creating interconnections with the mainland and neighboring islands.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:00:12 +0000
Norway’s Statkraft has issued its annual sustainability report and finds reasons to hope that Europe will survive its latest energy crisis.
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 09:03:26 +0000
The transition to electric vehicles is largely driven by a need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and reduce emissions associated with burning fossil fuels. In 2021, 40% of the electricity produced by the electric power sector was derived from non-fossil fuel sources. Since 2007, the increase in non-fossil fuel sources has been largely […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 14:00:29 +0000
Drought-strained hydropower sustains 80 percent average power generation capacity In 2022, a quick internet search for Lake Mead or Lake Powell returns startling images of drying lake beds and parched land. The megadrought in the Southwestern United States is the driest—and longest—in the last 1,200 years, depleting water reservoir levels to critically low levels over […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:29:18 +0000
Study Surveys Trade-Offs of Technology Options To Overcome Challenging Last Few Percent to Zero-Emissions U.S. Power Grid A growing body of research has demonstrated that cost-effective high-renewable power systems are possible, but costs increase as systems approach 100% carbon-free electricity—what has become known as the “last 10% problem.” The increase in costs is largely driven […]