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India Power Minister Says Country Will Add More Coal-Fired Plants

September 26, 2022 admin Coal, India, net-zero, news, Renewables, Russia, singh, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:59:08 +0000

The leader of India’s power sector has said the country is preparing to add as much as 56 GW of coal-fired generation capacity by 2030 in order for the country to meet growing demand for electricity. He also said India must invest in energy storage, in concert with supporting more wind and solar power development, […]

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The Energy Conundrum: Decarbonizing the Power Supply While Maintaining Reliable and Affordable Electricity

September 21, 2022 admin climate change, decarbonization, Energy Storage, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, International, news, power, power podcasts, Renewables, Research and Development, siemens energy, Solar, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 07:48:43 +0000

Countries throughout the world have set carbon emission reduction targets in an effort to limit the effects of climate change. Many are striving to achieve net zero in coming decades. Yet, governments also want to maintain, or even improve, living standards for their citizens, which means keeping power affordable and reliable. This poses some potentially […]

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Oxford Group: Decarbonizing Energy Would Save $12 Trillion

September 13, 2022 admin Coal, Energy Storage, Gas, Hydro, natural gas, Nuclear, offshore wind, power, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, Wind, zero emissions

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:53:38 +0000

A new study from business and environmental researchers at Oxford University disputes the notion that a strategy to transition global power generation toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels is too expensive to pursue. The study, released Sept. 13 and published in the journal Joule, reports that decarbonizing the world’s energy systems would save […]

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The POWER Interview: Developing Platforms for Renewable Energy

September 5, 2022 admin alvarez & marsal, Energy, Interview, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:46:07 +0000

Billions of dollars are supporting renewable energy development in the U.S. The International Energy Agency has said record amounts of spending on clean energy will increase global energy investment by 8% in 2022. Julie McLaughlin, a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal’s U.S. Energy practice in San Francisco, California, has extensive experience in the energy space, working with […]

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Siemens Gamesa in Deal with SSE Renewables for European Assets

September 1, 2022 admin Business, Europe, news, Renewables, siemens gamesa, Solar, sse renewables, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:11:34 +0000

Siemens Gamesa said it has sold its renewable energy assets in southern Europe to SSE Renewables, a division of Scottish multinational energy company SSE. The deal announced Sept. 1 is for a 3.8-GW portfolio of projects, including onshore wind facilities in Spain, Italy, Greece, and France. The agreement also includes potential opportunities for Siemens Gamesa […]

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A Fine Balance: Building One of Europe’s Largest Hybrid Facilities

September 1, 2022 admin Business, Energy Storage, engineering, full coverage, haringvliet, hybrid power, International, Legislative, news, Renewables, Solar, Technology, The Netherlands, top plant, vattenfall, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:19:00 +0000

When Swedish company Vattenfall in 2018 set out to combine wind, solar, and battery storage resources at this pioneering energy park in the Netherlands, its foremost focus was to demonstrate a clean energy

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Western Spirit Sets the Standard for Large-Scale Wind Power Projects

September 1, 2022 admin full coverage, ge renewable energy, NEW MEXICO, news, pattern energy, Renewables, top plant, Wind, wind energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:17:00 +0000

With a capacity of more than 1,050 MW, Western Spirit Wind farm is the largest wind power project ever constructed as a single phase in the Americas. The project, which was completed in roughly a year in spite

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‘Superhybrid’ Projects Support Hydrogen Production in Australia

September 1, 2022 admin Australia, flavian, fuel cell, fuel cells, hybrid power, hydrogen, microgrid, power, Solar, superhybrid, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:13:00 +0000

An Australia-based company is designing a project that combines multiple power generation technologies into a system that not only creates electricity but also can result in production of hydrogen. Sunshine

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Biden Signs Bill to Transform U.S. Energy, Combat Climate Change

August 16, 2022 admin biden, biomass, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, Energy Storage, Environmental, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, inflation reduction act, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, natural gas, Nuclear, offshore wind, renewable energy, Solar, waste to energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:08:48 +0000

President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should provide further impetus for growth of U.S. renewable energy, coming on the heels of a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that installations of solar and wind power accounted for more than two-thirds of new domestic utility-scale generation in the first six months […]

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Report Notes Continued Growth of Hybrid Power Plants

August 11, 2022 admin Battery, DOE, Energy Storage, hybrid power, hybrid power plants, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, news, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:29:23 +0000

Hybrid power plants continue to be deployed across the U.S., with almost 300 such facilities (all with 1 MW or more of generation capacity) operating at the end of last year. An August 2022 report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, based on research funded by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) and […]

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