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Western U.S. utilities totaling 10M+ customers create exploratory group looking for future market options
A dozen of the major power providers in the western U.S. are banding together to pursue future market services which could offer both reliable electricity and carbon reduction, they say. The informal Western Markets Exploratory Group members deliver electricity to millions of customers. They are exploring the potential for new market services including day-ahead energy…
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EIA: Global renewable energy consumption nearly reaches that of liquid fuels by 2050
Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Barring significant changes in policies or trends, U.S. Energy Information Administration modeling forecasts increasing global energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions through 2050. The EIA released the International Energy Outlook 2021 on Wednesday, which makes assumptions based on U.S. laws and regulations as of May 2021, and incorporates existing international laws. The report…
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SNRG and Australian start-up expand UK microgrid market
UK microgrids developer SNRG has partnered with Australian decentralized energy systems management firm Gridcognition to electrify residential households in the UK. Centrica-backed SNRG will leverage Gridcognition’s technologies to design microgrid projects and assess the value of decentralized systems including solar, battery storage, energy flexibility, and electric vehicles on resilient energy systems and the energy transition.…
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Battery recycling’s big chance
Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip The demand for electric vehicles has never been higher. Government leaders see the elimination of internal combustion vehicles as a crucial step to reduce global emissions and slow the effects of climate change. But the limited availability of raw materials used to manufacture lithium-ion batteries — the primary power source for electric vehicles…
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The world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine just got more powerful
Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip GE Renewable Energy’s prototype Haliade-X offshore wind turbine GE Renewable Energy’s prototype Haliade-X offshore wind turbine, the most powerful in the world, has reached a production output of 14 megawatts, the company announced Tuesday. Initially certified for 12 MW, the Haliade-X reached an output of 13 MW last year. The updated Heliade-X 14…
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German government investing $115M in renewable energy in Africa
The German government has announced that it will direct €100 million ($115.7 million) in investment to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy across Africa. The capital will be invested through the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to unlock private sector participation in funding the region’s transition to low-carbon energy resources. The…
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Bitfarms expands Québec mining operations with 13 MW of hydro power
Bitfarms Ltd., a Bitcoin mining company, announced it has increased its corporate hashrate to over 1.6 Exahash per second (EH/s) through the expansion of operations at its Cowansville, Québec, facility and electricity supplied by hydro power. The Cowansville expansion is a completely new 17 MW facility, which replaces Bitfarms’ first Bitcoin mining facility of 4…
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Europe’s offshore wind to green hydrogen plan won’t work for the US, report finds
Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip The European Union is prioritizing green hydrogen in its net-zero push. The UK government unveiled a strategy last month to produce 5 gigawatts of low carbon hydrogen by 2030, capitalizing on its rapidly expanding offshore wind power industry. The government expects its offshore wind generating capacity to quadruple to 40 GW by 2030.…
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Will upgrading fossil fuel infrastructure enable polluters or accelerate the path to net-zero?
Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip While the world waits for cost-effective and scalable long-duration energy storage to support the around-the-clock deployment of power generated by renewable sources, fossil fuels will continue to play a significant role in the energy mix to provide reliability to the grid and industries. Seemingly counterintuitive on the surface, investments in the infrastructure that…
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Puerto Rico has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build a clean energy grid – but FEMA plans to spend $9.4 billion on fossil fuel infrastructure instead
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School and Rachel Stevens, Vermont Law School The Biden Administration has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help Puerto Rico transition to a greener and more resilient energy future, but it’s on the verge of making a multibillion-dollar mistake. Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, many residents and environmental advocates have…
