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Germany Responds to Donald Trump’s Lies About German Electricity Grid

September 14, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:54:11 +0000

Germany may not have liked being pulled into Donald Trump’s closing arguments at the debate last night, or maybe it did, but in either case, the country has responded. In particular, the German Foreign Office took to X to correct the record. As I wrote earlier today, in his closing … [continued]

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Only One Country Is Making Progress On Electrifying Everything

August 22, 2024 admin air quality, boats, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric bikes, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, electrification, Energy, energy efficiency, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, HEALTH, India, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:45:06 +0000

For close to twenty years, it’s been clear that electrifying everything is a key climate change wedge. Mark Z. Jacobson’s work in the USA and then internationally with his 100% Renewables by 2050 modeling laid much of the groundwork for this. Luminaries from around the world, such as Saul Griffith, … [continued]

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Wasted Money & Sunken Assets: Subsidies and Financing for Fossil Fuels

August 12, 2024 admin air quality, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, divestment, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, fossil fuel subsidies, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, HEALTH, India, india solar power, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:23:47 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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AES Indiana Switching Last Coal Units to Gas, Adding Solar and Storage

August 8, 2024 admin AES Corp., aes indiana, battery energy storage, bess, Coal, Energy Storage, Gas, indiana, irp, natural gas, news, petersburg, power, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:50:37 +0000

An Indiana electric utility has announced a $1.1 billion investment in that state that includes switching coal-fired units to run on natural gas, along with new solar power and battery […]

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The Most Coal Is Stockpiled at U.S. Power Plants Since 2020 (COVID Time)

August 8, 2024 admin Coal, Fossil Fuels, market research, research, us coal

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:11:46 +0000

Coal stockpiles at U.S. electric power plants totaled 138 million short tons at the end of May, the most since the first half of 2020 when the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic reduced electricity demand and coal consumption. In the United States, coal is typically consumed by power plants following … [continued]

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Carbon Pricing Is Coming To Maritime Shipping

August 5, 2024 admin air quality, boats, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cargo shipping, China, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, Coal, container shipping, electric shipping, Fossil Fuels, green economy, India, investment, marine energy, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:05:28 +0000

In my regularly iterated Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work, there’s a big broom: Price Carbon Aggressively. In the maritime shipping world, it would be a big trawler net that scoops up emissions regardless of technology, allowing the market to figure out the cheapest way to achieve decarbonization. … [continued]

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EIA: U.S. Coal Plant Stockpiles at Highest Level in Four Years

August 5, 2024 admin Business, Coal, EIA, Europe, India, news, power, stockpiles

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:50:31 +0000

Stockpiles of fuel at U.S. coal-fired electric plants are at their highest levels since the start of the pandemic. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on August 5 said coal […]

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PJM Capacity Auction Prices Surge Over Nine-Fold, Signal Urgent Need for New Power Generation

July 31, 2024 admin 2025/2026 capacity auction, Business, Coal, electricity market, energy demand, energy security, energy supply, full coverage, Gas, generator retirements, grid, investment signals, Markets, new generation, news, pjm, Power Demand, power generation, reliability, reliability pricing model, retirements, rto, trends, wholesale power market

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:55:13 +0000

Prices at PJM Interconnection’s 2025/2026 base residual auction (BRA) spiked to $269.92/MW-day for most resources in the wholesale power market, pointing to a tightening supply-demand balance that could have significant […]

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New Report: Coal Plants Earned $1 Billion For Knocking Cheaper Midwest Wind Offline

July 27, 2024 admin clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, grid, midcontinent independent system operator (miso), MISO, nrdc, onshore wind farms, research, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:03:34 +0000

New Report Shows Coal Plants Earned $1 Billion for Running While Wind Was Available, Cheaper in MISO Territory Adding to a growing field of research, the new report, The Consumer and Environmental Costs from Uneconomically Dispatching Coal Plants in MISO, reveals new details about the impact of aging, uncompetitive coal plants … [continued]

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Electrified Ports Will Have A Competitive Advantage In The Coming Decades

July 25, 2024 admin boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean transport, climate change, Coal, container shipping, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Logistics, natural gas, Oil, ports, renewable energy, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:25:28 +0000

Freight logistics are going to be transforming over the coming years, and electrification is the primary wedge. It’s not only climate-friendly, but ports that take this path sooner rather than later will end up more competitive as global shipping declines. Electrification is a path to being a winning port in … [continued]

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