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THE BIG PICTURE [Infographic]: Solar’s Explosive Growth

January 2, 2020 admin Business, climate change, Environmental, iea, infographic, Infographics, International, irena, Markets, news, Renewables, Solar, solar growth, solar pv, Technology, world energy outlook 2019

Credit to Author: Tracey Lilly| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:30 +0000

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According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) World Energy Outlook 2019, solar photovoltaic (PV) is set to become the largest source of installed electrical capacity in about 2035, if countries pursue policies as planned. By 2040, solar could make up 24% of global installed capacity—up from 7% in 2018—but its share of generation could hover […]

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10 Power Sector Insights from the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2019

January 2, 2020 admin africa, Business, climate change, Coal, coal power, distributed energy, electrification, Energy Storage, Environmental, flexibility, Gas, gas decarbonization, gas infrastructure, geothermal, Hydro, hydrogen, iea, International, net-zero, news, Nuclear, offshore wind, power sector investment, Renewables, renewables costs, Research and Development, Solar, solar growth, Wind, world energy outlook

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) November 2019–released World Energy Outlook 2019 (WEO2019) is studded with interesting findings about emerging trends in the power sector. Here are 10 from the

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Transformative Coal Power Technologies Take Shape

January 2, 2020 admin 8 rivers, america's power, brayton cycle, Business, clean coal, Coal, composite coating materials, connected plant, digitalization, distributed power, Energy Storage, flexibility, fluidized bed combustor, Fuel, gti, iea, iiot, iiot power, instrumentation and controls., International, Markets, modular coal, naruc, natural gas, net power, netl, news, oxy-combustion, plasma ignition, Research and Development, supercritical carbon dioxide, Technology

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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The coal power industry acknowledges that to play a stable role in future power markets, it needs to modernize, and perhaps even overhaul its long-held status as a “conventional generator.” Could new

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Why the 2010s Were a Definitive Decade for Power

January 1, 2020 admin aeroderivative power, batteries, Business, business models, climate change, Coal, community solar, connected plant, decentralization, ders, distributed energy, distributed power, EIA, Energy Storage, Environmental, fuel cells, Gas, gas power, general, History, Hydro, hydrogen, iea, iiot, iiot power, industrial devices, International, irena, Markets, mindsphere, module prices, news, Nuclear, offshore wind, predix, reciprocating engines, Renewables, rooftop solar, shale gas, Solar, solar pv, supply chains, T&D, Technology, virtual power plants, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 04:03:12 +0000

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Every one of the 13 decades that POWER magazine has been in print has been definitive for electric generation technology, policy, and business in some significant way, but few have been as transformative as the 2010s. The decade opened just as the global economy began to crawl toward recovery from a historically unprecedented downturn that […]

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THE BIG PICTURE: The Need for Power Flexibility

December 2, 2019 admin big picture, climate change, Energy Storage, Environmental, iea, Infographics, International, international energy agency, news, photovoltaic, power flexibility, pv, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:29 +0000

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In its November 2019–issued World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests that if countries pursue currently stated policies, the combined generation share of wind and solar photovoltaic could surge from 7% today to 24% in 2040. This very steep ramp-up of variable renewables will undoubtedly require an emphatic focus onflexibility—the ability of power […]

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IEA World Energy Outlook: Solar Capacity Surges Past Coal and Gas by 2040

November 14, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Coal, Energy Storage, flexibility, Gas, iea, International, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar, Technology, Wind, world energy outlook

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 15:31:33 +0000

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Solar photovoltaic (PV) could surge ahead of coal and gas and become the largest source of installed power capacity in the world by 2035 if countries pursue stated policies and targets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its newly released World Energy Outlook 2019 (WEO2019). The agency’s annual publication, which it issued Nov. 13, […]

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Offshore Wind Industry To Increase 15-Fold & Become $1 Trillion Industry, Says IEA

October 28, 2019 admin china offshore wind, china wind, clean power, EU, eu offshore wind, eu wind, European Union, european union offshore wind, european union wind, global offshore wind, iea, international energy agency, offshore wind energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 17:55:40 +0000

The global offshore wind industry is expected to grow by as much as 15-fold and attract a cumulative investment of $1 trillion by 2040 according to a new report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) which has famously undervalued the increasing role of renewable energy in the global energy mix.

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Solar To Headline Double-Digit Renewable Power Capacity Growth In 2019

September 26, 2019 admin clean power, global renewable energy, iea, international energy agency, offshore wind energy, onshore wind farms, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:23:06 +0000

Global capacity additions of renewable power are expected to bounce back with double-digit growth in 2019, according to the International Energy Agency, led by a resurgent performance from the solar PV industry which is expected to see growth of over 17% and capacity of 115 gigawatts (GW) by year’s end.

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Nuclear Performance Improves, but More Reactors Needed

September 25, 2019 admin capacity factor, climate change, Construction, iea, International, international energy agency, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, world nuclear association, world nuclear performance report 2019

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 19:22:12 +0000

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“The world’s nuclear plants continue to perform excellently,” Agneta Rising, director general of the World Nuclear Association, wrote in the preface to the recently released World Nuclear Performance Report 2019. Yet, if the nuclear industry is to reach its “Harmony” goal, which is for nuclear generation to supply 25% of the world’s electricity before 2050, […]

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2018 Exceptional Year for Nuclear Power Firsts

September 5, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Environmental, flexible operations, Gas, iaea, iea, International, load-following, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear retirements, nuclear subsidies, Technology, world nuclear association

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:18:54 +0000

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Last year, five of the world’s 449 operable nuclear reactors reached 50 years of operation for the first time, four first-of-their kind reactor designs were brought online, and while the industry showed capacity factor impacts from load-following, the global nuclear fleet performed at an average capacity factor of about 80%, says a new report from […]

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