Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:14:05 +0000
The U.S. conventional hydropower fleet includes 2,252 hydropower plants with a total generating capacity of 80.58 GW, which produced 6.2% of the country’s electricity in 2022 and nearly 30% of all […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:15:00 +0000
An estimated 91% of the world’s population had access to electricity in 2020, marking substantial progress toward goals to ensure universal access to power. Still, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), 733 million people remain unserved. Off-grid and decentralized energy systems may be emerging as an alternative to facilitate energy access and resilience, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:14:39 +0000
The Global Energy Monitor (GEM), an organization dedicated to enhancing understanding of climate change data, in a recent report, estimated that about 89.6 GW (or 13%) of the 692 GW of global gas-fired capacity in development are coal-to-gas conversions or replacements. East Asia has the most coal-to-gas conversions or replacements in development (29.6 GW). By […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:09:27 +0000
The deployment of new power plants in the U.S. over the past 14 decades has hinged on policies, markets, technologies, and new industry players. Every decade has presented its own state of multidimensional, multivariate complexity. The ongoing “energy transition,” which has been characterized by the addition of smaller, carbon-free resources, marks another pivotal period in […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:12:00 +0000
While hydropower provides about 16% of global electricity generation today, climate change is predicted to drive various changes in hydrology that could translate into a spectrum of risks for hydropower production. A recent study published in the journal Water estimates 61% of all global hydropower dams will be in basins with very high or extreme […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tracey Lilly| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:30 +0000
The post THE BIG PICTURE [Infographic]: Solar’s Explosive Growth appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:45:52 +0000
The post A Review of Global Power-to-Gas Projects To Date [INTERACTIVE] appeared first on POWER Magazine.
According to experts from Technical University of Applied Sciences (OTH) in Regensburg, Germany, who recently reviewed the world’s existing power-to-gas (P2G) hydrogen and methane projects, about 143 P2G projects have operated since 1988 in 22 countries. Only 56 hydrogen and 38 methanation projects were active in 2019. While the existing fleet mostly comprises pilot or […]
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Read moreCredit 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 on flexibility—the ability of power […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:01:49 +0000
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:48:26 +0000
The post How Net Generation Has Changed in States with Renewable Portfolio Standards appeared first on POWER Magazine.
As of August 2019, 29 U.S. states and the District of Columbia had renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), and eight others had non-binding renewable portfolio goals. Three states also had clean energy standards, which set targets for low-carbon non-renewables, like nuclear, and two had clean energy goals. Our monthly infographic in September 2019 shows how shares for each […]
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