By Rafael Herzberg The challenge of sources – energy matrix (Brazil)Each client (residential, business or institutional) contracts the energy source they want. The choice depends, of course, on the price, conditions and the perception of the associated image, especially with respect to sustainability.Thus, it is up to the independent system operator to dispatch the power…
By Brian Wang Carnegie Mellon University, Berkeley and other researchers used hourly data on power plant operations and a novel machine learning framework to estimate how German electrical plants would have operated differently if the nuclear phase-out had not occurred.They found that the lost nuclear electricity production due to the phase-out was replaced primarily by…
By Joshua S Hill Prime Minister Boris Johnson says UK to immediately cease all direct official development support for overseas thermal coal mining or coal power plants. The post British government halts support of overseas coal plant development appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
GCL New Energy is selling the PV power plants in a debt-for-equity swap to reduce its high debt burden. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Sophie Vorrath Report highlights increasing danger of relying on Australia’s ageing gas and coal power plants, which have broken down once every 3.2 days on average over past two years. The post Australia’s coal and gas plants are breaking down every three days appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great…
By Joshua S Hill Dutch water management agency plans to build a large-scale solar power plant along the 40km-length of the country’s A37 Highway. The post Netherlands plans 40-kilometre-long solar park along highway appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) One campaign pledge the Trump administration hasn’t been able to keep, as of yet, is the revival of the U.S. coal industry. U.S. coal power plants shut down at their second-fastest rate ever in 2019, according to new data from Thomson Reuters and the federal government, as reported by Reuters Monday….
By Nathan Wilson A new study by a team of economists at California and Pennsylvania universities has concluded that the closure of German nuclear power plants, though sold to the public as a way to improve safety, is actually killing 1100* people each year, and is leading to $12B/year in economic loss. “We use hourly…
By National Wind Watch A remote corner of Claremont currently visited mostly by deer and snowmobilers may one day be home to a colony of wind turbines. A Maryland company that builds and manages natural gas and wind turbine power plants has entered into a long-term agreement to lease about 800 acres on Green Mountain,…
By National Wind Watch In the hills around Rapelje, where jackrabbits far outnumber people, there’s a renewable energy powerhouse in the making. Wind farms, four of them in various stages of development, promise to deliver up to 480 megawatts of capacity just as planned coal power plant retirements in Montana are escalating. There are 80…
By [email protected] The Republic of Ireland recently received its first grid-scale battery, which will help manage volatility as the island nation ramps up renewable power plants. Developer Statkraft and battery supplier Fluence announced Wednesday that the battery had been installed in County Kerry and will enter commercial operation a few weeks after commissioning. The Kilathmoy…
By The Energy Mix Bava Alcide57/Wikimedia Commons Bioenergy entered 2020 facing renewed scrutiny over its potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with scientists in Europe and the United States warning that coal-to-biomass power plant conversions could actually fuel the climate crisis.The Guardian describes experts as “horrified at large-scale forest removal to meet wood pellet…
By [email protected] Ørsted and RWE have been fined £4.5 million ($5.9 million) each for their part in a major U.K. blackout last August. A lightning strike on August 9 triggered a series of unlikely events that ultimately took offline the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Ørsted’s Hornsea One. At that time, 880 megawatts of the…
By Len Rosen The growing number of electronic devices anticipated for the world of the IoT, expected to be in the trillions within a decade or two, means power requirements may have to grow exponentially. But with this Vienna University discovery, that dramatic energy demand could be mitigated which would have implications for greenhouse gas…
By Dan Yurman After working under wraps for several years, Oklo announced in December an advanced nuclear reactors that runs on a single fuel load for decades. Calling it the “Aurora Advanced Fission Clean Energy Plant,” the firm says the power plant would be integrated with solar panels to provide communities with 24×7, 365 days/year…