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Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft has submitted a license application to build a new Aura hydropower plant in western Norway, with an estimated investment of NOK 6 billion (USD 585 million/EUR 518 million). ...
US energy developer Ameresco Inc (NYSE:AMRC) announced a partnership with Juneau Hydropower Inc to develop, build, and operate a 19.8-MW hydroelectric plant at Sweetheart Lake near Juneau, Alaska’s capital. ...
For Sensatto Investimentos, this project represents the expansion of its activities into the hydropower sector, as well as an opportunity to increase revenue through energy generation and sales. ...
Statkraft, Norway's state-owned utility, announced on Tuesday its application for a license to construct a new Aura hydropower plant in western Norway, estimated at NOK 6 billion (USD 584.8m/EUR 518.4m). ...
BC Hydro is leading an innovative new Peak Saver project under its Power Smart portfolio to transform homes in two B.C. communities into virtual power plants, offering uninterrupted power to customers while strengthening the flexibility of the electricity grid. The concept of a virtual power plant is an emerging idea that optimizes customers’ energy resources in helping to meet high energy ...
China alone added 278 GW to the total expansion, followed by India (24.5 GW).Hydropower (excluding pumped storage hydropower): capacity reached 1 283 GW, demonstrating a notable rebound from 2023, driven by China. ...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) this week announced its intent to award up to $43 million in Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP) grant funding for the development of nine new community-driven microgrids throughout its Northern and Central California service area. PG&E this week also announced the opening of the application window for the second wave of MIP grant funding beginning ...
With electricity demand growth skyrocketing for the first time in decades, the report, Tax Stability for Energy Dominance, explores how American leadership and innovation across all energy sources – including domestically produced wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower, energy storage, hydrogen, advanced nuclear, and other technologies – can advance American energy ...
Specifically, the contribution of wind, solar, biomass, waste-to-energy, geothermal, and hydropower rose at the fastest pace among all sources of power, rising 10.2% year on year. ...
This would make geothermal the cheapest source of dispatchable low-emissions electricity on a par with existing hydropower and nuclear installations. At such price levels, geothermal would also be highly competitive with solar PV and wind paired with battery storage. ...
For the first time in its history, CleanPowerSF delivered 100% renewable electricity to all 375,000 customers on its default Green service in 2023. This historic milestone, achieved two years ahead of the City’s Climate Action Plan target, was made possible through an energy mix of solar, geothermal, wind and hydroelectric.“Providing 100 percent renewable electricity to our Green customers in ...
In 2023, renewable energy sources accounted for 45.3% of gross electricity consumption in the EU, a significant 4.1 percentage points (pp) increase from 2022. This marks the largest annual increase in the share of renewable energy in gross electricity consumption since the time series began in 2004. In addition, the annual increases in 2022 (3.5 pp) and 2020 (3.3 pp) were the second and third ...
As a result of these forecast trends, carbon dioxide emissions from global electricity generation are expected to plateau in the coming years after increasing by about 1% in 2024.The report examines some of the major strains faced by electricity systems in 2024, including winter storms in the United States, hurricanes in the Atlantic, blackouts caused by extreme weather in Brazil and Australia, ...
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has this week launched a toolkit for pumped storage hydropower (PS) development. ...
According to its provisional energy report, Spanish utility Iberdrola SA (BME:IBE) generated 83,294 GWh of electricity from its renewable energy projects worldwide in 2024, a 5% increase from the previous year. According to the data, renewable energy production fell 2.1% to 19,993 GWh in the fourth quarter. In comparison to the same period last year, the output varied across Iberdrola's markets ...
This would make geothermal the cheapest source of dispatchable low-emissions electricity on a par with existing hydropower and nuclear installations. At such price levels, geothermal would also be highly competitive with solar PV and wind paired with battery storage. ...
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc (TSE:INE) has secured two non-recourse financing deals totaling CAD 199 million (USD 139m/EUR 132.5m) to optimize the financial structure of its hydro and wind power assets and to support future development activities, the Canadian company announced on Tuesday. The first deal involves a CAD 133.7 million project financing agreement with Canada Life Insurance ...
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On a power grid partly supported by wind turbines, solar panels and hydropower turbines, weather and climate patterns can significantly affect how much power is produced. ...
To complement this storage target, the Long Duration Energy Storage Council envisages a need for LDES capacity - including power and thermal storage - of more than 1 TW by 2030 and up to 8 TW by 2040 to achieve net zero," Souder added.Eddie Rich, CEO International Hydropower Association commented: "COP29 was the first time world leaders acknowledged that the climate transition is ...
Enter hydropower digital twins: a virtual representation of real-life turbines. ...