Pumped Hydropower Plus Wind, Solar Is Path To 100 Percent Renewable Energy
If you want to build pumped storage hydropower plants, don’t talk about pumped storage hydropower. That was the message delivered by Adam Rousselle, president of Renewable Energy Aggregators (REA) during the first Grid-Scale Storage Summit, which took place on June 25-26 in Charlotte, NC.
China’s Wind Power Industry Aims To Keep Wind And Solar Curtailment Rate Under 9 Percent
According to data released by the National Energy Administration of China, the country added wind power grid-connected capacity of 3.94 GW during the first quarter of this year, a year-over-year increase of 12 percent. The country’s average wind curtailment rate had decreased to 8.5 percent as of the end of the quarter, down 8 percentage points from a year earlier.
Bill to Take California to 100 Percent Clean Electricity Gains Traction
The Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee approved Senate Bill 100, historic legislation to transition California to 100 percent clean electricity by 2045, sending it to the full Assembly for a vote. The vote could have been influenced by the more than 38,000 messages and signatures in support of the legislation from a range of stakeholders, including health and environmental advocates, clean energy industries, business communities, and environmental justice organizations.
New York Begins Wave toward 2,400 MW of Offshore Wind
The state’s Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) will procure approximately 800 MW of offshore wind through a solicitation in the fourth quarter this year.
Global Investments in Electricity Beat Investments in Oil and Gas for Second Year in a Row
IEA report reveals that more than US $750 billion went to the electricity sector while US $715 billion was spent on oil and gas supply globally as the world continues on the path to electrification.
Launch of Belgium’s Largest Onsite Energy Storage Battery
The largest energy storage battery of its kind in Belgium has been commissioned at a print binding works in Puurs.
Report Forecasts 12 GW a Year of Windpower in Asia Pacific
Annual wind power capacity in the Asia Pacific (excluding China) will reach a peak of 12.1 GW by 2022.
Bids Compete for Saudi 400 MW Windfarm
Saudi Arabia today opened final bidding for its first utility-scale windfarm.
Vattenfall Places First Turbine in New Wind Power Farm off Danish Coast
The wind farm will increase Danish annual electricity production from wind by about 12 percent.
The Public Health Benefits of Adding Offshore Wind to the Grid