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Canada’s National Observer: Investment in carbon capture technology will hinder Canada’s transition away from fossil fuels and exacerbate the effects of climate change, says a new letter co-signed by hundreds of organizations. Over 500 environmental groups and other organizations from Canada and the U.S. put the piece together, which ran as a full-page ad in […]
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Bloomberg ($): When Kenya opened the Olkaria power plant four decades ago, it was considered more research project than commercial venture. Located in Hell’s Gate National Park, a barren zone of volcanic rock permeated by sulfurous gases and populated mostly by warthogs and zebras, the facility generated electricity using steam rising from deep in the […]
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Pueblo Chieftan: Gov. Jared Polis joined EVRAZ North America in Pueblo Wednesday to break ground on a $500 million long rail mill that will employ about 300 people when complete, and have the capability of make ¼-mile long sections of rail. Construction on the state-of-the art, ½-mile long rail building will employ about 800 construction […]
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PV Magazine: The 540 MW of solar generation capacity and 1.14 GWh of energy storage awarded to Norwegian developer Scatec to help keep the lights on in South Africa recently is the biggest project award of what trade body the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) has described as “an unprecedented series of large scale” PV […]
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Consumers and taxpayers will pick up the tab for billion-euro hydrogen subsidies and investments
Earlier today, Marco Alverà, CEO of Snam, Europe’s largest gas pipeline company, published an opinion piece in the Financial Times (FT), titled “Energy is on the cusp of a new era.” In it, Alverà extols the virtues of hydrogen as an energy source, as well as promotes his new book on the topic. I was […]
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Argus Media ($): Colombia has enacted an energy transition law to promote investment in hydrogen, renewable energy and sustainable transport. The law, signed by President Ivan Duque yesterday, recognizes green and blue hydrogen as renewable energy eligible for reduced income tax, VAT and tariff exemptions and accelerated depreciation. The new legislation also provides a legal […]
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Renew Economy: AGL Energy is to mothball one of the four units at the Torrens B gas generator in South Australia, as traditional fossil fuel generators struggle in the face of the rapid transition to wind and solar and the switch from baseload generation to flexible capacity. AGL said falling spot and forward wholesale electricity […]
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Renew Economy: Lumea, the commercial offshoot of transmission company TransGrid, has announced plans for a 300MW big battery in Melbourne that it is describing as a “first of its kind” in Australia because it will be the first to be fully financed without using government funding or contracts. The 300MW battery at the Deer Park […]
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ReNews.biz: Vattenfall has started construction of the 1500MW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. The Swedish developer said that the first vessel transporting foundations had departed today for the construction site. Construction is starting with the installation of monopile foundations, each of which have been designed specifically for the […]
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Investors beware, capacity factor trends and LCOE analysis show gas-fired power plants likely to be stranded assets into the future
24 June 2021 (IEEFA Australia): The Australian government may be relying on inaccurate financial assumptions for its gas-fired recovery as most gas- and coal-fired power plants in Australia, the UK, the U.S. and China are being operated less and less – what’s called a declining capacity factor, finds a new report by the Institute for […]
IEEFA U.S.: Energy transition to renewables likely to accelerate over next two to three years
Coal, gas set to become biggest losers as renewable generation climbs quicklyMarch 31, 2021 (IEEFA) — The speed and scope of the energy transition to renewables will pick up pace over the next two to three years, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis’ U.S. Power Sector Outlook 2021. Solar and battery storage adoption is enjoying almost exponential growth, and wind and solar […]