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Virginia looks to New York green bank for possible clean energy financing
Virginia’s energy office is exploring whether to align the state with a billion-dollar New York clean energy financing program. Source: Renewable Energy
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Europe’s wind potential is 100 times higher, could power the world
Europe can potentially generate 100 times the current amount of energy generated, and produce enough power to power the world until 2050, if it were to maximize land use for onshore wind capacity. Source: Renewable Energy
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Softbank invests $110M in new energy storage system
Energy Vault, the creator of a new way to perform utility-scale energy storage, announced that SoftBank Vision Fund (Vision Fund) invested $110 million in its Series B funding round. Energy Vault will use the funds to accelerate global deployment of its technology, which enables renewables to deliver baseload power for less than the cost of…
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The energy transition is underway: 10 charts tell the story
The renewable energy transition promises to reduce carbon emissions, but it’s happening at different speeds around the world. Read on for some key insights from BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2019, which provides a detailed road map to the future. Source: Renewable Energy
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ARENA to provide $40 million funding for South Australia’s first pumped hydro plant
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), on behalf of the Australian government, has announced up to $40 million in funding towards the deployment of a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in South Australia. Source: Renewable Energy
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Stanford researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater
A new battery made from affordable and durable materials generates energy from places where salt and fresh waters mingle. The technology could make coastal wastewater treatment plants energy-independent and carbon neutral. Source: Renewable Energy
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Net zero carbon emissions ‘impossible’ without hydrogen says UK energy alliance
The UK’s North West Hydrogen Alliance (NWHA) is calling for government investment in hydrogen projects to meet ambitious carbon reductions targets in Britain. Source: Renewable Energy
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London finds no easy answers after once-in-a-decade blackout
When two U.K. power plants shut down almost simultaneously in London’s first major blackout for a decade, it triggered a storm of questions about how to avoid another failure. Source: Renewable Energy
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Who will benefit from the surge in behind-the-meter battery installations?
The electric utility industry has been buffeted by two recent trends that threaten to upend the profitability, and in some cases the future viability of, those companies that are slow to adapt to a new, rapidly changing landscape. Specifically, in the past decade, the industry has had to grapple with both waning demand and the…
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On the brink of blackouts, Texas makes case for power plant boom
It may be time to start building power plants in Texas again. Source: Renewable Energy
