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Over 50% of Britain’s Electricity Generated By Wind For First The Time

Luana Steffen
by Luana Steffen
On December 26, 2020, energy giant Drax proudly announced that wind power in Britain’s daily generated energy mix hit a record 50.67% amid Storm Bella, beating the previous record of 50% in August. Drax Group...
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11 Hydrokinetic Projects Receive $35 Million From The US Department of Energy

Andrea D. Steffen
by Andrea D. Steffen
The US Department of Energy (DOE) dished out a new round of funding for hydrokinetic technology (underwater renewable energy systems) worth $35 million. It’s a technology you don’t hear much about because it’s challenging to...
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Businesses Flourish After Kenya Installs 50 MW Solar Power Plant

Luana Steffen
by Luana Steffen
In 2019, Kenya installed a 50 MW solar power plant connected to the national grid in the country’s northern part. Over a year since its launch, the plant has already changed many lives for the...
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South Korea Plans To Downsize Nuclear & Coal While Quadrupling Renewables By 2034

Andrea D. Steffen
by Andrea D. Steffen
South Korean President Moon Jae-in previously committed to moving away from nuclear power and toward renewable energy. Now, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy has released the final draft of the Ninth Basic Plan...
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This Hybrid Renewable Energy Megapark In India Will Be The Size of Singapore

Andrea D. Steffen
by Andrea D. Steffen
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundations for the world’s largest renewable energy park in his home state, Gujarat. The massive 30 gigawatts (GW) wind and solar project will spread over 72,600 hectares...
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Sustainability Technology

Floating Nuclear Power Plants Are An Affordable And Clean Alternative To Fossil Fuels

Andrea D. Steffen
by Andrea D. Steffen
Danish startup Seaborg Technologies says it can make affordable nuclear electricity a viable alternative to fossil fuels. It says its floating barges fitted with advanced nuclear reactors could provide electricity across the developing world as...
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Innovation Sustainability Technology

This Device Generates Electricity From Vapor In The Air

Luana Steffen
by Luana Steffen
Scientists at UMass Amherst have figured out how to generate electricity from nothing but the air around us. Electrical engineers Jun Yao and Derek Lovley developed a device, called ‘Air-gen’ or air-powered generator, that uses...
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UK To Back 12GW of Renewable Energy In 2021 Auction

Andrea D. Steffen
by Andrea D. Steffen
The UK’s flagship auction process (the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme) will get another go next year, and this time including all types of renewable energy technologies – even onshore wind and solar, which hasn’t...
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The World’s Most Ambitious Renewable Energy Project Yet

Andrea D. Steffen
by Andrea D. Steffen
Sun Cable‘s Australia-ASEAN project is the world’s most ambitious renewable energy project yet proposed. It combines the world’s largest solar farm, the most extended undersea electricity cable, and the largest battery. It will cost about...
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The UK Set To Subsidize Onshore Renewables In 2021 For The First Time In 6 Years

Andrea D. Steffen
by Andrea D. Steffen
The UK government is including onshore solar and wind power projects in the next renewable energy auction for the first time since 2015. It aims to double the amount of renewable energy it will subsidize...
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