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Canada’s renewable power generation continues to grow – NEB

Nuclear power supplied an average of 14.7% of electricity from 2005 to 2016, 2nd largest source of total generation Canada’s non-hydro renewable power capacity grew by more than eight per cent in 2016, adding nearly 1,300 megawatts (MW) of solar, biomass and wind-generated power, according to the National Energy Board’s update of the Canada’s Renewable Power Landscape […]

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World’s largest battery installed in South Australia by Tesla, testing begins soon

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Tesla battery to be fed electricity from Hornsdale Wind Farm On Thursday, the South Australian government announced that the giant lithium-ion battery built by Tesla has been installed and testing will begin soon. The project, which will be capable of supply electricity to 30,000 households for a period of eight hours at peak summer consumption

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European oil majors invest in US offshore wind energy

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US offshore wind arena less crowded than Europe A number of European oil majors are moving into the US offshore wind market, bringing with them experience in deepwater development and leaving behind the crowded offshore wind industry at home. Statoil, Norway’s national oil company, won a license to develop a wind farm off the coast

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Canada needs a national energy strategy yesterday and Trudeau must take lead – Michal C. Moore

Markham on Energy

Energy technology is changing rapidly, Canada risks being left behind unless it prepares for future with national energy strategy The premiers met last week and one of the topics on the table was the “Canadian Energy Strategy,” which is turning out to be all platitudes and pablum, the typical Canadian approach to contentious policy issues.

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Major US corporations biggest customers of renewable energy

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Wal-Mart, GM some of the largest users of renewable energy A number of major American corporations, including Wal-Mart Inc and General Motors Co have become some of the biggest consumers of renewable energy and are helping drive growth in the industry. According to a Reuters report, nearly 40 per cent of US wind contracts were

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2017 Q1: US wind industry has most installs in eight years

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US wind industry installed 2,000 megawatts of capacity in Q1 In the first quarter of this year, the US wind industry installed 2,000 megawatts of capacity, nearly four times the amount installed at the same time last year, according to the American Wind Energy Association. In its first-quarter report released Tuesday, the AWEA says this

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Wind and solar wrestling coal into submission in Trump White House

Markham on Energy

Evolution of the American smart grid, falling costs for wind and solar, will carry the day According to US media reports, the Trump Administration is split over renewable energy. One faction, led by EPA head Scott Pruitt, wants to end subsidies and policy support. The other, led by Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner,

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Li-ion battery storage key for utilities adopting wind and solar power

Markham on Energy

Battery storage improves cost and energy density by about 3% annually – Tim Grejtak, Lux As the global economy electrifies and intermittent renewables gain marketshare, power utilities are increasingly turning to battery storage to stabilize their grids. But which battery storage technologies hold the most promise? A new study from Lux Research says lithium-ion will dominate in the short-term,

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Enmax preparing for future of Alberta renewable energy

Markham on Energy

Cost of renewables will drop, fossil fuel costs likely to rise, power grid becomes smarter – Enmax I still refer to this column three years later. Long before Rachel Notley and the NDP assumed power in Alberta (May, 2015), Calgary utility Enmax was already planning to integrate renewables into its power generation mix. Enmax echoes every other

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Wind surpasses hydro as largest US renewable energy source

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Texas has more than 20 MW of installed wind capacity, nearly 1/4 of market, followed by Iowa and Oklahoma (Reuters) – Wind energy has surpassed hydropower as the biggest source of renewable electricity in the United States following the sector’s second-biggest quarter ever for new installations, according to a wind industry trade group. Wind installations

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