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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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The global geothermal industry surpassed 12,000 MW of geothermal power operational, with about 600 MW of new geothermal power coming online globally, according to a year-end update by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). In Nevada, NV Energy is looking to replace coal plants with 300 MW of renewable energy, including geothermal.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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While future demand from the automotive industry is significant, the real game changer for the lithium industry may be electrical grid storage. In some locations, grid-scale peaking applications have already been implemented, often in old coal power plants, re-using the building and grid connections. Electrical Grid Connections.

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Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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First, demand for passenger travel may be saturating in industrialized countries. Thus, in IDES, substitutes for conventional oil include NGLs; enhanced oil recovery (EOR); low-quality hydrocarbons such as bitumen and extra-heavy oil; coal-derived fuels (CTL); natural gas-derived fuels (GTL, CNG, LNG); biofuels; and electricity.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

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Even if electricity is produced from burning coal, the power plant is far away from population centers, transferred over power lines keeping any direct pollution away from the population. And the percentage of clean energy is growing every year as coal and gas plants are being replaced by renewable energy sources.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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The challenge now is to implement gigatonne scale reductions across the economy, in power generation, energy efficiency, transport and industry, as well as REDD+ in forested nations. Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina). —Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC.