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UCSD study: under current policies, home energy storage would often increase carbon emissions

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Under current policies, home energy storage systems would also often increase carbon emissions, according to a study by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. —lead author Oytun Babacan, a postdoc at the School of Global Policy and Strategy.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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An analysis of near-term spending plans on renewables by the biggest oil and gas companies shows that real investments in renewable energy will continue to pale in comparison to capex plans for greenfield fossil fuel projects. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects.

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How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

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For instance, just 8 percent of Indian homes had air-conditioning in 2018, but that share is. While electricity from older coal plants in India costs 2.7 cents from newer plants that have additional pollution-control equipment, the cost of solar energy has dropped to 2.7 likely to rise to 50 percent by 2050.

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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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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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Second, conventional coal and nuclear plants are being retired for economic and policy reasons, removing stable sources from the grid. That would mean installing vast amounts of energy storage, such as. Asynchronous Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources With Packetized Energy Management,”.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.