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Green Car Congress
JUNE 19, 2018
We see $548 billion being invested in battery capacity by 2050, two thirds of that at the grid level and one third installed behind-the-meter by households and businesses. The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run.
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Photo: China News Service Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by 2030, according to a new study. This is significant because it marks a shift toward making renewables increasingly competitive with coal, a mainstay in APAC’s energy mix.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2014
To compensate for the increased amounts of these inherently–variable sources of electricity, the power grid requires additional flexibility to manage fluctuations in generation. They used hourly data for wind and load and assumed perfect information (no forecast error) to focus on capacity expansion and unit commitment decisions.
EV Info
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
We have closed most of the coal plants and several the aging nuclear plants are moving offline as they close for repair of reach end of life. Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. OfGem are not in tune with the market and have a poor forecasting team. Nuclear 15%. Biomass 5%.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2017
Cheap gas prices and a strong economy are creating increased goods movement and prompting Californians to drive more. The decade-long nationwide slide in emissions from power production reflects the electric power sector shifting away from coal and toward less carbon-intensive fuels. billion in 2014, up 0.08% from the previous year.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. ► January (13) What Goes Down, Must Go Up?
Baua Electric
APRIL 19, 2024
Anticipated demand from the auto industry—as well as solar-panel manufacturing and data centers—is leading utilities to forecast single-digit percentage growth every year through the end of the decade in some regions, according to report. That’s a big change considering that demand has stayed flat—or declined—in most of the U.S.
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