Electrek

APRIL 27, 2023

Wind and solar combined now provide more generating capacity and produce more electricity than coal in the US, according to. The post Wind and solar are now beating coal in the US appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

JANUARY 20, 2023

Increased US power generation from mostly wind and solar will reduce generation from both coal and natural gas power plants in 2023 and 2024, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) “ Short-Term Energy Outlook.”

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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.

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Electrek

JUNE 28, 2023

Electricity generated from wind and solar outproduced coal and nearly tied nuclear during the first four months of 2023 in the US, according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Electrek

APRIL 6, 2022

West Virginia’s largest solar farm will sit on the site of the 5,800-acre Hobet Mine, one of the state’s largest former coal mines, which went bankrupt in 2015. The post West Virginia’s largest solar farm will sit on a former coal mining site appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A 200 megawatt (MW) solar farm will be built on a former coal mine in eastern Kentucky. It will be the largest solar project in Kentucky and will provide employment opportunities for former coal workers.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

Rivian plans to convert the Starfire Mine in Kentucky to a solar energy center. The conversion is estimated to be a $1 billion solar project. The Starfire Mine, Kentucky, was once one of the largest coal mines in the United States. It will be one of Kentucky’s largest renewable power projects once converted.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

In a historic agreement, the G7 just agreed to phase out coal in the first half of the 2030s, according to statements made today. The US is in line with the G7 average (16%), while the other G7 members have mostly already phased out coal: France (0.4%), the UK (1.4%), Canada (5%), and Italy (5.3%). Get started here. –

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2024

While more effort is needed to reach that goal, one energy organization has predicted that renewables will overtake coal generation as the world’s largest electricity source in early 2025. Solar PV and wind account for 95 percent of the predicted 7,300 GW renewable expansion between 2023 and 2028. In the U.S.,

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Electrek

JULY 25, 2023

Rivian, BrightNight, and The Nature Conservancy will together turn one of the largest coal mines in the US into Kentucky’s largest solar farm. more… The post Rivian and partners are turning a huge Kentucky coal mine into an 800 MW solar farm appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

Houston-headquartered renewables company EDP Renewables North America has completed a 200-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Randolph County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis. It’s now the largest-capacity solar farm in Indiana.

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Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2023

Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed that the United States generated more electricity from renewable energy sources than coal last year. The Inflation Reduction Act will significantly impact renewable energy sources within the United States since it provides incentives for wind and solar power generation.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 29, 2023

Starfire Mine, formerly one of the largest coal mines in the United States, will be the new site of a solar energy center. They were joined by […] The post Rivian, BrightNight and The Nature Conservancy Unite to Transform Starfire Coal Mine into Kentucky’s Largest Solar Farm appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electrek

AUGUST 9, 2021

has announced it will retire three coal units and double its solar output within two years. That’s good news, but in an interview published last week, its CEO doesn’t mention the fact that the vast majority of its power comes from natural gas or whether it plans to transition away from the methane-producing fossil fuel.

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Electrek

JUNE 17, 2021

Florida Power & Light (FPL) yesterday demolished its last coal-fired plant, the Indiantown Cogeneration Plant in Martin County, east of the Everglades. And right before the plant imploded, FPL CEO Eric Silagy announced that the utility will build a solar center near the site.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Photo: Hornsea Project Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. Wind and solar power are now taking center stage. Together, they hit a new high, generating 27% of the EU’s electricity in 2023. compared to 2022.

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Electrek

MAY 6, 2021

The costs of most existing coal-fired power plants in the US are now more expensive than the total costs of wind and solar as a result of their plunging costs, according to a new study. more… The post Coal is losing the price war to wind and solar faster than anticipated appeared first on Electrek.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

Nevada utility NV Energy’s largest battery energy storage system sits on a former coal-fired power plant site and will save customers a lot of money. The new BESS is on the site of the former 557-megawatt (MW) coal-fired Reid Gardner Generating Station, which was demolished in 2019. Energy Vault will maintain the system.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data. That’s more than the installed capacity of coal (207.15 of the total. of the total.

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Electrek

AUGUST 18, 2022

which serves most of northern West Virginia, is going to repurpose a former coal ash landfill for a utility-scale solar farm. The post A former West Virginia coal ash landfill is going to be replaced by a solar farm appeared first on Electrek. Electric utility FirstEnergy Corp.,

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

Photo: PSNH/Flickr Both of New Hampshire’s coal plants are shutting, making New England the second coal-free region in the US. The Bow, New Hampshire-based power station has committed to retiring the coal-burning units at Merrimack and Schiller Stations in New Hampshire, by 2028 and 2025, respectively.

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Electrek

MARCH 27, 2023

For the first time ever, renewable power generation – that’s wind, solar, hydro, biomass, and geothermal – exceeded coal-fired generation in the US electric power sector in 2022, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) – the largest utility in the United States – will launch a first-of-its-kind pilot program to determine whether closed coal ash storage sites can host utility-scale solar. The post TVA pilots solar on a coal ash site, a US first, but there’s still a long way to go appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Electricity from solar is cheaper than sourcing it from coal-fired power plants, according to a new article published in the journal Energy and Environmental Materials. a year if it switched from coal to solar – study appeared first on Electrek. more… The post The US could save $5.6B

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

Photo: Sonnenkraft Austrian solar manufacturer Sonnenkraft has debuted its new “Terracotta” solar panel that matches red-tiled roofs and is historic-building compliant. The 400W double-glass solar panels have red frames, and have general building approval from the German Institute for Building Technology (DIBt).

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EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

One of the common arguments you hear from people in America who are not fans of the idea of electric vehicles is that they are mostly charged from electricity produced from coal power plants. Heavy Coal Using States Accounted for Only 10% of EV Sales in 2020. The argument that EVs are powered mostly from coal simply isn’t true.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): If just six countries took action now, it would eliminate 82% of the remaining coal pipeline. Solar is growing, but prices increased for the first time in seven years due to supply chain constraints. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

A Tesla Megapack battery system has officially turned on to replace Hawaii’s very last coal power plant. In early 2022, we reported that Tesla is deploying Megapacks at a new energy storage project that will replace Hawaii’s last remaining coal plant. It will enable better use of the state’s increasing renewable energy.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Photo: HANSAINVEST Real Assets A 605 megawatt (MW) project in Germany has claimed the title of Europe’s largest solar farm, bumping a PV plant in Spain out of the top spot. The Witznitz Solar Farm near Leipzig, which is not state-subsidized, is owned by German investment firm HANSAINVEST Real Assets. million modules.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

The first of five planned West Virginia solar farms just came online – here’s why that’s significant for the state. 1 out of 5 new West Virginia solar farms FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have launched a solar farm on 80 acres at Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, West Virginia, north of Morgantown.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Photo: Dominion Energy Virginia Virginia has approved over a dozen new solar projects that will significantly boost Dominion Energy’s clean energy capacity. The solar farms are expected to come online by 2026. Once the new projects are complete, Dominion will have more than 4.6 million homes at peak output.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

rooftop) solar increased by 16.1% Small-scale solar alone grew by 20.1% – faster than any other energy source. In December alone, small-scale solar increased by 21.4% while total solar grew by 30.7%. As a result, by the end of 2023, solar was 5.6% Small-scale solar accounted for 30.9% compared to 2022.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Dominion Energy proposes the largest solar and storage expansion in Virginia’s history. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Electrek

JULY 20, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Walmart’s maritime shipping caused more pollution in 2019 than a coal-fired plant emits annually. A solar company sues the Department of the Interior over offshore wind farm approval. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 8, 2024

Photo by Drew Rae on Pexels.com A total solar eclipse will bring complete darkness to 12 US states today – watch live to see its effect on solar power and the grid across all 50 US states. hours, and even areas far outside the path of totality will experience some level of reduced solar output.

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 6, 2021

India directs Coal India to invest in EVs & charging pods. In its many initiatives, the latest initiative the government’s Coal Ministry has asked state-run Coal India to diversify its interests to areas such as electric vehicles and charging stations. Read the complete article about India directs Coal India. .

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