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Canada’s ‘immense’ hydropower offers sufficient grid backup: U.S. researcher

April 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 4, 2024. A new study out of Stanford University that tested combinations of hydropower, batteries, and green hydrogen as storage options for global grid stability [Read more]

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Utilities risk ‘catastrophe’ by neglecting fire prevention: Experts

April 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 4, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Experts warn that utilities in the United States are not investing enough in technologies that can reduce the odds of [Read more]

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December natural gas price in Southern California was the lowest since 2015

March 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 25, 2024. By Andrew Iraola  Natural gas prices at SoCal Citygate, the major price hub in Southern California, averaged $3.61 per million British [Read more]

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Hydro-Québec tests battery backup for residential customers

March 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 14, 2024. Faced with an uptick in power failures and growing threats to its grid from the impacts of climate change, Hydro-Quebec is distributing backup [Read more]

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In Texas, as in California, big fires lead to big lawsuits

March 14, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on March 13, 2024. By Jake Bittle As firefighters contained the largest wildfire in Texas history last week, the electricity provider for the state’s Panhandle region, Xcel Energy, announced some [Read more]

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Rooftop solar could meet all electricity needs in Canadian homes—technically

February 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 22, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Rooftop solar could—technically, and with lots of caveats—supply 100 per cent of the electricity consumed in Canada’s residential buildings, and [Read more]

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Thermoelectric technologies can help power a zero-carbon future

February 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Feb. 21, 2024. By Chun-wan Timothy Lo Thermometers are an under-appreciated marvel of human ingenuity built upon an understanding of relatively simple physical principles. Mercury and alcohol [Read more]

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Retirements of U.S. electric generating capacity to slow in 2024

February 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 20, 2024. By Suparna Ray Data visualization: Suparna Ray, Kristen Tsai  Operators plan to retire 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of U.S. electric generating capacity in [Read more]

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‘Batteries on wheels’ can cut peak power demand, put money in customers’ pockets

February 16, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 15, 2024. “Smart”, bidirectional charging can make or break the case for speeding up electric vehicle deployment by cutting peak demand for electricity and putting [Read more]

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Manitoba fires Manitoba Hydro CEO, looks to public power to meet looming shortfall

February 16, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 15, 2024. By Mitchell Beer The Manitoba government has dismissed the CEO of provincial utility Manitoba Hydro, Jay Grewal, two weeks after she warned the [Read more]

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Solar and battery storage to make up 81 per cent of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2024

February 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 15, 2024. By Suparna Ray Data visualization: Suparna Ray, Kristen Tsai Developers and power plant owners plan to add 62.8 gigawatts (GW) of new [Read more]

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100,000 Ontario households form Canada’s biggest virtual power plant

February 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 8. 2024. By Mitchell Beer Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has signed up more than 100,000 households in six months for an electricity demand [Read more]

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Bitcoin mining uses a lot of energy. The US government is about to find out how much.

February 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 8. 2024. By Akielly Hu In 2021, when China banned bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, crypto miners flocked to the United States in search of cheap electricity and looser [Read more]

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Nuclear reactor restarts in Japan have reduced LNG imports for electricity generation

February 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 8. 2024. Principal contributors: Slade Johnson, Jonathan Russo, Victoria Zaretskaya Data visualization: Jonathan Russo After the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, Japan suspended operations at all of [Read more]

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‘Astonishing’ lack of interties blocks Canada’s climate goals

February 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 1, 2024. Canadian power utilities will have to get better at sharing resources if the country is to meet its emission reduction and energy transition [Read more]

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As US states slash rooftop solar incentives, Puerto Rico extends them

February 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 6, 2024. By Gabriela Aoun Angueira As states across the country roll back how much they pay rooftop-solar owners for the surplus electricity they send back to [Read more]

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Battery storage firms see promise in California’s community solar market

February 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 1, 2024. By Gaye Taylor As California’s utility regulator moves to complete its community solar program guidelines, hopes are high that a widely-supported tariff proposal [Read more]

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Tracking electricity consumption from U.S. cryptocurrency mining operations

February 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 1, 2024. By Mark Morey, Glenn McGrath, and Hiroaki Minato Summary Electricity demand associated with U.S. cryptocurrency mining operations in the United States [Read more]

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In most U.S. regions, 2024 wholesale electricity prices will be similar to 2023

January 31, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 18, 2024. By Tyler Hodge We expect average wholesale electricity prices for 2024 in most areas of the country to be close to [Read more]

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How Alberta can avoid another grid alert

January 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Jan. 29, 2024. By Jason Wang, Scott MacDougall Albertans are no strangers to the extreme cold. We proudly layer up and don our parkas every winter. Although [Read more]

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