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Residential electricity use to grow more quickly in developing economies

November 15, 2021 Energi Staff

By Courtney Sourmehi This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 5, 2021. In our International Energy Outlook (IEO2021) Reference case, we project that residential buildings outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and [Read more]

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Battery storage applications shift as US grid adds more batteries

November 2, 2021 Energi Staff

By Glenn McGrath This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Nov. 1, 2021. The ability of utility-scale batteries to draw energy from the grid during certain periods and discharge it to [Read more]

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Clean energy has won the economic race

October 29, 2021 Energi Staff

By Jules Kortenhorst  This article was published by Project Syndicate on Oct. 25, 2021. DENVER – For decades, we at the Rocky Mountain Institute (now RMI) have argued that the transition to clean energy will [Read more]

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EDP Renewables, TC Energy join forces in Sharp Hills Wind Farm

September 27, 2021 Energi Staff

EDP Renewables Canada and TC Energy Corporation have agreed to a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 100 per cent of the output of the 297-megawatt (MW) Sharp Hills Wind Farm. Sharp Hills Wind Farm [Read more]

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World’s longest-operating solar thermal facility retiring most of its capacity

September 27, 2021 Energi Staff

By Singfoong “Cindy” Cheah This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 20, 2021.  The Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) facility in California’s Mojave Desert retired five of its solar plants [Read more]

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2021 US hydropower generation to fall amid drought: EIA

September 27, 2021 Energi Staff

By Lindsay Aramayo and Tyler Hodge This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 23, 2021. In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that electricity generation from US hydropower plants [Read more]

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Distributed energy resources for net zero: An asset or a hassle to the electricity grid?

September 14, 2021 Energi Staff

By Doyob Kim, Alyssa Fischer This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Sept. 9, 2021. Distributed energy resources can mitigate climate change impacts and improve energy security in the face of increasingly [Read more]

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Cenovus to buy renewable-produced electricity from Cold Lake First Nations

August 4, 2021 Energi Staff

Cenovus Energy has entered into a power purchase agreement to buy solar-powered electricity and the associated emissions offsets from Cold Lake First Nations and Elemental Energy Inc. The oil sands major says the agreement will [Read more]

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Renewables the second-most prevalent US electricity source in 2020

July 29, 2021 Energi Staff

By Mickey Francis This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 28, 2021. In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy) generated a record 834 billion kilowatthours (kWh) of [Read more]

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Northwest US June heat wave boosted electricity demand

July 29, 2021 Energi Staff

By Jonathan DeVilbiss, Mark Morey This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 21, 2021. A heat wave in the Northwest United States in late June led to more regional demand for electricity. [Read more]

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California’s hydroelectric generation affected by historic drought

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

Lindsay Aramayo This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 7, 2021. Most of the western United States is experiencing intense and historic drought conditions. California is one of the most [Read more]

Opinion

The world’s electricity systems must prepare to counter growing climate threat

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

By Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Summer has just officially begun in the northern hemisphere, and yet we are already seeing electricity systems around the world that are struggling to [Read more]

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Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, Hydro Québec partner on renewable project

June 28, 2021 Energi Staff

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and Hydro Québec have entered into a memorandum of understanding to partner on the Hertel-New York Interconnection Project which could see Hydro Québec transmit green renewable energy to New York [Read more]

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Majority of new renewables undercut cheapest fossil fuel on cost

June 28, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on June 22, 2021. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, June 22, 2021 – The share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive [Read more]

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Multi-billion dollar bet-zero hydrogen energy complex to be built in Edmonton

June 18, 2021 Energi Staff

Air Products announced last week that it will build a multi-billion dollar net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton. The company began work on the core of the energy complex in 2018.  The $1.3 billion net-zero [Read more]

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Vietnam to expand renewable energy sources as part power development plan

June 2, 2021 Energi Staff

By Slade Johnson, Kien Chau, Lindsay Aramayo This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 1, 2021. In February 2021, the government of Vietnam released a draft of the country’s latest [Read more]

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2021 US natural gas generation sees first year-over-year decline in three years

May 31, 2021 Energi Staff

By Stephen York This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 24, 2021. In the first four months of 2021, natural gas-fired generation in the Lower 48 states averaged 3,394 gigawatthours [Read more]

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Major utilities’ electricity distribution system spending increases

May 31, 2021 Energi Staff

By Lori Aniti This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 27, 2021. Annual spending on electricity distribution systems by major U.S. utilities continues to increase. Utilities spent $57.4 billion on [Read more]

Student Resources

Huge utility-scale battery project planned for SW Ontario

May 13, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Jason Rioux, chief development officer with NRStor Inc., about Oneida Energy Storage, his company’s joint project with Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation to build [Read more]

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RTE, IEA pen study on building a high-share-of-renewables power system in France towards 2050

April 6, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Jan. 27, 2021. While France and a growing number of countries around the world have been setting ambitious goals for reaching net-zero emissions, variable renewables [Read more]

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