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IRENA and China State Grid Pave Wave Towards Smart Electrification
“Future power grids will be very different from the current ones and will require smart electrification solutions as renewable energy is growing faster than ever,” said IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera, at a joint workshop by IRENA and the State…
Hybrid Power Plants & Flexibility — The Future Of The Grid
Imagine an electric grid powered by clean, renewable energy. Now imagine that this grid provides all the comfort and convenience consumers have come to expect as well as grid reliability and resiliency services that are similar to—or better than—conventional plants.…
New York on The Way To Its 6 Gigawatts By 2025 Solar Power Goal
New York’s solar growth has climbed 2.100 percent since the NY-Sun initiative was launched in 2011. The cost of solar dropped 69 percent in that same period. Naturally, there are large global trends driving these results, but they are great…
South African Companies Now Allowed To Generate Up To 100 MW Without Applying For Generation License
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has just announced that the threshold for companies to produce their own electricity without a licence will now be increased from the current 1 MW to 100 MW. Generation projects will still need to obtain a…
IAEA Mission Says Canada’s Pickering Nuclear Plant Has Strengthened Safety, Sees Scope for Further Improvement
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today said Canada’s Pickering Nuclear Power Plant has strengthened safety in recent years but also identified areas where work is needed to further improve the facility’s operational safety. The Operational Safety…
Costa Rica Has Been Running on 100 Percent Renewables for Two Months
Costa Rica ran on 100 percent renewable energy for 76 straight days between June and August this year, according to a new report, demonstrating that life without fossil fuels is possible – for small countries, at least. This is the…