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New England’s Offshore Wind Resource Is a Winter Powerhouse

Union of Concerned Scientists

It was a bitter cold day on January 5, 2018, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker had no choice. Demand for electricity was high, but there was not enough gas available to keep all the gas-fired power plants running. This would leave people without power in the frigid temperatures.

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The Netherlands is busy building hybrid clean energy technologies at sea

A Greener Life

gigawatt (GW) wind farm, Hollandse Kust Zuid, which is scheduled for completion next year. The flagship wind farm made headlines as the operator, Swedens’s Vattenfall in 2018 won the concession to build it without government subsidy. The Netherlands plans to connect more than 20 GW of wind power before 2030.

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Ontario could easily phase out polluting fossil gas – if it wanted to

Enviromental Defense

Ontario has a large potential supply of wind and solar energy that could be developed to help phase-out dirty gas plants. It estimated that we would need an additional 843 MW of solar and an additional 4,545 MW of wind capacity (along with a basket of other sources) to ensure the province’s energy needs are met. .

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China displays low-carbon tech at the Winter Olympics?

A Greener Life

In order for hydrogen to be classified as green, it has to be produced using renewable energy sources rather than the traditional way of producing hydrogen with natural gas. million tonnes emitted for South Korea’s Pyeongchang Games in 2018.

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Dutch Elections: Energy and Climate Considerations

Energy and Climate Law

This problem, although already identified in 2018 in a motion drafted by GL, VVD and D66, adopted by the parliament, is still not solved in 2021. The Dutch gas and electricity TSOs have been playing with this idea for a while (via the North Sea Wind Power Hub project ) but it has not been a topic of political discussion yet.

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Analysis: Can Inner Mongolia reach peak carbon this decade?

A Greener Life

tonnes of CO2 in 2018. It has huge potential for renewables, with vast areas of sparsely populated land and plenty of wind and sun. According to the latest statistics, in 2019 Inner Mongolia generated more wind power than any other province, and came third in solar power generation.

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Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Biden administration, which set a goal of 15,000 MW of floating offshore wind by 2035 , also has set a price target for floating offshore wind power at $45/MWh by 2035, which is less than the cost of electricity from new natural gas plants.