CleanTechnica » Electricity generation http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Solar PV Generation Doubles (Monthly US Electricity Generation Report) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:29:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75937 Following up on my first monthly report on US electricity generation by source, here’s the next one. Electricity generation data takes longer to gather than capacity data, so the EIA’s electricity generation information is always from a couple of months prior. In this case, we now have data from September. Check out the charts and a bit of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/feed/ 60 Catalyzing Action At The September 2014 UN Climate Summit http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/catalyzing-action-september-2014-un-climate-summit/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/catalyzing-action-september-2014-un-climate-summit/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:57:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72416 Almost everyone in the media has taken a stab at summarizing, if not snap-judging, the results of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s one-day UN climate summit last week. The meeting had a real name, but Robert N. Stavins in his New York Times runup to the conference was the only writer I observed using it: “Catalyzing Action.”

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/catalyzing-action-september-2014-un-climate-summit/feed/ 1 Rooftop Solar = 2% Of Electricity Generation In Australia http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/11/rooftop-solar-2-electricity-generation-australia/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/11/rooftop-solar-2-electricity-generation-australia/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 23:10:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=68060 Originally published on Renew Economy. This graph below caught our eye – showing not just the increase in installed capacity of rooftop solar PV in Australia in recent years, but also the increase in individual household system size. This data – included in the International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Systems Program annual report – is taken

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/11/rooftop-solar-2-electricity-generation-australia/feed/ 7 Electricity Source With Lowest Carbon Intensity Is… (Chart) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/15/greenest-source-power-french-response-low-carbon-strategy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/15/greenest-source-power-french-response-low-carbon-strategy/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2014 09:50:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65289 Originally published on Shrink That Footprint. By Lindsay Wilson The new French Prime Minister Manuel Valls recently reiterated President Hollande’s plan to cut French dependence on atomic power to half of all output by 2025, down from almost 75% currently. The plan is to curtail nuclear and ramp up renewables. In his speech he noted that: The climate is probably

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/15/greenest-source-power-french-response-low-carbon-strategy/feed/ 150 Report Highlights Importance of Making “Low-Carbon, Water-Smart” Energy Choices http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/report-highlights-importance-of-making-low-carbon-water-smart-energy-choices/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/report-highlights-importance-of-making-low-carbon-water-smart-energy-choices/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:31:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54164 US society needs to make the right choices today in order to assure adequate, affordable supplies of both energy and water. Pursuing a strategic pathway centered on low-carbon renewable energy resources and energy efficiency gains can get us there, according to a comprehensive study undertaken by the "Energy and Water in a Warming World Initiative" (EW3)

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/report-highlights-importance-of-making-low-carbon-water-smart-energy-choices/feed/ 0 Tracking Pending US Energy Legislation In One Place http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/29/tracking-pending-us-energy-legislation-in-one-place/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/29/tracking-pending-us-energy-legislation-in-one-place/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 08:00:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=52215 A brainchild of the Colorado State University’s energy policy Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) and Advanced Energy Economy, the Advanced Energy Legislation (AEL) Tracker is a free and searchable database of all the pending advanced energy legislation currently working their way through the 50 states of the United States, covering everything from electricity generation and energy efficiency

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/29/tracking-pending-us-energy-legislation-in-one-place/feed/ 0 Falling Renewable Energy Costs Should Force Policy Rethink http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/15/falling-renewable-energy-costs-force-wake-up-call-from-policy-makers/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/15/falling-renewable-energy-costs-force-wake-up-call-from-policy-makers/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:02:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47230 A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency has found that renewable energy has entered what they are calling a “new virtuous cycle of falling costs, increasing deployment, and accelerated technological progress.”  The report, ‘Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2012: An Overview’, was launched during the recent International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) annual assembly and at

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/15/falling-renewable-energy-costs-force-wake-up-call-from-policy-makers/feed/ 20 Americans Used Less Energy in 2011, & More Renewable Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/25/americans-use-more-efficient-and-renewable-energy-technologies/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/25/americans-use-more-efficient-and-renewable-energy-technologies/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:06:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=44385   A new study released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) shows that renewable energy use in the U.S was up for 2011, while overall energy use was down. The decrease in energy use was partly due to more higher-efficiency energy technologies in the transportation and residential sectors. Coal use declined across the United States, while the energy flow

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/25/americans-use-more-efficient-and-renewable-energy-technologies/feed/ 3 US Energy Policies Surprisingly Dependent Upon Water http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/27/us-energy-policies-surprisingly-dependent-upon-water/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/27/us-energy-policies-surprisingly-dependent-upon-water/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:30:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=43168   You may not be aware of it, but a lot of energy production is very reliant upon there being great quantities of water to help in the process. A new report suggests that increasingly scarce water supplies are a major hidden cost of a “business as usual” approach to generating electricity in the US.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/27/us-energy-policies-surprisingly-dependent-upon-water/feed/ 3 Coal’s Share of Electricity Generation Continues to Decline http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/06/coals-share-of-electricity-generation-continues-to-decline/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/06/coals-share-of-electricity-generation-continues-to-decline/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:52:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38851   Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly. Download CSV Data Amid historically low natural gas prices and the warmest March ever recorded in much of the United States, coal’s share of total net generation dropped to 34%—the lowest level since at least January 1973 (the earliest date for which EIA has monthly statistics). Despite seasonally

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/06/coals-share-of-electricity-generation-continues-to-decline/feed/ 3 NREL Publishes Cradle-to-Grave Assessment of Greenhouse Gases from Energy Sources http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/09/nrel-publishes-cradle-to-grave-assessment-of-greenhouse-gases-from-energy-sources/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/09/nrel-publishes-cradle-to-grave-assessment-of-greenhouse-gases-from-energy-sources/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 23:11:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37810 The NREL has published a precise profile of greenhouse gas emissions from renewable and fossil fuel energy generation technologies

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/09/nrel-publishes-cradle-to-grave-assessment-of-greenhouse-gases-from-energy-sources/feed/ 11 Coal Plant + New Fuel Cell System = 90% Reduction in CO2 Emissions? http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/16/coal-plant-new-fuel-cell-system-90-reduction-in-co2-emissions/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/16/coal-plant-new-fuel-cell-system-90-reduction-in-co2-emissions/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:15:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31435 If successful, FuelCell Energy's system will separate and capture 90% or more of the CO2 emitted from a coal-fired power plant's flue stream. The CO2, along with hydrogen 'reformed' from natural gas, will be used to drive a fuel cell that produces clean electricity that will add to the plant's energy output. Nitrogen oxides (NOX), another potent greenhouse gas, will also be captured, but destroyed in the process. Emissions from the fuel cell system: water

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/16/coal-plant-new-fuel-cell-system-90-reduction-in-co2-emissions/feed/ 40 Why We Should Democratize the Electricity System (Part 1) http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/23/why-we-should-democratize-the-electricity-system-part-1/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/23/why-we-should-democratize-the-electricity-system-part-1/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:14:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=29867 A serialized version of ILSR's new report, Democratizing the Electricity System, Part 1 of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/23/why-we-should-democratize-the-electricity-system-part-1/feed/ 8 First Large Scale 24/7 Solar Power Plant to be Constructed in U.S http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/22/first-large-scale-247-solar-plant-to-be-constructed-in-u-s/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/22/first-large-scale-247-solar-plant-to-be-constructed-in-u-s/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 09:22:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=27357 A startup company received a loan guarantee from the U.S government to construct the first large scale solar power plant with energy storage that provides electricity even at night

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/22/first-large-scale-247-solar-plant-to-be-constructed-in-u-s/feed/ 9 Equal Pay for Negawatts and Megawatts Thanks to FERC http://cleantechnica.com/2011/03/18/equal-pay-for-negawatts-and-megawatts-thanks-to-ferc/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/03/18/equal-pay-for-negawatts-and-megawatts-thanks-to-ferc/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:23:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=24710 Chair Jon Wellinghoff's clever new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has just ruled that "negawatts" not generated (using demand response ) are to be paid as much money per megawatt reduced as generated electricity is, per megawatt, on the nation's electricity markets

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