Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2020

Renewable energy is not just better for the environment, it's also becoming cheaper than coal for electricity generation in many parts of the world, according to a new report.

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Electrek

MARCH 11, 2025

In the US in 2024, wind and solar accounted for 17% of total electricity generation, surpassing coal, which fell to a record low of 15%, according to a new report from global energy think tank Ember.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The composite blocks can be made from low-cost and locally sourced materials, including the excavated soil at the construction site, but can also utilize waste materials such as mine tailings, coal combustion residuals (coal ash), and fiberglass from decommissioned wind turbine blades.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A 200 megawatt (MW) solar farm will be built on a former coal mine in eastern Kentucky. It will be the largest solar project in Kentucky and will provide employment opportunities for former coal workers.

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Electrek

JANUARY 22, 2025

Solar generated11%of EU electricity in 2024, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review published today by think tank Ember. EU gas generation declined for the fifth year in a row, and total fossil generation fell to a historic low.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Producing renewable electricity is cheaper than running old coal plants, a new report from investment firm Lazard shows. can produce power for $29 to $56 per megawatt-hour, compared to $27 to $45 for existing coal-fired powerplants, according to a report last week in the British Financial Times.

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Electrek

MARCH 21, 2024

Pennsylvania's largest solar farm has been awarded $90 million and will sit on 2,700 acres of the shuttered Homer City coal plant's land.

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Electrek

APRIL 6, 2022

West Virginia’s largest solar farm will sit on the site of the 5,800-acre Hobet Mine, one of the state’s largest former coal mines, which went bankrupt in 2015. The post West Virginia’s largest solar farm will sit on a former coal mining site appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

MAY 6, 2021

The costs of most existing coal-fired power plants in the US are now more expensive than the total costs of wind and solar as a result of their plunging costs, according to a new study. more… The post Coal is losing the price war to wind and solar faster than anticipated appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

The solution combines weather prediction and big data analytics to forecast accurately the availability of wind power and solar energy. This level of insight will enable utilities to better manage the variable nature of wind and solar, and more accurately forecast the amount of power that can be redirected into the power grid or stored.

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Electrek

JUNE 17, 2021

Florida Power & Light (FPL) yesterday demolished its last coal-fired plant, the Indiantown Cogeneration Plant in Martin County, east of the Everglades. And right before the plant imploded, FPL CEO Eric Silagy announced that the utility will build a solar center near the site.

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Electrek

JUNE 26, 2023

Solar is growing at 33.7% year-on-year and is now at twice the capacity of coal power in China, according to a new report. more… The post China’s solar is now at twice the capacity of its coal power – report appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

Houston-headquartered renewables company EDP Renewables North America has completed a 200-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Randolph County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis. It’s now the largest-capacity solar farm in Indiana.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

The University of California, Riverside is opening its Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative to research the integration of: intermittent renewable energy, such as photovoltaic solar panels; energy storage, such as batteries; and all types of electric and hybrid electric vehicles. Solar carport. 27 electric vehicle charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

billion tonnes, their highest ever level, as the world economy rebounded strongly from the COVID-19 crisis and relied heavily on coal to power that growth, according to new IEA analysis. Coal accounted for over 40% of the overall growth in global CO 2 emissions in 2021, reaching an all-time high of 15.3 billion tonnes.

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Electrek

APRIL 15, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Xcel Energy has filed to replace its coal plants with what would be the largest solar farm in Minnesota. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 21, 2024

A coal plant in South Texas will shut down and convert to a solar + battery electricity generation facility, with the help of a $1.4 billion grant from the US Department of Agriculture meant to help clean energy while saving rural jobs.

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Electrek

JANUARY 20, 2023

Increased US power generation from mostly wind and solar will reduce generation from both coal and natural gas power plants in 2023 and 2024, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) “ Short-Term Energy Outlook.”

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Electrek

OCTOBER 21, 2024

megawatt (MW) solar farm just came online in Rivesville, West Virginia, on a brownfield site near a shuttered coal-burning power station.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 18, 2023

National Grid Renewables has broken ground on what will be the largest solar farm in Kentucky once it comes online in 2024. more… The post Coal-state Kentucky just broke ground on its largest solar farm appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

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Electrek

AUGUST 9, 2021

has announced it will retire three coal units and double its solar output within two years. more… The post A Florida utility ditches coal, doubles its solar, and leaves out a big part of its story appeared first on Electrek. Florida utility Tampa Electric Co.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The power sector has become less carbon-intensive as natural gas-fired generation displaced coal-fired and petroleum-fired generation and as the noncarbon sources of electricity generation—especially renewables such as wind and solar—have grown. In 2005, noncarbon sources accounted for 28% of the US electricity mix.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2023

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Energy source Proportional amount of emissions relative to hydro Coal 175.9

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

Other key findings from the May 2022 STEO forecast include: Solar and wind power will provide 11.1% Solar and wind are the only energy sources that will increase their share of US electricity generation this summer. US coal production will total 598 million short tons in 2022, which is a 3% increase from 2021. in summer 2021.

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Electrek

MAY 25, 2023

US wind and solar together produced more electricity than coal in Q1 2023, according to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). more… The post US wind and solar combined produced more electricity than coal in Q1 2023 appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

US coal giant Peabody and Germany’s RWE are teaming up to develop 5.5 gigawatts (GW) of solar and energy storage projects on former mining land in the Midwest.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Photo: Xcel Energy Xcel Energy has started delivering clean energy from one of the US’s largest solar farms: Sherco Solar in Minnesota. It’s a major step in the utility’s push to ditch coal and move to renewable energy across the Upper Midwest. What’s notable about Sherco Solar is not just its size but also its cost efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

All large-scale energy systems have environmental impacts, and the ability to compare the impacts of renewable energy sources is an important step in planning a future without coal or gas power. Wind beats coal by any environmental measure, but that doesn’t mean that its impacts are negligible. Source: Miller and Keith (2018a).

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Electrek

MAY 28, 2024

Wyoming just approved its largest solar farm – 771 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar plus battery storage.

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Electrek

JUNE 28, 2023

Electricity generated from wind and solar outproduced coal and nearly tied nuclear during the first four months of 2023 in the US, according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). more… The post Wind + solar produced more electricity than coal in the US in the first third of 2023 appeared first on Electrek.

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Coal Wind Solar Electrical 125

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

Scandium and yttrium are included in the manufacture of cell phones, LED screens, solar panels, energy infrastructure, defense technologies, and other essential high-tech applications. AOI 2: Production of Critical Minerals (CM) (Excluding Rare Earth Elements or REE) from Coal-Based and Alternate Resources.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

BNEF expects the average levelized cost of solar PV to be 40% lower by 2050 than it did two years ago, driven by more automatic manufacturing, less silicon and silver consumption, higher photovoltaic efficiency of solar cells, and greater yields using bifacial panels. The key driver is the falling cost of solar PV electricity.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by 2030, according to a new study.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 29, 2019

For most of their history, the knock on renewable wind and solar power is that they cost more than fossil fuels. From an environmental standpoint, it's rare that buying something new can have a lower impact that keeping whatever's old.

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Electrek

MARCH 29, 2024

Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data.

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