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UK moves ahead on lower-carbon power to end coal use by 2025

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The United Kingdom is increasing its use of low-carbon energy sources as it moves to phase out coal-fired power plants altogether by 2025.

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UK Tesla Megapack facility powers on with 100MW/200MWh

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A battery energy storage system (BESS) in the United Kingdom has powered on to become the country’s largest transmission-connected BESS project, as backed by Tesla’s Megapack 2XL units. Tesla highlights the Megapack site replacing Hawaii’s last coal plant What are your thoughts?

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BloombergNEF reports 11% year-on-year rise in renewable energy financing in the first half of 2022, for a total of $226B

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The investment growth trend follows China’s strategy to build new renewable generation capacity so that it can replace its existing coal fleet. Green infrastructure is the most important investment area that China is relying on to boost its weak economy in the second half of 2022. —Nannan Kou, BNEF’s head of China analysis.

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OPG, GE Hitachi to deploy small modular reactor at Darlington station in Canada

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Saskatchewan is also looking to follow Ontario and build SMRs to replace its coal fleet, building up to four SMRs with the first unit in Saskatchewan being in service in the early 2030s. Spur SMR deployment elsewhere in Canada and abroad. Site preparation will begin in the spring of 2022, pending appropriate approvals.

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Tesla Megapacks go live in Oahu, garnering visit from executive

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The post also included a number of photos of the site from fellow partner Plus Power, seemingly showing a total of 79 separate Megapack units. Tesla’s Megapacks have also played a particularly special role in Hawaii, where the giant batteries have helped end the use of coal for power generation.

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Clean Global Energy in JV for $400M Underground Coal Gasification Project in China

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Ltd of Beijing, China (GX) and Goldbridge Clean Tech Energy of East Sussex, United Kingdom (GB) to undertake a US$400M commercial UCG (underground coalgasification) project on GX’s Inner Mongolia coal deposit. Underground coal gasification. Click to enlarge.

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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

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This was the result of growing renewable power generation, switches from coal to natural gas, improvements in energy efficiency, as well as structural changes in the global economy. The biggest drop came from the United States, where carbon dioxide emissions fell 3%, or 160 million tonnes, while the economy grew by 1.6%.

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