I can remember that a few years ago we in germany have been glad that 40% of our #electricity came from #renewables. In the last weeks we had reliably over 60%. In the background you can see how it was last year. It's moving forward.
#renewables
#SolarEnergy is currently providing over 32% of the #UK's electricity demand. #WindEnergy is down below 14% but together, they are providing nearly half of the electrical power requirement. #France is contributing over 10% and 2.6% from #Norway. About 3.6% is being exported to #Ireland via two interconnects.
http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/
‘Lack of vision’: #UK green #energy projects in limbo as grid struggles to keep pace | #NationalGrid | The Guardian
The #Tories have dragged their feet for decades on this issue. Many are in the pay of #FossilFuel companies.
Gas can't compete with wind, solar and storage, even in world's biggest market | RenewEconomy
The latest levellised cost of energy assessment has been released by global investment bank Lazard, confirming – as CSIRO and the market operator have done in Australia – that wind and solar, even “firmed” by battery storage, still beat the fossil fuel competition.
Right now, 22% of #UK #electricity demand is being met by #SolarEnergy and 21% by #WindEnergy. It’s not often that light beats wind as a power source here.
V236-15.0 MW: Größtes Windrad von Vestas liefert erstmals volle Leistung - Golem.de
Vestas zeigt, was sein größtes Windrad kann: Das derzeit leistungsfähigste Windrad hat erstmals seine volle Leistung geliefert.
Erstmals habe der Prototyp des V236-15.0MW seine Nennleistung von 15 Megawatt erreicht, teilte der dänische Windkraftanlagen-Hersteller über Twitter mit. Das Windrad steht an Land auf dem Windkraftanlagentestfeld Østerild an der Nordküste Jütlands. Gedacht ist es aber für Offshore-Windparks.
Das ist schon ein krasses Teil
U.S. power generation from renewables surpassed coal for the first time, says EIA
In 2022, generation from renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal surpassed coal-fired generation in the U.S. electric power sector for the first time. That’s according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Electricity Power Monthly.
https://www.power-eng.com/renewables/u-s-power-generation-from-renewables-surpassed-coal-for-the-first-time-says-eia/
#coal, #u.s., #nuclear, #administration, #renewables, #energy, #information, #news, #gas
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Oil and gas workers form unlikely union with climate groups to support switch to renewables
Over 1,000 oil and gas workers have joined with trade unions and climate groups to call for a just transition away from fossil fuels.
The group are now urging the Scottish government to priorities #renewables and protect local jobs, communities and the climate.
Workers are demanding fair pay and protections across the industry, arguing offshore wind cannot be modeled on the “broken image” of the oil industry.
A report – “Our Power: Offshore Workers’ Demands for a Just Energy Transition” – has been published following two years of discussions.
#Shetland #oil #gas #Scotland #FossilFuels #jobs #GlobalWarming #ClimateEmergency #GreenEnergy
Fossil fuels kill more people than Covid. Why are we so blind to the harms of oil and gas?
The Guardian
Were we able to perceive afresh the sheer scale of fossil fuel impact we might be horrified, but because this is an old problem too many don’t see it as a problem.
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A climate activist holds banner in front of the NYC office of JPMorgan Chase bank's new headquarters during an ‘Occupy Park Avenue’ protest on 29 October 2022 in New York City. Photograph: Ron Adar/Rex/Shutterstock.
If fossil fuel use and impact had suddenly appeared overnight, their catastrophic poisonousness and destructiveness would be obvious. But they have so incrementally become part of everyday life nearly everywhere on Earth that those impacts are largely accepted or ignored (that they’ve also corroded our politics helps this lack of alarm). This has real consequences for the climate crisis. Were we able to perceive afresh the sheer scale of fossil fuel impact we might be horrified. But because this is an old problem too many don’t see it as a problem. (...)
[L]ong-term phenomena become acceptable merely because of our capacity to adjust. Violence against women (the leading form of violence worldwide) and slower forms of environmental destruction have been going on so long that they’re easy to overlook and hard to get people to regard as a crisis. (...)
To normalize is to turn something into the status quo, into something no longer seen as a problem, and this in turn undermines the impetus to pursue a solution. (...)
The fossil fuel industry through airborne particulate matter alone annually kills far more people every year than Covid-19 has in three years. Recent studies conclude that nearly 9 million people a year die from inhaling these particulates produced by burning fossil fuel. It’s only one of the many ways fossil fuel is deadly, from black lung among coal miners and cancer and respiratory problems among those near refineries to fatalities from climate-driven catastrophes such as wildfire, extreme heat and floods. (...)
One consequence of these habits of mind is the hostile reaction to the impact of renewables. Renewables require mining; the total amount of mining they require is far less than the fossil-fuel mining that goes on all around us and has for a long time. (...)
With renewables the materials need to be extracted once and then are used for many years and are thereafter, in many cases, recyclable; with fossil fuel we burn it up as we go, so constant new interjections of coal, oil or gas are needed. They literally go up in smoke. (...)
“Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling.” (...)
Astroturf organizations backed by conservatives and fossil-fuel interests have pushed false claims about health threats and organized locals against both wind turbines and solar installations. But the space they take up can be far less than that occupied by fossil fuel, and many turbines and solar panels coexist with agriculture. (...)
The way we have long operated was always destructive, and it’s now a crisis larger than any in human history. Change needs to come, swiftly, and though practical change is crucial, so are changes in imagination, perception and values. The two go together, and they always have.
Tags: #fossil_fuel #oil #gas #exxonmobil #suncor #tar_sands #pollution #air_pollution #health #climate #climate_change #climate_crisis #renewables #energy #energy_transition
#England’s tallest #WindTurbine prepares to rise against the odds | #WindPower | The Guardian
I presume that the geographical qualification means that some other country of the #UK (Scotland and off-shore, I’m guessing) has larger #turbines.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/09/england-tallest-wind-turbine-bristol
Looking at the data for #electricity demand for the #UK over a period of months, it seems like it rarely dips below 30 GW or much above 40 GW. With the introduction of large numbers of #ElectricVehicles, I expect that demand to rise significantly but if car batteries are also used partly for domestic use then it may smooth out peak demand out. More #WindFarms and other sustainable sources will needed as well as #NuclearPower for the base load.
DTE Energy officially retires two coal plants
DTE Energy announced the retirement of two coal-fired power plants in Southeast Michigan as part of a long-term plan to accelerate decarbonization goals.
https://www.power-eng.com/coal/dte-energy-officially-retires-two-coal-plants/
#news, #coal, #renewables
How #tide has turned on #UK TidalStreamEnergy as costs ebb and reliability flows | #RenewableEnergy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/23/tidal-stream-energy-costs-ebb-reliability-flows
Is it ok, that #fossil #fuels are 30 times more subsidized than #renewables?
watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr_KyGYTGN8
No #painting was harmed during the #protest.
#environment #future #energy #humanity #fuel #earth #climate #crisis #co2 #emissions
U.S. Announces First Sale of Rights for California Offshore Wind Development
The U.S. government has announced the first-ever sale of offshore wind development rights off the California coast. The Dept. of Interior (DOI) on Oct. 18 said it would hold the event on Dec. 6, in an effort to spur industry growth in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
https://www.powermag.com/u-s-announces-first-sale-of-rights-for-california-offshore-wind-development/
#renewables, #news, #sale, #bay, #dept., #humboldt, #offshore, #california, #wind
SSE Reaches Halfway Milestone with 57 Turbines Installed at Seagreen Wind Farm
Half of the 114 turbines that which will make up Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm are now in place in the North Sea off the east coast of Scotland.
https://nawindpower.com/sse-reaches-halfway-milestone-with-57-turbines-installed-at-seagreen-wind-farm
#sse, #renewables, #turbines, #farm, #offshore, #featured, #seagreen, #wind
