Tag: energy-storage
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Will Energy Storage Plus Solar Inspire Customers to Abandon Utilities?
– by Lisa Cohn, February 28, 2014, Energy Efficiency Markets To hear the Rocky Mountain Institute tell the story, it’s not a question of whether utility customers will start defecting from their utilities in favor of off-grid solutions that involve energy storage and solar energy. It’s a question of when. Truth is, it’s already happening in…
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Report: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage a Mistake
A new report by Rachel Smolker and Almuth Ernsting of Biofuelwatch condemns carbon capture and storage (CCS) as setting the stage for increased burning of climate-busting biomass and fossil fuels for energy, in effect keeping us from looking at the way the way we produce—and consume—energy. BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage): Climate saviour or dangerous…
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Study: solar, wind and storage can provide 99.9% of power By 2030
A new study has determined that renewables could economically fully power a utility scale electric grid 99.9% of the time by 2030 – and without government subsidies, if the proper mix is implemented. This new study affirms what we’ve been saying for a decade now: we don’t need nuclear, coal, oil, gas, biomass/incineration or other dirty energy sources. We can…
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Flywheel energy storage makes 100% wind and solar possible
We can meet all of our electricity needs with wind and solar. But what about when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining? Coal, nuclear and natural gas make up 88% of the U.S. electricity mix. There are several answers to the myth that intermittent energy sources like wind and solar can’t replace…
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