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Big Solar & Battery News From Egypt & South Africa
Egypt gets its first large integrated solar PV and battery storage plant — a 1.1 GW solar PV plant with integrated 200 MWh battery will deliver dispatchable clean energy, enhance grid stability, and manage peak demand. JUWI and JA Solar sign 420,000-panel deal for 220 MW Glencore and Sasol/Air Liquide … [continued]
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Ireland Shutters Its Last Coal-Fired Generating Station
Ireland has shuttered its last coal-fired generating station in County Clare. The site will become a clean energy hub.
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France’s €520/Ton CO₂ Problem: Hydrogen Is Too Expensive For Transport
At €520 per ton of CO₂ avoided, France’s hydrogen expenditures audit, Final Observations: Support for the Development of Decarbonized Hydrogen (translation by computer), reveals a stark economic reality, that decarbonized hydrogen produced via electrolysis remains stubbornly uneconomic, relying heavily on layers of public subsidies. This cost of abatement significantly exceeds … [continued]
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Pipelines To Nowhere: The Real Costs Of TMX & The Dutch Hydrogen Network
Infrastructure megaprojects have an irresistible allure, and the Netherlands and Canada are illustrative of this. Governments, engineers, and industrial backers alike see in them the potential for transformative leaps forward—massive pipelines to move energy, corridors connecting resources to markets, and infrastructure that promises to underpin entire industries or energy transitions. … [continued]
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The Geopolitics Of Critical Minerals: China’s Grip & The West’s Response
Recently, I stood — virtually — before an audience of global institutional investors, invited by Jefferies investment bank to speak alongside six other experts on the deepening geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China and their implications. Amid this intense discussion, one of the central themes was the rapid return … [continued]
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