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Texas Blackout Hearings Highlight Intertwined Risks of Natural Gas, Power Grid and Deregulated Market

The catastrophic breakdown of Texas’ natural gas and electric system the week of February 15 lacks a single villain to blame for it all. Instead, the widespread constraints in natural-gas supply and the shutdown of core power plant capacity that left millions without power can be chalked up to cascading failures between two interdependent systems – and any solutions will need to take these interdependencies into account to avert a similar crisis in the future.

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Smart Cities Connect Virtual Conference and Expo

City leaders and organizations across the country are making ambitious commitments to decarbonize electricity and support the transition toward a 100% renewable energy future. But how will they reach these goals? What are the right steps to take along the path to 100% renewable energy? The Read more →

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The Texas Polar Vortex Resurrects the Decarbonized Grid’s Fuel Diversity Question

This article is not about which generating technologies caused the blackouts experienced in Texas and states across the Midwest this week. However, these events can get us thinking about where the industry goes from here. First, the U.S. natural-gas supply network was stressed by record demand and prices. Read more →

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Without Carbon Capture And Storage, The World Can’t Meet Its Climate Target

When the global community was focused on the U.S. presidential election last fall, a huge story was developing in Norway: Its parliament was preparing to finance “the greatest” carbon capture project in the world that would cut emissions and jumpstart the technology. It would first be implemented at a cement factory. Read more →

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The 10 Ways Renewable Energy’s Boom Year Will Shape 2021

With the uncertainty of 2020 behind us, the new year kicked off with surging growth for renewable energy. Growth will likely continue into 2021, fueled in part by last year’s major turning points. Some analysts have started predicting that the U.S. power sector is approaching peak natural gas. Read more →

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Missing Pieces of Decarbonization Puzzle Realized

These are exciting times as the renewable energy future is a focus for so many organizations and governments around the world, as indicated by attendance of the Wärtsilä sponsored webcast hosted by GreenBiz on November 19, 2020, Missing Pieces of Decarbonization Puzzle Realized. Emerging technologies are moving closer to reality, which makes ambitious energy goals more realistic and the path to 100 percent renewable energy is now within reach. Read more →

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Pathways Toward 100% Carbon Reduction for Electric Utility Power Systems

Many states, cities, towns and utilities are committing to a 100% clean energy future. This push toward 100% is ubiquitous in the news, academia and politics. However, there is no clear or commonly accepted understanding of what this means. For example, what is the difference between 100% carbon-free and 100% carbon-neutral? Read more →

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Interconnect California Webinar Series Part Two: Advancing California’s Faster, Cheaper Path to 100% Renewable Power

How can California accelerate the path to 100 percent renewable power and save billions of dollars in the process? On May 5, Wärtsilä hosted a webinar, “Advancing California’s Faster, Cheaper Path to 100% Renewable Power,” where energy experts presented new findings from an updated study, “Path to 100% Renewables for California,” and addressed policy recommendations about the best path forward for the state. Read more →

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The Optimal Path to 100% Decarbonization for California: Webinar and Whitepaper

Can a state meet its renewable power targets ahead of schedule and save billions of dollars in the process? According to results from a new Wärtsilä whitepaper, “Path to 100% Renewables for California,” this way may be the optimal path forward for California. The state is currently paving the way toward a clean-energy, decarbonized future Read more →

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Pathways Towards 100% Carbon Reduction for Electric Utility Power Systems

Across the country, electric utilities and government agencies are pushing for a 100 percent carbon-free energy future. At Wärtsilä, we are passionate about leading the transition to renewable energy, as we help our customers optimize their energy systems and future-proof their assets everyday. Our “path to 100%” initiative is an essential step in the right Read more →

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Making 100% Clean Energy Goals a Reality

In this episode, Path to 100% community expert Jussi Heikkinen of Wärtsilä and hosts from Greentech Media’s Interchange podcast explore the causes and consequences of this 100% trend. Countries, states, cities, utilities and corporations are all setting increasingly ambitious targets for clean energy. There are lots of variations on the theme: 100% renewable energy, 100% clean Read more →

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Open Data on Power Generation is a Key for Communities to Make Decisions – and one Site in Great Britain Delivers Transparency on What’s Powering the UK

Path to 100 discussed the idea of GridWatch with the creator himself Mark Stolworthy on how the site came to be, and how it helps with power generation transparency in the UK When looking to create policy, or perhaps to outline what an energy mix of the future should look like for a community Read more →

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A Look Back at Interconnect: Austin, a Path to 100% Forum

Interconnect Austin in Review The first Path to 100 Forum, Interconnect Austin, campaign was held in Austin, Texas on the University of Texas campus on September 24, 2019. We had a diverse range of attendees from across city officials, utility professionals, IPP’s, academia, and students. Two panels, both moderated by Richard Amato (Director or Energy Read more →

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