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24 April 2021 At the second day of the ‘Leaders Climate Summit’ convened by President Joe Biden, the former CEO of the Australian Energy Market Operator Audrey Zibelman, announced that the United States and the United Kingdom will be joining the Global Power Systems Transformation Consortium (GPSTC). “[Balancing supply and demand] has always been a difficult engineering challenge, but is becoming even more so as we decarbonise the grid,” she said. Zibelman cites her experience in the AEMO control room during the Black Summer 2020 bushfires. “We were losing major parts of the system. The limitations of our modelling and visualisation tools meant we had to act with incomplete information. Because it was all they had, our engineers relied on experience rather than accurate data to make critical decisions”, Zibelman said. ....
Wind and solar could replace fossil fuels 100 times over, says new report reneweconomy.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reneweconomy.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
1 April 2021 As many predicted, the pace of global change on climate is beginning to show signs of acceleration, with the US government announcing a major infrastructure plan that packages significant spending and regulations on the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and an international summit held by the International Energy Agency highlighting hastening change. After a recent announcement to significantly expand US offshore wind deployment, Biden’s $2 trillion USD infrastructure plan includes a significant proportion that is directly or indirectly related to reducing emissions and upgrading energy-related infrastructure. The plan easily dwarfs the Obama-era post-global financial crisis stimulus, as noted by US energy expert Jesse Jenkins. ....
Coal-Fired Power Took a Beating During the Pandemic, Study Finds - Governors' Wind Energy Coalition governorswindenergycoalition.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from governorswindenergycoalition.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A broad move away from coal power was an important factor in pushing down global greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said, and could help accelerate a shift toward renewable energy. ....