Renewables Beat Fossils on Europe's Grid
Energy Gang
Wood Mackenzie
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In the first half of 2020, renewables beat out fossil fuels on the grid in Europe for the first time. They didn’t only beat out coal -- they beat out all fossil fuels put together. We’ll look at what the milestone means.
Then, 30 major companies have come together in a new joint lobbying organization to flex united power for clean energy. Will it make renewables a bigger political force? And what will they be fighting for?
Then, your view of Texas is probably out-of-date. We look at the dawn of Big Solar in Texas and peek at the ERCOT interconnection queue -- it’s almost all green.
Recommended reading:
- Danish Startup ‘Tomorrow’: Global Real Time Carbon Intensity Map of Electricity
- Climate Home News: Renewables overtake fossil fuels in EU electricity generation
- Forbes: European Renewables Just Crushed Fossil Fuels. Here’s How It Happened
- Johannes vd Bosch: Twitter thread about Renewables in Germany
- E&ENews: AWEA, Clean Energy Companies Join Forces for Lobbying
- Greentech Media: AWEA Introduces New Trade Group
- Recharge: AWEA and power giants plan new body 'to make renewables dominant'
- Texas Observer: Texas Solar Hits a Turning Point
- Jigar Shah LinkedIn post
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| 0:00.0 | The Energy Gang is brought to you by Sungrow, the leading global supplier of inverter solutions for renewables. |
| 0:05.0 | During these uncertain times, Sungrow is committed to protecting its employees and getting its products on time and safely to customers around the world. |
| 0:14.6 | Sungrow has also leveraged its extensive network across the US to distribute face masks |
| 0:19.2 | to communities in need. |
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| 0:34.2 | promoting widespread energy storage adoption while maintaining control of the manufacturing |
| 0:38.9 | process domestically in order to stabilize and protect the US grid. |
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| 0:49.2 | Green Tech Media Podcast. |
| 0:57.0 | From Green Tech Media, this is the Energy Gang. Weekly debates and discussions about the fast-changing world of energy. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm Stephen Lacy. Welcome to the show. |
| 1:12.0 | This week, renewables surpass fossil fuels on Europe's grid. |
| 1:15.5 | This is a first, and they didn't only beat out coal. |
| 1:18.7 | They beat out fossil fuels altogether. |
| 1:20.6 | We'll look at what this milestone means. |
| 1:23.0 | Then, how long do you think that the wind industry has been lobbying in Washington? |
| 1:27.0 | Go ahead. I'll give you a second. |
| 1:29.0 | Did you guess the 1970s? |
| 1:31.0 | Yep, the American Wind Energy Association goes back to 1974 and now with renewables fully coming |
| 1:36.4 | of age, 30 companies have come together in a new joint lobbying organization. |
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