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With 56GW of new solar energy capacity installed in 2023, the EU has set yet another record, surpassing the additional 40GW installed in 2022

European Union ditching fossil gas fast, replacing with solar & wind

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The European Commission recently published its State of the Energy Union Report 2024. The Commission says that the report “describes how the EU has managed unprecedented challenges in the energy policy landscape during this Commission’s mandate, equipping the EU with a regulatory framework for pursuing the clean energy transition and laying the foundations for renewed economic growth and competitiveness.”

One of the notable challenges the EU is facing at the moment, of course, is the continued Russia invasion of Ukraine. Having previously relied on an enormous amount of fossil gas (aka natural gas) from Russia, the EU has had to find ways to replace it. Part of that has been getting fossil gas from elsewhere (most notably, the US). However, part of that has involved simply cutting demand for fossil gas. Overall, it’s impressive how much the Union has been able to do that, as evidenced in the following chart:

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Source: Clean Technica

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The CEC’s latest report takes a closer look at the role that long-duration energy storage can play in the CAISO system.

California could need up to 37 GW of long-duration storage by 2045 to retire gas resources

The CEC’s latest report takes a closer look at the role that long-duration energy storage can play in the CAISO system. It found that with a “business-as-usual” scenario under California’s clean energy policies, which would allow for 12 million metric tons of annual emissions from the electricity sector and retain gas resources, it would be cost-effective to add up to 5 GW of long-duration energy storage to the system by 2045. But to decarbonize the grid even further — such as by retiring in-state gas resources — it could make sense to add up to 37 GW of long-duration resources.

California’s Senate Bill 100, passed in 2018, set a goal for the state to derive all retail electricity sales from renewable and zero-carbon resources by 2045.

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Source: Utility Dive

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