DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. As pesticide trade body CropLife Europe says: “let’s focus on transition, not just targets”.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With 2023 coming to a close, the impact of climate change and rapidly increasing electricity demand have illustrated the crucial importance of grid investment to ensure the grid is fit for purpose. In order to reach producers and manage security of supply and availability you need new means of connection and digitalisation to manage (demand).”

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

National Grid ESO in the UK has released its Winter Outlook for 2023/2024, predicting a positive outlook of electricity supply and a return to demand side measures such as virtual power plants to maintain grid stability.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

With multiple drivers for growth in the industrial market, the challenges for water in Africa are more around implementation than technology, says Walid Khoury of water engineering firm Desalytics, as he prepares for Water Africa 2024 in Ghana in June. What kinds of solutions are in demand? What does success look like for Desalytics?

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

Hardline farming groups pledged to “sweep away” EU decision-makers at a “lunch and discussion” event, which was hosted by MCC Brussels on April 9. The demonstration would be the culmination of a wave of Europe-wide protests by farmers, which have triggered an unprecedented rollback of environmental measures.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Europe’s mature supply chain is expected to provide many of the most valuable components for the first wave of American projects. Local-content requirements for offshore wind projects can push up prices, Stilwell said, speaking at an event hosted by the American Wind Energy Association. developed by Equinor and SSE Renewables.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Tenaris will present its comprehensive products and services portfolio for geothermal applications at the GeoTHERM Expo & Congress in Offenburg, Germany, February 29 – March 1, 2024. Germany is a key region in the global landscape for the development of geothermal energy.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2022

Ford has further accelerated its electric vehicle (EV) ambitions in Europe, yesterday announcing fresh targets to sell more than 600,000 electric cars and vans by 2026, before shifting to solely selling zero emission vehicles by 2035. Ford is all-in and moving fast to meet the demand in Europe and around the globe," he added.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 19, 2024

Over 2,000 joint British Gas and Pod Point customers were recruited for the trial, which went live at the end of February 2024. Centrica operates one of the UK’s largest virtual power plants (VPPs), aggregating energy flexibility across a number of sources to manage the grid’s electricity supply and demand.

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AutoGrid

JULY 24, 2023

For more than a decade, AutoGrid has been preparing for and tackling this annual challenge to grid reliability with one of the most fundamental of solutions to heat-related stress on our power grids: demand response (DR). Our progress report for summer 2024? So far, so good in avoiding massive outages.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 25, 2024

Described as “the exciting first step in a long-term venture”, the collaboration sees British Gas’ PeakSave demand flexibility scheme integrate with Samsung’s SmartThings Energy in its SmartThings mobile app. Through this customers can stay informed via notifications of for example, the best times to use household appliances to save money.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 8, 2024

How is Expro positioning itself to capitalize on the growing demand for geothermal solutions, both in established and emerging regions? From the rising demand for heat in Europe to power generation ventures in Indonesia, East Africa, or Central America, we feel well positioned to offer support with our diverse portfolio and global footprint.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 14, 2024

The energy transition is bringing new technology, planning and skills needs in the Netherlands, panellists indicated at the Road to World Energy Congress 2024 event in Rotterdam. The Netherlands’ advantage The Road to Rotterdam event was organised in the lead-up to the 26th World Energy Congress in Rotterdam from 22-25 April.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

Europe’s grid is receiving record levels of investment. The third is to adapt the network to the changing climate and the growing prevalence of extreme weather events with a major programme of renewal of the most sensitive infrastructures. Have you read? But is it enough?

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The strong growth in demand in 2021 was driven by the economic recovery that followed 2020’s lockdowns and a succession of extreme weather events. Supply could not keep up with demand and this, coupled with unexpected outages, led to tight markets and steep price increases. Have you read? Price squeeze in the global gas market.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

As demand for fossil-fuel free heating grows, policymakers and industry need to work together to prep the installation workforce for a major roll out of electric heat pumps, writes Panasonic's Enrique Vilamitjana. Across the UK and Europe, government strategies for heating and energy supply aim to drive decarbonisation.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

“The main driver of this government's energy policy is fortifying the state's position in the market,” said Brian Gaylord, principal analyst for Latin America and Southern Europe at Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Later events have proved them wrong.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Hydrogen Europe. One of the key groups behind this success is Hydrogen Europe, whose Secretary General spoke at the Hydrogen Transition Summit during COP26 alongside government ministers from countries such as Chile, India and Portugal. Credit: Gaia Lamperti.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

A group of more than 100 CEOs from many of Europe's top businesses have this week written to European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, urging her to accelerate the bloc's green transition plan in response to the energy security posed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Britishvolt expects its Northumberland gigafactory to be running at full capacity by 2028 and claims to have signed deals with four separate OEMs representing cumulative demand of 7GWh by 2024/2025. To date, UK sports car manufacturer Lotus is the only automaker to officially announce it will source batteries from the factory.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

A 6GW pipeline of green hydrogen projects is being primed in the UK and Europe over the next two years, but experts fear key pieces of the policy puzzle still need putting in place. Only 37 per cent of them have reached financial close or have been awarded full funding from governments in Europe and the UK.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 8, 2024

Romania has been selected to host the third Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) hydrogen bus roadshow this spring, starting from May. JIVE projects to bring hundreds of fuel cell buses to Europe. Dedicated events will take place in Cluj-Napoca on May 9 th and in Galati on May 13 th. Showing off hydrogen bus power in Romania.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Scores of Europe's leading banks have been accused of continuing to flout advice from climate scientists and economists by pumping tens of billions of dollars into expanding oil and gas production last year, despite having signed up to the UN-led Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As the electrification of heat and transport gathers pace over the coming decade and sales of EVs and heat pumps soar, Kaluza is expecting demand for services that help UK households optimise their energy use to accelerate. The incentives for customers aren't there and its hard to get in there with the demand response providers.

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Grist

APRIL 17, 2024

Hotter temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns, as well as extreme weather events, are already placing stress on farms and imperiling our ability to grow certain crops in certain places. As climate change threatens coffee production, it is likely to drive up the price of the real deal, which could fuel demand for affordable alternatives.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Meanwhile, the horrifying Russian atrocities coming to light in Ukraine are reigniting calls for more robust sanctions to be imposed on the Kremlin, including a full ban on energy exports to Europe. One issue has been notable by its almost complete absence from the debate: energy demand. It is an absolutely glaring omission.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The forecast comes courtesy of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) Winter Outlook 2023-2024. At the same time, electricity demand is forecasted to remain stable. Join Enlit Europe in Paris. Don’t miss out on the most important energy transition conversations. Register now

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

On top of claiming Land Rover's ad falls foul of the existing advertising code, Badvertising is using the complaint to demand the self-regulating body deliver a rapid reassessment of the way it works in relation to regulating products that promote environmentally destructive behaviours. A line needs to be drawn," he says.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2023

Demand is growing, not only in Britain but elsewhere such as in Europe and the US, for access to this data to develop new innovations and accelerate the emergence of the decentralised flexibility based energy system. The two initiatives, which are supported with £2.8 million (US$3.3

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The bidirectional design of the Twin States line will also allow the New England grid to export power to Canada when New England is producing more energy than it needs to meet its own demand, which is expected to occur as the offshore wind industry in New England expands. Join Enlit Europe in Paris.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

A January 2024 study by the journal Renewable Energy found that thousands of tons of toxic air pollutants, from nitrogen oxide to volatile organic compounds, are emitted in the pellet-making process, especially in the southeastern United States where most pellet plants are located.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 22, 2024

  Maybe it was Barbenheimer, but nuclear is in for 2024. Now as nuclear makes a comeback, increased demand combined with a neglected supply chain has fueled a uranium price spike. A supply-demand chain reaction for uranium prices Uranium prices went nuclear on Monday, blasting past $100/lb for the first time since 2008.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 18, 2022

Currently, high EV demand is being held back by supply issues, with many prospective drivers on wait lists ranging from months to years. EV sales requirements must start in 2024 to ensure automakers take action immediately and increase annually en route to Canada’s 100% EV sales by 2035 target, in line with B.C., KEY RECOMMENDATIONS.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 18, 2022

Currently, high EV demand is being held back by supply issues, with many prospective drivers on wait lists ranging from months to years. EV sales requirements must start in 2024 to ensure automakers take action immediately and increase annually en route to Canada’s 100% EV sales by 2035 target, in line with B.C., KEY RECOMMENDATIONS.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Europe As the annual United Nations climate conference — known as COP28 — kicked off in Dubai on Nov. Europe In 2023 the European Court of Human Rights held its first-ever hearings in lawsuits challenging governments’ inadequate climate responses on human rights grounds.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

But today the Prime Minister announced the government would place a cap on typical household bills at £2,500 annually until 2024, while businesses will also have their bills capped for six months. In his fiscal event later this month, I hope the Chancellor announces funding for a major insulation scheme.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

I wanted to begin by thanking everyone at this online event for your help and support during the consultation phase of the Net Zero Review. For whoever forms a government, it will be under their stewardship that between 2024 to 2029, we must achieve our 2030 goals. To fail cannot be an option, for the rest of the world is watching.

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