R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In the previous article , I discussed some of the developments that are taking place to make nuclear power safer, such that a major accident like those at Chernobyl and Fukushima are simply no longer possible. In fact, nuclear plants have simply stored the waste on site, but that isn’t a long-term solution to the problem.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

On behalf of environmental group RePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp offers a deep analysis of the key messages in Europe’s policy. Since these issues are so important, it’s worthwhile addressing some of the key messages of this historic speech, as these will serve as the basis for EU policy in the years ahead.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

Exelon may be forced to close its Illinois nuclear plants if state legislation is not passed to bolster their eroding financial prospects. But subsidiary utility Commonwealth Edison’s involvement in a bribery scandal has complicated this and other key policy efforts in its home state.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

” The budget statement “predictably majored on pre-election giveaways political dividing lines”, said Ashden policy lead Will Walter, adding that it “will do nothing for those living in cold, damp, expensive to heat homes or for local authorities struggling to provide basic services.” This brings the fund up to £1.1

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2020

But in a statement, Cantwell said she would have voted against Danly’s confirmation, adding that political balance is critical for FERC to ensure “just and reasonable rates” for all customers and to “continue to modernize to tackle and adapt to emerging threats like cyber-attacks and climate change.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

.” This sets a target scale of 3 to 6.2GW for geothermal power generation, replacing nearly one-third of coal-fired power units, and reaching at least 1 GW by 2035, representing a compound growth rate of up to 52%. What is the current status of Taiwan’s policy framework to support geothermal development?

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

Under the Republican majority in place at FERC since 2017, Glick has been a consistent, and often sole, vote against a string of policy decisions that have been seen as undermining state-subsidized clean energy and carbon reduction policies. Conflict over clean energy in capacity markets.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In October 2015, Cameron and China’s President Xi Jinping signed another deal for China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to take a one-third stake in the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. “If they decide for political reasons that they won't deliver solar to Europe anymore, what do we do then?”

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The government must rebalance nuclear's place in the energy portfolio and bring the public onside while there is still time, argues Bright Blue's Andrew Leming. Hitachi's withdrawal from proposed nuclear power sites in Anglesey and Oldbury last month dealt a sharp blow to the government's net zero emissions strategy.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

announced plans Wednesday to separate its financially challenged nuclear power plant fleet and other generation assets from its multistate regulated utilities business. That scandal has scrambled Exelon’s efforts to seek out state aid for its financially struggling nuclear power plant fleet in Illinois. Exelon Corp.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has not changed the grim reality facing workers at coal and nuclear power plants in the U.S. How those workers will fare in the years ahead will vary greatly based on where they live and the prevailing political winds. and Europe. ” One example that stands out in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

But that doesn’t mean that states most reliant on fossil fuel extraction or industries powered by them must lose out in the transition. That’s a key finding of the Decarb America report released Thursday by Third Way, Clean Air Task Force and the Bipartisan Policy Center. That’s where the state-by-state data comes in.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 5, 2020

July 2020 Cleantech Roundup: Electric Vehicles Go Public | Energy Policy Scandals | SunRun Acquires Vivint Solar Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. they are about utilities leveraging political power to help protect profits.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2020

Exelon is following through with a threat to close two of its Illinois nuclear power plants by next year unless it receives state support to boost their financial viability, a move that could undermine the state's carbon-free electricity goals. Both states have aggressive zero-carbon energy policies.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Currently, we use fossil fuels, biofuels and nuclear power to provide this baseload. Tidal range, stream and lagoon power are obvious solutions which currently do not get the political attention they deserve. The government's baseload strategy is to use nuclear power.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

gigawatt Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in 2012, it proudly proclaimed that the arrangement proved new nuclear did not need direct subsidy. A 2014 study found that of a global sample of 180 nuclear power plants, 97 percent ended up over budget. When the U.K. Since then, three other U.K.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Dominion also gets more than one-third of its energy from nuclear power. “The thing that’s notable here is the speed at which we’re changing this policy.” ” Wind and solar energy to expand, with more third-party options. For example, Dominion’s 2.6-gigawatt

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Energy storage will receive $1.08

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 15, 2023

Presidential hopeful Mike Pence has just released a new campaign ad on energy policy. None of that is meant to imply that the Biden Administration has passed policies friendly to the oil and gas industry. is the world’s leading producer of nuclear power. The ad is so misleading, it must be addressed. Our President.”

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Jeff Dennis, managing director and general counsel for the Advanced Energy Economy association, provided a live tweet summary of FERC/NERC's presentation of the report, noting FERC Chair Richard Glick's opposition to political rhetoric that renewables were the source of the problems. — Jeff Dennis (@EnergyLawJeff) September 23, 2021.

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Grist

MAY 20, 2020

DeWine, 73, has served in Ohio politics for over four decades, most recently as Ohio’s attorney general. Yet while DeWine has been willing to buck party politics and uphold scientific evidence on coronavirus, his performance on other health-related issues — namely, climate change and the environment — has been less consistent.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

That doesn’t mean, however, that renewable energy groups and states pursuing clean energy policies now support the broader changes that FERC’s December order has forced on PJM, including the controversial minimum offer price rule (MOPR). in ways that could lead to FERC's order being overturned.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis unveiled a mammoth and wide-ranging policy plan to embed climate action and resilience within the country’s economy. The report — which sought to put racial and environmental justice at the center of its recommendations — laid out policies to help the U.S.

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The Guardian: Energy

MAY 27, 2024

The Coalition has no climate policy. Not for things that will happen – let’s not get ahead of ourselves – but for questions that could be addressed if the country is to treat the climate and extinction crises as seriously as our leaders claim they do.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2020

The situation reduced the need for fossil fuel power such as coal and gas, and also led to curbed demand for nuclear power, as cheaper forms of renewable power such as wind and solar shouldered the lion's share of Britain's electricity needs.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The government is widely expected to unveil a wave of decarbonisation and energy policies on Thursday as part of a package that had been badged as 'Green Day' by Whitehall insiders. Tom Burke, a co-founder of the E3G thinktank, told the Guardian : "This is Fawlty Towers politics - don't mention the environment!

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

Monday’s announcement of intent to nominate Clements, the founder and president of energy policy consulting firm Goodgrid and former director of clean energy markets at the Energy Foundation and director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Sustainable FERC project, comes 17 months after U.S. Those include the Dec.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“I am glad the commission was finally able to look past partisan politics to support science and economics-based policy that stakeholders, utilities and ratepayers could all agree upon and benefit from.” Arizona experienced a record-setting heat wave this summer, and it and other states across the Western U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Menendez asked Perry whether Trump had asked him to convey his “desire for assistance in investigating one of his political opponents or their family members, or unsubstantiated theories related to Ukraine’s involvement in the 2016 U.S. energy policy on behalf of the fossil fuel industry was a failure, however.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Led by French energy giant EDF - which is also currently constructing a nuclear power plant of the same size at Hinkley Point in Somerset - the Sizewell C project had been expected to provide up to seven per cent of the UK's total electricity needs. The Treasury was considering a request for comment at the time of going to press.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 17, 2020

While the details are complex and still in development, their result would be to force administratively set minimum prices on future wind and solar resources, energy efficiency, demand response, and nuclear power plants in PJM's capacity market. The particular threat for Illinois.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today reiterated the government's commitment to delivering on the UK's international climate responsibilities, confirming support for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant, announcing a new long-term target for UK energy efficiency, and promising continued investment in clean tech innovation.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

is at something of a clean-energy policy crossroads. The results of consultations on the funding of new nuclear power are also expected soon. The government is mulling the addition of solar and onshore wind to the CFD program, having blocked them from the 2017 and 2019 rounds on largely political grounds.

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

The study, published the journal Science , highlights the benefits of prioritising smaller technologies such as heat pumps, solar panels, and electric bikes to drive decarbonisation, in comparison to more costly, large-scale solutions such as nuclear power plants and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

It was a set of circumstances that bears some resemblance to where the United States finds itself today, with the Biden administration pledging to invigorate clean energy and decarbonization efforts that have faced four years of hostile policy from the Trump administration.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Nuclear power will receive £525 million for the development of large and small-scale reactors. Plan welcomed, but stakeholders want more policy details soon. The direction of travel in the ten-point plan has been broadly welcomed but for many, policy details are now required. The current installed capacity is 10 GW.

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