DeSmogBlog

JUNE 25, 2020

But over the past decade, a devastating combination of forces has pummeled the industry, from cheap natural gas and the falling cost of renewables to growing public pressure to respond to the climate crisis.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

That 2-gigawatt development was rejected by Texas regulators in August 2018 on the grounds that its $3 billion price tag and the need for a new $1.6 “We will continue to seek approval to provide a share of this renewable energy to our Swepco customers in Texas,” Akins said in Thursday’s release.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Last month we looked at global sensors leader Alphasense and their work within the Gas Safety sector. The AQ monitoring sector is rapidly evolving and, according to Parrett, has many parallels with the Gas Safety sector, albeit with only 10 years of R&D vs. the 30+ years of R&D seen in the latter. target to 10 µg/m3 by 2040.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Costs of clean power A recent Clean Energy Canada report, A Renewables Powerhouse , looked at the costs of producing power from wind and solar in Alberta and Ontario compared to gas power. Solar power is already cheaper than natural gas power in Alberta and is on track to be 16% less expensive by the end of the decade.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

The pension fund was criticised by Greenpeace Canada last year which said that although it “may be getting out of oil”, its investments in gas are “helping this sector survive and unnecessarily delaying the rapid transition underway”. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

The grid planning document calls for no new gas plants, although almost all of the existing capacity is expected to remain online throughout the decade. The question at hand is what kind of investment the state will make to balance its drastic expansion of intermittent renewables. What power does this decision wield?

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

The spectacular decline in renewable energy technology costs over the last decade has established the sector as the linchpin of the country's decarbonisation drive, offering a potential template for how government and industry can work together to scale green technologies that can decarbonise the economy.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

Oil and gas supermajors including Shell and BP are using UK influencers to push false solutions to the climate crisis and manufacture a more family friendly image, DeSmog can reveal. but did not tag Shell, nor mention his commercial relationship with the brand. million since June 2018. percent of total energy consumption in 2050.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As green groups slam the government's 'attack on nature', the opposition is this week seeking to make bolder climate action central to its offer to the country. This is a welcome and bold commitment to expand clean power and renewables, and reduce our dependence on expensive and climate destroying fossil fuels," he said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Truss's first speech as PM touts vision for 'aspiration nation' characterised by tax cuts and business-led growth, but leaves out any mention of net zero, nature, or the climate crisis.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

Kit Kennedy, senior director of the climate and clean energy program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), spends her time promoting renewable and sustainable solutions to problems that face the public. Typical programs have a price tag of several hundred thousand dollars. This is a major transformation.”

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Warren owns its utilities, including electric and gas, so Mortenson’s role as city administrator includes oversight of the city’s energy supply. Instead, the city is part of a conglomerate of small towns that collectively purchase their electricity from Minnkota Electric Cooperative (and their gas from Constellation Energy).

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Sharing the findings on Twitter , BNEF's head of sustainable materials Julia Attwood described the estimated $278bn price tag for decarbonising a sector responsible for some seven per cent of global emissions was a "bargain". BNEF calculates that 25 per cent of steel is currently made in electric furnaces, with five per cent using DRI.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

The report analyses the top eight industries with the most carbon-intensive global supply chains, which it estimates together account for more than half of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, producing a zero carbon pair of jeans or a basket of groceries might add just €1 onto the price tag, according to the report.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

From delivering less than one per cent of Britain's then-tiny renewables capacity in 2010, solar is now a major plank of Britain's electricity system, providing a third of the grid's electricity supplies on several occasions in 2020. The water industry is really serious on renewables; they've got a target to build 3GW of renewables by 2030.".

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The renewable energy used to power the green hydrogen production will be sourced at a local rural electric cooperative. As clean energy prices keep falling due to the incentives in place for greenhouse gas emission reductions, producing H2 using methods powered by renewable energy is becoming increasingly affordable.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Over 650 scientists have signed a letter urging world leaders to stop using forests for bioenergy, ahead of the 15th Meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) – a major UN summit on protecting nature. Estonia, and Canada – and the UK–the world’s top importer of wood pellets for biomass energy.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Due to the costly nature of the wood pellets burned at its power stations, Drax is unable to generate profit from producing and selling electricity," the report notes. "As As a result, Drax is entirely reliant on public subsidy to operate."

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Next month, the energy price cap had been set to rise above £3,500, up from just under £2,000 at present, and almost entirely because of expensive fossil gas.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As part of the wider renewable energy sector, geothermal has set ambitious targets for scaling up by the end the decade. One of the new goals set to at the COP28 is to triple the global renewables capacity by 2030. This is inherently wasteful and it comes with a price tag of emissions. Read the first part of this interview here.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Yes, the Earth’s average temperature naturally oscillates. What is carbon accounting? C per century. billion tons of CO 2e in 2019.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Companies understand that financial success and thriving markets go hand-in-hand, so they’re naturally inclined to care about how climate change affects their customers, employees, suppliers, communities and more. Let’s start with the "emitters," such as oil and gas companies and utilities. See Figure 1, above.).

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The nature of NRC's review will leave the resolution of these key safety issues to be completed later this decade. utilities committing to zero-carbon energy by midcentury have pointed to SMRs such as NuScale’s as an important round-the-clock addition to replace natural-gas-fired power plants to balance intermittent renewables.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

New projects with big price tags are looking for long-duration energy storage solutions In the summer of 2021, a flurry of R&D money was flying into new long-duration energy storage technologies. This project would be the first compressed air storage enterprise that doesn't rely on naturally occuring underground salt domes.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 17, 2021

Retrofits offer the cost-savings and health benefits of eco-friendly homes without the large price tag of newly-built green homes. smart thermostats) and the opportunity for renewable energy generation. As a side-benefit, natural light can improve one’s mood and set the stage for a good-night’s sleep.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 15, 2024

Geothermal energy accounts for less than 1% of today’s global renewable capacity despite its enormous potential as a carbon-free, continuous source of heat and electricity (IRENA, 2023). This is a renewed opportunity for geothermal energy to become an important strategic solution to diversify and localise heat and energy production.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

To get a better understanding of the city’s legacy, DeSmog tagged along to an activist-led tour organised by Brussels based advocacy group, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and local activists at Glasgow Calls Out Polluters. Teekay Shipping. Barclays Bank.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 6, 2020

” In his 15 years working in renewables, Bauer co-founded one of the industry's first private "YieldCos", raised nearly a billion dollars for one of solar's brightest burning stars, and started a new company built on the lessons learned from the last one. Starting out in renewables.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Previous unconfirmed reports have estimated a price tag for the Sizewell project of between £16-20bn. Electric heat pumps and hydrogen, green gas and shared heat networks all have their part to play.". How to get the project to a position where it can be green lit remains the subject of intense debate.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Shell - Gas to liquids (GTL) | Shell Natural Gas. This is the practice where natural gas is separated into hydrogen and CO2. As the technology is almost a century-old, there are many oil and gas majors who have great experience with it. Shell’s contract with Qatar provides them with the input gas for free.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

The majority of Denbury’s revenue comes from EOR, which involves injecting CO2 into the ground in order to extend the life of oil fields, and ~60% of the price tag likely covered the value of Denbury’s oil production rather than the CCS infrastructure. Source: Natural Gas Intelligence IRA enticement: The EOR to CCS pipeline?

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Transforming this fossil feedstock and the industry behind it requires an immense amount of green hydrogen, in the very least 2GW of renewable energy coming from a windfarm like IJmuiden Ver. As it is almost a century-old technology, there are many oil and gas majors who have great experience with it. The reason?

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Helium is a completely non-renewable resource, so the natural supply is always on decline. Related: Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s to be fur-free by 2021 Recognizing helium is a limited resource, special consideration is given to the gas at the end of each parade. In fact, some estimates say we’ll run out in the next 50 years.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

The carbon footprint of a business is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions released by an organization. From switching to renewable energy suppliers to retrofitting workspaces and conducting energy audits, the tips we give are to be used as guidance, along with your carbon footprint report, to help you develop a carbon-neutral strategy.

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

The carbon footprint of a business is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions released by an organization. From switching to renewable energy suppliers to retrofitting workspaces and conducting energy audits, the tips we give are to be used as guidance, along with your carbon footprint report, to help you develop a carbon-neutral strategy.

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Companies understand that financial success and thriving markets go hand-in-hand, so they’re naturally inclined to care about how climate change affects their customers, employees, suppliers, communities and more. Let’s start with the “emitters,” such as oil and gas companies and utilities. See Figure 1, above.)

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Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Natural gas’s notorious price volatility has been making a comeback — in a big way. The UK is experiencing a natural gas price surge so severe that the government stepped in to prevent a cascade down the supply chain that threatened to create food shortages. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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