Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Estimates indicate that power demand could double between now and 2050 and generation capacity will need to be up to 3 times larger. 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.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. On Saturday, a newly built jetty is due to welcome the Norwegian-flagged Höegh Esperanza, a 280-metre vessel capable of offloading cargoes of natural gas supercooled into liquid form, then shipped across the ocean in specialised tankers.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

That’s how much additional capacity Duke expects to need in the next 15 years to make up for the retirement of its coal-fired power plant fleet and aging natural-gas plants. But in the high-wind and no-new-natural-gas scenarios, those costs increase to between $7.5 billion and nearly $9 billion.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This is notable because it would actually boost the demands on the power sector, which will increase the challenges of decarbonizing the sector. still obtained 63% of its electricity from fossil fuels. GW, but demand would grow to over 100 GW per year under Biden’s plan. We’re going to make a major investment to build 1.5

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

Quebec’s emissions have declined 10% since 1990 and 12% since 2005. ” “In 2021, Washington consumed less natural gas than about half of the states, and in 2020, the state used less per capita than all but four other states and the District of Columbia. Quebec’s GHG emissions in 2020 were 76.2 MMT CO2e in 2018 to 21.9

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There, he met with OPUC staff in person and exchanged emails with Lori Koho, then OPUC’s senior official overseeing natural gas utilities. He hoped that his list of complaints would show “how the unethical culture [at NW Natural] goes all the way to the top,” as one of his emails to Koho explains.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Farmers, retailers, and processors also drive greenhouse gas emissions by clearing trees, using fossil-fuel derived synthetic fertilisers and in packing transport, packaging and storage. Overall numbers of attendees have doubled since COP27 – and also include over 2,400 delegates linked to fossil fuel industries.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A new report warns that oil and gas production in the United States is expected to rise under Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), even as the legislation helps to moderately lower fossil fuel demand through billions of dollars in clean energy investments.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2005, Jacobson worked with Stanford students to begin mapping regions of the U.S. In 2008, Jacobson teamed up with student, Graeme Hoste, to assess whether California’s hourly demand for electricity could be satisfied with a combination of renewable power sources. The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

The inflation reduction act clean energy transition: Supporting businesses navigate rising fossil fuel energy costs The inflation reduction act clean energy transition comes at a time where rising fossil fuel energy costs are hitting businesses hard. Inflation rates in the U.S.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2022

Faced with falling natural gas prices and the growth in wind and solar energy, coal plants from Illinois to New Mexico closed their doors. In 2005, coal plants generated 2 trillion kilowatt-hours of American power; by 2020, that number had been cut by more than half. greenhouse gas emissions edged down.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

Fossil fuel usage will plummet. No need for Germany to rely on Russian gas. If ultimately oil demand falls and Keystone XL isn’t needed, then that’s on the company that owns the pipeline. That brings me to Russia’s natural gas. Let’s consider the natural gas industry in the U.S. Natural Gas.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Amid a historic economic contraction, renewable resources grew to account for a fifth of electricity produced in 2020, according to newly released data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, a coalition of clean energy, utility and natural gas companies.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2021

This includes: investor concerns about the environmental impact of Canada’s oil sands; more oil supply from OPEC, which would compete with Canadian oil; and the long-term uncertainty about oil demand amid a global shift away from fossil fuels. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), said in a statement. Aitkin County, Minnesota. CC BY-SA 2.0).

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

“But four hurricanes since 2005 and sea level rise — it really decimated this coastline.” Rita was really, really bad,” he said, referring to the 2005 hurricane that decimated Cameron Parish. John Allaire, a former environmental engineer in the oil industry, photographed with fossil fuel infrastructure behind.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Given the challenges of energy transition, Europe is optimally positioned to lead this movement by implementing political and economic policies that will incentivize oil and gas companies to leave fossil fuels behind and make the transition to deep geothermal. billion metric tons of CO2 each year from fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. utilities are on track to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by 2030 compared to a 2005 baseline, the target needed to prevent global warming beyond 1.5

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

It contains natural gas, helium, and carbon dioxide. Most of these carbon-capture projects are run by fossil fuel companies. Big Oil likes to celebrate the technology: By putting carbon back in the ground, the industry can provide consumers with the benefits of fossil fuel without the full climate impact. “If

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The rapidly declining costs of clean energy mean the gas plants mandated in the bill will almost certainly cost large ratepayers more than would cleaner alternatives, a reversal from a decade ago. For decades, the provision favored fossil fuel plants over more expensive wind and solar farms. New competition for natural gas.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. million people find jobs since 2005.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 4, 2023

on a path to cut emissions 40% by 2030 (from 2005 levels). It accelerated the short-term investment in some replacement fossil fuels (like LNG) but seems to be spurring on a faster transition to clean energy in the EU. Meanwhile, HSBC announced it would stop some key sources of financing to the fossil fuel industry.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 7, 2023

energy production and demand numbers here in the Primary Energy Overview table. It would require quite a large conspiracy to game the system on such a scale that you are literally reporting false energy production and demand numbers. Yes, the categories are fossil fuels, nuclear power, and renewable energy. Because U.S.

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