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Xcel Targets $1.4B in Wind and Solar Investments, Outlines Broader Carbon-Reduction Goals

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billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. EVs, green hydrogen and energy storage. Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4

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U.S. Coal Consumption Down 50% From Peak

R-Squared Energy

Fossil fuels are composed of carbon and hydrogen. When hydrocarbons are combusted, the carbon forms carbon dioxide and the hydrogen forms water. Regulations eventually reined in that problem, but coal-fired power plants still emit pollutants like mercury. They even emit more radioactive elements than a nuclear power plant.

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'Societal engagement is essential': New study shines light on net zero challenges

Business Green

The report - titled Innovating to Net Zero - also argues all pathways to net zero emissions require major investments in CCUS, hydrogen, and low carbon electricity generation. Feeding the growth in CCUS, meanwhile, more land would also be needed for biomass crops capable of providing in the region of 120TWh of power a year.

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Can Joe Biden Decarbonize The U.S. Power Sector By 2035?

R-Squared Energy

He didn’t mention nuclear power or carbon sequestration in this speech, but his website does mention them among four specific goals designed to decarbonize the power sector. Small modular nuclear reactors at half the construction cost of today’s reactors. Thus, this is a monumental undertaking.

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The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Renewable Energy World

We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. It projected that annual carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector would rise from 2,400 million to 3,000 million metric tons from 2005 to 2020. All require more research.

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What is in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022? We summarize.

38 North Solutions

The Rhodium Group released preliminary analysis of the bill finding that the Inflation Reduction Act would cut US net greenhouse gas emissions down to 31% to 44% below 2005 levels in 2030 compared to 24% to 35% under current policy. ZERO EMISSION NUCLEAR POWER PRODUCTION CREDIT. CLEAN HYDROGEN.

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The steel industry will soon have little use for Cumbrian coal

Business Green

He (conveniently) argued the government is "committed to give more power to councils to make their own decisions on planning issues". It is an argument I am sure will be noted by Suffolk County Council, which has refused planning permission for EDF's proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station.

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