GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

In 2019, offset sellers saw a fivefold increase in purchases, after years of low demand in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Flight-shamed consumers were demanding them. The steep drop in fuel and electricity consumption has slowed consumer demand for carbon offsets in the short term. Is this time different?

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Carbon Startups Demand Energy 130

R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

I heard that in 2008 when oil prices first topped $100 a barrel. Those high oil prices caused a recession, which reduced demand, which reduced prices. Thus, new supplies may come online even as demand softens. Eventually demand recovers, but new supply stagnates. This time there is no easy cure.”

Lithium 60

Lithium Demand Batteries North America 60

GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. . The price of oil plunged below zero on some days, and customer demand remains at an all-time low. Cheap electricity will increase access to clean water.

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Incubators Incubators Resilience Innovation 466

GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Here are some notable learnings from his interview with GreenBiz: The Hewlett Foundation (HF) has been a long-term, large funder in clean transportation since 2008. In the past, the strategy was around minimizing pollution through reducing the demand for miles, energy and engine efficiency, and mobility pricing. Electric Vehicles.

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Transportation Europe Electric vehicle Climate change 413

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

Schneider Electric, Ørsted, and Banco de Brasil have been named the world's most environmentally-sustainable major companies, with sustainability having remained a top business priority in 2020 even despite the devastating impacts of the coronavirus crisis, fresh analysis today has found.

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Sustainability Electricity Real Estate Investment 95

R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

Natural gas and coal demand stayed nearly flat with oil rebounding close to pre-pandemic levels. Primary Global Energy Consumption 2022 ROBERT RAPIER Global energy demand grew by 1.1% Global coal demand grew by 0.6% The growth in demand was largely driven by China (1%) and India (4%). Oil demand grew by 3.1%

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Energy Energy 78

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 25, 2020

These lumps of hydrocarbons historically played a vital role in America’s electricity mix, accounting for a third of the country’s energy production as recently as 2008. coal production has dropped 40 percent since its peak 12 years ago, and the commodity accounted for only 14 percent of the country’s electricity generation last year.

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Natural gas Demand Electricity Energy 119

GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Until very recently, investor demands regarding environmental impact largely have focused on the climate crisis and greenhouse gas emissions. BNP Paribas, France’s largest bank, last month pledged to stop financing companies that produce or buy beef or soybeans cultivated on land in the Amazon cleared or converted after 2008.

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Investment 545

GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

In 2008, Exxon made a record $40.6 COVID-19 constricted commuting, and demand for refined oil products fell fast. For fundamental economic reasons, solar power generation plus battery storage will provide at least half of electric power generation globally by 2030. What happened?

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Fossil fuels Natural gas Carbon-negative Organic 522

Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

Global Energy Review notes that renewables will be the only energy source to expand in 2020 despite a dramatic nosedive in energy demand worldwide caused by Covid-19's shutdown of economic and public life. Only renewables are holding up during the previously unheard-of slump in electricity use. per cent, the report said.

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Carbon Carbon-negative Natural gas Demand 100

GreenBiz

JULY 16, 2020

The primary reason I started covering the business of sustainability during the 2008 financial crisis wasn’t just because I was laid off from my position as editor of a technology trade publication. The electronic waste collection conundrum. Heather Clancy. Thu, 07/16/2020 - 01:15. First, some stats.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 510

R-Squared Energy

JUNE 3, 2022

Because I had already seen gasoline prices approach that level when I was living in the Netherlands in 2008, and the roads were still packed with cars. Energy demand just isn’t that elastic in the short term, so people pay what they have to pay to get to work. Here is how I saw things playing out. But it wasn’t enough.

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Policy Fossil fuels Energy Energy 60

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

While the 100% RE vision has somewhat become mainstream in the renewable energy bubble, the importance of reducing demand for energy is still often overlooked. Lessons from the 2008 financial crisis. Both areas triggered unemployment reduction and stimulated further investments, ultimately reducing costs and increasing demand.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Packaging 82

R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Thus, with demand largely recovered to pre-pandemic levels, we are still undersupplied relative to two years ago. There are also demand factors that OPEC has to consider. High oil prices create incentives for alternatives, like faster adoption of electric vehicles. So, how will it all shake out? I still believe the U.S.

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Demand Electric vehicle Electricity Energy 113

Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Global greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation are on course for a dramatic seven per cent drop in 2020 due to plummeting economic activity caused by the coronavirus crisis, setting the scene for renewables to dominate the recovery at the expense of fossil fuels. per cent today.

Fossil fuels 91

Fossil fuels Demand Government Policy 91

Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

This type of coordinated energy systems approach can use hydrogen to simultaneously decarbonize transport, industry and heat by identifying and involving regional industry and consumer demand and matching this to energy supply opportunities and industry investment. Production costs. We must do more. Production will follow.

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Hydrogen Energy Energy Policy 130

R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In 2008 — his last full year in office — production averaged 5.0 In 2008 gasoline futures averaged $2.45 The biggest impact Joe Biden could make on the oil industry would be to get the pandemic under control as quickly as possible, which would allow demand for oil to rebound somewhat. The year before Bush was inaugurated U.S.

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Natural gas Policy Fossil fuels Electric vehicle 60

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

“Even Sunrun wasn’t public in 2008.” The industry's challenge is not a lack of demand, Sachdev said, but rather the inability to reach customers in the traditional ways, such as door-to-door sales. ” Lasting impact on C&I demand? “We are still seeing good interest in our product.

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Demand Sustainability Energy Energy 130

R-Squared Energy

APRIL 9, 2020

There were those who believed that oil production would peak and begin to decline in the face of high global demand. In this version, exponential increases in electric vehicles (EVs) and ride-sharing are predicted to be two key factors that will make oil obsolete. In this version, oil prices plunge as demand starts to fall.

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Demand Electric vehicle Energy Energy 60

Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 14, 2022

Canada’s oil and gas patch is partying like it’s 2008, though most Canadian drivers are not enjoying the festive mood. Sales of gas-powered cars already peaked in 2017, and global automakers are racing to meet electric-vehicle (EV) demand. But historically, prices go back up, and the cycle repeats. And the U.S. And the U.S.

Fossil fuels 52

Fossil fuels Government Demand Natural gas 52

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

After the painful financial crash of 2008/9, the political atmosphere in Ireland ahead of the lifting of quotas was febrile. While agriculture has come out with the lowest targets, Ireland’s electricity sector has been handed the hugely challenging objective of a 75 per cent carbon reduction by 2030. Irish Agriculture.

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Agriculture Methane Politics Transportation 90

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

For South Carolina, solar PV paired battery storage (solar+storage) can be more than just a tool to reduce demand and offset fossil-fuel consumption. These technologies can be used to create community resilience hubs throughout the state, providing services during hurricanes and other extreme weather events.

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Solar Energy Monitor Policy Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 102

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

When we started Sol Systems around a dinner table in 2008, PV modules cost $3/watt — and that was a recent breakthrough. Solar is now the least expensive source of electricity in two-thirds of the world. Investor demand for yield is also forcing developers to get more creative in how they structure projects.

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Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 100

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

New regulations, innovations in recovery technology and shifting market demands are all aspects of the ongoing shift to a circular economy, in which metal recycling is playing an important part. Economic growth has driven ongoing demand for waste metals since 2000. How much is used worldwide?

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Recycling Recycling 130

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

A transition toward 100 percent clean electricity is underway in the United States, led by cities and states across the country. Unbundled RECs allow for the environmental attributes of the renewable energy resource to be purchased separately from the physical electricity delivery. Target timelines also vary. Washington D.C.

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Energy Energy Policy Electricity 100

Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

While there is broad consensus that zero emission deep sea trade vessels must be commercialised by the end of this decade if the sector is to stand any chance of reaching its 2050 climate goal of halving emissions compared to 2008, the low carbon fuels and technology solutions required for shipping decarbonisation remain in their infancy.

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Carbon Logistics Hydrogen Technology 65

Business Green

JULY 19, 2020

CCS, hydrogen, battery storage and electric vehicles were all cited as technologies that would make the biggest impact on the UK's decarbonisation goals. Back in 2011, DSR (demand side response) was a fairly new concept - fast forward a decade and businesses are now active participants, helping to balance the grid and reduce emissions.

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Policy Technology Demand Electric vehicle 76

AGreenLiving

MAY 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nationwide energy supply-and-demand patterns. electricity consumption. Bulk electricity usage by commercial businesses and industrial manufacturing has given way to increased household electricity consumption as the general population isolates at home.

Business Energy Monitoring 28

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 5, 2020

In the first quarter of 2020, global energy demand decreased by 3.8%, thanks in large part to lockdowns in Europe and North America. The analysis concluded that countries in full lockdown averaged a 25% weekly decline in energy demand, while countries in partial lockdown averaged 18%. Oil demand was also down, falling nearly 5%.

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North America Demand Aviation Europe 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nationwide energy supply-and-demand patterns. electricity consumption. Bulk electricity usage by commercial businesses and industrial manufacturing has given way to increased household electricity consumption as the general population isolates at home.

Business Energy Monitoring 28

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 28

Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Any one of these three shocks alone "is enough to force fresh thinking" and as such the UK's economic plans must be "more like 1945 than 2008", Danker will say, highlighting the creation of the NHS and welfare state after the Second World War as key examples of the radical policy moves that helped drive post-war reconstruction.

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Politics Climate change Government Construction 83

Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

The rhetoric has been hugely welcome and has contrasted positively with the months and years following the financial crash of 2008, during which proposals for green stimulus packages struggled to secure meaningful traction and a wave of new fossil fuel investment locked in another decade of rising global emissions.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 93

Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

The UK did not seize the opportunity to transform its economy for the better when it responded to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis," said Nick Molho, executive director at the Aldersgate Group.

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Resilience Investment Education Government 84

Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

Gabrielle Ginér, BT's head of environmental sustainability, discusses the CO2 benefits of digital services and the challenges of shifting to a fully electric vehicle fleet. The firm has committed to transitioning the entire fleet over to run on electricity, but the project faces significant challenges.

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Electric vehicle Carbon Government Electricity 78

Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

The UK's net zero target also relies on a continued increase in demaned for electric vehicles (EVs), and as such the report highlights the need for the government to support a major roll out of EV infrastructure at domestic properties across the country, as well as in public spaces.

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Carbon-neutral Energy Energy Fossil fuels 75

Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

The UK's net zero target also relies on a continued increase in demaned for electric vehicles (EVs), and as such the report highlights the need for the government to support a major roll out of EV infrastructure at domestic properties across the country, as well as in public spaces.

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Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels Energy Energy 69

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 20, 2020

In 2008, she founded Enertech Search Partners, a boutique talent acquisition firm which partners with companies that are committed to having a meaningful impact on the significant issues that face our world. an app that enables on-demand repair of electric vehicle charging stations. Refunds provided up to 24 hours in advance.

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Electric vehicle Logistics Electricity Investment 52