DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 28, 2022

Singer, an American atmospheric physicist who died in 2020, argued that climate change was natural and not increased by human-caused carbon dioxide emissions. Peterson responded to the criticism on Thursday in tweets to his 2.2 He argued that warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions was “trivial”.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 12, 2021

Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) in Colombia will hold a public auction to sell 2 million certificates of carbon credits from three hydroelectric plants and one wind farm. A carbon credit is equivalent to 1 ton of CO2 that is no longer emitted into the atmosphere.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 16, 2021

For comparison, the Fort McMurray fire of 2016 was up to six times more likely as a result of global warming. As Alberta updates its fossil-fuel-heavy electricity grid, the province is on track to see a surge in wind power jobs. and the EU—eye carbon tariffs on future imports. The recent announcement of a $1.3-billion

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Let Them Eat Carbon’. Matthew Sinclair, who will be Truss’s chief economic advisor, wrote a book in 2011 called “Let Them Eat Carbon”, which criticised efforts to cut emissions, claiming they were unlikely to work and gave money to “special interests”. Huge investment in renewables etc -> higher profits -> higher prices.”.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

That’s not just unfair to the state’s most vulnerable residents, the report argues — it could also make it more expensive to electrify transportation and building heating with carbon-free power. But that will leave customers without those DERs on the other side of a “growing divide in the cost of service.”

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2022

Boris Johnson is set to push ahead with plans to loosen planning rules to allow an expansion of onshore wind capacity across England and Wales, according to reports, despite the misgivings of some Cabinet members who continue to view turbines as a blight on the countryside. 89% of councils don't allow wind ??96%

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 8, 2021

Innovate UK launched Women in Innovation in 2016, after research revealed that just one in seven applications for Innovate UK support came from women. Christina King , (45) from Sheffield, is disrupting the power generation, transportation and manufacturing markets with Tribsonics. Dr Emma Fieldhouse. Natasha Boulding.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

The 4 gigawatt plant will be completely powered by wind and solar energy. All of the zero-carbon fuel it produces will be shipped to international buyers in the form of ammonia. Peter Terium is a Dutch business executive and was the Chief Executive Officer of innogy from 1 April 2016 until 19 December 2017.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Notable clean energy statistics from the pandemic year include: Power Generation. Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

Climate change has been linked to carbon emissions, yet another reason for businesses to change. Facilities, including buildings, cleaning and maintenance, bathrooms, food service, heating, air conditioning, landscaping, lighting, solar and wind power. The Financial Risk of Not Being Sustainable. ROI From Increased Sales.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

The 4 gigawatt plant will be completely powered by wind and solar energy. All of the zero-carbon fuel it produces will be shipped to international buyers in the form of ammonia. Peter Terium is a Dutch business executive and was the Chief Executive Officer of innogy from 1 April 2016 until 19 December 2017.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2020

Yesterday the UK government opened the door again to onshore wind, marking a further shift in Conservative attitudes to this important low carbon technology. Their manifesto enthused that Britain was "uniquely placed to be the world's first low carbon economy: we have the natural resources to generate wind and wave power".

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

For most of history since Thomas Edison, electric power was pretty simple. It mostly came from large power plants that used a few different fuels, mostly fossil, and with exceptions like nuclear or hydroelectric power, emitted tons of carbon dioxide. Hybrid resources are a powerful alternative to natural gas.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

There is also a pressing need to reduce carbon emissions and businesses need to be part of the solution. Facilities, including buildings, cleaning and maintenance, bathrooms, food service, heating, air conditioning, landscaping, lighting, solar and wind power. the product’s reuse and recycling potential).

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

There is also a pressing need to reduce carbon emissions and businesses need to be part of the solution. Facilities, including buildings, cleaning and maintenance, bathrooms, food service, heating, air conditioning, landscaping, lighting, solar and wind power. the product’s reuse and recycling potential).

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Set science-based carbon reduction targets for operations. Set internal prices on carbon to incentivize reductions, preferably imposing an internal tax that collects funds or using “shadow” prices to influence investment decision making. Really sticking to the latest science, however, requires an accelerating pace of carbon reduction.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Official statistics also show there are already around 400,000 jobs in low-carbon businesses and their supply chains across the UK, with turnover estimated at £41.2bn in 2020. Both And there is much, much more to come.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

According to Kurnik, hydroponics and aeroponic farming use less water and don't degrade soil like traditional farming, but for vertical farming to become environmentally sustainable on a carbon emissions level, these systems need to source electricity from renewables such as solar, wind or hydro.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 30, 2021

In Europe, companies and countries are diversifying into renewables as illustrated by the following: Denmark, leading the world in wind power, recently stopped exploration for oil and gas, and plans to close its oil production by 2050. Norway has a vibrant oil and gas industry, most of it exported along with a high carbon footprint.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

” All the scenarios found carbon savings, too, with CO 2 reductions ranging from 2.6 ” And because Texas’ wind power generation is higher in winter, a winter peak would better match the expected higher load from all-electric heating to the availability of zero-carbon electricity. A conservative estimate.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

According to research group Zero Carbon Analytics, the European Union has already substituted almost 75 per cent of Russian fossil gas imports with alternative sources of energy, while global gas demand has plateaued for the first time and is now forecast to peak by the end of the decade. per cent, the Europe Beyond Coal database shows."

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It is one of the reasons why no wind turbines have been installed there since 2016 — alongside planning restrictions and removal of government subsidy to the sector. Cornwall Council invested £3 million, and will own and operate the turbine as part of its plans to make the county carbon-neutral by 2030.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 1, 2022

Meanwhile, at the national level, the Biden administration has set a bold goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. coastal states are leaning heavily on the prospect of ocean renewable energy (ORE), particularly offshore wind. offshore wind project, commencing operation in 2016. 1 (2013): 266–278, [link].

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

Reaching 50% renewables by the end of this decade would still remain well short of President Biden’s call for 80% clean power by 2030 (assuming “clean” means “renewable” and does not include nuclear power or fossil fuels with carbon capture). or more.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

There was the hope and expectation that the Paris Agreement would start to change things, the knowledge that global emissions had plateaued and might just be starting to bend downwards , the thrill of seeing the costs of solar, batteries, and wind power falling faster than anyone expected.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 17, 2021

The Clean Energy Jobs Act would require mandatory closure dates for all coal plants in the state, including the Prairie State Energy Campus, a 1,600-megawatt southern Illinois power station that is by far the state’s largest carbon emitter. And without carbon emissions, it might not need to close under an Illinois energy law.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

At the same time, climate change has begun directly impacting utilities — from hurricanes that have forced billions in recovery and grid-hardening costs for utilities like NextEra’s Florida Power & Light and Texas’s Oncor, to the wildfires that drove Pacific Gas & Electric into bankruptcy. Today, no U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

These regions have some of the best wind power resources in the country and are seeing a massive growth of wind farms to take advantage of it. A 2016 report from The Brattle Group found full market integration could deliver $1 billion to $1.5 billion per year in electricity costs.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

“It presents such a tremendous opportunity for North Carolina on many fronts,” said Jaime Simmons, program manager for the Southeastern Wind Coalition, a member of the new group. It’s a necessary component to carbon neutrality by 2050. But most of the excitement about wind power in North Carolina is off the coast.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

As the credit neared its phaseout and the Clean Power Plan awaited implementation, analysts warned of an “unprecedented boom” through 2016 before solar hit the skids and dropped into a pit of uncertainty through 2019. Four years ago, the U.S. “[But] the utility of the production tax credit, in our eyes, has passed.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There is a widely held belief in the Democrat camp that Hillary Clinton, despite winning the popular vote in 2016, failed to motivate important demographics to turn out in crucial swing states, including - very broadly speaking - youth and minority groups. That is, at least, the picture Joe Biden's campaign has sought to paint.

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