Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

But new analysis today highlights that while fossil fuel prices spiked in the wake of Russia's illegal invasions, western economies have managed to quickly curb their reliance on Russian oil, gas, and coal. Renewable power capacity added worldwide rose by about a quarter in 2022.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

Kimiko Hirata, 50, fought coal plant construction in Japan following the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Berta Cáceres, who fought dams in Honduras and was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2015, was assassinated in 2016. As the shale oil and gas rush spread across the U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

Back in March 2016, the government launched a competition to identify the best value SMR design for the UK. It comes at a time in which private sector funding for larger nuclear power stations is proving to be extremely difficult. To the best of my knowledge, nobody has ever claimed that prize, of £250m.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

Researchers at NYU’s Marron Institute recently published a review of 2011 to 2016 data for 4,000 buildings finding that the city’s mandatory energy audits resulted in energy use reductions of 2.5 The proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line would carry hydropower from Quebec south to New York City.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

Its latest 3-year data foresee the net capacity for coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear power combined dropping by more than 14 gigawatts (GW) whereas renewables – mostly solar and wind – are forecast to grow by over 64 GW. adding about 1.35% to its share each year). or more.

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Earth Gratitude

AUGUST 27, 2017

Anti-Nuclear Power Plant Rally on 19 September 2011 at Meiji Shrine Outer Garden. Power to the People! Department of Energy that is focused on the future, preserving our resources and powering the grid with clean energy. Support a ban on nuclear weapons. © WikiMedia Commons. Used with permission.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It also has set and met ambitious clean energy and has the potential to produce an enormous amount of clean electricity, heat, and hydrogen with offshore wind and nuclear power. It will also require an extensive build out of nuclear power and a 3.5x At 2016 prices, this would save around £6 billion per year.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

The US grid got its first new nuclear power in nearly seven years last week. Plant Vogtle began commercial operations from the first of two new reactors, but the over-budget and years-delayed project could be the last hurrah for big nuclear construction in America. Happy Monday!

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The time is therefore now to plan an orderly wind-down of fossil fuel assets and manage the impact on the global economy rather than try to sustain the unsustainable. The worst year for oil ever Oil fueled the 20th century. Many of us now believe it is not a matter of if, but when we will transition away from fossil fuels.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

Russia's war in Ukraine - which itself was completely unexpected by pretty much everyone this time last year, bar a handful of vindicated intelligence agents - could yet result in a stunning victory for Ukraine, a stinging defeat for tyrannical authoritarianism, and a step change in the pace of the West's transition away from fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And as a trove of industry documents reveals, Exxon is far from the only fossil fuel company selling carbon capture as its golden ticket to continue pumping its products, despite internal concerns about the technology’s feasibility. For more than three decades, our LaBarge facility in Wyoming has been a center for #carboncapture.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 11, 2020

Since her election to the Senate in 2016, Harris has emerged as a leader among Democrats and has become known for her sharp questioning in congressional hearings. Early on in her campaign, Harris signed the fossil fuel pledge to decline money from oil and gas companies.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 17, 2020

While the details are complex and still in development, their result would be to force administratively set minimum prices on future wind and solar resources, energy efficiency, demand response, and nuclear power plants in PJM's capacity market. The particular threat for Illinois.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Menendez asked Perry whether Trump had asked him to convey his “desire for assistance in investigating one of his political opponents or their family members, or unsubstantiated theories related to Ukraine’s involvement in the 2016 U.S. nuclear arsenal and investing billions of dollars into advanced energy research.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, want grid operator New England ISO to give renewable energy a bigger role and fossil-fuel-fired generators a smaller one. The program was approved by FERC in March 2018, and ISO-NE held its first auction under the CASPR rules in February.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 7, 2023

Yes, the categories are fossil fuels, nuclear power, and renewable energy. But, fossil fuel production has increased by 48% since 2005. For context, that price was slightly higher than it was two years earlier ($2.52), and also above the price in January 2015 ($2.21), 2016 ($2.03), or 2017 ($2.38).

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