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Southern Company Commits to Net-Zero Carbon by 2050, but Seeks New Gas Plants for Now

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utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

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Enel X and Eaton Team on Solar and Storage Microgrid in Puerto Rico

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territory reimagines an electricity system severely damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017. Microgrids as well as solar and storage have grown in popularity in Puerto Rico since Hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. Once a combined-heat-and-power project, it now relies on natural gas. Resiliency, clean energy on an island grid.

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Startup tackles decarbonizing industrial heat processes

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In order to manufacture products, companies in the industry sector must burn fuel, typically natural gas, to create heat. Technologies such as geothermal, biomass and solar, which Skyven initially focused on, can provide an alternative to natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes.

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Gas Group That Calls Climate Goals ‘Pie in the Sky’ Got $1.2M from BC Government

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An industry group that’s called Canada’s federal climate targets “unachievable” and referred to opponents of oil and gas expansion as “climate alarmists” has received nearly $1.23 It counts among its affiliate members LNG Canada, a $40 billion gas export project on B.C.’s If exposed to air, it quickly vaporizes back to its gas form.

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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

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billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas.

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Renewable Power Topped Fossil Fuels in UK During Q3

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for the whole of the third quarter, the first time that has happened, according to research by the Carbon Brief. Fossil fuels’ share of the electricity mix was 10 times larger than renewables’ a decade ago, Carbon Brief's data shows. insisting that it could manage a carbon neutral grid as early as 2025.

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New Plans Reveal How China’s Grid Is Prepping for Net-Zero Carbon

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General Assembly that the country is aiming to be carbon-neutral by 2060. It will likely include more details on the first stages of this path to net-zero carbon. GW in 2012 to 130 GW in 2017, according to data from the Asia Europe Clean Energy Advisory. Building a grid and power market fit for net-zero carbon.