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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. When oil and gas companies say that they’re getting out of oil and gas, shouldn’t you? COVID-19 constricted commuting, and demand for refined oil products fell fast.

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Arizona Utility APS Charts 15-Year Plan on Its Way to Zero-Carbon Energy by 2050

GreenTechMedia

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. million-customer utility, said in a Tuesday interview.

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Future Energy Scenarios 2021: Power generation in Britain could be emissions net negative by 2034

Business Green

The latest edition of National Grid ESO's Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2021 predicts there are a number of ways that power generation in Britain could become emissions net negative by 2034 helping to put the UK on track to become a net zero emission economy by mid-century. Both of these scenarios would meet the UK's Sixth Carbon Budget.

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The Future(s) of Fossil Fuels - 2018

Mr. Sustainability

Population growth will plateau after 2030-2040, causing energy demand to stabilize and decline afterwards. causing major disruptions for the oil and gas majors. World Population Growth It can be stated that energy demand for the future is driven by two basic drivers: world population growth and average income growth.

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Cheap Wind and Solar Should Prompt ‘Rethink’ on Role of CCS, Paper Argues

DeSmogBlog

The falling cost of wind and solar power significantly reduces the need for carbon capture and storage technology to tackle climate change, a new paper has argued. In the near-term, the additional demand for clean electricity is met predominantly by solar PV, which provides over half of additional renewable generation in 2030.

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

AGreenLiving

Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. When oil and gas companies say that they’re getting out of oil and gas, shouldn’t you? In April, the bubble popped, perhaps forever: Oil future prices hit negative $37 a barrel.

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Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

DeSmogBlog

She was invited on the show (1:24) to discuss the National Grid’s ‘demand flexibility service’ scheme, under which households and some businesses receive payments for using less energy at times of peak demand.