Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Carbon offsetting is the idea that companies can continue to produce the same level of or even increase the amount of carbon emissions if they put in place something to offset their emissions. A study by ALPLA found that using recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) produced 79 per cent fewer carbon emissions than virgin PET.

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Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Plastics Recycling 234

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Graphite comes in two forms: natural graphite, which is mined, and synthetic graphite, which is produced from petroleum coke or coal tar. Here lies the emissions issue: Graphite is only produced by crushing and then roasting a mined product or as a byproduct of coal mining or oil refining.

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Batteries Lithium Demand Fossil fuels 130

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2021

They're matched with a new wave of manufacturing growth by firms including Jinko Solar and Longi, plus expansions further up the supply chain to the polysilicon producers as well. A 2018 study by a group of Chinese researchers modeled the growth in electricity from 2020 to 2030 at 64 percent. The coal question.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 13, 2020

In China, coal and gas boilers make up more than 90 percent of heating sources. They do not produce heat — rather, they transfer heating and cooling from the outside to the inside of a building, and vice versa. On average, heat pumps can produce 3 kW of equivalent of heating after consuming 1 kW of electricity. In the U.S.,

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Fossil fuels Natural gas Demand Policy 130

R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

coal consumption peaked about a decade ago. Since the peak in 2007, coal consumption in the U.S. There are two primary reasons behind coal’s death spiral. This made it economical for power plants to switch from coal to natural gas. Power produced from natural gas has lower associated carbon dioxide emissions.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

The LCOE looks at the all-in cost to build, operate, and maintain power plants and then calculates the cost per megawatt-hour (MWh) of the energy produced based on all of those inputs. Similarly in India, new solar can achieve a levelized cost of $25/MWh, compared to an average cost of running existing coal-fired power plants at $26/MWh.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The record gas demand would have been even higher without the rolling blackouts, because more homes with central heat would have run either gas-fired heaters or electric heat pumps, which would have been powered mostly by coal or gas-fired generators if those weren't on outage. On top of replacing coal generation, the U.S.

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

R-Squared Energy

JUNE 24, 2023

Indeed, carbon can be extracted from air, and hydrogen can be produced from water. I could easily devise a scheme to produce acetaminophen from air and water. But they were taking their carbon source from coal. That, in turn, creates logistical problems in getting any liquid fuel produced to market in an economical manner.

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Hydrogen Electric vehicle Law Waste 60

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Among its specific pledges, BlackRock said it will divest from companies deriving 25 percent or more of their revenue from thermal coal, and press companies to make climate and sustainability disclosures aligned with Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 130

R-Squared Energy

JULY 15, 2019

Previous articles in this series covered carbon dioxide emissions, petroleum supply and demand, the production and consumption of coal, global natural gas trends, and the continued explosion in the growth of renewable energy: BP Warns Of An Unsustainable Path. Accounted For 98% Of Global Oil Production Growth In 2018. In 2018, the U.S.

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Nuclear Power Natural gas Demand Energy 60

R-Squared Energy

JULY 9, 2020

over the past decade, and coal grew globally at 0.8%. into the global lead among natural producers. The Top 10 producers of natural gas accounted for 70% of the world’s natural gas supply in 2019. The Top 6 consumers of natural gas are all listed among the Top 10 producers as well. In comparison, oil grew at a rate of 1.3%

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Natural gas Fossil fuels Demand Transportation 78

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

decreased by 38 percent and 2 percent, respectively, between 2010 and 2018. The same unfavorable economics have led to very few new coal plant constructions in the second half of the 2010s. Nowadays, successful manufacturers continue to produce at scale while innovating their business models and technology offerings.

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Technology Natural gas Innovation Electricity 246

GreenTechMedia

MAY 7, 2020

Great River Energy, the second-largest power supplier in Minnesota, announced plans Thursday to phase out coal power, add 1,100 megawatts of new wind capacity and expand market purchases, resulting in a cheaper electricity mix that is 95 percent carbon-free. GRE announced Thursday that it will shut down Coal Creek in the second half of 2022.

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Lithium Batteries Startups Technology 130

R-Squared Energy

JUNE 30, 2020

This was nearly 1 million BPD higher than consumption in 2018, and marked the 10th consecutive record for global oil consumption. Now, they have split biofuels into a separate category, so the consumption numbers above are for just oil and derivatives of natural gas and coal (e.g., Below are the Top 10 global oil producers in 2019.

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Natural gas Demand Europe Energy 78

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Russia has sent dozens of executives from the country’s vast fossil fuel industry to COP27, including two sanctioned oligarchs with significant interests in coal. Green MP Caroline Lucas said: “Russian coal billionaires with close ties to Putin should be nowhere near the COP27 climate conference. Sanctioned Coal Delegates.

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Fossil fuels Government Climate change Hydropower 79

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Just over one in ten directors across the insurers analysed worldwide had experience at companies operating in fossil fuels, including oil and gas companies, a major coal developer, and utility companies relying on fossil fuels for the power they produce. Which raises the obvious question, why? Why are they still doing that?”

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Pollution Fossil fuels Climate change Aviation 98

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 5, 2021

Lumps of coal litter the floor beside pools of oil and water leaking from decades-old machinery, relics of the Soviet era when workers flocked to build one of Bulgaria’s largest coal-fired facilities. for 2018, 79.5 The heart of Bobov Dol power plant is a hot, dark, noisy chamber. in 2019, and 76.2 Bobov Dol, Bulgaria.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 18, 2019

of global energy consumption in 2018. A company called 911 Metallurgist pulled together data from more than a dozen sources to created animated maps showing which countries currently produce the most oil, coal, and natural gas. A few weeks ago I received a press kit on this topic. This one, I felt, was. This one, I felt, was.

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Fossil fuels Natural gas Energy Energy 60

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Enel's coal capacity will be reduced 61 percent during the period. In 2018, Enel's Ebitda was €16.4 Germany’s RWE became one of the largest renewable energy power producers in Europe following an asset swap with rival E.On. gigawatts will be developed in new and emerging markets for the company.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Europe 130

Charged

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Unlike coal mining, bitcoin “mining” doesn’t destroy mountaintops or pollute rivers, but it does require amazing amounts of computing power, and thus gargantuan gobs of electricity. They estimate that the emissions produced by bitcoin are equivalent to the levels produced by the nations of Jordan and Sri Lanka.

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Carbon Blockchain Electricity Law 110

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

The UK government has given £20 billion more in support to fossil fuel producers than renewables companies since 2015. She claims that, in 2018, when she was chief secretary to the Treasury, she made “11th-hour attempts to ditch COP26”, the UN climate summit hosted by the UK in 2021, arguing that it was not a spending priority.

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COP Law Fossil fuels Climate change 128

The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

To achieve these goals, he raised four areas for changes and target setting, namely to (1) stop using coal power, (2) switch to zero emission vehicles, (3) climate finance, and (4) reverse tree losses. Some the notable goals include the suggestion for all countries to cut carbon emissions by 68% by 2030.

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Electricity Pollution Education Fossil fuels 195

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Aerial view of a coal-fired power plant: Capturing waste from point sources such as chimney flues is much easier than sucking it out of the surrounding air. The easiest way to capture CO2 is from point sources, such as chimney flues and places like coal-fired power stations. Envirotec writes. Direct capture: How does it work?

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Carbon-negative Carbon Europe Technology 227

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 7, 2021

Akuo, an independent renewable energy power producer and developer, announces that it has completed the acquisition of five small hydroelectric plants in Bulgaria with total installed capacity of 15.5 Akuo purchased the plants, on the Iskar River near Svoghe, from PVB Power Bulgaria.

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Hydropower Construction Electricity Energy 72

GreenTechMedia

JULY 2, 2020

where in 2018 it had none. Engie plans to transition the school to zero-carbon energy and cut out coal use by 2025. In 2018, Hannon provided a $50 equity investment in an Engie portfolio of distributed corporate and industrial solar projects. In April, Engie announced it had secured $1.6 Avice-Huet cited the U.S.

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Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 130

Grist

JANUARY 15, 2020

The 27-mile-long tributary flows through the ruins of abandoned coal mines, which sprawl beneath the southeast part of the state like a labyrinth. Once a hub of coal mining and railroad jobs, the village of 600 people is pockmarked with old mine sites. As of September 2018, states had identified an estimated $10.1

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

The second successful program is an urban agricultural solution for communities that is redefining local food systems, specifically how we produce and distribute food in our communities. . This plan not only aligns with the Green Works goals, but it also supports science-based targets to address the climate crisis.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

TWh produced Quebec is the largest producer of electricity in Canada and had an estimated generating capacity of 46,380 megawatts (MW) in 2019. ” [link] “New data on Washington’s greenhouse gas emissions show emissions rose almost 7% in 2019 from 2018, reaching 102.1 MMT CO2e in 2018 to 21.9 MMT of CO2e.

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Natural gas Electric vehicle Transportation Electricity 52

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Fossil fuels, primarily gas, are a fixture in millions of American homes and businesses, but the building sector’s climate impact hasn’t received the same scrutiny as coal and gas in the power sector or oil in the transportation sector. electric sector reduced its carbon emissions by 26 percent from 2005 to 2018.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Electricity Policy 130

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

The use of coal for heating appears in the historical record as early as Anglo-Saxon England.1 Such a severe peak in sulphur dioxide is anomalous for coal burning, but is explained by the widespread use of low quality coal – or “nutty slack” as it was known. compared to the 1.5mg/m3 levels associated with the 1952 smog).

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Pollution Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Health 275

Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Government faces mounting pressure to reverse controversial decision to approve UK's first new coal mine in decades. Coal from this mine will continue to heat up the planet, pollute the atmosphere, and most severely impact those in the world's poorest countries who have done the least to cause the climate crisis.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Plus Poland and South Korea coal-phase outs, Siemens Gamesa hydrogen project, and all the top green business news from around the world this week. Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. South Korea to shut down 30 coal more plants. EU set to push for more stretching 2030 climate target.

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Hydrogen Nuclear Power Wind power Government 73

Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Sea trials will be conducted by mid-2021 using an existing coal carrier operated by the Tohoku Electric Power Company. This is a photograph of the Tohoku Maru, a new coal carrier that will work for Tohoku Electric Power. Sea trials will be conducted using an existing coal carrier operated by the Tohoku Electric Power Company.

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Carbon Logistics Technology Agriculture 78

Clean Energy Canada

JULY 2, 2020

The clean-burning fuel does not produce carbon emissions upon consumption and so can replace fossil fuels in many sectors including heavy industry, transportation and heating. But its full potential for reducing emissions depends on how it is produced, which in turn is influenced by costs and technologies. is known as green hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Fossil fuels Energy Energy 113

Low Impact

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It is produced from other energy sources, has a significant energy loss during the process and is usually stored in liquid form at ?253 Zero emissions When burned or used in a fuel cell, hydrogen does not produce any CO 2 , only water. Producing green hydrogen would require huge renewable electricity resources.

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Aviation Hydrogen Fossil fuels Demand 74

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In its 2018 sustainability report, AES detailed the signing of 1,946 megawatts of long-term renewables power purchase agreement and said it plans to sign an additional 2 to 3 gigawatts each year through 2022. and Latin America.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

This would require a reboot of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), which saw more than 6.4 gigawatts of capacity being awarded to 90-plus projects across four bid windows between 2011 and 2018. The plan calls for a gigawatt of PV and 1.6 Bad to worse for Eskom.

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