Business Green

MARCH 28, 2021

Fossil fuel firms are increasingly eyeing up plans for blue hydrogen production, but think tank E3G fears the nascent sector risks locking in a new generation of high carbon infrastructure and jobs.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Smith, a well-known climate change denier and fossil fuel sector advocater , nonetheless announced a series of new regulations critics say would ban wind turbines from much of the southern half of the province. Renewable energy is far less damaging to the environment and wildlife than fossil fuels,” said Luo.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 13, 2020

2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun Hunter Lovins Thu, 08/13/2020 – 00:15 We’re female entrepreneurs and environmentalists. In this strangest of all years, as the death toll mounts from a disease caused by human incursions into once intact ecosystems, we’re observing another death — the demise of fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Here are the tastiest stories that emerged in 2019, in no particular order. The year started with AES completing the largest solar-plus-storage facility in the world for the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative. It serves clean power at night cheaper than incumbent fossil fuels. Massive utility procurements.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 9, 2020

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Previous articles covered overall energy consumption , petroleum supply and demand, natural gas , and coal. Renewable energy continued its blistering growth pace in 2019, globally increasing by 12.2%

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Contributed by Odette Mucha, Vote Solar and Liz Robinson, Philadelphia Solar Energy Association. As we know, solar power provides a wide range of benefits to Pennsylvanians. It creates local jobs, with PA currently home to over 400 solar companies with over 4,300 solar workers. billion in the Keystone State.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Octopus Energy claims it was the first company in the UK to launch a solar export tariff back in 2019, when the government-supported Feed-in Tariff incentive scheme ended. "By It has become abundantly clear that we need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels and become energy independent as a nation.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

As such, it sets out how the UK could accelerate its transition away from fossil fuels, secure its energy supplies, and tackle the looming affordability, security, and sustainability 'trilemma' through a raft of new policies. Britain will continue to need to access fossil fuel supplies during the Net Zero transition.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Global renewable power generation is growing at an unprecedented rate , driven by the favourable economics of wind and solar along with energy security concerns around oil and gas (largely caused by recent wars), and emissions goals. These options can enable relatively high shares of wind and solar on a grid.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Annual figures show that renewable supply outpaced fossil fuels for the first time. 42% of all energy used across the country through 2020 came from wind, solar, tidal and hydro. Conversely, energy produced by fossil fuels fell to just 39.6%, marking the first time that clean energy has consistently outperformed legacy sources.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This foray into behind-the-meter battery aggregation comes as part of PG&E’s efforts to meet the California Public Utilities Commission’s call for energy storage to help balance the state’s increasingly solar power-influenced grid. gigawatt-hours, of energy storage projects.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

That spend would be around 20% lower than what was invested across all of the country’s generation resources between 2015 and 2019. . Because solar resources are good across large parts of India, the solar energy buildout—and thus the land use—potentially could be spread out. .

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Liquid air energy storage could play an important role in supporting the UK’s transition away from using fossil fuels for electricity generation. If the UK is to move away from a baseload of electricity generated by reliable fossil fuels, the variable nature of renewable energy must be addressed. Energy storage.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. For example, as I will detail below, oil demand fell dramatically last year, but we already know that it has largely recovered in 2021. Since its release, I have been busy analyzing the data and creating graphics.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Solar power is the "new king" of global electricity markets, with the International Energy Agency calling it the cheapest form of electricity in history in its annual centerpiece World Energy Outlook report. Solar's ascent and coal's decline have been rapid by the standards of the electricity industry. degrees Celsius.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 4, 2020

The short version is that policies to curb carbon emissions were put in place about the same time the shale boom and renewable power revolutions created cheaper, cleaner alternatives to coal. The graphic above shows the surge in renewables that helped collapse coal demand. quads of fossil fuels, 11.5 Last year the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2022

Published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the latest edition of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) highlights the critical role clean energy generators had in powering Britain in 2021, providing 39.6 per cent of total electricity generation over the calendar year.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 11, 2022

These are fossil fuels burnt on site. Stationary combustion : These are the emissions released from the direct burning of fossil fuels to power heat sources (e.g. Stationary combustion : These are the emissions released from the direct burning of fossil fuels to power heat sources (e.g.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

The passing of 100 Percent Clean Electricity with strong equity components written into the bill is a testament to what can happen when frontline communities demand our right to shape policy.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

Low demand for power sees carbon intensity on grid plummet to lowest ever level, National Grid ESO confirms. In total, Britain's grid went coal-free for over 5,000 hours in 2020, compared to almost 3,700 hours in 2019, 1,850 in 2019, and 624 in 2017, National Grid ESO said. Coal generated just 1.6

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 24, 2020

Thanks to continuing cost declines, strong demand for renewable power from businesses and residential electricity consumers, and supportive state energy policies, those who know the industry best believe its brightest days are yet to come. The answer is straightforward. To hit our target, we’ll need an average investment of $87.5

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

That’s a steep drop from the 291 megawatts of projects installed in the first half of 2019. These commercial systems rely on fossil-fueled generation or combined-heat-and-power systems, which are still more cost-effective for long-term power supplies than clean alternatives such as solar and batteries.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Fossil fuels - oil, gas, and coal - are still very much the backbone of the global energy system, and these industries employ tens of millions of workers around the world. Clean energy employs more people worldwide than fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

GW wind- and solar-powered site in Australia that would export ammonia to Asia. Oil demand fell by 9 million barrels a day. Oil demand fell by 9 million barrels a day. Direct impacts of COVID cost it $900 million while the pandemic also delayed major fossil fuel projects. GW of power. It took 1.4

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

One of the NEO’s most notable projections is that the sharp drop in energy demand from the Covid-19 pandemic will remove about 2.5 The report predicts that energy emissions that fell 8% in 2020 as a result of the pandemic will begin to rise again as the economy recovers, but will never again reach 2019 levels. year-on-year to 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

It continues to refine its drilling technology to make residential drilling and heat pump installation easier and more competitive with incumbent fossil fuels. Compared to the myriad companies selling home solar power, Dandelion is notable for the lack of competitors in its lane.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

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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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

To satisfy the nutritional demands of a future human population of 9–10 billion people, it is estimated that crop production must rise by 60–100% More and more farmers are seeing the benefits of sustainable practices, and they are beginning to adopt them on their farms. Solar-powered irrigation in India. by the year 2050.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

The proportion of global power generation represented by VRE, such as wind and solar power, has been rising rapidly since 2007. However, the variable nature of generation from wind and solar can pose challenges to grids.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. Alberta’s carbon tax program began in 2017 but was repealed in 2019 by former premier Jason Kenney , Smith’s predecessor.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Estimates indicate that power demand could double between now and 2050 and generation capacity will need to be up to 3 times larger. The Clean Electricity Regulations help ensure that Canada’s regionally divided power system remains both clean and affordable in the years ahead. Alberta has seen nearly $4.7

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This is notable because it would actually boost the demands on the power sector, which will increase the challenges of decarbonizing the sector. Energy efficiency will help, but in 2019 the U.S. still obtained 63% of its electricity from fossil fuels. solar module supply is about 4.7 trillion through 2035.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the European Union, the rate of electricity generation from renewable energy sources amounted to 38%, ahead of fossil fuels (37%), and nuclear energy (25%). The main drivers of growth in the industry in previous years were wind and solar power. For Europe, 2020 represented a historic year for renewable energy sources.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2020

Renewables costs are falling fast and clean energy is outcompeting fossil fuels on multiple fronts. As today's confirmation that the UK has gone two months without using any coal power exemplifies, the pace and scale of the change underway in the energy industry is striking even to those who work in the sector.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 19, 2021

BP says it will increase its annual clean energy investment from USD 500 Mn in 2019 to USD 5 Bn per year by 2030, with an interim goal of USD 3-4 Bn per year by 2025. Bn of its planned total investment of USD 12-13 Bn in 2021 will go into renewables and electricity (including gas-fired power). Total has announced that some USD 2.5

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Ringfencing funding support for tidal power will give the marine energy sector a chance to develop its technology and lower costs in a similar way to the UK's offshore wind industry, which has achieved rapid reductions in development and technology costs through the CfD scheme.

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