The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Gansu Wind Complex, China The Gansu Wind Complex stands as a testament to China’s commitment to renewable energy and sustainable development. Unveiling the Giant: Gansu Wind Complex The Gansu Wind Complex is one of the world’s largest wind power installations, covering vast expanses of the Gansu Province in northwestern China.

Energy Monitor 195

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 195

Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

However over three-quarters of homes are still not considering energy efficiency improvements despite surging living costs, ONS survey finds. 26 per cent also said they felt their home was already efficient enough, while 15 per cent feared green upgrades would not offer value for money.

Home Energy Monitoring 36

Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 36

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

Happy Earth Day 2021! When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

Solar Energy Monitor 101

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 101

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 3, 2023

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has reached an important stage in delivering 12 low carbon tech projects, worth a total £41 million ($49 million), across the north of Scotland and central southern England, aiding a green recovery. SSEN’s 12 green recovery projects include: A £2.7 million ($3.2 million ($3.2

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Carbon Home Energy Monitoring 52

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

By Shelley Robbins, Clean Energy Group. In those states, where clean energy is now gaining a stronger foothold, valuable lessons can be found. Actions by these states to change the direction of energy policy are a powerful confirmation that clean energy is a viable, cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels.

Solar Energy Monitor 102

Solar Energy Monitor Policy Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 102

ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Heating and cooling buildings accounts for about a third of the final energy consumption globally and 30% of energy-related CO 2 emissions. Celsius Energy aims to contribute to solving this energy dilemma by providing shallow geothermal heating and cooling systems, thus reducing the carbon footprint of buildings.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 52

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

Home Energy Monitoring 76

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 76

DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. Much of the media coverage about heat pumps features Mike Foster, a former Labour MP and the chief executive of the Energy and Utilities Association trade body.

Home Energy Monitoring 75

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 75

Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

The price cap is set by Ofgem every three months and sets the maximum tariff that domestic energy suppliers can charge most households. The cap applies to households on default or variable tariffs, covering about 80 per cent of homes. That is up from the £1,971 level of the current cap and £1,277 in winter 2021.

Home Energy Monitoring 69

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 69

Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. You’ve got plenty of company after the events of 2021: Heat waves, hurricanes, fires, and floods hit new and deadly extremes. Worried about the climate crisis?

Solar Energy Monitor 99

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 99

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Elsa Wenzel. and globally by 2040.

Sustainability 524

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 524

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

” With more than $6 trillion of investments under management and influence in boardrooms of nearly 1,800 companies, what BlackRock says carries big weight across the corporate and political world. But that weight only hits home if BlackRock follows through and presses for a response to climate change in boardrooms.

Energy Monitor 130

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

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Contributed by Saverio Grosso, Edison Energy. Under the Act, passed in 2019, most buildings over 25,000 square feet—roughly 50,000 residential and commercial properties across the city—must meet new energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reductions by 2024, and stricter limits in 2030. Last month, the U.S.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. Today, a peculiar sign still greets those who enter the town: residential homes are pictured next to an oil tank, surrounded by refinery towers, all basking together underneath the sun and blue sky.

Sustainability 94

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 94

Greentown Labs

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Texas energy crisis in February 2021 reminded us of the precariousness of energy systems and their high costs of failure. At least 111 deaths are confirmed , over 17M homes lost access to clean wate r , and $200B in damages are projected. The cold weather in February 2021 caused energy demand to skyrocket.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 52

Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

Government confirms Future Homes Standard will apply to any new homes built from 2025, delivering a major uptick in the pace of the shift away from gas boilers - but campaigners are left disappointed by failure to adopt more rapid timetable.

Building Energy Monitoring 100

Building Energy Monitoring Carbon Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 100

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 9, 2021

Since rooftop solar became possible, electric utilities have struggled to incorporate it into their outdated business model. In recent years, this lag in utility recognition has become increasingly problematic, risking the health, environmental, and financial impacts of over-investment in large fossil fuel power plants.

Solar Energy Monitor 73

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 73

Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Mingomba could drive further investment in what might eventually become a major copper supplier.   Big enough to matter.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 52

GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

A global coalition fronted by former Vice President Al Gore promises granular insights and data into those sources — down to individual power plants, ships or factories. We now know that the burning of fossil fuels is a precondition for higher mortality rates under COVID-19. Where did they originate? How can we be sure?

Innovation 450

Innovation Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 450

Climate Tech VC

JULY 7, 2023

Most industrial facilities use fossil-fuel burning boilers to generate that heat, and while there are options to electrify or fuel-switch in order to decarbonize the process, most market-ready solutions are still more expensive than current GHG-emitting equipment. ” Joule 5(3), 2021 Last week, AtmosZero announced a $7.5M

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 52

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

Pollution 442

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Policy 442

Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

Mobilising billions of dollars of low carbon investment is a huge challenge, but it is also a massive opportunity for those financiers willing to innovate in pursuit of net zero emissions. Chief among them is the huge investment gap that must still be bridged before the destination of carbon neutrality can be reached.

Innovation 85

Innovation Investment Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 85

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric is on the verge of escaping from its 18-month bankruptcy , only to begin a years-long effort to prevent a repeat of the disasters that pushed it into insolvency in the first place. PG&E must keep up with the state’s ambitious clean energy, environmental and electrification goals. Of that, about $7.8

Energy Monitor 130

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

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

First launched in 2007, the EPC regime for homes and buildings was designed to ensure UK compliance with an EU directive to reduce the amount of energy used by both commercial and domestic properties.

Home Energy Monitoring 31

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 31

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home.

Building Energy Monitoring 531

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 531

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 22, 2022

Realtors® and Home Buyers Going Green. With continued advances in energy efficiency, green technology and design, houses built today operate more sustainably than they did several decades ago. There is also a growing number of homebuyers desiring green homes. Why Green Homes Should Matter to Homebuyers and You.

Home Energy Monitoring 167

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor 167

AGreenLiving

MARCH 31, 2021

How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US Ali Hasanbeigi Wed, 03/31/2021 – 01:00 From cardboard boxes delivered to our doors to home appliances, nearly everything comes from industrial processes. Those processes use a lot of energy and largely come from fossil fuels; one-third of U.S.

Building Energy Monitoring 36

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 36

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

market for distributed energy resources will look very different in five years than it does today. And electric vehicles will give utilities and regulators the opportunity to promote pricing regimes to encourage charging when electricity is abundant — or suffer potentially grid-destabilizing consequences.

Home Energy Monitoring 130

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

Business Green

JULY 21, 2020

Ofgem’s proposals for regulating the energy networks need a major overhaul if UK is to deliver net zero emissions, argues E3G's Simon Skillings. The regulation of our electricity and gas network companies is a very complex topic, but while it is understood by few it nevertheless has huge ramifications for us all.

Business Energy Monitoring 41

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 41

Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

As blackouts become more common due to the severity of climate change, sources of continuous battery backup power can be one less headache—and a life-saving advantage—to fire departments and emergency services already faced with rising costs and operational challenges, explains Lance Honea of Swell Energy. are volunteers.

Energy Monitor 69

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 69

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The multi-agency report warns that much greater momentum is needed to develop and deploy green solutions at scale across key sectors such as electricity, road transport, steel, hydrogen, and agriculture, which together account for around 60 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy Monitor 69

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 69

Energy and Cleantech Council

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Maine’s offshore wind energy potential is ranked seventh in the nation, with more than 411 TWh/yr of offshore resource-generating potential. In 2021, the State of Maine submitted a research lease application to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for a proposed floating offshore wind research array.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 52

Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Clean & Prosperous Institute (CaPI) believes it’s important to establish a baseline expectation as we continue to monitor the evolution of allowance prices and compliance costs. The majority of compliance obligation falls on transportation fuel suppliers. The fossil fuel supply chain involves many steps, each with embedded profits.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 52

Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Clean and Prosperous Institute (CaPI) believes it’s important to establish a baseline expectation as we continue to monitor the evolution of allowance prices and compliance costs. The majority of compliance obligation falls on transportation fuel suppliers. The majority, 70%, of this years fuel requires compliance in November 2027.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 52

Energy Innovation

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). And the most extreme cases of energy insecurity result in injury or death due to unsafe temperatures or from using ovens or stoves as primary or secondary heat sources. Who is impacted by home energy poverty?

Home Energy Monitoring 52

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy 52

Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The government, on top of an already bulging in-tray for 2021, is legally-required to respond to the CCC's recommendations by June next year, and many businesses leaders, politicians, experts and campaigners have called on the ministers to endorse the report as soon as possible, and to urgently get started on building a net zero emission economy.

Carbon 50

Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 50