Smart Energy International

MAY 17, 2022

New analysis from LCP has revealed that the UK Government’s recently released energy strategy will boost efforts to decarbonise power supply but create complex challenges in balancing the supply and demand of electricity across the grid from 2030 onwards.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 29, 2022

Crypto mining operations and data centres are both in essence banks of IT systems – energy hungry with the demand for round-the-clock computation and the necessary cooling. The most obvious and potentially easiest option is to power mining with renewable energies. Energy reporting. It is true that mining requires energy.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

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. She added: “And so whenever it isn’t windy we’re starting to get into issues of the grid being stressed”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Low-carbon energy technologies including renewables, energy efficiency and nuclear power, alongside an expansion of robust and smart electricity grids are all part of the solution, he added. In its forecast, gas-fired power will grow by about one per cent annually, while coal-fired power will fall slightly.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The fledgling hydrogen industry is expanding fast, and now nuclear operators are joining renewables developers in exploring how they could play a critical role in delivering zero emission hydrogen at large scale. The roadmap also emphasises the role that advanced modular reactors (AMRs) could play in powering green hydrogen production.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

In January 2021, representatives from the clean energy sector sent a joint letter welcoming the criteria recommended by the TEG and stating that “the inclusion of power generation with a carbon intensity above this limit would not only deviate from science, but would also harm the EU’s decarbonisation trajectory and its 2050 net-zero objectives.”.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Andy Marsh, CEO of report sponsor Plug Power, noted Monday that the company’s hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts and distribution center vehicles used by customers like Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot and Lowe’s are using about 27 million tons of hydrogen per day, supplied by its more than 100 fueling stations across the country.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. Poland is the only member of the EU which has so far refused to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, with the country seeking more time to reconfigure its economy, which is heavily reliant on coal-fired power stations and coal mining.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

One WMO official even warned climate impacts pose as big a threat to the global energy security as Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, which has driven up energy prices worldwide and prompted a scramble in Europe for alternative supplies of fossil gas. "I

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during a special plenary session of the EU Parliament in Brussels on March 01, 2022 (image credit: Alexandros Michailidis / Shtterstock.com). On behalf of environmental group RePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp offers a deep analysis of the key messages in Europe’s policy.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

As gas is a globally priced commodity, Europe and the UK are facing severe impacts. UK energy bills were already set to increase by over 50 per cent in 2022 prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with further increases now feared. Developing new sources of fossil fuel production: a tempting but inadequate answer to the crisis.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

The think tank's new analysis, titled CO2 Emissions in 2022 , shows global energy-related CO2 emissions grew just 0.9 per cent thanks to a wave of gas-to-coal switching in Asia, and to a lesser extent Europe. Why then didn't the feared increase in emissions materialise? per cent last year, even as economic growth rose 3.2

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Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2022

Labour said its £29bn plan would be paid for in part by backdating to January 2022 the government's so-called ‘windfall tax' on the vast profits enjoyed by oil and gas firms during the energy crisis, which has been largely driven by soaring global prices for fossil gas. ScottishPower and E.ON

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

The reports of tensions within Whitehall come just a few days after the government rejected advice from the International Energy Agency (IEA) for how it could reduce oil demand in the UK in the wake of Russia's squeeze on energy markets. Unlike Europe we are not dependent on Russian energy imports.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

But critics argued the Strategy failed to mobilise sufficient near term action to boost renewables supplies and curb energy demand, and through the subsquent changes in Prime Minister the government has sought to quietly plug some of the gaps in the strategy. Bold action is needed now," said Dunne. How has the report been received?

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2022

Doubling clean power capacity additions from 40GW to 80GW each year could drive down costs, bills, emissions and geopolitical risk, according to new analysis from Wärtsilä.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

According to research group Zero Carbon Analytics, the European Union has already substituted almost 75 per cent of Russian fossil gas imports with alternative sources of energy, while global gas demand has plateaued for the first time and is now forecast to peak by the end of the decade. And now, nuclear power is making a strong comeback."

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Renewables has overtaken gas to become the biggest single source of power on the UK grid so far this winter, with power generated by wind, hydro and solar reaching a record 34TWh from 1 October 2022 to 13 January 2023. million homes' gas use for the entire winter, or 78 tankers of liquified natural gas (LNG).

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

If ultimately oil demand falls and Keystone XL isn’t needed, then that’s on the company that owns the pipeline. He explains in great detail the dynamics of Europe’s current dependence on Russian gas. Can Europe live without Russian gas right now? — Nikos Tsafos (@ntsafos) February 26, 2022. I doubt it).

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sparked a major rethink of energy policy assumptions right across Europe, as governments have recognised the urgent need to slash their reliance on Russian gas and protect consumers from soaring international gas prices. It was a glaring omission. We can't have energy security without energy efficiency.".

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It also has set and met ambitious clean energy and has the potential to produce an enormous amount of clean electricity, heat, and hydrogen with offshore wind and nuclear power. trillion in clean energy investments in 2022, with investment growing by 12% since 2020, up from 2% in 2015.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

Washington and Brussels team up in support of wide-ranging plan to diversify Europe's sources of LNG, ramp up renewables development, plug methane leaks, and boost energy efficiency. EU and US team up for energy security push. Formula E preps launch of 'world's most sustainable racing car'.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the promise of streamlining the planning process may also offer a much-needed boost for major low carbon energy projects such as nuclear power plants and offshore wind farms. Boosting the ECO scheme could well end up being cost neutral on Treasury with insulation cutting gas demand and so the overall price tag of the bailout.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

Emissions also fell in other industrial sectors and residential buildings that year due to a warmer winter and lower demand for heating, but CO2 from the transport sector continued to increase, largely driven by growing fuel consumption from passenger cars on Europe's roads. The final proposals are expected to emerge in mid-July.

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