DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas. Spanish and Portuguese energy companies are beginning to shift into green hydrogen production. ExxonMobil Corp.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 29, 2022

GB network operator Western Power Distribution (WDP) has set out plans for the decarbonisation of heating in its service area. These include heat pumps, thermal storage, district heating, combined heat and power, solar thermal, waste heat recovery and hydrogen. 2022 low carbon commitments. 2022 low carbon commitments.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. The stakes are particularly high because India is the world’s third largest energy consumer.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Some 350 million people, more than 4% of the global population, were impacted by a major power outage in 2021 as the combination of traditional market challenges and new factors disrupted the operations of energy systems, according to a new report released by research firm IHS Markit Global Power and Renewables. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 3, 2022

Japan’s electricity sector is facing the triple challenges in the energy transition of energy security, cost and decarbonisation , writes James Tedd from GridBeyond. Imported fossil resources contribute to all three of the challenges of the energy transition. Image: GridBeyond. Demand side measures. Have you read?

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2023

fossil fuel firms are pushing to build more than 2,900 miles of natural gas pipelines to feed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and Alaska, in a bid to send more of the fuel to Asia and Europe, a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor shows.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 20, 2022

Finnish utility Vantaa Energy and Japanese energy company Sumitomo have co-developed an artificial intelligence (AI) solution the two companies claim increases the efficiency of power generation assets. In 2021, the two introduced a new capability that helps optimise soot blowing at power plants. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2022

UK energy software platform Kaluza is enabling energy retailers to operate more efficiently and at lower costs while empowering end customers with easy-to-use digital experiences that help decarbonise the grid. This feature article was originally published in The Global Power & Energy Elites 2022.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Results from an electric vehicle (EV) charging trial – which used a flexible charging speed at public charging points for electric cars in Amsterdam, the Netherlands – have shown the potential of flexible charging to open up space on the busy electric grid for EVs. Charging security for electric drivers.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The fund targets energy efficiency and Behind-The-Meter (BTM) renewable energy investments for projects in the public and private sectors. Supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Solas Sustainable Energy Fund ICAV (SSEF) delivers a financing solution for energy service companies (ESCOs) across the EU.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This is the fourth article in a series on the recently released 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy. doubled from 2005 to 2022, which pushed the U.S. In 2022, U.S. The Top Three Natural Gas Producers in 2022. Global natural gas demand fell in 2022. in 2022, more than double the 10-year average growth rate.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

New York State Assembly has passed a bill establishing a two-year moratorium on new proof-of-work crypto mining operations, unless 100% renewables powered. Moreover, during the same period no new permit renewals for full or partly carbon-based fuel mining operations will be approved. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

based energy storage developer, is prepping for international expansion supported by a future funding round and leveraging the scale of its ongoing growth in Japan. It has a headstart on many of its competitors having started work on virtual power plant (VPP) trials back in 2013. The energy prices are quite high.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 2, 2020

The world’s largest floating wind turbine has begun generating power off the coast of Portugal. percent stake, French energy giant Engie with 25 percent, Spanish oil major Repsol with 19.4 percent, and Principle Power, the developer of the floating platform itself, with a 1.2 The second turbine is on site for connection.

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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.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 17, 2024

Kitts and Nevis to significantly reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, thereby lowering its carbon footprint, preserve its natural resources, and contribute to global efforts to combat climate change thus ensuring a healthier environment for future generations,” said Dr Drew about the project. Source: St.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

BP, Shell, Total Energies, and Equinor were all found to be investing the vast majority of their profits back into fossil fuel projects. The analysis revealed that BP invested £300m into renewables and low carbon projects in the first half of 2022 - which according to the analysis is equivalent to just 2.5

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

gas export projects since the beginning of 2022, a sharp increase on the 1.86 LNG export boom — raising questions about a commitment Germany made to phase out international public finance for fossil fuel projects at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow in 2021. German banks lent 2.17 billion euros to U.S.

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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.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Additional €100bn for renewables, heat pumps, energy efficiency, and biomethane needed as EU faces 'sterner' gas supply test next year, IEA warns. The additional €100bn the IEA said is required to bolster Europe's clean, efficiency energy sources in 2023 amounts to less than a third of that mobilised by EU member states so far this year.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

From clean energy and nature investments to phasing down fossil fuels, We Mean Business Coalition's Maria Mendiluce offers her take on what corporate climate leadership should look like over the coming year. If 2021 was the year for setting climate ambition, 2022 was the year of implementation.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

These companies are connected through their various trade group memberships, and have deployed many tools — from networking events to lawsuits — in order to counter Europe’s push to phase-out pesticides and reduce fertilizer use. Read more about the industry’s climate lobbying at DeSmog’s agribusiness database.

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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. It’s an apt welcome to a place where the realities of everyday life seem to be in stark contrast to the green illusion marketed by the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries.

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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. Source: GP Thiel and AK Stark.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the latest addition to its 'green recovery' package, the European Commission yesterday unveiled a flurry of crucial green strategies, targets, and policies, ranging from new green building and renewable energy programmes, to tighter rules governing chemical use and methane emissions.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

A 2035 ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars and vans in Europe now looks inevitable, after long talks led to EU Council agreement on a host of crucial green policies. The ecological and energy transition will require the contribution of all sectors and all member states, in a fair and inclusive manner," she said.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

The study drew on data from 123 countries that together account for 99 per cent of fossil fuel emissions. In contrast, with an economic recovery tilted towards green stimulus and reductions in fossil fuel investments, it is possible to avoid future warming of 0.3C warming target at the heart of the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Meanwhile, one-third predicted most people would have adopted a plant-based diet, and 48 per cent believe an energy-usage quota could be allocated to each individual. Russia, Saudi Arabia, all of those things mean that we've got to have more energy independence and I think onshore renewables are absolutely part of that.".

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Shell and BP are writing down assets while a raft of US fracking firms are entering bankruptcy protection – change is coming to the fossil fuel industry faster than anyone expected. The company cut expectations for Brent crude prices in 2022 from $60 to $50 a barrel, while Henry Hub US gas price projection now stand at $2.50

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Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2022

Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Downing Street face mounting pressure to ramp up support for energy efficiency and billpayers as autumn draws nearer. Britain's cost of living crisis is getting worse, leaving people scared about how they'll get through the winter," said Starmer.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 28, 2022

The world is rapidly transitioning to a new energy model. A model where the grid is powered by intermittent renewables. But while energy resources may be intermittent, energy supply must be constant. And smart metering data plays a key role. Smart metering data and a distributed energy model.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 29, 2021

Businesses that use vans for service and delivery have an opportunity to be more environmentally friendly by migrating to electric vans. The switch from fossil-fuel vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles reduces your company’s carbon footprint while elevating your reputation as a standout, green company committed to doing good.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The energy industry's interest in low carbon hydrogen is building fast, and the nuclear industry reckons it could yet have a crucial role to play. There may be on-going debates about how best to use hydrogen - should it be deployed to heat buildings, provide energy storage, decarbonise heavy industry, or fuel trains and planes?

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Mr. Sustainability

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Northern Lights will be the first of its kind – an open and available infrastructure enabling transport of captured CO2 from industrial sites to a terminal in Øygarden for intermediate storage before being transported by pipeline for permanent storage in a reservoir 2600 meters under the seabed. million tonnes of CO2 per year.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

In December the scheme was to be extended through to March 2022. This was to be the first publicly-funded scheme offering grants to any English household - no matter how affluent - to stimulate the installation of a wide range of energy saving products since the original Homes Insulation Grant scheme was abandoned way back in 1988.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

New analysis reveals Net Zero Banking Alliance members funnelled $33bn towards expanding oil and gas production over past year, but banks insist they are working to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels. Either way, value will be destroyed for energy companies, banks and their investors.". temperature goal alive.

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