DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Additionally, the increasing costs of fossil fuels and gas have triggered significant adoption of electrical automobiles, propelling market enlargement. The researcher’s predictions, they state in a release, suggest a sizeable global Li-Ion battery demand increase, skyrocketing from over 700GWh in 2022 to approximately 4.7TWh by 2030.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

Energy body predicts another bumper year for renewables this year, but warns policies introduced in next six months will determine whether momentum can be maintained beyond 2022. But it warns that efforts to ramp up clean power needed to happen in tandem with energy efficiency measures that kept energy demand in check.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

The price of battery energy storage systems rose for the first time since records began in 2022, as raw material and component costs soared, and developers and system integrators increased their margins in the face of challenging economic headwinds and soaring energy costs worldwide.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The IEA has previously estimated the world needs to add 630GW of new solar and 390GW of new onshore and offshore wind power capacity every year by 2030 in order to reach net zero goals, which is around four times the record-setting amount of renewables capacity in 2020.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

New 100MW battery in Capenhurst, Chester thought to be the largest in Europe to date to be connected to a transmission network A battery that is thought to be the largest in Europe to be connected directly to a transmission network went live today, marking another milestone for the fast-expanding energy storage sector.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2023

It follows recent PwC estimates that the global green technology market is now growing at a rate of around eight per cent each year, and that climate tech funding represented more than a quarter of every dollar invested in 2022.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2021

The project could be expanded to up to 500 MW at a later stage to replace all of Lingen’s fossil fuel-based hydrogen. Final investment decision is due for 2022. When powered by renewable ?energy hydrogen per hour - almost 9,000 tonnes a year - starting in 2024. Electrolysis splits water into hydrogen and oxygen gases.

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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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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

With targets now set for the phase-out of gas boilers in countries across Europe, in recent years, gas companies in the UK and the EU have lobbied hard for hydrogen over heat pumps – the model which offers the least disruption to their business model. This echoes the view of the 2022 report from the IPCC – which cited over 18,000 studies.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2022

Boris Johnson is set to push ahead with plans to loosen planning rules to allow an expansion of onshore wind capacity across England and Wales, according to reports, despite the misgivings of some Cabinet members who continue to view turbines as a blight on the countryside. 89% of councils don't allow wind ??

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Meanwhile, green groups have been pushing for an even more ambitious 2030 climate target for the bloc, and on Thursday MEPs on the EU Parliament's Environment Committee voted in favour of a 60 per cent goal, alongside calls for a phase out of fossil fuel subsidies by 2025. Siemens Gamesa wind-to-hydrogen project takes step forward.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

But new analysis today highlights that while fossil fuel prices spiked in the wake of Russia's illegal invasions, western economies have managed to quickly curb their reliance on Russian oil, gas, and coal. Renewable power capacity added worldwide rose by about a quarter in 2022.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Fluctuating electricity markets, supply chain issues, and skills shortages mean EU is at risk of falling short of its wind capacity and climate goals The EU has got a lot of good press for its climate strategy in recent months. They've doubled their rate of new onshore wind permits compared to three years ago. Others must follow suit.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

The third in a trilogy of reports over the past year or so, today's - dubbed Climate Change 2022: The Mitigation of Climate Change - was particularly highly anticipated due to its focus on solutions to the aforementioned crisis the world currently faces, in terms of technologies, policies, nature-based measures and finances.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

The compronmise agreement sees the Greens back Labour's proposals for a 'Safeguard Mechanism', which promises to regulate emissions from Australia's 215 biggest polluting coal and gas facilities without outright banning new fossil fuel projects.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. Why focus on creating sustainable marine fuels? > At Mr. Sustainability however, we are not interested in replacing all fuels.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. Why focus on creating sustainable marine fuels? We however are not interested in replacing all fuels.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2022

A failure to further scale up onshore wind power in the UK - despite polling consistently indicating strong public support for onshore turbines, even among Tory and rural voters - is estimated to have heaped additional costs on household bills in recent years by increasing the UK's reliance on expensive fossil fuel imports.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

To bridge the gap, the firm said the world needs to grow its solar capacity by 1,000 percent and wind power by half that much in the next decade. DNV GL foresees peak gas in 2033 and peak oil in 2022. The path for fossil fuels. Offshore wind will account for about 40 percent of total wind generation.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The answer, according to activists, experts, and officials, is to identify the region’s next steps for climate-cutting action, and press harder in 2022. Activists won a string of local victories, passing municipal and regional laws to ban new and expanded fossil fuel developments. Then the leaders fell short on follow-through.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The only specific action named was to “advance” five large-scale carbon capture projects by 2030 and makes no mention of phasing out fossil fuels or of China’s controversial construction of new coal-fired power plants. Big Oil spins whale deaths to stall wind power installations. Walewashing.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Climate campaigners have hailed a major victory in the war against new coal plants in Eastern Europe, after two Polish utilities announced they were suspending funding for the country's 'last ever' new coal project over economic risk concerns. It forms part of the energy giant's aim to install 3GW of renewable energy generation by 2022.

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