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Global Energy Trends From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy

R-Squared Energy

While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption. Natural gas and coal demand stayed nearly flat with oil rebounding close to pre-pandemic levels. Primary Global Energy Consumption 2022 ROBERT RAPIER Global energy demand grew by 1.1% growth in 2021.

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'This is a natural gas market crisis': Why energy markets could be set for three more years of turmoil

Business Green

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. This equates to almost 10 per cent of the European Union's average monthly gas consumption.".

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Enel Subsidiary to Close Coal Capacity in Spain

GreenTechMedia

In the first half of 2019, the company generated half as much power from its coal fleet as it did in the same period last year, without closing any capacity. In November last year, Spain’s government said its last coal and nuclear power plants would be closed by 2030. Europe's coal phase out.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer.

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Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

DeSmogBlog

Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter. The claim plays on the idea, often promoted by opponents of climate action, that renewable energy from wind and solar power is unreliable.

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EU Scientists and Politicians Clash Over Gas and Nuclear as ‘Sustainable’ Investments

DeSmogBlog

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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Nuclear question: Are new avenues opening up for the UK's hydrogen roadmap?

Business Green

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.