Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

Japan’s LNG imports, for one, have steadily declined over the last decade and fallen to their lowest level in 14 years as the country restarts nuclear power plants and builds out renewables. s total 2022 demand, or the equivalent of the electricity from more than eight Site C dams. s intended export markets.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. It’s a “green investment guidebook,” said Henry Eviston, spokesperson on sustainable finance at WWF European Policy Office. " — FORATOM (@FORATOM_nuclear) January 4, 2022.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

As such, it sets out how the UK could accelerate its transition away from fossil fuels, secure its energy supplies, and tackle the looming affordability, security, and sustainability 'trilemma' through a raft of new policies. Britain will continue to need to access fossil fuel supplies during the Net Zero transition.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

Japan’s LNG imports, for one, have steadily declined over the last decade and fallen to their lowest level in 14 years as the country restarts nuclear power plants and builds out renewables. s LNG industry is the question of where the electricity will come from to power new projects. Many of B.C.’s

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The IEA’s updated Net Zero Roadmap identifies the doubling of grid investments by 2030 as a key milestone for the electricity sector towards its net zero scenario. Thereafter the investment also needs to remain at a high level, approaching a peak of $1.1 trillion by 2040 before dropping back to around $850 billion by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Smith continued: “I’ll tell you what I know about batteries, because I talked to somebody who was thinking of investing in a 200-megawatt plant, $1 million to be able to get each megawatt stored. She never met a fossil fuel lobbyist she didn’t love.” ”She That’s $200 million for his plant alone.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Porter states in her Twitter bio that she works with “businesses with projects across the electricity, gas and oil industries”, though these professional links to fossil fuel interests were not identified on the Today programme. In more recent blog posts, Porter has defended fossil fuel companies and criticised renewable energy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Led by French energy giant EDF - which is also currently constructing a nuclear power plant of the same size at Hinkley Point in Somerset - the Sizewell C project had been expected to provide up to seven per cent of the UK's total electricity needs. — Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) November 4, 2022.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

Office for Budget Responsibility estimates sustained high fossil fuel prices could make the comparative costs of net zero over a third cheaper. But it also stressed the risk that developing nations could drive a rapid rise in demand for fossil fuels in the coming years, putting further upward pressure on energy prices.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

To become energy secure and genuinely resilient from volatile fossil fuel prices, the UK must accelerate its transition to a zero-carbon energy system, writes Nick Molho, from the Aldersgate Group. Developing new sources of fossil fuel production: a tempting but inadequate answer to the crisis.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Under the contract announced Wednesday , developer 174 Power Global will build the battery system, and Con Edison will bid its power into New York wholesale energy markets for seven years after it starts operations in 2022. After that, 174 Power will take over the battery system’s operations and wholesale market value.

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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 The emissions savings could have been higher still were it not for the summer heat waves that hit the northern hemisphere and the fact an unusually large number of nuclear power plants were offline for sustained periods.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The UN agency warned that water stress could jeopardise low carbon energy sources such as nuclear power plants and hydropower, both of which rely heavily on water supplies in order to operate, while rising sea levels and extreme weather are also posing a growing threat to energy infrastructure.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

” Last month the Japanese car giant has brought forward its plans to switch to manufacturing electric-only cars from 2025 to 2022. million ($11 million) investment round into Moixa in May. Itochu invested £5 million in January 2018, a year after Japanese utility TEPCO had put in £500,000. Because the U.K.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned. As a result overall emissions from power generation rose by seven per cent in 2021, to reach a record high, the briefing warns.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

A round up of all the key targets and measures announced as part of the government's plan to wean the UK off risky and expensive fossil fuel imports. Nuclear targets increased to 24GW by 2050. Achieving the government's nuclear ambitions would require a huge ramp up of nuclear power capacity from less than 7GW today.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

The government will tomorrow publish its long-awaited Energy Security Strategy, promising that the sweeping new plan will 'supercharge' clean energy deployment and put the UK on track to source 95 per cent of its power from domestic low carbon sources by 2030.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

However, the report also highlights how engineering a 'green recovery' backed by major investment in low carbon infrastructure could significantly increase the chances of the world meeting the 1.5C The study drew on data from 123 countries that together account for 99 per cent of fossil fuel emissions. goal within reach.

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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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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Mingomba could drive further investment in what might eventually become a major copper supplier. NIO Capital, a Shanghai, China-based investment firm, has raised $421m for its fund that invests in the automotive and energy sectors. Mineral ambitions. Why is this important now?  Can’t get enough deals?

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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.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

Meanwhile, fresh analysis published over the weekend by Carbon Brief noted that the impact of David Cameron's decision to pare back clean heat, household insulation, and renewable power funding are now costing each British household £150 annually in higher bills, or £8.4bn across the whole economy.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2022

Speaking at BusinessGreen 's Net Zero Finance Summit this morning, the BEIS Minister and Conservative peer gave a broad overview of the government's green finance plans for 2022, as he argued "information will be the lifeblood of financial markets". However, he added that North Sea oil and gas would still have a key role to play too.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Announcing plans to approve the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant, increase energy efficiency funding from 2025, and retain clean tech R&D budgets, Hunt said the UK would continue to pursue energy independence as it strives to deliver on its climate goals. Today was more about raising money than spending it.

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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). Making up for the loss of Russian fossil fuel supply is a mammoth task. Once more, von der Leyen’s statements ring hollow.

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Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2022

Labour leader Keir Starmer promised that the Party "wouldn't let people pay a penny more" on their winter fuel bills as he set out plans to freeze the upcoming energy price cap rise, expand taxes on oil and gas firms, ramp up investment in renewable energy, and embark on a major home insulation drive. This is a national emergency.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Winners include manufacturing, up 133% from 2022, and emerging climate technologies that saw a whopping 10x jump to $4.3bn.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

But he claimed that despite some initial pushback about plans to rapidly scale up nuclear power in the UK, the Treasury was coming around to the idea. "To To be fair to the Treasury they've committed to nuclear projects, they're fully behind SMRs [small-scale nuclear reactors that Rolls Royce are developing]," he said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

From fossil fuel incentives and the dilution of planning rules to energy efficiency funding and an end to the block on new onshore wind farms, BusinessGreen rounds up all the key green announcements from the government's Growth Plan this week. The Chair will report by the end of 2022.". Block on onshore wind to be lifted.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

All that is needed is more political urgency, policy clarity, and real world action to mobilise investment, drive clean tech deployment, accelerate the transition. The broad sentiment of the report is that the government's existing Net Zero Strategy is already moving in broadly the right direction.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

“All of this will require substantial investment in a modern, flexible electricity system.” “Because in reality, nobody's going to want to invest in new coal capacities.” Sivarum noted that accelerated investments in energy efficiency, and air conditioning in particular, will be critical.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 25, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ( H.R. 5376 ) was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022. These incentives represent the largest climate investment in U.S. These incentives represent the largest climate investment in U.S. However, the IRA also includes significant climate change initiatives.

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Business Green

MAY 9, 2022

The scale of the challenge in decarbonising Great Britain's electricity grid has been laid bare this morning, with two separate reports setting out the level of change required to ensure the UK's electricity system can accommodate a major expansion in both renewables and nuclear power.

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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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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

More than 100,000 ships over 100 gross tons sailed the seven seas in 2022. This year, the price spread has contracted , shrinking the savings gained by investing in scrubber installations. LSFO (low sulfur fuel oil) is an HFO with less than 1% sulfur content.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

If approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, the NextEra contract is set for delivery in 2023, while the other two utility-scale projects are schedule to come online in 2022. But SCE sees more grid reliability needs arising by mid-decade, as the state’s last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, closes down.

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