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Clean energy technology supply chains must get better, faster, cleaner, says report

Envirotec Magazine

Manufacturing of cathode/anode materials, high-power grid transformers, vessels for offshore wind installations and sub-sea cable laying are highly specialised and difficult to scale. Most notable was the passage of the US Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 and the EU Green Deal Industrial Plan , announced in response.

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The clean energy transition is just getting started with much more to come in 2024

Smart Energy International

Energy security will remain centre-stage Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, energy security became one of the top considerations of policymakers, energy companies and consumers worldwide. Earth’s abundant materials and commonly available mechanical components can be readily recycled or repurposed at end of life.

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'Turning point': Has Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered a new era of energy efficiency?

Business Green

IEA predicts major gains on energy efficiency in 2022 in response to energy crisis, but BloombergNEF warns current clean energy policies still put world on track for a 2.6C Hostert also pointed to a number of "enabling factors" that would need to be given attention as electrification and economic growth quadrupled the planet's power demand.

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Climate Tech Entrepreneurs React to the Inflation Reduction Act

Elemental Excelerator

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. The IRA only grants tax credits for electric vehicles that leverage critical minerals recycled, mined or refined in North America or allied nations. CarbonCure ). Nth Cycle ).

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

Martin Saar at ETH Zurich came up with this idea: CO 2 is stored at depth and heated by the geothermal gradient, then produced and used for power generation at the surface. Kept in a closed cycle, the CO 2 is injected back into the earth to be reheated and recycled through the system over and over again.

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All the key recommendations from the CCC's Sixth Carbon Budget report: At a glance

Business Green

A household recycling rate of 70 per cent should be achieved across the UK by 2030, with food waste cut by 50 per cent. The UK's current recycling rate stands at under 45 per cent. Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) could also help provide both power generation and CO2 removal, it states.

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Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions and Energy R&D Package in Spending Bill Before Congress

GreenTechMedia

Schumer’s office, the two-year extension of the federal Investment Tax Credit for solar projects will retain the current 26 percent credit for projects that begin construction through the end of 2022, rather than expiring at the end of 2020 as they would have under existing law. Solar power will get $1.5 Action by the U.S.

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