Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

A 2023 Consumer Reports poll found that EVs are less reliable overall, compared to combustion engine vehicles. In addition, 52 percent of those surveyed reported a negative effect on their quality of life. s (2023) findings of the impacts of car loss and car gain on low-income households. Klein et al.’s Klein et al.’s

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Upcoming policy decisions on plastic, carbon trading and carbon capture could see the waste sector become a major driver of regional decarbonisation, writes Enfinium's Mike Maudsley Just over a year ago, I made a significant - and positive - career change.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Smith tours the Saudi exhibit at WPC 2023. Photo by Chris Schwarz ( Flickr CC ) Rather than discussing the negative impact of continued oil production on the Global South, at least two speakers brought up the apparent death toll associated with discontinuing oil production.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Pharmaceuticals giant teams up with Future Biogas to help develop 125GWh biomethane plant fitted with carbon capture technology. Through such collaborations, we're making progress on our ambition to become carbon zero across our operations by end of 2025 and carbon negative across our value chain by 2030.".

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology scooping up the resulting CO2. The EU is aiming to be net-zero carbon across all sectors by 2050. Hydrogen is likely to play a substantial role in getting carbon out of those hard-to-reach sectors like heavy industry and freight.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. Smith’s comments were made in the context of home heating costs within a wider discussion concerning carbon taxes and the affordability crisis.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The price cap should should also be extended beyond 2023, but with a revised methodology, and Ofgem and the government should launch an urgent review of the electricity market, Cowton said. "If Government cannot control global markets but can help reduce the impact on household bills through energy efficiency.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The progress report , part of the 2023 ‘State of the Energy Union’ assessment, notes the Green Deal Industrial Plan, Net-Zero Industry Act and Critical Raw Materials Act as amongst the EU’s key actions to lower the dependence on the imports of net zero technologies and to build a strong domestic manufacturing base.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2020

How on-demand food delivery apps could encourage low-carbon food Anna Zhang Mon, 06/08/2020 – 02:00 The COVID-19 crisis has affected most aspects of daily life, including how we get our food. Projections showed that by 2023 about one-quarter of smartphone users , or 14 million Americans, will use these apps.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2020

How on-demand food delivery apps could encourage low-carbon food Anna Zhang Mon, 06/08/2020 – 02:00 The COVID-19 crisis has affected most aspects of daily life, including how we get our food. Projections showed that by 2023 about one-quarter of smartphone users , or 14 million Americans, will use these apps.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

However, base load refers to the minimum amount of demand on an electrical grid over a given period of time, not a minimum level of constant supply. GW more expected by the end of 2023 for a total of 8.52 These batteries match approximately 25 percent of peak demand in all but summer, and approximately 12.5 GW commercial.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The UK government’s weakening of its windfall tax on energy profits matched the demands of a high-level lobbying campaign by the oil and gas industry, new research reveals. As of September 2023 the windfall tax had raised £2.6 billion , just over half of what was promised, and following a year of record profits by five oil majors.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Unlike a carbon tax, the cap is carried out in four-year windows known as compliance periods rather than as payment due in close alignment with consumption or delivery of fuel. Diverse and innovative approaches help meet emission reduction targets at a net cost lower than a direct carbon tax. Why is this? cent increase in prices.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Unlike a carbon tax, the cap is carried out in four-year windows known as compliance periods rather than as payment due in close alignment with consumption or delivery of fuel. Diverse and innovative approaches help meet emission reduction targets at a net cost lower than a direct carbon tax. Why is this? cent increase in prices.

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Grist

MAY 27, 2024

And not only is it extracting magnesium from ocean water — and from waste brine generated by industry — it is doing it in a carbon-neutral way. Right now, China produces about 85 percent of the world’s magnesium in a dirty, carbon-intensive process. A company in Oakland, California, says yes.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

But the sector has long been dogged by concerns that soaring demand for feedstocks could have significant land use and environmental impacts that may negate the emissions savings that should result from moving from fossil fuels to biomass.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 20, 2023

per share in cash upon completion of the merger, which represents an approximate 18% premium to the closing price of Volta stock on January 17, 2023, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2023. Shell USA Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024. Renewables will become the largest source of electricity generation in 2025.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

She was invited on the show (1:24) to discuss the National Grid’s ‘demand flexibility service’ scheme, under which households and some businesses receive payments for using less energy at times of peak demand.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

to a carbon free economy by 2050, experts at Bloomberg and Princeton estimate that the US will have to build enough solar and wind farms to fill an area roughly five times the size of South Dakota. It is estimated to be fully available in 2023. In the near-term, the conflict is exerting negative impacts on climate emissions.

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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. The House of Commons’ Science and Technology Select Committee has determined that low carbon hydrogen will at best have a limited role in heating homes.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In fact, many of us are flying more – air travel over Thanksgiving week in the US was the busiest ever , and annual demand for flights is growing rapidly in markets like India and China.   But all this travel comes at a steep carbon cost. Other vegetable oils face land use and carbon footprint concerns.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

First, it must understand the labour market impacts of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants and reskilling workers to build and manage the new low-carbon economy. Second, it must also engage with the social impacts of new low-carbon energy systems and infrastructures, with an emphasis on equity and justice concerns.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

But there are constant concerns about whether the supply can keep up with the growing demand as these technologies proliferate. million) budget including support from the European Commission’s LIFE programme, is due to start in January 2023 and run for six years. The Safelines4birds project, with a €14 million ($14.4

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. The trend now is to shift away from carbon," said Maeda Tadashi.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

With the growth of e-commerce and demand for faster shipping (which means burning more fuel), maritime emissions increased nearly 5% between 2020 and 2021. IMO will assign a CII rating, with A being the best, least carbon-intensive and E being the worst, most carbon-intensive. EEXI reflects the energy efficiency of ship design.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

There are high hopes the rock could play a major role in the industrial-scale carbon removal scientists have warned is required to slow spiralling global temperatures. But now an industry is growing around the promise of fast-tracking this natural carbon sequestration process to help tackle climate change.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Sourcing algae from sustainable seaweed farmers that capture carbon as they grow their crop, Loliware is working to manufacture a variety of bio-based polymers. Although the pandemic has disrupted hospitality and demand, Loliware has used the lull to advance its technology and scale manufacturing with a mission to overturn legacy plastics.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

High-integrity carbon markets can play a starring role in driving financial flows away from fossil fuels and towards climate solutions, writes South Pole's Renat Heuberger. While the voluntary carbon market is not perfect, it offers a measurable, scalable and growing benefits. The guard rails for each of these are on their way.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

Meanwhile, a new Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH) is due to launch in 2023 in a bid to help the farming sector further bolster its skills base. However, the wider focus on agricultural innovation is not without its merits.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

But leakage of methane — a powerful climate pollutant — during operations to frack, transport and store the gas means that importing LNG can generate up to 10 times the carbon emissions as an equivalent quantity of pipeline gas, according to analysis by Norwegian research company Rystad Energy. LNG cargo to arrive in Germany.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Sixth Carbon Budget report published today encompasses around 1,000 pages which offer the most detailed roadmap ever developed on how to transform a modern economy so that it delivers net zero emissions within the space of just 30 years. The Sixth Carbon Budget also brings with it a clear need to act in the short term.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

Questions also remain over the remaining 70 per cent of the recover package and budget, and whether high carbon projects and fossil fuels could be set to benefit, or how strongly a 'do no harm' principle might apply. Parliament was very vocal in demanding a real role in the budget negotiations - now let us hope that MEPs do their jobs.".

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact. MSCI ranks all five as ‘ESG Leaders’ for carbon emissions. Credit: Campaign Ad Net Zero Highlights 2023. It scores WPP, Publicis and IPG as AA. Omnicom and Dentsu score as BBB.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

BBC Panorama found that in 2023 the company took more than 40,000 tonnes of wood from so-called “old-growth” forests in B.C. The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as “carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood burnt for electricity.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact. MSCI ranks all five as ‘ESG Leaders’ for carbon emissions. Credit: Campaign Ad Net Zero Highlights 2023. It scores WPP, Publicis and IPG as AA. Omnicom and Dentsu score as BBB.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Players in the carbon dioxide pipeline industry canceled major pipeline projects in recent weeks, marking an inauspicious start to President Biden’s ambitious plans to develop carbon capture infrastructure as a key emissions mitigation tool. Midwest to be injected and stored underground. Navigator’s $3.5

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