Andrew Winston

APRIL 22, 2024

Multiple countries have their own laws mandating disclosure of carbon emissions in operations and supply chains, including the elaborately named German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (in German, the amusingly one-word-named Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz). As demanding as these regulations are, soft power can be just as important.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Policy Exchange has been credited by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for helping to draft laws that have cracked down on climate protests, and has in the past received money from the oil and gas major ExxonMobil. Fossil fuel companies will survive while there is demand for what they produce.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The number of operational clean hydrogen production projects worldwide is set to at least double in the next five years, according to research published on 23 October by law firm Pillsbury , with 108 set to start producing the gas by the end of 2028. billion on hydrogen-related companies across 37 deals, while venture firms invested $2.6

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and administered by DOE’s Grid Deployment Office , the grants will help modernize the electric grid to reduce the impacts of climate-driven extreme weather and natural disasters while ensuring the reliability of the power sector. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined total of $167.7

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

They have also been used in the calculation of an Electric Vehicle Country Attractiveness (EVCA) Index 1 by energy consultancy Cornwall Insight and law firm Shoosmiths. The number of public charge points is expected to increase again through 2023. BEVs) and illustrates the demand for further investment in the public charging market.”

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Charged

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Lithium-ion battery prices have been dropping for so long that industry players and pundits tend to factor ever-cheaper cells into their predictions, and many have made (dubious) comparisons to Moore’s Law, one of the core tenets of the computer industry. Battery demand continues to soar, says Yayoi Sekine, Head of Energy Storage at BNEF.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2022

That is the stark conclusion of a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which today warned that while the EU has made considerable progress in slashing demand for Russian gas by two thirds this year the continent's gas supplies could face an even "sterner" test going in to 2023.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We don’t have all the answers to this equation quite yet, but we should make some big strides in this area towards actual production probably within the next 18 months,” said Ryan Law, CEO of GEL in an interview with ThinkGeoEnergy in early 2023. It is an extremely exciting and significant development.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Some say the UK space sector is thriving, and it has attracted 17% of global investment in space since 2015, second only to the US, according to a recent UK Space Agency PwC report. John Worthy, a space expert at European law firm, Fieldfisher, gave his analysis of the ‘next steps’ proposed by the government.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In this Q&A, Andrew Welsh, discusses the sector’s readiness, and how the company is gearing-up for a rapid increase in demand. As of September 2023 , the Environment Agency reported that an estimated 14% of households in England had smart meters, a figure expected to rise to around 40% by 2030 – and to 65% by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If it finds there has been a serious failure to comply with environmental law, then further action is possible. Green groups have demanded that the Government use the targets delay to bring forward a stronger package of targets, capable of restoring the natural environment. Read the complaint in full, and see list of signatories, here.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Using advanced AI , the Capalo platform attempts to optimise the use of flexible energy assets, such as energy storage systems and EV charging stations, allowing the commissioning of weather-dependent renewable energy sources to grow by coordinating with the flexibility of the energy grid to adjust to production and demand fluctuations.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) said: “We believe a fossil fuel phase-out date is crucial to provide much-needed confidence to the industry and to direct investment towards more sustainable solutions.” We need meaningful investment and we need it now,” said Claire Mack, chief executive of the trade body.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Especially if this war continues in 2023. The perspective is to guarantee no disruption of the distribution grids in 2023-2025 and the future. Investments. The second topic is that of investing in the grid. It’s the only way to be responsive to public expectations and demand” A (hopefully) favourable conclusion.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 3, 2020

In the current prevailing uncertainty, utilities, permit offices and other stakeholders are unlikely to prioritize the advancement of projects above more pressing activities, like ensuring they can respond to electricity demand. The project is not slated for operation until 2023. with a significant storage add-on of 380 megawatts.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

  Hydrogen Refueling Stations – Steady Demand in A Growing Area The biggest issue right now is the lack of hydrogen fueling stations.  compounded annually between 2023 to 2030. Please do not rely on the information presented by Carbon Credits as personal investment advice. First Hydrogen Corp.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Billions of dollars in incentives such as the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law have spurred the creation of a so-called Battery Belt across the southeastern US, all fuel to fire an anticipated spike in electric vehicle demand. It’s a big investment — and big science, too. But that’s just the beginning.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

🦴 BIL “the backbone” : The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), was signed into law in November 2021, and is the "backbone," providing much of the infrastructure these technologies need to scale at speed. Total funding: $1.2T

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And if these funders refuse to stop their polluting investments, the movement aims to hold them accountable through strategies such as direct action and litigation. The new lawsuit against BNP Paribas, filed February 23 in the Paris Judicial Court, claims that the French bank is in breach of France’s “duty of vigilance” law.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Zambia produced 760k tons of ore in 2023. Demand The most critical of energy transition minerals. Mineral ambitions.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

So, let’s look at three themes in sustainability from 2023 that really dwarf other stories. Most famously, the governor of Florida kept battling one of the world’s most beloved brands, Disney, over the company’s position on state laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community. But it was China that blew everyone away.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This amounts to tactics of intimidation and bullying,” Natasha Lamb, chief investment officer of Massachusetts-based Arjuna Capital, said in a statement. The groups had filed the same resolution in 2022 and 2023, and both times, Exxon advised its shareholders to vote against it. Both times, the majority did.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak On 3 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Taxonomy) at the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Investments made as part of the early coal phase-out process do not extend the expected lifetime for coal combustion.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Under Italian law, a request for mediation is a mandatory prerequisite for filing a defamation lawsuit. Eni is continuing to produce methane gas while also making “investments in decarbonization technologies [as well as] renewables, circular economy, projects, biofuels, etc.”, the spokesperson stated. While the U.S. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)

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Law Fossil fuels Methane Politics 85

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2022

To support this activity, the Smart Grid Task Force will be formally re-established and renamed the Smart Energy Expert Group, which in turn will set up a ‘Data for Energy’ working group no later than March 2023. Promoting investments. Benefits for consumers.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

It follows a debate in the House of Commons yesterday over the government's Retained EU Law Bill, which proposed a deadline of the end of 2023 for all EU-derived legislation - including an estimated 1,000 environmental laws - to be reviewed and retained, or scrapped altogether.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Munich Re tightens fossil fuel investment and insurance rules. Global reinsurance giant Munich Re has this week announced it is to tighten its fossil fuel investment and insurance policies from April 2023, unveiling a new commitment to stop providing cover for new oil and gas fields. warming trajectory.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

It is a far from unsurprising message from Skidmore, who having signed the 2050 target into law, has long been a staunch advocate for an ambitious net zero agenda. All that is needed is more political urgency, policy clarity, and real world action to mobilise investment, drive clean tech deployment, accelerate the transition.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Smith’s United Conservative Party (UCP) government tasked the utilities commission with delivering a report on Alberta’s renewables sector, which was booming up until the moratorium went into effect in August of 2023. Martin Olszynski, an environmental law expert and professor at the University of Calgary, echoed Luo.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

During this period the Environment Act - soon to be underpinned by environmental improvement targets - came into law and a host of critical strategies were published, such as the Net Zero Strategy , Heat and Buildings Strategy , Transport Decarbonisation Plan , Waste Prevention Programme and the Green Finance Roadmap.

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Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2023

However, the researchers warned that barriers to installing more charge points remain, including industry uncertainty over future demand from EVs, which the report warned was acting as a drag on the roll out of new chargers. However, the report argued the new regulations should "cease to be a problem in 2023."

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 6, 2023

BIL “the backbone” : The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), was signed into law in November 2021, and is the “backbone,” providing much of the infrastructure these technologies need to scale at speed. — three climate policy packages since 2021.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

Nearly every UK financial services firm is expected to have a 'green' offering within a year, but cost is still seen as a "critical" barrier, according to research by law firm TLT in partnership with FinTech Futures. This article first appeared at Investment Week. However, there is still a long way to go.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The bank said the PPA would allow it to source a large proportion of its UK electricity demand from new-build renewables projects via Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) certificates, which it said would also help support the growth of wind and solar capacity on UK grid. warming trajectory.

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Carbon Law Electricity Climate change 73

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 24, 2022

billion funds have been invested into GHG-reducing projects. Per SB 535 and AB 1550, a minimum of 35 percent of California Climate Investments must benefit priority populations, which include disadvantaged communities and low-income communities and households across the state. To date, $10.5

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Successful deployment of several commercial-scale projects will be needed to de-risk EGS and ready it for private sector investment. These commitments add up to just a fraction of funding earmarked for clean hydrogen, which includes $9 billion to develop manufacturing hubs, stimulate demand, and support RD&D. Photo credit: FORGE.

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Grist

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Stripping coal from a mountain demands a wholesale rearrangement of its summit and the transformation of the surrounding forest into a moonscape. As millions in public and private investment, boosted by the bipartisan infrastructure law, pour into the region, many people are eyeing these abandoned sites.

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