Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

Just hours after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave a New Year speech setting out his priorities for 2023 in which he barely mentioned climate action , the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today published a sweeping new report warning that a "war effort" is urgently needed to deliver on the UK's climate and energy security goals.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Note: The is the final article in a series on the recently released 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy. Although renewables continue to grow rapidly, they are doing so from a small base compared to fossil fuels. The only difference between the rankings from a year ago is Italy and France swapped places. However, the 5.2

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 30, 2024

With a background in chemical engineering and oil and gas research, EarthEn’s CEO and Co-founder Manas Pathak recognized a pressing need for innovation in this area: “It was obvious to me that the clean energy transition is happening, and the only nut uncracked in the transition from fossil fuels to solar and wind is energy storage,” he says.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

There are five countries in the world that run on 100 percent wind-water-solar (WWS) alone with zero batteries, zero nuclear, and zero fossil fuels. GW more expected by the end of 2023 for a total of 8.52 She never met a fossil fuel lobbyist she didn’t love.” ”She Another four countries are at 98.5-100

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2021

Cornwall Insights calculates that roughly 1.9GW of capacity is set to come online in 2022 and 9.9GW between 2023 and 2027 from projects supported through the third and fourth CfD allocation rounds.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It will focus on the feasibility of using nuclear power as an energy source to power steam assisted gravity drainage process , also known as SAGD. Even the head of the International Energy Agency has said we’re approaching the end of the fossil fuel era.” The writing is on the wall though,” Levin added.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This foray into behind-the-meter battery aggregation comes as part of PG&E’s efforts to meet the California Public Utilities Commission’s call for energy storage to help balance the state’s increasingly solar power-influenced grid. The leading U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. Larger-scale transmission projects aimed at carrying Canadian hydropower and wind power downstate, such as the $2.2 Source: NYISO.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Renewable power sources are expected to dominate almost all the growth in the world's electricity supplies through to 2025, according to the IEA, and together with nuclear power they are set to meet the vast majority of the increase in global power demand over the period. remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

The company is anticipating adjusted group earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) of €7.8bn to €8bn and adjusted group net income of €2.3bn to €2.5bn in 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. its Southern Power competitive power arm which owns about 12.8

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

National Grid views subsea interconnector power cables as crucial to delivering a net zero energy system, as they allow the UK to trade clean electricity with neighbouring countries by exporting power during periods of excess generation, and vice versa.

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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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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

gigawatt reliability resources procurement between 2021 and 2023. Although the proposed ‘all-source’ procurement would allow existing natural gas-fired peaker plants to compete, it could also open a massive new market for renewable energy, energy storage, demand response and other preferred alternatives to fossil fuels.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As of October 1, 2023, the EU’s CBAM has entered into its transitional phase The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a groundbreaking strategy devised by the European Union (EU). For the fourth quarter of 2023, importers are tasked with data collection, but their first report isn’t due until 31 January 2024.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 22, 2022

To support them and other like-minded offtakers, US nuclear power provider Energy Harbor has launched a 24/7 emission-free energy compliance product utilising blockchain provider FlexiDAO’s traceability solution. “This collaboration with FlexiDAO and Google Cloud has enabled us to meet an important customer need.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

New York’s plan to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant by next year and retire its most polluting power plants by 2025 will only exacerbate this imbalance. Work is underway to build out the transmission system between upstate and downstate, but those projects are still years from completion.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

A rapid shift away from fossil fuels is also needed alongside a major ramp up in renewable electricity capacity - largely provided by wind and solar projects - which will form the backbone of the future energy system, while development of hydrogen, carbon capture and new modular nuclear technologies is also crucial, the report warned.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

Previous reports have suggested the Chancellor has pushed back against colleagues' plans to significantly expand the UK's fleet of nuclear power stations , and has questioned the value for money of additional solar and onshore wind development. Nuclear costs continue?to There are now question?marks

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Only existing state laws and regulations as of January 2023 are included in the model. A Clean Electricity Standard requires retail electricity utilities to meet electricity sales with qualifying clean electricity sources, typically solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and nuclear power.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Dominion Virginia’s new integrated resource plan (IRP), announced Friday, represents a potentially historic shift for the state’s largest utility, which has seen previous plans rejected by Virginia regulators for their over-reliance on fossil fuel power plants and infrastructure to be paid for by ratepayers.

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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

JANUARY 13, 2023

A new Office for Net Zero Delivery - The government is advised to deliver a dedicated Office for Net Zero Delivery by Spring 2023 in order to ensure that cross-departmental priorities for net zero are properly managed and held to account on Whitehall.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As a result, it urges the government to rethink plans to enable billions of pounds of investment in new gas power plants when seeking energy supply capacity to replace the coal and nuclear power plants that are slated to close over the coming decade.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

We will respond to the National Planning Policy Framework consultation by spring 2023." Rather than unblock onshore wind, the government is pumping billions into dangerous, risky and polluting gas and nuclear power - and sending the huge bill to energy bill payers.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Prior media reports suggested the government had intended to badge all of its announcements under the banner of 'Green Day', but instead it appears to have gone with the name 'Powering Up Britain', evidently keen to place as much focus as possible on energy security issues.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The plan includes a "non-exhaustive" list of over 100 nationally significant infrastructure projects which the Treasury said would be "accelerated as fast as possible" through planning reforms and streamlining of the development consent process, with the aim of getting "the vast majority starting construction by the end of 2023".

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

billion tonnes by 2023, ensuring that 2019 marks the year that global emissions peaked. Only yesterday, BP's latest Statistical Review highlighted how fossil fuels continue to dominate the global energy system, despite the rapid progress being made by renewables.

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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. Latest phase of £50m industrial fuel switching funding scheme.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Zambia produced 760k tons of ore in 2023. The ambitious plan would require the EU to reduce fossil fuel use in the energy sector by 80% by 2040 compared to 2021 and spend 3.2% Zambian officials are hopeful that Mingomba will hit the 500k mark, making it a significant addition to current supply. Welcome to copper country.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

With households, businesses, and the government facing a challenging 2023, evidence continues to mount that an accelerated net zero transition could reverse the UK's worrying economic trends. Rishi Sunak certainly has a job on its hands in 2023. If nothing else, it could certainly do with a positive story to tell UK plc.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It also adds a 5-MW behind-the-meter battery aggregation from Sunrun, expanding on a pilot project with the solar-storage provider earlier this year to add a full-scale deployment for delivery in 2023. gigawatts of resources by 2023 to help the state manage grid reliability. The four-hour duration 2.63 utility record books.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Total 2023 investment was up 133% compared to the prior year. Meanwhile, wind investment slipped 37% in 2023, reflecting the year’s headwinds in wind. Happy Monday!  of dollars put to work.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII): Adopted in 2021 through the IMO , these measurements build on prior standards and became mandatory beginning Jan 1, 2023. Safer bets More than 200 LNG ships were ordered last year, making up ~80% of all orders for vessels compatible with alternative fuels.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Joe Biden visits the Cummins Power Generation Facility in Fridley, Minnesota, on Monday, April 3rd, 2023. Photo by Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via Getty Images The Biden administration proposed new tax guidelines today aimed at making it cheaper to produce hydrogen as a less-polluting alternative to fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

In the power sector, coal's fortunes continued to decline as the UK pressed on with efforts to phase out the carbon intensive power source altogether by 2023. Electricity generation from natural gas fired power plants also fell back slightly by 2.2

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Getting more renewables onto the system, including green hydrogen and more energy storage to provide greater flexibility, will protect consumers against the eyewatering fossil fuel price shocks which are currently pushing bills up. This year we risk energy bills rising by £700. I couldn't agree more.

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