Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

There are just one or two business cycles to go until the end of the decadde - 2023 has to be a landmark year for the green economy. Investment in renewables will continue to soar. It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future," as the old truism goes. The 'Black Swans' have kept coming home to roost.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

has bolstered its investment plans across Europe for the coming four years, arguing energy transition presents a major growth opportunity for its business. CEO Leonhard Birnbaum said the company's investment programme would depend on the right policy frameworks being introduced. "We At a press conference this morning, E.ON

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2022

The Sizewell B nuclear Power on the Suffolk coast, September 2021 (image credit: Debra O’Connor / Shutterstock.com). Recently the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson boldly stated that the government plan is to “build a nuclear reactor every year rather than once every decade”. Additionally, Scotland wants out.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The other three geothermal power plants mainly use Taiwan’s self-developed geothermal power generation technology, but due to the lack of site scale and drilling technology, the current single-well production capacity is only 1/5 of the international average. However, Taiwan is about to become a non-nuclear country by 2025.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

But with the UK now facing major competitive threats from the US, EU, China, and others as they all step up efforts to attract global green investment, the Chancellor was under huge pressure to deliver far more than just stability. Hunt said the move would help encourage more private backing for the UK's ambitious atomic energy plans.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 3, 2020

France, Italy and Spain — will get the majority of their power from wind, solar and other variable renewable energy sources as early as 2023, WoodMac says. Only the final three of the quartet are likely to be the focus of new investment. The big five European markets — Germany, U.K.,

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

In power and transport, it assumes that the future fuel mix does not evolve from 2023 (2027 in shipping). Clean power’ includes renewables and nuclear, and excludes CCS, hydrogen and bioenergy, which are allocated to their respective categories. Source: BloombergNEF. Note: ICE is internal combustion engine.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 13, 2022

The company’s second project, which doubles its capacity from 8MW to 16MW, includes an additional four EZ Blockchain mobile data centres and involved an investment totalling over $1 million. Blockchain energy consumption should be transparent in Europe – a call 100% renewable powered Bitcoin mining facility to prove concept.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Developers in the space are concerned that the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy will depress demand for tax equity investments, as banks and financial institutions will have less appetite for credits to offset tax liabilities in a year when profits were depressed. The massive spending bill awaiting passage by the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

” At the same time, Crane noted the company is “in the middle of trying to work through legislative strategy in Illinois” that would offer its nuclear power plants in the state an alternative path to earning capacity market revenue that is seen as a critical component of their future financial viability.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

trillion in additional investments will be needed over the next decade, on top of an estimated $9.4 trillion the country would be expected to invest in energy over the next decade under a “business-as-usual” pathway. ” (Princeton study's breakdown of investments needed across different industry sectors).

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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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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2024

It’s estimated that private cellular networks for utilities will account for nearly $2 billion in cumulative infrastructure spending between 2023 and 2026. French multinational electric utility group EDF is deploying private mobile networks to bring secure cellular connectivity to its nuclear power plants.

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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. The Clean Hydrogen Production Credit was established through the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest investment the US has made yet to tackle climate change. Air products is the largest hydrogen producer in the world.

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38 North Solutions

MAY 2, 2024

For example, a project owner could complete a sale of 2023 tax credits as late as September 15, 2024 if the seller is a partnership, or October 15, 2024 if the seller is a corporation or individual. For additional information and questions, feel free to reach out to the 38 North team. [1]

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Ameren has experience with smart meters and other smart grid investments in Illinois, which mandated them nearly a decade ago. The utility expects to install 120,000 smart meters this year and more than 800,000 by 2023, along with web portals to give customers access to the energy data they collect. Missouri's lagging wind market.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 22, 2024

  Maybe it was Barbenheimer, but nuclear is in for 2024. Nuclear was in the doldrums for years following Fukushima, with few new plants planned and stagnant investment in new uranium mines and enrichment facilities. However, there’s a catch.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?   Missed targets.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today reiterated the government's commitment to delivering on the UK's international climate responsibilities, confirming support for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant, announcing a new long-term target for UK energy efficiency, and promising continued investment in clean tech innovation.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

The US grid got its first new nuclear power in nearly seven years last week. Plant Vogtle began commercial operations from the first of two new reactors, but the over-budget and years-delayed project could be the last hurrah for big nuclear construction in America. Happy Monday!

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Join us for a webinar Jan 25th on Sightline Climate’s 2023 investment trends, insights, and discussion. 🔋 NineDot Energy , a Brooklyn, NY-based energy storage developer, raised $225m in funding from Manulife Investment Management and Carlyle. Hawaii replaced its final coal-powered facility with a 565 MWh battery.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

However, the think tank stressed that "it could have been worse" and that the growth in renewables capacity helped to prevent a much larger rise in coal-fired power use across Europe last year. Europe's clean power transition emerges from this crisis stronger than ever," said Jones. "Not

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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

” A new 2023 regulatory framework will also be on their minds, he said. With huge investment required from transmission and distribution operators to deliver a low carbon grid capable of underpinning the vast electrification of heat and transport, every penny counts.

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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. Source: NYISO.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 8, 2020

“This improves the project’s financial viability and helps Ørsted mature Greater Changhua 2b & 4 toward a final investment decision,” the company said in a statement. The FID is now expected in 2023. gigawatts of offshore wind by 2035 as it phases out its nuclear power plants.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In funds, Active Impact Investments and Congruent both launch their third funds.   The conference’s emphasis on nuclear this year parallels the shifting global and US public sentiment.    In the US , a 2023 Pew Research Center survey shows 57% of Americans favor nuclear power, a 14% increase over 2020.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2021

Nor will the need for steel abate, according to the ECIU, as railways, wind turbines, and nuclear power stations - core elements of a green national infrastructure - all require vast amounts of the material. Long investment cycles mean that cutting emissions in hard-to-decarbonise sectors must be underway now," he added.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 24, 2024

terawatt-hours of electricity in 2023. Such an output is capable of powering nearly 90% of the European Union’s electricity needs. The sector is poised to surpass nuclear power as the world’s most significant source of clean energy, trailing only behind hydroelectric power, within the next year.

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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

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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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

.; its Southern Power competitive power arm which owns about 12.8 gigawatts of generation capacity, including substantial amounts of wind and solar; and its Southern Nuclear arm, which operates six nuclear power plants and is building the country’s only new nuclear capacity at its Vogtle site in Georgia.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Its carbon-free portfolio includes nuclear power supplying about one-third of its generation needs, and just over 5 percent renewable, most of that hydropower and biomass. At the same time, the utility has been pushing forward with significant investments into renewable energy — most notably, its massive, 2.6-gigawatt

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Renewables has overtaken gas to become the biggest single source of power on the UK grid so far this winter, with power generated by wind, hydro and solar reaching a record 34TWh from 1 October 2022 to 13 January 2023.

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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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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. GW more expected by the end of 2023 for a total of 8.52 That’s $200 million for his plant alone. California now has 6.62

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Zambia produced 760k tons of ore in 2023. New Funds Brookfield Asset Management , a Toronto, Canada-based investment firm, raised $10bn in the first close of its second global transition fund, earning the top spot as the world’s largest transition investor among private fund managers. Mineral ambitions.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

Nuclear targets increased to 24GW by 2050. Arguably the biggest change from the UK's previous energy plans is the Strategy's goal to deliver 24GW of nuclear power capacity by 2050, which it said would result in around 25 per cent of UK electricity demand being met by a major fleet of both large and small new reactors.

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