EDF + Business

JANUARY 11, 2024

When Gilbert Blue Feather Rosas secured the grants to electrify school buses and add solar power to the Stockton Unified School District, he helped to reduce air pollution for many thousands of school kids, cut demand for fossil fuels, save money for the district, and build a community of supporters along the way.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2022

For example, the German coalition government last month announced plans to phase out gas boilers from 2024 and incentivise a mass switch to heat pumps. However, the Future Homes Standard - which will require housing developers to better insulate new homes and install low carbon heating systems - will still not come into effect until 2025.

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AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

How VPPs Reduce Both Costs and Emission in Meeting Peak Demands. New York and Texas Offer Opportunities to Replace Fossil Fuel Peaker Plants. The emergence of virtual power plants (VPPs) as bona fide replacements for fossil fuel peaker plants has been discussed conceptually, but is there data to support this opportunity?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The CDP has begun production of low-cost, low-emission hydrogen and graphitic carbon , marking a pivotal moment for the company. As Hazer plans to increase operations throughout the first half of 2024, it aims to demonstrate continuous operation at a commercial scale.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

As energy demands increase for heavier and longer-distance transport, the energy efficiency equation for fossil based-fuels becomes harder to displace. Reliance on foreign fossil fuels is a national security concern for many countries, and cleaner alternatives could be sourced domestically.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The final wording of the COP28 agreement – which required consensus among all nations and the chair – codified a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. To anyone paying attention to global oil and gas demand future forecasts, even under existing policies , the COP28 agreement should not be a surprise.

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2024

It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the public about the consequences of burning fossil fuels. The long delays might have strengthened the legal arguments against fossil fuel companies. Emissions that originated in Delaware, however, were fair game.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

While this may be temporary, it could well be permanent, and such uncertainty demands that, more than ever, business flexibility is a key determining factor to future success. The good news is that the technology is already available to respond to this need for flexibility and the changing demands of energy markets.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. million-customer utility, said in a Tuesday interview.

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Grist

MARCH 10, 2021

Most pipelines that snake around the United States carry carbon that was buried underground for millions of years and then dug up, destined to be burned in a combustion engine or furnace or boiler and emitted into the atmosphere. But a new pipeline that could soon wind through Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas promises to do the opposite.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Under the Act, passed in 2019, most buildings over 25,000 square feet—roughly 50,000 residential and commercial properties across the city—must meet new energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reductions by 2024, and stricter limits in 2030. They’re also curtailing the use of fossil fuels to reduce emissions.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Financial think tank Carbon Tracker has urged the government to take its "foot off the gas" when planning future energy supply. But Carbon Tracker's analysis argues this investment in fossil fuel technology could leave UK companies with £9bn of stranded assets which may not generate an economic return.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

The European Union this week set ambitious 2024 and 2030 targets for green hydrogen, a big step for the emerging sector. At the same time, Brussels signaled that it will also encourage the development of "blue" hydrogen produced from fossil fuels paired with carbon capture, at least for the time being. Blue vs. green.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 20, 2024

Geothermal energy is thermal energy in the ground, which we can use to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, increase energy security and promote economic growth while keeping nature clean,” commented Kristen Michal, Minister of Climate. million over three years.

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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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EDF + Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Some of the biggest of these deals will aim to be finalized in 2024. ExxonMobil and Chevron may have “turbo-charged their own fossil fuel output ,” but simply moving it from one company to another won’t change global production. But global oil demand does not have to grow for these deals to make sense.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Projects aim to help deliver a carbon free power system by 2035. has announced it has begun construction on a sweeping portfolio of utility-scale battery storage projects in Scotland that could deliver a major boost to the UK's drive to deliver a zero carbon grid. James Basden, co-founder and director of Zenob?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Russia eyes fossil fuel growth as it unveils 2030 climate goal. The paper published in the journal Science reveals that while reducing fossil fuel use is essential for the world to stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C I believe natural gas to be an eco-friendly energy source" said Novak. "We

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

However, since then, the state has redefined its energy policy, including a revival of nuclear power, the acceleration of renewables and reindustrialisation through the development of low-carbon industrial zones. Have you read? Europe’s grid is receiving record levels of investment. But is it enough?

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2022

Confidence remains high across the global carbon market, but investors want to see governments act to make carbon pricing fairer and more predictable. Europe's market has shown that carbon markets can be resilient to energy price shocks," said IETA's CEO and President Dirk Forrister.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

Joint venture Circular Fuels aiming to have 'world-first' renewable LPG production plant operating in Teesside by 2024 capable of turning waste into 'net zero' fuel. Houchen said the "world first" energy project would produce "carbon-free LPG" that would help to meet up to five per cent of the UK's demand for LPG.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

According to Research and Markets’ report – titled Lithium-ion Battery Market, Size, Global Forecast 2024-2028, Industry Trends, Share, Growth, Insight, Impact of Inflation, Company Analysis – escalating consumer expenditure on electronic devices is a giant catalyst for the battery market’s value surge.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Worse still, it has now emerged from new undercover reporting that Saudi Arabia is operating a so-called ‘Oil Sustainability Programme’ (OSP) designed to artificially increase demand for oil across Africa and Asia. Now the air pollution from burning fossil fuels alone is estimated to kill more than tobacco smoke.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

More scrutiny is being placed on the carbon cost of battery manufacturing, in both the automotive and stationary storage sectors. The steel industry is expected to remain the largest consumer, but demand from the battery sector is the driver of growth for this emissions-intensive industry. Demands for transparent supply chains.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

First up, a report published this morning by the the Transport and Environment (T&E) think tank has called for EU policymakers to take action that can decarbonise vans across the continent and protect fleet operators from volatile and expensive fossil fuel markets.

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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). It’s designed to equalize the price of carbon between domestic products and imports, thereby ensuring fair competition in terms of carbon costs.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 28, 2021

Many global governments have committed to ambitious carbon reduction targets, which is driving solar growth. Innovation to meet demand. With these factors driving growth, particularly for utility-scale solar PV applications, how can technologies meet this demand? Government Policies and Regulations.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

A Land Rover ad that argues 'life is so much better without restrictions' has stoked the debate over the acceptability of running ads for high carbon products and services that hurt human health and undermine the UK’s climate goals.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

As demand for fossil-fuel free heating grows, policymakers and industry need to work together to prep the installation workforce for a major roll out of electric heat pumps, writes Panasonic's Enrique Vilamitjana. And that's where heat pumps look set to become the preferred heating technology for the residential sector.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2022

US carmaker aiming to end fossil fuel van sales and achieve 'carbon neutrality' across entire European operations and supply chain by 2035. Ford is all-in and moving fast to meet the demand in Europe and around the globe," he added. In addition, the firm is embarking on a joint venture with SK On Co.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2020

The European Commission yesterday unveiled its long-awaited hydrogen strategy, outlining its vision to ramp up the EU's renewable hydrogen capacity from 1GW today to 6GW by 2024 and 40GW by 2030. Influential think tank BloombergNEF estimates that by mid-century clean hydrogen could met 24 per cent of world energy demand.

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2021

Oil major announces intention to build major hydrogen plant just days after government grants funding for carbon transportation and storage network in region. Roughly two million tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted during the production process will be captured and sent for storage from the project annually by 2030, it added.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

billion) by 2027 in renewables, energy efficiency, grids and storage, EV charging infrastructure, and breakthrough technologies, such as low-carbon hydrogen. Specifically, energy prices are expected to fall by 11% in 2023 and 12% in 2024. They will pour into REPowerEU €30 billion ($29.9

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

The rhetoric has been hugely welcome and has contrasted positively with the months and years following the financial crash of 2008, during which proposals for green stimulus packages struggled to secure meaningful traction and a wave of new fossil fuel investment locked in another decade of rising global emissions.

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AutoGrid

JULY 24, 2023

Traditional solutions to short-term supply shortages – such as fossil fuel peaker plants – may meet the immediate need for capacity but also help accelerate climate change due to high emission rates. Our progress report for summer 2024? This cycle is undeniably vicious. So far, so good in avoiding massive outages.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Look forward to 2024 predictions from many of your favorite clairvoyant climate voices. In news this week, COP28 wraps up with a landmark agreement on transitioning away from fossil fuels, DOE announces a new office focused on AI, and over 2M Teslas were recalled. Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down.

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