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Bloomberg report: Urgent deployment of existing technology can get world close to net zero

Envirotec Magazine

Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there. Source: BloombergNEF.

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Renewables made up 92% of new generating capacity in the U.S. in the first half of 2021

Renewable Energy World

by June 2024). If these numbers materialize, by June 2024, renewable energy generating capacity should account for almost 30 percent (29.4%) of the nation’s total available installed generating capacity. more electricity than coal through June 2021 and expanded their lead over nuclear power. rooftop) solar.

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Fresh U.K. Proposals Chase More Nuclear and Higher Carbon Prices

GreenTechMedia

government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. The white paper estimates that demand for low-carbon power will double, leaving the country with “overwhelmingly decarbonized power in the 2030s."

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RTE proposes €100bn plan for France’s transmission network

Smart Energy International

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. The last network development plan was published in 2019.

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'A crucial step': Government unveils funding plan for new nuclear plants

Business Green

UK consumers are set to pay up-front for the construction of a fresh fleet of large-scale nuclear power plants through their energy bills under a new financing model unveiled by the government today, which looks set to provide a key building block of its plans to deliver a net zero energy system.

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Renewables overtake fossil fuels in 2020 as Britain's power grid enjoys 'greenest year' yet

Business Green

Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5 per cent of Britain's power last year, while imports accounted for just under seven per cent. per cent of Britain's electricity in 2020, rising to 56 per cent when nuclear power is included. per cent of Britain's power supplies, with coal supplying just 1.6

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New Climate Targets Will Require Europe to Double the Pace of Renewables Deployment

GreenTechMedia

We.need a strong climate policy — such as the Green Deal — in order to guarantee steady progress," he added. As early as 2024, this figure will be 35.1 By 2035 it will reduce its reliance on nuclear power from 75 percent to 50 percent. Doubling new generation may not be impossible. GW of deployment in 2020.

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