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

Business Green

But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid. Wind and solar alone generated around 30 per cent of Britain's electricity in 2020, while biomass provided seven per cent, and hydropower made up 1.6

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More wind and solar capacity could save some of the world’s most important rivers

Renewable Energy World

Renewables will become the largest source of electricity generation in 2025. The cost of new wind and solar generation, on a levelized cost of energy basis, is now lower than that of new thermal and hydropower generation, and increasingly below the operating cost of existing thermal plants.

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Horizon Europe’s future energy R&I to focus on European Green Deal

Smart Energy International

The strategic plan for Horizon Europe for 2025-2027 sets out the overarching driver for the climate, energy and mobility ‘cluster’ to achieve a fair transition to climate neutrality and build resilience in the EU by 2050.

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2020 tipped the balance for British renewable energy

Renewable Energy World

The authors of the report also showed that carbon emissions fell by 16% compared to figures from 2019. Covid19 created a fall in generation demand. Naturally, energy demand declined as office blocks fell dark and leisure activities were suspended, but these latest Drax figures indicate something else. The broader picture.

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NorthVolt’s Battle Plan to Win the Upcoming Battery-Wars

Mr. Sustainability

That battery factory, with a planned capacity of 40 gigawatt hours, will run on clean and cheap hydropower starting next year. A Time For Growth The need to reduce carbon emissions has enormous consequences for Europe, explains Carlsson. For example, the Swedish Volvo wants half of all their cars sold to be fully electric by 2025.

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'Paris Maligned': Carbon Tracker warns fossil fuel industry ignoring Paris Agreement with $58bn investment blitz

Business Green

That is the conclusion of the latest report from Carbon Tracker, which again warns that leading oil and gas firms are investing billions of dollars in projects that will become stranded assets if global climate goals are met, and in the process are "tipping the world towards climate catastrophe". above pre-industrial levels. of warming.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Dickinson College Score: 80.67 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania The very green Red Devils became carbon-neutral this past school year, with help from an LED lighting retrofit, the installation of a three-megawatt solar field on campus, and a campus-wide behavior change campaign.

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