GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

utilities have been grappling with the pressure to decarbonize their generation portfolios, seek early retirement of financially challenged and carbon-emitting coal-fired power plants, and in some cases to shift from competitive generation or fossil fuels businesses to regulated utility businesses with more stable revenue prospects.

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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. percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. Source: NYISO.

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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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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The state has set targets of 1,500 MW of storage by 2025 and 3,000 MW by 2030, and it has created a set of policies including incentives for storage developers and procurement requirements for its biggest utilities.

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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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Low Carbon Prosperity

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Under the proposals all electric utilities are to plan for supplying retail electric customers with power exclusively from renewable resources or other nonemitting generating resources such as nuclear power, by the year 2045. ——-. Download the full report. ——-.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Utilities operating fossil-fueled power plants, and the low-income and disadvantaged communities that face the brunt of their pollution, may have a new model for resolving their differences. “We want to be a first mover; we want to lead by example.” ” Balancing health and reliability.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Thursday’s 3-2 vote by the Arizona Corporation Commission approved a plan that’s been the subject of a months-long debate among regulators over the best way to renovate the state’s renewable energy mandates, which have been set at 15 percent of generation by 2025 for more than a decade.

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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

MARCH 9, 2022

To become energy secure and genuinely resilient from volatile fossil fuel prices, the UK must accelerate its transition to a zero-carbon energy system, writes Nick Molho, from the Aldersgate Group. Developing new sources of fossil fuel production: a tempting but inadequate answer to the crisis.

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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

APRIL 6, 2022

The government will tomorrow publish its long-awaited Energy Security Strategy, promising that the sweeping new plan will 'supercharge' clean energy deployment and put the UK on track to source 95 per cent of its power from domestic low carbon sources by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

” Last month the Japanese car giant has brought forward its plans to switch to manufacturing electric-only cars from 2025 to 2022. gets more than half its power from low carbon sources, nuclear, wind and solar, we're very dependent as a nation state on technology to manage balancing and flexibility.”

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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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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

This science-based threshold — considered necessary to achieve emissions targets by 2050 — excluded all fossil fuels from being in the taxonomy. Between March and July 2020, nuclear lobbies met with EU representatives twice as often as they did in 2018, according to the non-governmental organization Reclaim Finance.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Meanwhile, green groups have been pushing for an even more ambitious 2030 climate target for the bloc, and on Thursday MEPs on the EU Parliament's Environment Committee voted in favour of a 60 per cent goal, alongside calls for a phase out of fossil fuel subsidies by 2025.

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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

AUGUST 26, 2022

US and UK financial institutions have this week been accused of continuing to fund Russian "carbon bomb" fossil fuel projects that are both aiding Russia's illegal war in Ukraine and threatening to breach global climate goals. It's important not just for California, but it's important for the country and the world.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In this morning's update , the government also confirmed its intention to set up a domestic Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 1 January 2021 and enter into negotiations with French energy giant EDF over proposals to build a major nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk. million petrol cars off the road.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

Consider creating separate delivery agencies - The Review urges Ministers to explore whether further dedicated delivery agencies are needed to drive long-term decarbonisation programmes in specific sectors, such as for electric vehicle charging infrastructure roll out or new nuclear power plans. Agriculture and nature.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2022

By 2025, the government is aiming for TCFD disclosure rules to apply right across the UK economy, with more and more major organisations also having to set out net zero transition plans. We can increase our offshore wind capacity, we can increase our solar capacity - at the moment they're coming in cheaper than fossil fuels are.".

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Great British Nuclear (GBN): As expected, today sees the launch of a new agency based in Greater Manchester tasked with overseeing the rollout of a new fleet of nuclear power capacity through both large scale and small modular reactors (SMR). Detailing £11.6

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Additionally, Anglo American, a key copper producer, plans to reduce its output in 2024 and 2025 to decrease costs. 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% Decreasing ore quality and depleting reserves.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

"Our green industrial revolution will be powered by the wind turbines of Scotland and the North East, propelled by the electric vehicles made in the Midlands and advanced by the latest technologies developed in Wales, so we can look ahead to a more prosperous, greener future.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to the United Nations, over 160 firms with $70tr in assets are committed to decarbonise the global economy, which means phasing out fossil fuels by 2050," he said. SMRs remain an emerging technology with some critics questioning whether the industry can deliver on its promise of driving down the cost of nuclear power.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

On the solar front, it would include $300 million per year through 2025 for Department of Energy programs to improve solar PV energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness, boost manufacturing and recycling of solar panels, and fund programs to integrate solar power into the grid.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

gigawatt-hours , of energy storage systems to help meet a statewide need for resources to maintain grid stability in the absence of natural gas power plants set to close in the coming years. Last month it announced contracts for 423 megawatts, or nearly 1.7 It’s also responsible for procuring zero-carbon resources to replace the 2.2-gigawatt

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

Juliet Phillips , senior policy advisor at E3G said: "With the main energy efficiency focus today on swimming pools, rather than addressing fuel poverty, the government has missed a huge opportunity to wean the UK off expensive fossil fuel dependence.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

But new analysis today highlights that while fossil fuel prices spiked in the wake of Russia's illegal invasions, western economies have managed to quickly curb their reliance on Russian oil, gas, and coal. Renewable power capacity added worldwide rose by about a quarter in 2022.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Its Duke Energy Renewables arm owns around 2,500 MW of wind power, 1,500 MW of solar and another 4,100 MW of purchased clean energy, mostly solar. billion clean energy plan is aimed at meeting New Jersey’s renewable portfolio standard of 35 percent by 2025 and 50 percent by 2030, as well as Gov. Public Service Enterprise Group.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2022

Doubling clean power capacity additions from 40GW to 80GW each year could drive down costs, bills, emissions and geopolitical risk, according to new analysis from Wärtsilä.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

Next year, the existing EU MRV system will be applied to 40% of shipping emissions under EU ETS, increasing to 70% in 2025 and 100% in 2027. Onboard bunkering and safety are still being evaluated, and innovators are building out new ammonia fuel cells and retrofitting ships. Fuel Maturity: The least mature.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

to install an average of 30 GW of solar capacity per year between now and 2025, then 60 GW per year from 2025. The project has a 30-year Power Purchase Agreement in place with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and was built on the site of a decommissioned nuclear power plant. That would require the U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Announcing plans to approve the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant, increase energy efficiency funding from 2025, and retain clean tech R&D budgets, Hunt said the UK would continue to pursue energy independence as it strives to deliver on its climate goals. And they did nothing.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Insulation, LED lighting, flexibility services, and smart metering may not garner as much political attention as giant offshore wind farms and nuclear power plants, but experts have long pointed out they are far cheaper and quicker to deploy at scale and will shave money off household energy bills far more quickly.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Compared with CIM’s previous analyses, the current clean investment boom indicates a disproportionately positive impact on underserved and historically fossil fuel-dependent communities. Meanwhile, Honda announced the first production plug-in hydrogen fuel cell EV in America.   Equity.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

Those who are making progress with energy efficiency received some good news with the announcement that Climate Change Agreements will be extended by two more years from 1 April 2025. That will give an access to the same investment incentives as renewable energy and alongside that will come more public investment.”

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