Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Ursula von der Leyen sets out plans to mandate revenue cap on electricity generators and secure a 'crisis contribution' from fossil fuel companies in her State of the European Union address. We are in a fossil fuel crisis, the fossil fuel industry has a special duty too," she said.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Centralized markets with prices set by the cost of marginal dispatch, most often from fossil-fuel generation, are the bedrock of most major power systems. Renewables are central to regional and national energy policies in Europe. High penetrations make it more difficult to manage volatility, peak demand and other grid services.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 7, 2024

Power grids in many cities are being pushed to the edge of their operating limits with increased cooling demand and other climate change impacts, the IEA has reported. In China alone, in 2023 a 70% year-on-year increase in air conditioner sales was recorded. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 4, 2024

Smart Energy Solutions (SMS) has begun laboratory testing of Interoperable Demand Side Response (IDSR) solutions as part of the UK Government’s Flexibility Innovation Programme. An estimated 30GW of low-carbon flexible assets are projected to be deployed across the grid by 2030 (representing a three-fold increase on today’s levels).

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The EU will increase its 2030 emission reduction target to “at least 55 percent” up from 40 percent, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission confirmed Wednesday. In terms of total energy demand, renewables will have to reach 38-40 percent compared to the 33 percent expected under current policies.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As policymakers and leaders around the world prepare for pivotal climate discussions at COP28, the sector must seize the momentum to create more renewable energy, enabling other sectors to decarbonise, and shifting demand away from fossil fuels. Vicky Sins, Decarbonisation and Energy Transformation Lead, said: “We cannot keep 1.5

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Google on Monday pledged that by 2030 it will run its entire business on carbon-free energy — every hour of every day of the year. Europe and Chile. Google's supply, demand and policy approach. senior corporate campaigner for Greenpeace, which tracks corporate climate commitments.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But production levels can still increase substantially by 2030 if all announced projects are realised and greater efforts are made on encouraging uptake. If all announced projects are realised, a total of 420GW could be achieved by 2030, an increase of 75% compared to the IEA’s 2022 review. “We of total hydrogen demand.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 3, 2022

Imported fossil resources contribute to all three of the challenges of the energy transition. This raises several questions which must be discussed together including: How can we prepare the electricity grid for such a structural change in both supply and demand of electricity? Demand side measures. Image: GridBeyond.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. Harry Benham, report co-author and chairman of think tank Ember-Climate, argued that only a fraction of the world's extensive renewable resources would need to be tapped to replace fossil fuel power.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

In its latest forecast today, BNEF said fossil fuel car sales likely already peaked in 2017. Now, with the global pandemic leading a hige drop in demand, the report predicts sales for conventional cars are set to drop 23 per cent worldwide in 2020, with major implications for the global oil market. million barrels a day by 2040.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. Oil Majors Show up in Disguise. DeSmog’s analysis of the COP26 participant list was not comprehensive.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Latest BloombergNEF report predicts booming demand throughout the 2020s should see global energy storage market hit one terawatt hour by the end of the decade. The US and China are tipped to dominate the global market, accounting for over half of global storage installations by 2030.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Countries across Europe have been facing increasing challenges with the demand to wind down fossil fuel generation and replace it with growing shares of renewables and other clean energy. Demand side flexibility in Europe: 130-164GW by 2030 Horizon Europe: Five flexibility projects.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2022

To support the deployment of heat pumps in the Netherlands, the government is offering an average subsidy towards 30 per cent of the cost of every heat pump, with €150m per year ringfenced for a new fund until 2030. In addition, further low cost financing deals are available through country's National Heat Fund.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

War has returned to Europe. We see clearly the dangers of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuels," Sharma said. "We In short, we see that climate security is energy security and that we must break our dependency on fossil fuels.". The clouds have darkened over the international landscape," Sharma said.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Hydrogen, an energy carrier proposed for helping transition the world away from fossil fuels, is well-suited for the oil and gas industry’s public relations machine. Instead of a benefit to the climate, the result may end up bailing out the gas industry by locking in future demand for its main product with the help of taxpayer funds.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The IEA’s recent report on Electricity grids and secure energy transitions presenting a global stocktake came under the spotlight at Enlit Europe 2023. The grids are the backbone of the energy transition,” said Marianne Laigneau, CEO of Enedis, in the opening keynote at Enlit Europe 2023.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. The targets are steep: to cut pesticides by 50 percent and fertilisers by 20 percent by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Green hydrogen is about four times as expensive to produce as hydrogen derived from fossil fuels today. Balancing hydrogen supply and demand. In the early years, nascent and difficult-to-forecast demand will be a problem. Oil majors also have their own demand. “Absolutely.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest World Energy Outlook (WEO) report finds that, as the world moves towards a more electrified and renewables-based energy system, which will be needed to prevent costs associated with potentially volatile fuel prices, investment in robust, digitalised grid systems will need follow suit.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Russia eyes fossil fuel growth as it unveils 2030 climate goal. The decree formally orders the Russian government to work towards a cut in emissions of up to 70 per cent against 1990 levels by 2030, according to Reuters. We believe this to apply not only to Europe, but globally too.".

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 16, 2020

billion from its oil and gas portfolio, while baking in a new carbon price forecast of $100 per ton by 2030 — up from the $40 figure it factors in now. Europe's oil super majors — BP, Shell, Total and Eni — have made a series of investments across the low-carbon sector over the past half-decade.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 29, 2021

” Now its next milestone could be as one of the first 100-megawatt scale green hydrogen sites in Europe. gigawatts, the hard coal plant will likely prove to be one of the final five new coal plants built in Western Europe, according to data from Beyond Coal. Demand is king for green hydrogen.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 10, 2024

We are excited about this both because it’s very high growth, in demand, but also because it [comes from] companies that generally are very committed to the transformation of their [carbon] footprint.” So [it’s] something we will certainly dive into both in Europe and US to look at that opportunity,” Nipper said on the earnings call.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Hitachi Energy called the move part of its strategy to meet global demand for battery energy storage solutions. eks Energy has an impressive product deployment footprint in North America and Europe, and under Powin has further extended their global reach. Image courtesy Skoon Energy.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

Confidence is rapidly growing that fully decarbonising the power system across the UK and Europe can be achieved at no additional cost by 2035. It therefore argues such a vision should be at the core of government's policy plans as they strive to deliver on their goal of building a net zero emission continent by mid-century.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Analyst cautions that demand for fossil fuel from automotive market will only drop by 24 per cent by 2050, despite bullish predictions for EV market. Meanwhile, fuel cell vehicles will comprise three per cent of sales and plug-in hybrid vehicles five per cent, it said.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2021

Right now, the corporate gold standard is net zero well before 2050, and companies at the net-zero forefront are saying that they want to halve their Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 2030. For their part, power companies are exploring ways to build out the renewable energy system to meet the coming surge in industrial electricity demand.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In order for Europe to wean itself off of Russian and fossil fuel imports, electrification across the sector is key, states Eurelectric’s Power Barometer 2022. To keep up with power demand, annual investments in both generation and distribution grids need to rise above €135 billion ($135.2 Decarbonise faster.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. The report said some countries in Europe saw heat pump sales double in the first half of 2022 compared with the same period last year.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 19, 2022

“When Europe acts together, it has more clout.” ” So said European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in a press briefing today about the urgent need to end Europe’s dependence on Russian gas while simultaneously ensuring energy security. — Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) May 18, 2022. .

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Now, the Dutch NGO that successfully sued Shell over its climate plans is taking those financial backers to court in a case that could help reverse the global banking sector’s support of fossil fuel firms and their activities. billion Euros in bonds to the fossil fuel industry, Milieudefensie says. “We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The UK's growing sources of wind, solar and hydro power served to significantly curb millions of households' reliance on expensive, carbon-intensive fossil fuels last month, further underscoring the benefits of expanding clean, renewable electricity sources to tackle the ongoing energy crisis. per cent of annual UK gas demand.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Research from Cornwall Insight has shown that conditions could be in place for volatile wholesale energy prices to continue into 2030 and beyond, unless the UK develops a long-term strategy to cope with changes in energy production and unstable economic, geopolitical, and ecological systems. Have you read?

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Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

“Our Battery Chemicals Complex is strategically located to serve demand for high-purity chemicals from electric vehicle and battery cell manufacturers both locally, and from target markets in Europe and North America looking for stable and transparent supply chains,” comments Michael Naylor, CEO of EVM Group.

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