Smart Energy International

MAY 17, 2022

New analysis from LCP has revealed that the UK Government’s recently released energy strategy will boost efforts to decarbonise power supply but create complex challenges in balancing the supply and demand of electricity across the grid from 2030 onwards. Excessive energy.

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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.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

EU set to push for more stretching 2030 climate target. The European Commission is expected to push for a more ambitious 2030 climate target next Wednesday, raising the bar to cut emissions by "at least 55 per cent" from 1990 levels by the end of the decade, according to a draft document seen by the Financial Times.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 3, 2020

New Jersey utility Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), facing state clean energy mandates and an economic imperative to shift its business to regulated assets, is seeking to exit its merchant fossil and solar generation business, while retaining its nuclear power plants and exploring a major expansion into offshore wind.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The government must rebalance nuclear's place in the energy portfolio and bring the public onside while there is still time, argues Bright Blue's Andrew Leming. Hitachi's withdrawal from proposed nuclear power sites in Anglesey and Oldbury last month dealt a sharp blow to the government's net zero emissions strategy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Boris Johnson is set to deliver a major vote of confidence in the UK's flourishing offshore wind sector tomorrow in a bid to help the country "build back greener", confirming a new goal to provide 40GW of capacity from the sector by 2030, backed by £160m of investment in state-of-the-art turbine manufacturing.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 26, 2019

Today, the country is 90% coal-powered. By 2030, the South Africa wants to reduce coal’s role in its energy mix to 46% and boost clean and renewably-based generation to more than 30% (including hydro and nuclear power). ImpactAlpha, August 26 – South Africa is a laggard in the renewable energy transition.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The government has set its sights on delivering two million green skilled jobs across the UK by 2030, as it today launched a new Taskforce to chart a long-term plan to fill the growing green skills gap and support workers in high carbon industries as the economy shifts towards a net zero footing.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The government has set its sights on delivering two million green skilled jobs across the UK by 2030, as it today launched a new Taskforce to chart a long-term plan to fill the growing green skills gap and support workers in high carbon industries as the economy shifts towards a net zero footing. "I

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

Meanwhile, Colorado Springs Utilities said it would close its remaining coal plants by 2030. Colorado wants to get half of its power from renewable by 2030 and 90 percent by 2050. APS has committed to 100-percent clean power by 2050 , including an interim target of 65 percent by 2030. In 2018, Public Service Co.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

International Energy Agency argues nuclear power can play a significant role in supporting transition to a renewables-dominated energy system worldwide. However, it still expects renewable electricity sources to dominate the global energy mix, with nuclear power projected to make up only around eight per cent of the mix by mid-century.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 14, 2020

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. billion) of government investment will trigger another £36 billion in private money by 2030, it claims. the Saudi Arabia of wind power.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 25, 2023

At a time when governments are competing to see who can best embrace the green industrial revolution, France has given its France 2030 plan a boost via the Green Industry Act. France 2030 has already set aside half of its €54 billion (US$57 billion) for the decarbonisation of the economy, of which almost €6 billion for industry.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

The proposal comes courtesy National Grid’s Beyond 2030 report, the ESO’s national blueprint for a decarbonised electricity system in Great Britain. Commented a National Grid spokesperson: “The huge growth in offshore wind, interconnectors, and nuclear power will all generate more electricity than the networks are currently able to transport.

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Energy Central

MARCH 27, 2022

The problem is the DOE assumes it will take until 2050 when mass EV adoption will occur 2025-2030. More solar and nuclear power can be added to. The DOE has information about adjusting the energy grid for mass EV adoption. Natural gas electricity generation is relatively easily scaled to handle a sharp increase in demand.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

To meet the IEA’s net zero by 2050 pathway, the share must near 30% in 2030 and thus electrification needs to accelerate rapidly, the Electricity 2024 publication states. Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year. annually through 2026. “The

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

Developer reveals flagship project is facing further delays, as Public Accounts Committee raises alarm over wider nuclear industry decommissioning costs. The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is facing a further year delay and an additional £3bn of costs, according to an update from developer EDF.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

Japan’s LNG imports, for one, have steadily declined over the last decade and fallen to their lowest level in 14 years as the country restarts nuclear power plants and builds out renewables. s total emissions in 2030, assuming the province met its climate target. s intended export markets. It is far more likely that B.C.

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 9, 2020

Size of the global chemical industry exceeded US$5 trillion in 2017 and projected to double by 2030. The post UN report: Urgent action needed to tackle chemicals outlook on pollution as global production is set to double by 2030 appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The Nuclear Fuel Fund will seek to award grants to projects that can increase the UK's domestic nuclear fuel sector, reducing the need for foreign imports and creating the material used in nuclear power stations to generate electricity with funding set to support the design and development of new facilities, BEIS said.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

gigawatt Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in 2012, it proudly proclaimed that the arrangement proved new nuclear did not need direct subsidy. A 2014 study found that of a global sample of 180 nuclear power plants, 97 percent ended up over budget. When the U.K. Since then, three other U.K.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It will focus on the feasibility of using nuclear power as an energy source to power steam assisted gravity drainage process , also known as SAGD. The post Alberta Promises Cenovus $7 Million to Study Small Modular Nuclear Reactors appeared first on DeSmog. And it has the responsibility to do so,” he said.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 14, 2022

The UK’s 2030 low carbon hydrogen production target is 10GW, with 3GW of nuclear power able with today’s technology to meet almost one-quarter of this target. The UKHFCA, which sets out a vision for 40GW of nuclear enabled hydrogen generating capacity by 2050, is not the only organisation investigating the potential.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

While renewables' 2020 performance was impressive, especially during a global pandemic, the report warns that the average pace of deployment through the 2020s will need to more than double that of the prior decade if the EU is going to hit its target of a 55 percent reduction in emissions by 2030. If the EU-27 plus the U.K.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Those include a deal with state power agency Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems to build 12 of its 50-megawatt modules by 2030 to deliver power across the Intermountain West as part of UAMPS’ Carbon Free Power Project. NuScale says it has also signed agreements with entities in the U.S.,

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2021

Another challenge outlined in the white paper is the feasibility of planned renewable developments, which would be needed to fill the demand gap left by declining coal generation and the ongoing decommissioning of nuclear power plants. This provides critical challenges for Germany, both politically and economically.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The IEA’s updated Net Zero Roadmap identifies the doubling of grid investments by 2030 as a key milestone for the electricity sector towards its net zero scenario. Thereafter the investment also needs to remain at a high level, approaching a peak of $1.1 trillion by 2040 before dropping back to around $850 billion by 2050.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

. - by Michael Holder ( @michaelholder ) 'Shovel ready': National Grid helps 20GW of clean energy projects jump connections queue National Grid moves capacity equivalent to six Hinkley Point C nuclear power stations up connections queue, promising major boost to energy storage developers. -

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In November last year, Spain’s government said its last coal and nuclear power plants would be closed by 2030. Endesa’s CEO responded at the time by saying he expected the coal plants to remain in place for backup beyond 2030. It also revealed tax breaks for natural gas that were not extended to coal.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The two countries are expected to remain at the top of the offshore wind table until at least 2030, according to the report. Meanwhile, the government is also reportedly planning to change its green investment framework to classify nuclear power as "sustainable" so as to make the sector more attractive to investors.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

The Future Nuclear Enabling Fund aims to support the government's ambition to approve eight new reactors by 2030. State-of-the-art technologies and innovative new business are to be encouraged into the UK nuclear power sector following the launch of a £120m government fund today.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new 5-gigawatt “low-carbon” hydrogen target for 2030 has been revealed, along with an ambition to heat an entire town with hydrogen by the end of the decade. Up until this point the government talked about two clusters, one by 2025 and one by 2030. GW of blue hydrogen capacity by 2030. A £1.3

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

Last year’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) calls for getting 70 percent of the state’s electricity from renewables by 2030, up from 26.8 percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. Source: NYISO. Source: NYISO.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2022

Advanced nuclear technologies, modular manufacturing methods and new approaches to project finance could usher a more cost-effective era for the UK's nuclear industry, writes LSE's Esin Serin. As part of its approach to dealing with energy security concerns, the UK government has turned to nuclear power.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

President Moon Jae-in said: “The wind farm to be built on the waters off Sinan will be as much as seven times the size of the world’s current largest wind power complex. gigawatts of electricity to be generated here is equivalent to the capacity of six new Korean nuclear power reactors combined. South Korea’s green ambitions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Led by French energy giant EDF - which is also currently constructing a nuclear power plant of the same size at Hinkley Point in Somerset - the Sizewell C project had been expected to provide up to seven per cent of the UK's total electricity needs. Nuclear power is a choice, not a necessity," he said.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2022

Improving the thermal performance of UK homes could deliver climate and energy security at a fraction of the cost of nuclear power, argues Kingspan's Rita Singh. As for nuclear power, it needs to be part of the UK's energy mix, but it won't come online or deliver cost benefits for consumers for several decades.

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