Business Green

JUNE 2, 2021

Data centre firm CyrusOne announces all its facilities are now running on a 100 per cent renewable energy tarrifs. Data centre firm REIT CyrusOne has announced that all its facilities in Europe are now running on 100 per cent renewable energy tariffs.

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AutoGrid

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In the era of ambitious environmental initiatives such as the Fit for 55 , RePower EU , and the Green Deal Industrial Plan , the European Commission remains resolute in its pursuit of net-zero emissions by 2050. DER Initiatives Across Europe Across Europe, individual countries are strategically advancing their energy objectives.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

France's Total announced two significant wind deals in recent days, becoming the latest oil company to push into floating offshore wind as it builds on its existing momentum in the solar market. Total this week bought an 80 percent share of the 96-megawatt Erebus floating wind project in the Celtic Sea from developer Simply Blue Energy.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

In today’s distributed energy system, managing power grid complexity is challenging. But grid operators are often handling these changes with an ageing infrastructure that wasn’t built with a distributed energy system in mind. The energy transition is reshaping utilities’ business model.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For a 2050 net-zero future, we’ll need an electricity grid large enough that its untangled cables would be long enough to stretch all the way to the sun.    Last week, we got in tune with power markets to set the stage for a reliable, resilient, and decarbonized grid.   The grid follows a four-step value chain.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Many companies in carbon-intensive industries — such as oil and gas and chemicals — have set net-zero target dates of or close to 2050, while many in services sectors aim for around 2035. Solutions differ by industry and company, and all have different starting points, opportunities and challenges.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Australian energy chiefs have welcomed the release today of two reports setting out options for the country’s future electricity market makeup. Australia lags behind most of Europe and North America in the provision of demand response, which means grid operators have to ensure generation matches consumption at all times.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Prospects for carbon capture received a boost in September when the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the emerging technology is “ critical ” to a clean-energy transition. CCUS could go a step further by using sequestered carbon as a feedstock for industrial processes or synthetic fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 14, 2020

Iberdrola, among the world's largest wind power generators, plans to streamroll its way through the coronavirus crisis, with CEO Ignacio Galán announcing plans this month to increase investment in renewables projects and continue adding jobs as soon as the public health crisis is over.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Strong, clear climate policies across power, transport and heavy industry, would help to support businesses to achieve climate goals, argues Volvo Car's. However, as our CEO, Håkan Samuelsson, said at the time, we believe that this strategy is the right one, not least as consumer demand for electric vehicles will only increase.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 25, 2023

According to new research from Cornwall Insight, household flexibility, which can be enabled by smart meters, has the potential to substantially support reductions in peak energy consumption, equivalent to the capacity of four new gas-fired power stations. billion/year ($17.9 billion/year ($17.9

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Two engineers were on board to monitor the vehicle's actions at all times, with one behind the wheel and ready to take control if required, and the second supervising the car's control and monitoring systems. The test vehicle featured GPS, radar, LIDAR, and camera technologies that build up a perception of the world around it.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

So what is the energy sector doing to address this? Despite further investment in renewable energy, fossil fuel usage is still increasing, and it’s expected that fossil fuels will remain the dominant form of energy by the end of this century. CCS and the rise of the engineer. million by 2030.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Green , and James Bee On 6 February 2024, the European Commission (Commission) presented its recommendations for the EU’s 2040 climate target, following a detailed impact assessment on potential emission reduction pathways. The Commission recommends a 90% net GHG reduction by 2040, as compared to 1990 levels. Davies , Michael D.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A new report published in the journal Scientific Reports has warned that extreme droughts are set to become much more frequent across central Europe in the coming decades as climate impacts escalate. Study: China accounts for over 90 per cent of planned global coal power capacity. Fresh warnings of European drought risks.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

The Rewild Fund added that it would help to drive the project forward through both the physical preparation of the chosen site, baseline surveys, and monitoring activity. We're cleaning up our city, re-establishing lost species and reconnecting people and nature as we build a greener, fairer city for all Londoners."

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Shell and BP are writing down assets while a raft of US fracking firms are entering bankruptcy protection – change is coming to the fossil fuel industry faster than anyone expected. The organisation concluded that no oil and gas firms across Europe and the US are currently basing their asset valuations on realistic price assumptions for oil.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to a $1.3 To realise the full benefit of the nation’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035, we need to more than double our grid capacity,” said US secretary of energy Jennifer M. Under the program, DOE is authorised to borrow up to $2.5

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. The leading killer of children in both the US and Europe. Despite the (slow) migration to electric-powered cars, consumer trends are making driving even more wasteful and unequal. Question: what do the following statistics have in common?

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Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

Lest we forget, last summer's heatwaves across Europe - made five times more likely to occur as a result of climate change - were estimated to have caused an additional 900 deaths in the UK, according to by Public Health England (PHE).

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper. To describe autumn 2020 as a busy period for green economy policy in the UK would be an understatement.

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Bidgely

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

With Europe becoming the pioneer of energy transition, the European Utility Week (EUW) has evolved from a classic industry trade fair to a hotbed of energy innovation and thought leadership. In fact, 45% of annual battery capacity additions are already behind the meter today. Customers Are Still Missing Out.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The LME is the world's oldest and largest industrial metals exchange - BusinessGreen investigates how it is preparing for the battery metal goldrush and responding to calls for a more sustainable metals industry. What role do metals exchanges have in driving a sustainable transition to a low-carbon economy?

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

Envirotec writes Many are betting on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) as the pathway to meeting ambitious net zero targets in the sector, with 2040 and 2050 being oft-cited deadlines. An analysis by Stratas Advisors has predicted that in Europe the demand for biofuels based on animal fat will grow from 1.4 tonnes from 2021 to 2030.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2023

Powers, vice president for global cleantech and renewables at Schneider Electric, who explores how public-private sector collaboration can help unshackle the surging demand for renewable energy. Most of Europe and roughly half of the United States is deregulated. Interview with John D. I was really impressed. And I agree.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

Companies planning to build new coal-fired power plants will no longer be able to get financing from BNP Paribas, following the banking giant's introduction of a string of new policies aimed at eliminating its exposure to coal-fired electricity projects. BNP Paribas granted €185m to Germany's RWE, €150m to Czechia's ?EZ,

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. For example, the UK has the Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Department. Why industrial strategy?

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Gulf Coast typically receives much of the attention for the LNG rush , the Pacific Coast of Canada is home to multiple proposed LNG export projects, as energy companies scramble to export fracked gas from northeast British Columbia. Thames is a former executive at Cheniere Energy, a prominent U.S. A spokesperson from the B.C.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

offshore wind industry has a capital today, most would nod toward Boston. Sites like the once-forgotten South Brooklyn Marine Terminal and the proposed Arthur Kill Terminal on Staten Island may soon transform into major renewable energy hubs. New York officials talk frequently and fluently about the industry.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Dubbed the 'Growth Plan' , the package of around 30 measures builds on Prime Minister Liz Truss's vision for a low tax and low regulation approach in the hope of driving economic growth and staving off warnings of a looming recession. The Prime Minister and Chancellor are like two desperate gamblers in a casino, chasing a losing run.".

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 11, 2020

Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing Top Topics Large oil and gas and utility companies are making net-zero pledges , as they look to get ahead of consumer and regulatory trends.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

These relationship-building activities have helped to forge a powerful alliance in Brussels between select politicians from the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and those with a commercial interest in slowing moves to more nature-friendly farming: pesticide manufacturers and farming unions linked to industry.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

The UN has this week published its annual Global E-waste Monitor report , revealing that at least $10bn of gold, platinum, and other precious metals were lost each year as part of the world's growing e-waste mountain. By 2040, we will be carbon neutral. Poland hails 'birth of offshore wind' industry.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Only 3 percent of the Wyoming project’s CO2 has been geologically stored in the same formation from which the original gas was extracted, according to estimates from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). C and with the net-zero energy transition. Credit: SaskPower , CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The pledge also calls on international banks to include nuclear in energy lending policies to help finance project-killing infrastructure expenditures. Italy installed its National Platform for Sustainable Nuclear Power in September. Post-Fukushima, the country pledged to phase out all atomic power.

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