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Xcel unveils plan for net-zero natural gas by 2050

Renewable Energy World

Xcel Energy, provider of electricity and natural gas services to nearly 6 million customers in eight Western and Midwestern states, has committed to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from its natural gas business by 2050. Follow @EngelsAngle.

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Monitoring an important greenhouse gas (Sponsored content)

Envirotec Magazine

The Dutch horticultural sector aims to be climate-neutral by 2040. Pests and diseases are preferably tackled biologically, and the energy-efficient greenhouse reuses water and nutrients as much as possible; leading to cleaner cultivation and improved yields. Monitoring carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide in greenhouses.

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New York Delays Second Offshore Wind Solicitation Due to Coronavirus

GreenTechMedia

gigawatts, to help meet the state’s ambitious clean energy goals. Thursday’s decision by the PSC approves a January proposal from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to conduct its second major solicitation for offshore wind, aimed at meeting New York’s goals for 2.4

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New Oregon Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Accelerating Climate Policies

Energy Innovation

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. Business As Usual Scenario. By Shelley Wenzel.

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5 States Blazing the Trail for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources

GreenTechMedia

Distributed energy resources (DERs) is an expansive term, including everything from backup generators to microgrids. In some states with 100 percent clean energy mandates, like California and Hawaii, the focus is on solar — lots and lots of it — and the tools needed to integrate this massive new grid edge resource.

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Major Climate Bill Recommits Massachusetts to Climate Goals

Energy and Cleantech Council

The 2050 goal itself had already been adopted by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs under preexisting law. Not surprisingly, many of the levers the new act pulls are embedded within familiar state energy policies. or otherwise shake things up.

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Carbon Capture: Silver Bullet or Mirage?

GreenTechMedia

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. That means having carbon pricing comfortably above the cost of capture, usage and/or storage. percent of global power generation capacity.

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