Renew Economy

MARCH 20, 2024

Complete with the "perennial forecast of shortfalls," AEMO's latest Gas Statement of Opportunities has analysts scratching their heads on why the market operator sees gas power demand soaring in 2040. The post AEMO issues another gas shortage warning, but analysts question why appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

A new report from power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research suggests that increased deployment of (and continued improvements in) virtualisation technology could reduce potential future European computing emissions 55% by 2040.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Unveiled today, the long-awaited Jet Zero Strategy reiterates the government's commitment for all UK aviation and airports to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 through a proposed decarbonisation trajectory that aims to ensure the sector's emissions continue to fall from the pre-pandemic peak recorded in 2019.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

The document assesses demand for hydrogen across the aviation supply chain, with a particular regional focus. Hydrogen in Aviation’ takes a closer look at the future demand for hydrogen across South Wales and South West England.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The International Energy Agency was clear in its landmark report earlier this year: phasing out coal power by 2040 is a key milestone on the path to net zero. An existing pledge to phase out fossil-fuel-powered trucks and buses by 2040 now includes an interim target of 30% by 2030. The end of coal is closer (but still too far).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This demand for industrial heat is expected to grow by 34% between 2019 and 2040, with low and medium-temperature heat the fastest-growing segments.           LDES can reduce these emissions at food processing and chemical facilities with heat requirements below 500°C.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2023

This piece was authored by Muhammad Abdullah, an 2023 summer Transportation Policy intern with Energy Innovation and Energy Innovation’s Chris Busch, Director Transportation and Senior Economist. But further policy action is needed to speed their adoption. 8] Globally, ZEV truck sales doubled in 2022, reaching 1.2

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Investment in clean energy such as solar, hydropower and wind to meet Africa’s energy demand which is expected to double by 2040. The researchers call for urgent collaboration on: • Continuous air monitoring via a network of sensors in order to build a detailed picture of air pollution variations and track progress.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

And Wood Mackenzie's research indicates that the cost of green hydrogen will fall by 64 percent by 2040 as the market scales up. “On average, green hydrogen production costs will equal fossil-fuel-based hydrogen by 2040,” said Ben Gallagher, Wood Mackenzie senior research analyst and author of the new report, in a statement.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

The study, published in the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) journal The Geographical Journal , highlights that global demand for sulphuric acid is set to rise significantly from ‘246 to 400 million tonnes’ by 2040 – a result of more intensive agriculture and the world moving away from fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

g/m 3 by 2040, in addition to a 35% reduction in population exposure to PM2.5 by 2040, compared to levels in 2018. The target proposals to improve water quality and availability address pollution from abandoned mines, nutrient pollution and water demand. particulate pollution in the air from 20 ?g/m g/m 3 to 10 ?g/m

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

Influential think tank argues governments could soon be forced into an abrupt net zero policy shift that would threaten value of oil assets. We do not know when or how an inevitable policy response will come, which makes it hard for companies to plan," explained report author Andrew Grant, senior oil and gas analyst at Carbon Tracker.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

French TSO RTE has proposed investments prioritising developments of its network of the order of €100 billion by 2040. However, since then, the state has redefined its energy policy, including a revival of nuclear power, the acceleration of renewables and reindustrialisation through the development of low-carbon industrial zones.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Aviva has announced it intends to reach net zero emissions across its operations, supply chain, and investments by 2040, unveiling a number of new exclusion policies that will see the firm distance itself from the most carbon intensive fossil fuel companies.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Michigan's two big investor-owned utilities, Consumers Energy and DTE Energy, have both committed to meeting state-mandated clean energy targets and retiring coal plants by 2040. This week, Consumers upped its long-term goals to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. billion grid modernization initiatives approved last year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

A group of moderate Conservative MPs has served up a raft of policy recommendations designed to help deliver on the Prime Minister's pledge to "build back greener" from the Covid-19 recession, including proposals to bring forward the petrol and diesel car sale ban to 2030, plant tens of thousands of trees, and create a domestic carbon tax.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The demonstrator aims to model the island’s electricity network from the 132kV interconnectors to local 400V transformers to serve as a test to see how digital twin-related technologies and processes can facilitate delivery of long-term policy objectives. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

There is currently twice as much installed hydro as there is solar, but PV could grow three times faster from now till 2040. Even the IEA’s middle-road "Stated Policies" scenario would require an 80 percent increase in grid investments over the next decade compared to the previous 10 years. Grid operators in China, the U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Competing demand for UK land from livestock farming, housebuilding, energy crops, tree cover, and nature protection is expected to intensify in the coming years as businesses and policymakers grapple with inter-related challenges such as climate change, nature loss, and food security.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals. The influential consultancy giant today published a new report detailing how it expects global oil demand to peak in 2029, with gas demand peaking in 2037.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

New York recently announced its target of 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040, joining California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington in passing substantive clean energy targets. Demand for energy resilience will spread across the country as the effects of climate change become more acute.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

Major truck manufacturers in Europe have accelerated the target date for their diesel engine phase-out from 2050 to 2040. Hydrogen was not even included in the major policy to drive renewables demand in the transport sector. Hydrogen was not added until the policy was redrawn in 2018 to target 32 percent by 2030.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Power grids globally must be upgraded by 2040 to keep the lights on. In 2024, progress for VPPs will mean stakeholders taking initial steps towards promoting VPP adoption by both Programme teams and Energy Procurement teams, fostering customer engagement, developing supportive policies and regulations, and leaning into open standards.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

billion by 2028, India is set to emerge as a market leader due to significant uptake and favourable policy measures, according to Research and Markets. The researcher’s predictions, they state in a release, suggest a sizeable global Li-Ion battery demand increase, skyrocketing from over 700GWh in 2022 to approximately 4.7TWh by 2030.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Its electricity demand reached an all-time demand peak of 223 gigawatts (GW) this past June, and projections indicate it could hit 340 GW by the decade’s end. To put that into perspective, the electricity demand for Germany in 2022 was 200 GW. Asset Diversity: As is the case in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Over the next decade, renewable energy demand from Fortune 1000 companies could add 85 GW. Design to scale to the future by ensuring operational scale, customer-oriented options to meet decarbonization goals, alignment with federal and state public policy and predictable investment decisions. Improving wholesale markets. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

The government is already running a £1bn CCUS Infrastructure Fund to help support projects, with an aim to have four low carbon capture clusters running by the end of the decade, and at least one fully net zero cluster by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Evergy has become the latest utility to pledge to long-term carbon cuts even though the states it serves, Kansas and Missouri, aren’t demanding them. To get to 80 percent, the company plans to retire all coal plants in the 2040-2050 timeframe, except its Iatan 2 plant in Missouri, the newest and cleanest in its fleet.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This is according to DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook North America , which reveals a transformative shift in energy consumption patterns driven by policies and investments in renewables and electrification. However, policies have already been set in motion in both the US and Canada to rectify grid capacity limitations.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The development of geothermal energy as one of the renewable energy sources is one of the goals of the Polish Energy Policy until 2040. . “Geotermia Podhalanska has been providing heat and hot water to local residents and institutions for 30 years. Geothermal energy is undoubtedly the best renewable energy source.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nine global corporates back new ambition statement that sees them commit to transitioning their freight vessels to zero carbon fuels by 2040. The signatories of the 2040 Ambition Statement are also calling on policymakers and governments worldwide to advance the decarbonisation of domestic, regional, and international shipping.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 23, 2020

In our Energy Transition Outlook (ETO), peak energy demand arrives in 2040; in the AET, it's 2029. For a 2-degree world, energy demand will need to peak much sooner — in just three years' time, by 2023. We tested the boundaries around gas demand in two ways, looking at the power sector and at industry.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

JBS , the world’s largest meat conglomerate, widely advertised its pledge to reach net zero by 2040 – including in full screen online commercials in the Washington Post. Misleading Ads The report pointed to widespread advertising campaigns that downplay the impacts of the animal agriculture industry. which was funded by a $2.9

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EDF + Business

JUNE 24, 2021

This series will highlight growing demand for zero-emission trucks and for public policies to accelerate their deployment. Demand for zero-emission trucks on the market continues to grow as these vehicles are rapidly coming to market and are becoming increasingly cost-competitive. Public policy is needed to accelerate progress.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 17, 2023

To overcome this, the report, Electricity Grids and Secure Energy Transitions , calls for “an unprecedented level of attention from policy makers and business leaders to ensure grids support clean energy transitions and maintain electricity security”.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

National Farmers Union president Minette Batters today launched a scathing attack on the government's agricultural policies, accusing Ministers of setting "completely contradictory" environmental standards for British farmers and overseas producers of food and drink imported to the UK. We have completely contradictory government policies.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 26, 2022

The new member supported Centre, launched by the MIT Energy Initiative, the university’s hub for research, education and community and public outreach, is adopting a ‘whole systems’ approach to investigate the technologies, policies, demographics and economics that are reshaping the energy system landscape. Have you read?

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