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UK Boosts Hydrogen, EVs and Carbon Capture With New Net-Zero Plan

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed a ten-point plan to set the country on its way toward its 2050 net-zero plan, with an accelerated EV rollout and a new hydrogen target the standout pledges. Parkin is the project director of the HyNet cluster in Merseyside, which proposes an integrated network of CCS and hydrogen infrastructure.

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Xcel Targets $1.4B in Wind and Solar Investments, Outlines Broader Carbon-Reduction Goals

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billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. EVs, green hydrogen and energy storage. Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4

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NYPA, Environmental Justice Groups to Work Together on Peaker Plant Replacements

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California regulators have allowed utilities to replace capacity from the closed San Onofre nuclear power plant with new gas-fired peaker plants, though they also required Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric to seek out batteries, energy efficiency and demand response to meet part of the shortfall.

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MIT Study: Transmission Is Key to a Low-Cost, Decarbonized US Grid

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It co-optimizes grid capacity investments and hourly operations costs of generation, storage, and transmission to meet projected electricity demand in 2040. Each $10 per megawatt-hour in savings equates to roughly $44 billion per year by 2040.

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Everything you need to know about the UK's landmark Energy White Paper

Business Green

Overall it paints a hugely complex, but largely holistic picture for how the UK generates, manages, and uses heat and power, as it strives to deliver on its net zero emissions goals. There are currently around 1.7

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Think tank outlines possible clean energy industrial strategy for the UK

Envirotec Magazine

It also has set and met ambitious clean energy and has the potential to produce an enormous amount of clean electricity, heat, and hydrogen with offshore wind and nuclear power. This will result in the UK seeing the second largest reduction in consumer gas demand in Europe and the third largest drop in consumer oil demand.

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Ameren Sets Goal of Net-Zero by 2050, Plots Major Wind and Solar Expansion in Midwest

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utilities pledging to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with a long-range plan that invests nearly $8 billion in renewable energy and accelerates some coal plant closures — although it will retain much of its coal fleet through 2040. GW by 2040. GW of natural gas, 1.2 GW of natural gas, 1.2