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

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Xcel expects regulators to approve this plan, which also includes coal-closure commitments and extending its nuclear power plant operations through at least 2040, by the end of this year. Xcel made waves in late 2018 by setting its own net-zero carbon plans in advance of state mandates. In Minnesota, Gov.

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Arizona Outlines Possible Path to 100 Percent Clean Power by 2050

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The newly approved changes will boost those targets dramatically for investor-owned utilities Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power, mandating a 50 percent cut in carbon emissions from 2016 to 2018 average levels by 2032 and a 75 percent cut by 2040. are facing bigger and more devastating wildfires.

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

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He expects blue hydrogen made from natural gas via steam reforming to meet around 80 percent of the 5 GW target, with HyNet alone planning for 3.5 The new plan sets an earlier 2030 target for the phase-out of sales of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, up from a previous target of 2040. A £1.3

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

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Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S. 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

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With Hinkley Point C costs skyrocketing and timetables repeatedly slipping, at the same time as advances in wind, solar, and battery technologies continue to surpass all expectations, some had hoped the White Paper would mark the end to the UK government's long-running love affair with nuclear power.

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Fact-Checking Mike Pence’s Energy Campaign Ad

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So, it’s probably common in every country to blame political leaders for high gasoline prices, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are the actual cause. back on the path to energy independence, but by 2040 we will reclaim America’s role as the leading producer of energy in the world.” For natural gas, the U.S.

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Dominion and Virginia Lawmakers Race to Define Clean Energy Goals, Offshore Wind Plans

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That’s greater than its previous commitment to reduce net carbon emissions from its power sector by 80 percent by 2050 and methane emissions from its natural-gas operations by 65% by 2030 and 80% by 2040.

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