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Midwestern Utility Evergy Pledges Carbon Cuts in Line With Paris Accord

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At the same time, it increased its share of renewables from less than 1 percent to roughly 27 percent, almost entirely wind power, with nearly 3.9 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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New York?s Energy Transition (and Challenges) in 5 Charts

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percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. Source: NYISO. Source: NYISO. Source: NYISO.

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Con Edison Contracts Its Biggest Battery to Date in New York City

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It’s the biggest utility-contracted battery in the state thus far, though independent power producer LS Power is planning to build at least 300 MW/1,200 MWh of batteries at its Ravenswood power plant in Queens. At the same time, New York has also set a target of 9 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2035.

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Global Briefing: EU set to push for more stretching 2030 climate target

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Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. Poland is the only member of the EU which has so far refused to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, with the country seeking more time to reconfigure its economy, which is heavily reliant on coal-fired power stations and coal mining.

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Fukushima on track to become a renewable energy hub

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In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. The end goal for 2040 is that the entire Land of the Rising Sun will be completely powered through renewable energy.

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Multi-trillion dollar opportunity: BNEF charts course to a net zero global energy system

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BNEF stresses that the window for action is fast closing, estimating that energy-related emissions must drop by almost a third below 1990 levels by the end of the decade, and fall by 75 per cent by 2040, if net zero by 2050 is to be achieved. Overall, global emissions need to fall 3.2 alive, the report states.

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Global Briefing: Coronavirus crisis will have 'negligible' impact on emissions without green recovery, study warns

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The project - which is backed by investment totalling €89 million - will now enter its first five year phase, which will involve the planning and construction of a 30MW electrolyser unit that will produce 'green' hydrogen using offshore wind power.