Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. As such, the analysts predict exponential growth for the solar and wind power sectors, noting that "humans specialise in extracting cheap energy, and fast". per cent of solar and 0.16 per cent of daily sunshine.".

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

As global effort to fight climate change intensifies, the challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find ways to meet the rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global sales of new electric vehicles (EV) grew from 3 million in 2020 to 6.6

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Our record on renewable energy speaks for itself,” they said. “In

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

It’s not much compared to other big industries but a study has found this figure may rise to as much as 17% by 2050 if the industry doesn’t become more sustainable. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is eager to prevent this from happening and has set a goal to reduce emissions by 50% by 2050.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 29, 2021

by Yariv Cohen, Ignite Power. Leshan city, in the Sichuan province of southeast China, is an industrial zone, 120 kilometers (75 miles) away from Chengdu. The city boasts a 71-meter (233-feet) high ancient Buddha that was built in the 7th century, and is the largest carved stone sculpture in the country.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Partner Content: Getting to grips with data in business operations, collaboration, and becoming a more engaged energy user can all bring financial rewards, argues BrytEnergy Awareness of the net zero energy transition (the move from fossil fuels to renewables) has been growing in recent years.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Contributed by Saverio Grosso, Edison Energy. New York City’s Climate Mobilization Act has been lauded as one of the most ambitious and innovative legislative initiatives by a major city to combat climate change. The goal: Reduce their emissions 40 percent by 2030, and 80 percent by 2050. Last month, the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

By Faye Bowser, Head of Energy Solutions, Siemens plc. Kyoto Protocol agreed to use as a benchmark for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and 2050, the year many countries set as their target for carbon net zero. … while a lot has changed, not much has changed.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The UK Government’s new Net Zero Strategy sets out for the first time how the Government intends to halve UK emissions in little over a decade, and to eliminate them by 2050. It is also a strong example to bring to the COP26 summit of how to follow climate change targets with action. And they have proposed policies to do it.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The falling cost of wind and solar power significantly reduces the need for carbon capture and storage technology to tackle climate change, a new paper has argued. Neil Grant, a PhD candidate at Imperial College who led the research, said the past decade had “seriously changed the game for CCS”. by the end of the century.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

Strategy to set out a number of new targets for the decarbonisation of industry, as government confirms details of nine projects to be awarded funding through Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge - but opposition warns plans lack necessary ambition.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

People are looking for pension funds and financial institutions that actively support the transition to a sustainable economy (68%) and consider the climate change impacts of the companies they invest in (64%). Too many banks, pension funds and insurers are propping up fossil fuel giants.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2022

million smart meters were installed in Britain last year, as the rollout once again picked up pace following the slowdown experienced during the earlier stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest official data has confirmed. million meters. million meters. A total of 3.8

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AutoGrid

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In the era of ambitious environmental initiatives such as the Fit for 55 , RePower EU , and the Green Deal Industrial Plan , the European Commission remains resolute in its pursuit of net-zero emissions by 2050. DER Initiatives Across Europe Across Europe, individual countries are strategically advancing their energy objectives.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Trials of a net zero fuel mix at a Lancashire cement manufacturing plant have successfully completed, industry confirms. A government funded net zero fuel trial at a cement plant in Lancashire has been successfully completed, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) announced late last week. MPA was awarded £3.2m

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

Strategy to set out a number of new targets for the decarbonisation of industry, as government confirms details of nine projects to be awarded funding through Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge - but opposition warns plans lack necessary ambition.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Two reports out this week have highlighted how developments across 2021 are set to catalyse policy and technological trends that could catalyse the retreat of fossil fuels across the global energy system. At times the fossil fuel economy can seem indefatigable.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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. CCUS could go a step further by using sequestered carbon as a feedstock for industrial processes or synthetic fuels.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Worried about the climate crisis? And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. .

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 19, 2021

Local community solar projects enhanced by one-stop shop digital systems are set to play a crucial role in the global energy transition. The History of Civilization is in many ways the History of Energy. The control of energy has been a key – some say the key – factor in geopolitics and capitalism.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

US tech giants have faced criticism for continuing to work with fossil fuel giants such as Chevron and ExxonMobil, despite their own ambitious climate commitments. When I asked Microsoft chief environmental officer Lucas Joppa about this tension last year, he told me that changes won't happen overnight.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

HSBC's board has today agreed to phase out all coal financing within 20 years, in a major victory for shareholders who have been piling pressure on the bank to set out how and when it will reduce its significant exposure to fossil fuel assets.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

Last year, the UK was the first country in the world to pass legislation to become a net zero emissions economy by 2050. This has led to many voices calling for a green and equitable recovery, able to combine social and environmental concerns in climate change policy. This commitment was ambitious at conception.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. It’s an apt welcome to a place where the realities of everyday life seem to be in stark contrast to the green illusion marketed by the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

All new homes built from 2025 will need to be 'zero carbon ready' in the UK under fresh green building standards published by the government yesterday, which should lead to a major uptick in investment in clean technologies and greener building materials while drastically curbing the market for traditional gas boilers.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. WPR’s campaign also explicitly promotes hydrogen as a viable fuel for domestic heating. The PR campaign subjects heat pumps to intense criticism.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Th announcement follows the final consultation paper that the Green Finance and Industry Taskforce released in February 2023. The Taxonomy utilises a “transition” category, acknowledging the unique challenges and needs of Asia’s shift towards a net zero economy amidst economic growth and increasing energy demands.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2020

Industry commits to halving operational emissions within the next decade, as it seeks to deliver net zero emissions from UK basin by 2050. The UK's oil and gas industry has this month published a new roadmap, setting out how the sector could deliver one of the world's first net zero emissions basins.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2020

The government has offered the firmest indication yet of its vision for the development of carbon capture storage and utilisation (CCUS) over the next decade, as it this week fired the starting gun towards building what will be key pillar of the UK's 2050 net zero strategy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

BusinessGreen's all-you-need-to-know guide to the raft of policies and spending commitments contained in the government's flagship roadmap for achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The power sector. Heat and Buildings Strategy. The four principles are: work with the grain of consumer choice.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Taking the ‘human factor’ into consideration when designing and implementing energy policy is crucial to achieving energy transition goals, writes Dr Rosa Garcia-Verdugo. Changes in people’s buying habits need to be consistent to speed up the green transition, say experts. Putting people at the centre.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As the gas price crisis escalates, a comprehensive new study underscores need for 'changes in the way we live, move, and consume' to cut energy demand in pursuit of net zero.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Yet regardless of the outcome, there’s one thing that won’t change: companies and investors must help lead the charge to build a more sustainable, equitable and resilient future. At the start of 2020, business and investor attention to climate change and ESG performance was surging at last. Companies are in the spotlight.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Nationwide Building Society, British Gas, Rockwool and E.ON Spearheaded by leading UK mortgage provider Nationwide Building Society, the companies argue a centralised strategy is needed to help overcome barriers preventing homeowners from taking steps to reduce the climate and environmental impacts of their properties.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

General Synod calls climate change 'a crisis for God's creation' as it votes to decarbonise the Church within 10 years. The Bishop said the climate crisis was a social justice issue that most severely affected the world's poorest "and if the Church is to hold others to account, we have to get our own house in order".

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Dr Azad Camyab, founder and CEO of the London-based company Pearlstone Energy, talks about the challenges and opportunities of virtual power plants (VPPs) in the burgeoning UK market with Smart Energy International. The cleanest and greenest energy is the energy not used!”. Have you read?

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