DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Morial Convention Center, a small but dedicated group of environmental activists affiliated with Sunrise Movement New Orleans protested the start of the 20th edition of the Americas Energy Summit & Exhibition. The conference was originally scheduled for the end of October of 2023. It’s not new.”

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

European energy giant unveils investment strategy that will see it invest €160bn directly in green infrastructure, while leveraging a further €30bn from other parties. The investment will support a goal to cut carbon emissions from the company by 80 per cent against 2017 levels.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 10, 2022

Accelerator for low-carbon hydrogen solutions welcomes seven startups. LCHA received 88 applications from 18 countries, representing numerous innovations that are advancing low-carbon hydrogen production, enhancing hydrogen storage and distribution, and providing business model innovations for the management of hydrogen supply chains.

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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. Ministers have made the big decisions – to decarbonise the power sector by 2035, to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles, to back heat pumps for homes.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

billion) investments in smart gas meters and other technologies and activities by 2028. billion, is focused on network repurposing and extension with the latest infrastructure to receive and distribute renewable gases such as biomethane and green hydrogen. million smart meters in the field, which should increase to almost 8.2

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

Green shipping is the practice of transporting goods by ship using the fewest resources and energy possible in order to protect the environment from pollution. In 2012, the shipping industry burned around 300 million tons of fuel oil, resulting in 949 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Container Management. Water Ballast.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Industry Voice: National Grid' chief engineer David Wright explains how the UK can deliver a zero carbon power system. As the world reflects on COP27 and the priorities ahead, it's clear that delivering a clean energy transition is a core part of meeting global climate ambitions. There isn't a one size fits all solution.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

As part of its preparations for the vital COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, the government must set out how it plans to harness the power of markets to deliver the next phase of decarbonisation of the UK economy and address incentives that currently push consumers towards high carbon choices, experts have warned.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We know we have to change the way we live to curb harmful emissions and reach net zero by 2050. This decade alone, the industry must: Increase low carbon electricity generation by approximately 50 per cent from sources such as wind or solar power. million homes. We can't afford to stall or to wait.

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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.". "The

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Nationwide Building Society, British Gas, Rockwool and E.ON among cross-sector firms calling for detailed government policy to drive green home upgrades. Because at the moment, it just doesn't work.".

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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

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

JUNE 15, 2021

National Grid's Antony Green sets out the company's wish list for the government's hotly-anticipated Hydrogen Strategy which is expected to emerge summer 2021. With expectations for 2021 as a milestone year for climate change as COP26 fast approaches, hydrogen is one of a few key areas government is exploring that could help achieve net zero.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2022

Investors eye major role for hydrogen in decarbonising UK's gas and energy system after deal valuing business at £9.6bn. National Grid's 7,660-kilometre transmission system plays a critical role in the UK energy landscape, transporting the gas needed to heat homes and power industry and electricity generation.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

European Commission unveils flurry of major policy plans as it seeks to help deliver on 2050 net zero goal, but green groups warn bolder action is still required. The Commission estimates the plan could help upgrade 35 million buildings across Europe and create up to 160,000 additional green jobs in the construction sector by 2030.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) have accused the government of "failing to grasp" the challenge of decarbonising the nation's housing stock, warning that existing support for homeowners looking to 'green' their homes falls far short of the levels required to put the UK on pathway to net zero emissions.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 31, 2021

How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US Ali Hasanbeigi Wed, 03/31/2021 – 01:00 From cardboard boxes delivered to our doors to home appliances, nearly everything comes from industrial processes. Those processes use a lot of energy and largely come from fossil fuels; one-third of U.S.

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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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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. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis? If not sooner.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2020

Energy Networks Association and National Grid reveal plans to harness green and flexible energy technologies through latest innovation strategies. During lockdown, swathes of businesses, industries and services have been forced to adapt to the new reality, and sadly in some cases that has meant scaling down or stopping altogether.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

& the London Borough of Brent - St Raphael's SolarSpace Community Centre Grosvenor - Holbein Gardens IBM Corporation - Hursley Datacentre IF_DO - Brent Cross Town Substation SEGRO - SEGRO Park Tottenham The Office Group - Black & White Building Green Heat Project of the Year Barratt Developments - Energy House 2.0

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

First launched in 2007, the EPC regime for homes and buildings was designed to ensure UK compliance with an EU directive to reduce the amount of energy used by both commercial and domestic properties.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.    In deals, geologic hydrogen digs up $245m, $181m across six EV deals, and Brookfield’s $10bn climate transition fund.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

That is the conclusion of new government research published this week, which in particular highlights a lack of awareness of the contribution to climate change made by heating buildings and reveals limited public knowledge of the essential low-carbon heating technologies that will play a critical role in meeting the UK's net zero emissions target.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Drought conditions are causing saltwater to creep into the drinking water of communities along the Mississippi River, and the DOE puts $325M toward long-duration energy storage projects. Sunak also disbanded the home Energy Efficiency Taskforce , created earlier this year, which was designed to hasten home insulation and boiler upgrades.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

It is a far from unsurprising message from Skidmore, who having signed the 2050 target into law, has long been a staunch advocate for an ambitious net zero agenda. Similarly, legislation should ensure all new non-domestic buildings must achieve an EPC rating of B from 2025.

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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. Today, a peculiar sign still greets those who enter the town: residential homes are pictured next to an oil tank, surrounded by refinery towers, all basking together underneath the sun and blue sky.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

Climate Home News reported this week on plans from India's Power and Renewable Energy Ministry to imposedutires of up to 25 per cent on solar modules and 15 per cent on cells imported from China and Malaysia. Germany advances plans for green hydrogen hub. The report analysed a number of recovery scenarios.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

It was a helpful reframing of the economic case for net zero, with its 129 recommendations covering areas including how business can be better supported, how we make better use of infrastructure and how we deliver more energy efficient homes. Progress is too slow. A sense of urgency is distinctly lacking.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

But players across the green economy were quick to point out the government's package of policies and tax changes was notably bereft of focus on three other critical 'E's that are planks of a prosperous economy: environment, energy, and efficiency. We need an industrial strategy that removes barriers to investment.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The government, on top of an already bulging in-tray for 2021, is legally-required to respond to the CCC's recommendations by June next year, and many businesses leaders, politicians, experts and campaigners have called on the ministers to endorse the report as soon as possible, and to urgently get started on building a net zero emission economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Commentators in the environmental sphere seemed to broadly welcome the UK government’s “Ten-Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution”, unveiled on 18 November, although some lamented its apparent inconsistencies. Electric avenue.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Planned legislation covering energy, transport, and a clamp down on environmental protests was unveiled in today's Queen Speech. Energy Security Bill.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Detroit.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The agency said the strategy represened an unprecedented effort to drastically slash pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy. "No It's the most ambitious set of climate goals of any jurisdiction in the world, and if adopted, it'll spur an economic transformation akin to the industrial revolution.

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