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Can Gas-Fired Power Plants Coexist with a Net-Zero Target? Yes, Southern Company Insists

GreenTechMedia

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. utility has yet fully fleshed out how it intends to eliminate natural gas power plants from its generation portfolio. To be sure, no U.S.

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Comment: Carbon net zero – we’re halfway there

Envirotec Magazine

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. A lot of the hard work has come from decarbonising the grid and the shift to renewable power.

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Back green hydrogen to power clean growth, industry urges government

Business Green

Titled Renewable Hydrogen - Seizing the UK Opportunity , the report calls on the government to back the development of 'green hydrogen' - produced using renewable energy - by supporting the renewable sector as it attempts to replicate the success of the UK's offshore wind industry. the RenewableUK study argues.

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New Oregon Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Accelerating Climate Policies

Energy Innovation

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. By Shelley Wenzel.

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5 Maritime Sustainability Trends for 2022

The Environmental Blog

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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Methane is front and center for EIG’s portfolio companies

EDF + Business

Note: this is the second installment of a dialogue Q&A series with private equity investors following a methane summit EDF recently hosted for portfolio companies of EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG) and Quantum Energy Partners. First, EIG is committed to being a part of the energy transition.

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‘They’re Destroying Our Coastline’: Activists at the Americas Energy Summit Protest Fossil Fuel Expansion

DeSmogBlog

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. It’s methane gas, which is 80 times more warming in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. It’s not new.”