Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

He said the creation of the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero was "a pretty clear guide or indication" the government would be moving ahead with plans for a Great British Nuclear (GBN) agency to help identify new sites for nuclear power plants and support their development, adding that an announcement was likely in the coming weeks.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Green business groups and campaigners welcome the government's renewed focus on the net zero transition, but warn plan lacks long-term policies and sufficient funding in key areas. More, ambitious policy may be needed to support jobs in sectors such as automotive and deliver a fair, green transition.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2020

It estimates that in all net zero scenarios, a major ramping up of renewables would be essential, including between 50GW and 90GW of offshore and onshore wind capacity, and potentially up to 80GW of solar capacity, depending on whether the UK also prioritises scaling up nuclear power capacity.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Global supply chain disruptions, workforce protection measures, and policy uncertainty required adaptation across the industry. Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. This was despite a decline in nuclear output. Renewable energy generated a fifth of U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

And bioenergy also has a key role to play in decarbonising aviation and shipping, with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) needing to account for 18 per cent of aircraft fuel by the end of the decade, according to the analysis. Hydrogen, CCS, and nuclear.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

To that end, the government yesterday unveiled a new 'Build Back Better' council made up of 30 business leaders covering a range of sectors, from energy and retail to hospitality, finance, and aviation with a view to helping shape the UK's coronavirus recovery plans. Nuclear power is essential," he told MPs.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The program is expected to focus on four key green technology areas: green hydrogen, long term energy storage, sustainable aviation fuels, and direct air capture. Ahead of COP26, this new partnership with Catalyst is a boost to the UK's vision for a green industrial revolution.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

The government recently moved to improve the policy environment for onshore wind projects by lifting a ban on onshore wind and solar projects competing for government-backed clean power contracts through its contract for difference (CfD) subsidy regime.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

Previous reports have suggested the Chancellor has pushed back against colleagues' plans to significantly expand the UK's fleet of nuclear power stations , and has questioned the value for money of additional solar and onshore wind development. Nuclear costs continue?to There are now question?marks

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Great British Nuclear (GBN): As expected, today sees the launch of a new agency based in Greater Manchester tasked with overseeing the rollout of a new fleet of nuclear power capacity through both large scale and small modular reactors (SMR).

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

At COP21 in 2015, new environmentalism was emerging, characterised by a willingness to include 'taboot technologies like nuclear power, and a commitment to evidence-based decision-making. For nearly two decades nuclear power had been officially excluded from the multilateral UN climate negotiations process.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

After all, the Net Zero Review - or Mission Zero, as it is officially titled - does not demand a revolutionary overhaul of government policy backed by a blank cheque from the Treasury to spur on decarbonisation efforts. Here, BusinessGreen provides an all-you-need-to-know guide to the Review's recommendations and key conclusions. G overnance.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

This annual assessment acts as a “stick” policy to push shippers to decarbonize and ratings will become more stringent over time, with the threshold for each decreasing by ~2% each year—meaning ships that receive an A in 2023 could get a B rating in 2024 with the same CII score. Maersk, MSC, Evergreen).

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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. Investment in this sector is simply throwing good money after bad.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

But the report stresses the policy response to delivering a decarbonised energy system must take a broad view of energy and the linkages between sectors in order to be effective and efficient.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🇬🇧 UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led a campaign against some of the country’s most essential climate policies. ☢️ US nuclear power saw mixed results. Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Just a week after the government finally unleashed its Net Zero Strategy , Heat and Buildings Strategy and the Treasury's Net Zero Review, replete with a flurry of fresh policy and investment, it was now the turn of the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to set out the government's spending plans for the next year and beyond.

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Clean Energy Trust

OCTOBER 8, 2021

| Changing Climate Change Beliefs This month, we’re highlighting big climate policy news in Illinois, how the battery materials supply chain is evolving, why sustainable aviation fuels may be a Goldilocks solution, and changing beliefs on climate change. There’s actually an opportunity for industry and policy alignment.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting. 

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. With the right national policies, this shift could also spur a reindustrial revolution.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Tuesday’s report comes as President-elect Joe Biden is pressing for a major shift in federal energy and climate policy, including a $2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure spending plan that faces the likelihood of strong opposition from Republicans in Congress. “Who benefits more, and who pays more?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

They could also set the industries in a more advantageous position to seek further federal policy support as President-elect Joe Biden takes office and seeks to implement ambitious decarbonization goals for the U.S. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Nuclear power will receive $6.6

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

2023 will almost certainly be characterised by a steady ratcheting up of net zero transition policies from Brussels, Washington, Beijing, Brasilia, Delhi, and other capitals. The EU's plans for carbon border tariffs and the US Inflation Reduction Act are already serving to drive a green industrial policy arms race.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

Finally climate policy action is getting real," he said. Tax credits for wind and solar developers have long been the primary policy mechanisms for driving the rapid expansion of the US renewables industry. And advanced nuclear power production tax credits of 1.5 For SAF, the credit starts at $1.25 per gallon.

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