Envirotec Magazine
MAY 22, 2024
The importance of land-use considerations, given that low-carbon technologies typically require a larger land footprint than fossil-based sources, and the rising land demands for energy transition, food production and biodiversity preservation will need to be weighed up and co-optimized.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 10, 2021
By comparison, the CfD awarded to Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is £106.12/MWh. In the seven years since the subsidy agreement was made, scientists have warned that the large-scale burning of forest biomass for electricity is undermining both climate goals and the world’s biodiversity. MWh at current rates.
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Low Impact
OCTOBER 31, 2021
But what we’re facing is not a normal problem – it’s not hyperbole to say that it’s the biggest and most dangerous problem that humanity has ever faced, and (when combined with biodiversity loss), the only one we’ve ever faced with the potential to make us extinct. Going for a walk? Conversation? No – it means human economic activity.
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.
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 25, 2022
Between March and July 2020, nuclear lobbies met with EU representatives twice as often as they did in 2018, according to the non-governmental organization Reclaim Finance. In response, the European Commission asked its Joint Research Centre (JRC) to assess the absence of significant environmental harm from nuclear power.
Energy Innovation
JULY 14, 2020
strongly emphasize that recommendations for climate-friendly recovery policy be filtered to those that maximize job retainment and growth like R&D investments, keeping nuclear power plants open, and wind and solar power plant expansion. As such, Hanna et al.
Business Green
MAY 24, 2021
But today, Ember has published a study that calculates the BECCS project could require £31.7bn in government subsidy over its lifetime - more than the controversial Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
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