Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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AutoGrid

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The European Imperative Against a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, the imperative for both private and public organizations in Europe is clear: establish a reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy supply chain. Norway leads in electrifying transportation, with 80% of its new car sales in the last year being electric vehicles.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Celtic nation was one of the first in Europe to take green technologies seriously with the Centre for Alternative Technology opening and spearheading research back in the early 1970s. This culture of innovation continues today with companies like Riversimple springing up and making history with their hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

From clean energy and nature investments to phasing down fossil fuels, We Mean Business Coalition's Maria Mendiluce offers her take on what corporate climate leadership should look like over the coming year. However, it was a missed opportunity to be bolder and propose to phase out all fossil fuels.

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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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AutoGrid

JULY 24, 2023

Traditional solutions to short-term supply shortages – such as fossil fuel peaker plants – may meet the immediate need for capacity but also help accelerate climate change due to high emission rates. These dispatches delivered a large amount of capacity to energy markets worldwide. This cycle is undeniably vicious.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The company said its new gas-powered Volvo FH and FM trucks would boast 500 hp, an upgrade on its previous biogas models, and feature "major technical upgrades" which would make them up to four per cent more fuel efficient. Our efficient gas-powered trucks have a performance comparable to their diesel equivalents.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

Rasmus Valanko from the We Mean Business Coalition sets out what companies can do to reduce their energy use in order to drive down costs and emissions. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sent shockwaves through Europe and around the world. Energy efficiency, in particular, remains the ‘sleeping giant' of climate action.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Reduced road traffic and industrial activity has cleaned up Europe's air, likely averting thousands of air pollution deaths, study argues. Measures to combat the pandemic have resulted in "unprecedentedly dramatic reductions in coal and oil burning associated with air pollution in Europe", explained CREA lead analyst Lauri Myllyvirta.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Contributed by Shuli Goodman, executive director of LF Energy . In the past three decades, open source has moved from the fringe of software development to the core, remaking industries such as telecom and enabling cloud computing, which scaled from a fuzzy idea to the mainstay of modern business in just 15 years. . Steps to Take.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

The data has been released on the same day that the EU accused the Kremlin of blackmail after it moved to halt gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria, fuelling fears that Russian energy supplies could be further weaponised in the coming months. That's 2,000 innocent deaths largely funded by fossil fuels.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

Latest round of reports on long-overdue energy independence plan suggest Number 10 and 11 continue to be at loggerheads over the cost of actions that could protect consumers from record energy bills.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 3, 2023

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has reached an important stage in delivering 12 low carbon tech projects, worth a total £41 million ($49 million), across the north of Scotland and central southern England, aiding a green recovery. SSEN’s 12 green recovery projects include: A £2.7 million ($3.2

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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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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. Much of the media coverage about heat pumps features Mike Foster, a former Labour MP and the chief executive of the Energy and Utilities Association trade body.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

A 2035 ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars and vans in Europe now looks inevitable, after long talks led to EU Council agreement on a host of crucial green policies. The ecological and energy transition will require the contribution of all sectors and all member states, in a fair and inclusive manner," she said.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Shell and BP are writing down assets while a raft of US fracking firms are entering bankruptcy protection – change is coming to the fossil fuel industry faster than anyone expected. The stranded asset hypothesis just got real. However, the contention that the new price projections are more realistic is contestable.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

“I am here to sound the alarm alongside my German colleagues: This is destruction masked as economic development, and we will do everything we can to protect our homes and to stop it,” said Anne Rolfes, director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade , a New Orleans nonprofit working with communities affected by the fossil fuel industry.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

All the green business news from around the world this week. The study drew on data from 123 countries that together account for 99 per cent of fossil fuel emissions. In contrast, with an economic recovery tilted towards green stimulus and reductions in fossil fuel investments, it is possible to avoid future warming of 0.3C

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Mr. Sustainability

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Funding decision granted and first contracts signed for the Northern Lights project Summary - Following a historic vote in parliament on December 15th 2020, the Norwegian Government announced its funding decision for the ‘Northern Lights’ CO2 transport and storage project. million tonnes of CO2 per year.

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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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 29, 2021

Businesses that use vans for service and delivery have an opportunity to be more environmentally friendly by migrating to electric vans. The switch from fossil-fuel vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles reduces your company’s carbon footprint while elevating your reputation as a standout, green company committed to doing good.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2021

Green bonds , which have so far hogged the limelight, are issued by governments and companies specifically to fund new and existing projects with environmental benefits - such as renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. It issued green bonds last year to finance clean energy projects such as low carbon transport and wind farms.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In the virtual control room of energy specialist Kaluza, a smattering of dots scattered across a map of the West Midlands spring to life after an alert pops up, flicking from grey and blue to bright green. The dots represent electric vehicles (EVs), and the alert is a projected shortfall in energy on the electricity grid.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Choosing reclaimed wood reduces the fossil fuel use and pollution that comes from clearing and processing trees into lumber. Recycling metal rather than using virgin ore helps preserve natural resources and saves energy. Insulation is one of the most important factors that play into your home’s energy efficiency.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The energy industry's interest in low carbon hydrogen is building fast, and the nuclear industry reckons it could yet have a crucial role to play. There may be on-going debates about how best to use hydrogen - should it be deployed to heat buildings, provide energy storage, decarbonise heavy industry, or fuel trains and planes?

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Smart Energy International

JULY 28, 2022

The world is rapidly transitioning to a new energy model. A model where the grid is powered by intermittent renewables. But while energy resources may be intermittent, energy supply must be constant. And smart metering data plays a key role. Smart metering data and a distributed energy model.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. This summer, a large U.S. This summer, a large U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

Qatar Airways' may have promised fans it would help them 'fly greener', while VW chose to showcase its new electric vehicles, but as ever carbon intensive and plastic-touting industries were highly visible.

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. The leading killer of children in both the US and Europe. Despite the (slow) migration to electric-powered cars, consumer trends are making driving even more wasteful and unequal. Question: what do the following statistics have in common?

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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. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all of the reaction from the green economy.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The UK-India collaborative initiative Innovating for Transport and Energy Systems (ITES) has announced its first intake of 20 cohorts to drive transport decarbonisation through diverse cleantech innovations. The company has developed proprietary algorithms that optimise energy consumption, improving efficiency and productivity.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

And most importantly, this is the right deal for Europe, right now.". Michel conceded negotiations had been difficult, but was quick to hail the resulting recovery package - known as the Next Generation EU fund - and 2021-27 long-term budget agreement as a "pivotal moment in Europe's journey" that would "also launch us into the future". "In

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Another airport investor, Spanish transport giant Ferrovial, owns a 25 percent stake in Heathrow, already the second most polluting airport in the world , despite having had its business plans approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, another UN-backed scheme.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

New analysis reveals Net Zero Banking Alliance members funnelled $33bn towards expanding oil and gas production over past year, but banks insist they are working to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels. Either way, value will be destroyed for energy companies, banks and their investors.". temperature goal alive.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Company profile.

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Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

The dramatic decline in demand for oil products as lockdown measures kicked in around the world has brutally exposed the dangers of making fossil fuels the global economy's most influential commodity. Some supply chains have been stretched to breaking point , having been severely hit in some quarters by labour and ingredient shortages.

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