GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

Apple committed on Tuesday to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, pushing its ambitions far beyond its own corporate walls — already 100 percent powered by renewables — to include its vast supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products. Apple will increasingly rely on carbon-removal programs. technology giants.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Analysis of the government’s latest transparency data shows ministers at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) held 130 one-on-one meetings with energy producers between July 22 2019 and March 18 2021, of which nearly half (63) were with producers of high carbon energy. Drax Access.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

The gap is growing between the transmission network’s capacity and the need to link wind farms in the Great Plains and Intermountain West , solar farms in the Southwest, and hydropower resources in eastern Canada, to other regions hungry for carbon-free energy. TransWest Express. Grain Belt Express. But the 780-mile, $2.3

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Sunny and breezy weather coupled with lower demand for power due to lockdown prompted negative electricity prices on Sunday. First time I've seen negative prices during the day from @octopus_energy. Going to be making bread, doing washing and cycling battery to take advantage! pic.twitter.com/fwCbxMA8up.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Europe is still plotting the course towards being net-zero by 2050, but no matter the shape it takes, it will surely involve hundreds of gigawatts of new renewable power capacity. “Particularly over the 2020 coronavirus lockdown months, we witnessed the impact of high VRE on the system, resulting in low and negative power prices.

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Green Living Guy

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the world begins a large-scale transition to low-carbon energy sources, it is important to fully understand the strengths and weaknesses of each type and consider the environmental impacts of renewable energy. However, wind turbines have far more positive effects than negative […].

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

The authors of the report also showed that carbon emissions fell by 16% compared to figures from 2019. Lead author of the Drax report Iain Staffell said that: “2020 saw Britain edge closer to the power system of the future with renewables generating more power than fossil fuels.”. “The The broader picture. 19 lockdown measures.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. Long-range tradeoffs: Carbon reduction vs. costs.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Smith’s comments were made in the context of home heating costs within a wider discussion concerning carbon taxes and the affordability crisis. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a three-year “carbon price carve out” for home heating oil in October 2023. The most extreme reaction was from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

A series of new offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities to supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required for low-emissions steel production in Germany are set to be built following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Energy firm Drax was given the green light to build a new 3.6MW gas power plant on the site of an old coal power station in October last year by the then-Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom, who overruled contrary advice from the UK's own planning authority. We will consider an appeal.".

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

The government must now address the market for all the low carbon energy technologies of the future, including hydrogen and CCUS, argues Siemens UK & Ireland CEO Steve Scrimshaw. The public want to see the government take even bolder steps to move the UK towards net zero carbon. I n the energy transition, there is no one silver bullet.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2022

This weekend the UK provided a snap shot of what happens, as surging wind power generation and a not insigificant contribution from solar farms meant renewables met 60 per cent of electricity demand on Saturday. What happens when the wind blows?

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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. The House of Commons’ Science and Technology Select Committee has determined that low carbon hydrogen will at best have a limited role in heating homes.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

While it’s broadly recognized that a dramatic expansion of renewables is necessary to attain climate goals, this expansion also holds great potential to reduce negative impacts on rivers, and the communities and resources, such as fisheries, that depend on healthy, connected rivers.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Mark Fullbrook, who ran Truss’s leadership campaign, launched a political consultancy – Fullbrook Strategies – in March , with clients including Cerulean Winds, official records show. Twenty-three million barrels of oil equate to 9,890,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, using an emission factor of 0.43 tonnes of CO2 per barrel.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

One of those who challenged the premier’s assertion against renewable energy sources was Derek Power of Toronto, the founder of Power Networks, a company that installs solar roofs. After Smith asked, “And what do I do when there’s no sun and there’s no wind?,” Power responded, “Batteries.”

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Yet while the failure to price in the costs of greenhouse gas emissions was famously described by economist Lord Nicholas Stern as the biggest market failure in history, attempts to bring in carbon pricing measures worldwide such as taxes and emissions trading schemes have had only limited success to date.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 17, 2020

A 50 MW Scottish deal will generate 168,000 MWh annually making it the largest corporate wind power purchase agreement in the UK. Amazon presently has 18 utility scale wind and solar projects that will generate a combined total of 1,600 MW and deliver more than 4.6 These projects are expected to go online next year.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2020

And the negative impact of climate change on habitat and diversity are far more profound than that caused by the wildlife trade. Opportunities from a zero carbon economy. A growing number of multinational corporations, local governments and countries have committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

Green hydrogen is produced using solar and wind power to electrolyze water; the resulting hydrogen can later be converted back into electricity by fuel cells. Still, the ongoing reliance on diesel doesn’t sit well with Microsoft’s recently announced goal to be carbon negative by 2030.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Without a clear and ambitious government plan zero carbon home heating by 2050 remains a pipe dream, a new analysis from the UK Energy Research Centre warns. These benefits far outweigh the negatives, and vitally these changes allow us to meet our decarbonisation targets.".

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

“Sustainable manufacturing is the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. Most of this energy is produced by the burning of fossil fuels which releases a mass amount of carbon dioxide into the environment.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 8, 2021

Samantha Bunyan , 51, from Salisbury, is co-founder of Cecence and has developed alternative biofuels and recycling methods to help the transportation and defence sectors reduce its carbon footprint and is now working on new eco-friendly materials for aircraft interiors. Dr Emma Fieldhouse. Natasha Boulding. Jacqueline Morrison.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

C when places reminiscent of Mordor continuously pump carbon into the atmosphere. Good-faith efforts to reuse carbon, heat and steam are underway with a target to reduce the Port’s emissions to 50% of 1990 levels by 2025. Those that can create artificial sinks with technological carbon capture, utilization, and storage.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This transition, however, will impact jobs in fossil fuel-based energy production and could, if not considered from a social perspective, negatively impact millions of individuals in emerging economy nations. Emerging economy countries face the undeniably huge task to transition their economies to be cleaner and more sustainable.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

Of the 15 technology areas PWC analysed, the areas that represent over 80 per cent of future emission reduction potential by 2050 - such as solar power, wind power, food waste technology, green hydrogen production, and alternative protein - received just 25 per cent of recent climate tech investment between 2013 and the first half of 2021.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

It promises to double the amount of onshore wind power, triples the amount of solar power, and more than quadruple the amount of offshore wind power capacity by the end of the decade, with Labour leader Keir Starmer promising to curb energy bills by turning the UK into a green energy "superpower".

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Players in the carbon dioxide pipeline industry canceled major pipeline projects in recent weeks, marking an inauspicious start to President Biden’s ambitious plans to develop carbon capture infrastructure as a key emissions mitigation tool. Midwest to be injected and stored underground. Navigator’s $3.5

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Last year the coronavirus crisis shook the industry to its core, with the sudden drop in fuel demand from planes, cars, and power plants sparking a price crash that briefly saw the cost of a barrel of oil fall into negative territory.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

Industrial consortium begins operation of wind-powered hydrogen plant at Saxony steelwork. The project, which is the only one of its kind in Germany, will produce green hydrogen by harnessing local wind power capacity. India touts plans for solar-powered electric scooter megafactory. China tops wind power rankings.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Sustainable Brewing Tip #4: Reduce your carbon footprint.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

In particular, the plan adopts a technology-neutral Clean Electricity Standard, which puts us on the path to achieving 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. We can continue to leverage the carbon pollution-free energy provided by existing sources like nuclear and hydropower. communities — especially in communities of color.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Wind power is not cheap or secure. The campaign resulted in a flurry of negative Telegraph opinion pieces on the subject – many falsely conflating the result with a condemnation of the UK’s net zero targets. Other writers regularly undermined the effectiveness of renewable energy.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

"Locking us into new oil & gas for decades means we'll have to rely on expensive, unproven and as yet unscalable carbon dioxide removal technologies.?While We will also need to explore and develop new carbon dioxide removal approaches which will be risky but essential to achieve the goals of climate stability.".

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