Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The UK should direct policy and investment towards synthetic, low carbon jet fuels as part of its green recovery package, argues author and energy expert Chris Goodall. Some parts of this transition to low carbon energy have a more obvious route. Coronavirus has reminded us it's a good idea to listen to the science.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation released new rese arch evaluating California’s climate progress and identifying a policy pathway that would reaffirm California as a climate leader. This scenario relies on already mature technologies to achieve near-term emissions reductions, as opposed to nascent technologies such as carbon removal.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

National Highways has announced it plans to make the controversial Lower Thames Crossing the "greenest road ever built in the UK" by tapping a range of pioneering sustainability measures, including through the use of low carbon construction materials, clean energy, sustainable waste management practices, and carbon offsets.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 23, 2024

Hype’s Strategic Market Entry and Brussels’ Path to Cleaner Mobility In a strategic maneuver that underscores the shifting dynamics of Europe’s transportation sector, French taxi firm Hype has unveiled its ambitious plan to broaden its hydrogen-powered taxi operations into Brussels.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

The European wind industry continues to reduce costs through innovation, scale and learning effects. Nel sets sights on cost competitive green hydrogen by 2025. Norwegian firm Nel ASA has set out a new target to produce green hydrogen at a cost of $1.5 In some years we may grow faster, which we expect to be the case in 2021.".

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2020

The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), membership organisation CATCH, and a coalition of eight businesses submitted the joint proposal to Innovate UK as part of the government's Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge Fund scheme, which forms part of the £350m 'green recovery' package announced last month by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

It would therefore appear to be the first UK government support package to come with green conditions attached, following months of appeals from green groups for climate-conditional bailouts to help steer high-carbon industries towards a greener, net zero future.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

for grid enhancements and $7B for hydrogen fuel hubs. 100B of deals went down in the Permian basin and Shell abandoned a $100M per year carbon credit pipeline. 🍃 Credit registration body Verra’s CEO resigned following a bombshell Guardian exposé, marking a perilous year for carbon.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

In addition, from 2035 a ban on the sale of new carbon-emitting vehicles will come into effect, but in a move that has angered environmental campaigners the rules will allow for the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that make use of so-called e-fuels, which advocates maintain can be produced in a way that results in zero emissions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Countries, cities, and innovative technologies among the winners of the inaugural Earthshot Prize. We need businesses, leaders, innovators, and communities to take action. We will continue recognizing nature as our most valuable asset, advancing towards a carbon neutral and a nature positive world.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

In his speech yesterday, Sunak extolled the virtues of the growing green economy, setting out a vision of a "future economy" dominated by offshore wind power, carbon capture and storage, innovative clean technologies, and "decent well-paid green jobs".

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

New report says raft of policy changes geared incentivising innovators to create new low carbon products and services for consumers could generate 'big bang' moment for the energy sector akin to finance in the 80s and telecoms in the 90s.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Times' reports suggest that the Heat and Buildings Strategy will acknowledge these 'price distortions' are an issue and set out a number of options for tackling the problem that could be enacted in the mid-2020s to avoid consumers being penalised for moving to heat pumps and hydrogen boilers.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

GreenBiz readers got excited about climate change solutions that ranged from the new, from the emerging potential of hydrogen as an energy source to changes in plastics manufacturing, to the ancient, such as planting trees. In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Due to the environmental harms associated with the use of these agrochemicals, the EU has made limiting their use a key plank among the measures included in its “Green Deal” — a historic package by the bloc to reduce its emissions in line with global climate targets.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Summary - Over 20% of all Dutch emissions are coming from the Port of Rotterdam, of which the production of grey hydrogen from fossil feedstock is one of the main culprits. This explores what is needed to build a green hydrogen refinery. About 400,000 metric tonnes of grey hydrogen is used each year in Rotterdam.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Summary - Over 20% of all Dutch emissions are coming from the Port of Rotterdam, of which the production of grey hydrogen from fossil feedstock is one of the main culprits. This article explores what is needed to build such a green hydrogen refinery. Waterstof - Hydrogen in Rotterdam. Download Hydrogen Cost Tool.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the latest addition to its 'green recovery' package, the European Commission yesterday unveiled a flurry of crucial green strategies, targets, and policies, ranging from new green building and renewable energy programmes, to tighter rules governing chemical use and methane emissions. "A

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

Its surprising what it has achieved over 10 years, but it still has a lot more change and innovation to go.". Hewett hopes the much-anticipated plan will take a technology-neutral approach to decarbonising homes when it does finally emerge. "We We need a technology-neutral package," he insists.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Siemens and Alstom move forward with hydrogen train projects. Two of Europe's top engineering giants have this week moved forward with plans to accelerate the roll out hydrogen fuelled trains, with projects advancing in both Germany and Italy. Only then can DB be climate-neutral by 2050. within our administration's term?for

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Getting to net zero by 2050 will require a combination of technologies, innovative thinking and new approaches - there is no single magic bullet to remove all emissions from the global economy. Work remains to be done.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  In deals, geologic hydrogen digs up $245m, $181m across six EV deals, and Brookfield’s $10bn climate transition fund.    ⚡ Amperesand , a Singapore City, Singapore-based solid-state transformer developer, raised $12m in Seed funding from Material Impact, Xora Innovation, Foothill Ventures, and TDK Ventures.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The government is expected to launch a consultation on the proposals, which broadly mirror plans already being pursued by the EU in a bid to create a 'level playing field' for the bloc's carbon intensive industries.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. Finally, more than a dozen entrepreneurs from our portfolio provide insight on how the bill will impact their businesses and shape climate tech innovation. CarbonCure ).

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

One of the world's biggest steel-making firms, ArcelorMittal, has this week launched a sweeping new new package of initiatives aimed at driving down both its own carbon emissions and those of the industry more broadly.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Many of these sectors produce materials critical to the burgeoning green economy, yet they have also historically relied on carbon intensive, fossil fuel energy sources, and energy and resource inefficient processes. It also highlights examples of encouraging corporate efforts to develop low carbon heavy industry and manufacturing processes.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

However, the package was given short shrift by environmental campaigners and political opponents who slammed the continued lack of action on energy efficiency and soaring energy bills, new plans to criminalise protest, and proposals to roll back EU regulations.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

Last week the club revealed plastic recycling pods have been installed at the Etihad Stadium in a bid to encourage football fans to make more conscious choices when disposing of packaging waste by offering them discounts on air travel as a reward for "joining the sustainability journey".

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Top of the list of plans include a new Energy Bill, Transport Bill and a Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, as well as changes to planning rules and financial services regulations, and efforts to boost sustainable agricultural innovation.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Row brewing over Boris Johnson's G7 plans to promote carbon border tariffs. The Australian government has signalled it will oppose proposals for a new international agreement in support of carbon border tariff adjustments, labelling the move a form of protectionism. Bank of America unveils new net zero plans.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

GreenBiz readers got excited about climate change solutions that ranged from the new, from the emerging potential of hydrogen as an energy source to changes in plastics manufacturing, to the ancient, such as planting trees. In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste.

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Charged

JUNE 9, 2020

Following the French government’s announcement of an auto industry bailout that included some pro-EV measures, the German government has unveiled a stimulus package that advances vehicle electrification. The legislation establishes a €50-billion fund for “addressing climate change, innovation and digitization.”.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

There are reasons to be optimistic about zero-carbon air travel, but governments must carefully consider the lasting impacts of today's decisions, argues Cavin Wilson of Frontier Economics. Quick and dirty stimulus packages that push down the cost of fossil fuels will only delay this transition.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Dubbed the 'Growth Plan' , the package of around 30 measures builds on Prime Minister Liz Truss's vision for a low tax and low regulation approach in the hope of driving economic growth and staving off warnings of a looming recession. Energy package costs £60bn for just 6m.

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