GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Over the past three years, some of the country’s biggest utilities have been committing to a goal that few may have predicted they’d undertake on their own: weaning themselves off carbon-emitting generation by 2050. Utilities in many states now face mandates to move to 100 percent renewable energy or cut carbon to zero by 2050.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

But there is growing confidence amongst academics and engineers that plummeting renewable and energy storage costs and the development of green hydrogen technologies mean a 100 per cent renewables-based energy system could be delivered. Ford revs up largest US renewables deal.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2021

There are currently "no concrete plans" for producing steel using hydrogen in the UK and only "very vague proposals" for a single carbon capture-based project, according to the new analysis, which contrasted the sluggish progress in the UK with plans for 23 hydrogen-steel projects that are currently underway across the EU.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

wide transmission build-out could also slash the costs of reaching a zero-carbon grid with wind, solar and battery technologies that are cost-effective today. In this scenario, a zero-carbon electricity system would drive wholesale power costs of about $90 per megawatt-hour on average. trillion pathway to a zero-carbon U.S.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So it would only be natural to assume that Canada, with this solid head start and its generous geography, is already positioned to provide enough affordable clean electricity to power our much-touted net-zero and economic ambitions. STORY CONTINUES BELOW ADVERTISEMENT.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

He (conveniently) argued the government is "committed to give more power to councils to make their own decisions on planning issues". It is an argument I am sure will be noted by Suffolk County Council, which has refused planning permission for EDF's proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station. tonnes of CO2 per tonne of steel.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It also has set and met ambitious clean energy and has the potential to produce an enormous amount of clean electricity, heat, and hydrogen with offshore wind and nuclear power. It will also require an extensive build out of nuclear power and a 3.5x Economic opportunity.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the promise of streamlining the planning process may also offer a much-needed boost for major low carbon energy projects such as nuclear power plants and offshore wind farms. This includes the HyNet's hydrogen pipeline, hydrogen storage and carbon capture and storage infrastructure.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

utilities have promised to eliminate their carbon emissions by midcentury. utilities are on track to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by 2030 compared to a 2005 baseline, the target needed to prevent global warming beyond 1.5 Wind and solar power accounted for just above 10 percent of U.S. Most of the biggest U.S.

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 5, 2021

February 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Climate Software Gold Rush | Lone Star State Struggles | Jobs and the Energy Transition Credit: Poole Group This month, we’re covering the rush of investing into startups that quantify, manage, and verify carbon emissions reductions, Texas’ grid troubles, new research on transitioning fossil fuel workers, and more!

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Reports suggest Germany could soon accelerate coal power plant phase out plans, as a flurry of national climate action plans are unveiled ahead of COP26 Summit and Russian President Vladimir Putin announces Russia will achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. German coalition partners pledge to 'ideally' end use of coal power by 2030.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A sudden collapse of the industry - called a carbon crunch - could lead to economic disaster of epic proportions. Carbon Tracker states that the world is “witnessing the decline and fall of the fossil fuel system”. The transition is among us. Betting on a recovery is exactly what the second camp is doing however.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

carbon emissions to zero by midcentury will require trillions of dollars of investment and disrupt entire sectors of the economy reliant on fossil fuels. But that doesn’t mean that states most reliant on fossil fuel extraction or industries powered by them must lose out in the transition. Cutting U.S. ” she said.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. As Mark Carney noted this morning, this is part of a global trend.

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