Apple Watch Series 9 is the company’s first carbon-neutral product
TechCrunch: Climate
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
All Apple Watch manufacturing is now powered by “100% clean electricity,” which probably means a mix of renewables plus nuclear and hydropower.
MAN Energy Solutions, ANDRITZ Hydro to produce hydrogen from hydropower
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 9, 2021
MAN Energy Solutions and ANDRITZ Hydro have completed a strategic framework agreement to jointly develop international projects for the production of green hydrogen from hydropower. Hydropower is one of the few completely climate-neutral forms of energy, which is capable of providing base load power,” Mette said. “We
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Report details China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 25, 2024
Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% However, policy has turbocharged the sector and today wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% of the total electricity supply in 2023. In 2010, wind made up only 1% of China’s electricity generation.
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NYPA approves three allocations of hydropower from Niagara Power Project
Renewable Energy World
MAY 26, 2021
Cuomo announced the New York Power Authority’s Board of Trustees has approved three low-cost hydropower allocations that will create 102 jobs across Western New York and spur $145 million in private capital investments. More than 80% of the electricity NYPA produces is clean renewable hydropower. The approved awards of 3.58
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Axpo to produce hydrogen at 43.4-MW Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant
Renewable Energy World
APRIL 16, 2021
MW Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant on the Rhine River in Switzerland, the first of several hydrogen facilities Axpo will commission in the coming years. Direct connection of the production facility to the power plant will ensure climate-neutral hydrogen production. Scheduled to go onstream in autumn 2022, the 2.5-MW
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America’s ‘First’ Renewable Resource Overlooked as States Embrace Clean Energy
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 31, 2020
Unfortunately, by failing to allow all carbon-free technologies to compete equally, leading states are on the brink of adopting policies that miss the opportunity to achieve all three objectives simultaneously. Some of the choices include coal and natural gas, but those resources emit carbon. California is in a similar position.
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Nouveau Monde Graphite - NMG Advances Electrification Efforts: Confirmed Hydropower Supply and Progress on Collaboration With Caterpillar
Global Renewable News
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Highlights Confirmed 77 MW electricity block for NMG's Phase-2 Bécancour Battery Material Plant to support production of carbon-neutral active anode material for the battery/EV market.
Mercedes and CATL team up on future battery technology
Charged
AUGUST 26, 2020
The carmaker is accelerating its Electric First strategy, and plans to use carbon-neutral battery cells, modules and systems supplied by CATL. Working with CATL will see us accelerate our transformation towards carbon neutrality.
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Most innovative energy start-ups recognised in German awards
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 29, 2023
No carbon-neutral, cost-competitive and easy-to-integrate solution currently exists. Buildings & Construction Hyperion Robotics Oy, Finland, [link] Hyperion Robotics designs, engineers and manufactures sustainable concrete structures, helping clients save time, money and embodied carbon.
Canadian heavy industry has a low-carbon competitive advantage yet lacks a plan to seize it: report
Clean Energy Canada
MARCH 23, 2021
The good news is that many of Canada’s heavy industries—like steel, mining, cement, and wood—are lower carbon than their global peers, giving them a competitive advantage. Our electricity grid is currently 83% emissions-free and among the world’s cleanest, thanks partly to an abundance of hydropower. Report | The Next Frontier.
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Can Gas-Fired Power Plants Coexist with a Net-Zero Target? Yes, Southern Company Insists
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.
Total to supply BT with renewable power under three-year deal
Business Green
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Total has struck a three-year deal to supply BT with 100 per cent renewable electricity from a mix of sources including solar, wind and hydropower from across the UK, the French oil and gas giant announced today.
Hydro-Québec named Canada’s best corporate citizen for 2021
Renewable Energy World
JULY 2, 2021
“As the world’s fourth-largest producer of hydropower, with 61 hydroelectric generating stations, Hydro-Québec enjoys a strong head start on top spot in the Best 50. It established its first environmental protection committee in 1970 and now aims to be carbon-neutral by 2030. But the provincially owned utility earns its No.
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Iberdrola unveils €75bn green recovery investment blitz
Business Green
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
At the end of the period, the company's clean energy portfolio is set to be divided between onshore wind with 26GW, offshore wind at 4GW, solar power with 16GW, and hydropower with 14GW. Iberdrola now expects to be a "zero carbon" company in Europe by 2030 and reduce its global CO2 emissions by 86 per cent to 50g/kWh by the end of the decade.
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Horizon Europe’s future energy R&I to focus on European Green Deal
Smart Energy International
MARCH 28, 2024
The strategic plan for Horizon Europe for 2025-2027 sets out the overarching driver for the climate, energy and mobility ‘cluster’ to achieve a fair transition to climate neutrality and build resilience in the EU by 2050.
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Europe’s Energy Giants Line Up to Endorse Green Deal
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 12, 2019
The proposals include a new climate law to be drafted within 100 days and stronger carbon taxes including the creation of so-called carbon borders. These would levy carbon taxes on imports to prevent the offshoring of emissions by firms that shift activities overseas. ” Electrification.
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Shrinking glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian energy transitions
Eco-Business
DECEMBER 9, 2022
4 glacier is causing concern over water supply, flood risk and the viability of hydropower, a key part of both countries’ plans to become carbon neutral. The worsening condition of the Parlung No.
Stanford researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 15, 2019
The technology could make coastal wastewater treatment plants energy-independent and carbon neutral. A new battery made from affordable and durable materials generates energy from places where salt and fresh waters mingle.
EPM to offset 2 million tons of CO2 with auction of Emission Reduction Certificates
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 12, 2021
Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) in Colombia will hold a public auction to sell 2 million certificates of carbon credits from three hydroelectric plants and one wind farm. A carbon credit is equivalent to 1 ton of CO2 that is no longer emitted into the atmosphere.
FERC clarifies how it will treat carbon pricing in organized wholesale markets
Renewable Energy World
APRIL 16, 2021
This week FERC issued a policy statement clarifying how it will consider market rules proposed by regional grid operators that seek to incorporate a state-determined carbon price in organized wholesale electricity markets. Finally, the policy statement does not indicate a preference for carbon pricing over any other state policy.
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4.5 GW of pumped-storage hydro could save UK up to £690 million annually
Renewable Energy World
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
GW of new long duration pumped hydro storage, with 90 GWh of storage, could save up to £690 million per year in energy system costs by 2050, as the UK transitions to a net-zero carbon emission system. A new study by independent researchers from Imperial College London has found that just 4.5
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? Blackrock’s $550M DAC bet #174
Climate Tech VC
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B
? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178
Climate Tech VC
DECEMBER 18, 2023
🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant. Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down.
Oceanus and EDF advance pumped hydro and reverse osmosis system in Latin America
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 4, 2021
I always envisioned to implement IPHROCES in Latin America, to alleviate the severe water crisis that the region is facing and to contribute to its goal [to be] carbon-neutral based on renewable energy. During our November HYDROVISION Exchange, Leal gave a technical presentation in the Energy Storage session on the Oceanus technology.
Costa Rica has just run on 100 percent renewable energy for 300 days
Mr. Sustainability
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
And it comes at a good time too; the record goes hand-in-hand with the Costa Rican government's plan to be carbon neutral by the year 2021, a deadline which was set up over a decade ago. And furthermore, it's aided by its natural resources, namely hydropower and geothermal sources, which many western nations don't have access to.
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IRENA: Renewable energy generates half a million new jobs worldwide in 2019
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
and hydropower employed around 1.95 It came as a separate UK survey commissioned by several major environmental groups today underscored the importance of reskilling and retraining fossil fuel sector workers as the economy shifts from high carbon to low carbon industries in the coming years. million jobs last year. As many as 5.5
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Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 3, 2021
The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . It also had the highest share of posts on carbon capture and storage technologies, with these making up one in five of the promos put out by the company.
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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia
Grist
DECEMBER 15, 2021
This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. The economics of carbon-free living have fallen into place. The key will be making low-carbon fuels without creating new problems. Worried about the climate crisis?
New ‘decade that matters’ report shows shifting attitudes about renewables and climate change
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 2, 2021
Carbon-related conversations (zero, neutral, etc.) are also growing – up 133% year on year in 2019 compared to 2018, and up a further 26% in 2020. Similarly, mentions of ‘clean energy’ and ‘renewable energy’ have grown from under one million per month in 2010, to as many as six million per month in 2019.
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'Fundamental change': How write downs and bankruptcies are fuelling stranded asset fears
Business Green
JULY 3, 2020
It's a sign there will be an accelerated move to a lower carbon economy, which calls into question the financial rationale for continuing to invest in fossil fuels. Research conservatively suggests that between $1tr and $4tr of value will be written down as a result of economies transitioning to lower carbon technologies.
Inflation Reduction Act Activation Guide: Renewable Energy Procurement
EDF + Business
MARCH 28, 2023
45Y: The clean electricity PTC comes online in 2025 and features a high threshold for phase-out, likely extending its availability beyond 2032 Credit Overview Provision Description: Provides a technology-neutral tax credit for production of clean electricity. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376 Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376
How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities
The City Fix
DECEMBER 1, 2022
A New Yorker may not think about the forested Catskills Mountain Range upstate as she pours a glass of water. Londoners probably don’t consider the Amazon rainforest as they watch the rain falling on city parks. And folks in Addis.
LNG Projects Make Claims of ‘Net-Zero’ to Ease Way for Expansion
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 13, 2021
Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis.
The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
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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Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future
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. An important feature of this approach is that it is technology-neutral. It also includes retrofitting U.S. The transition will create many new job opportunities.
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MIT Study: Transmission Is Key to a Low-Cost, Decarbonized US Grid
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. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added. The current status of U.S.
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Investors urge G7 to implement standardised climate risk disclosure rules
Business Green
JUNE 1, 2021
The communique also reportedly commits G7 nations to embedding climate change and biodiversity loss considerations "into economic and financial policymaking, including addressing the macroeconomic impacts and the optimal use of policy levers such as carbon pricing", the news agency said.
These new services are like Consumer Reports, but for carbon offsets
Business Green
MARCH 11, 2022
A wave of new services are emerging that promise to bring greater credibility to the fast-expanding carbon offsets market. After years of volatility, the voluntary market for carbon offsets is booming. Yet even as the market has surged, debate about the quality of carbon credits remains.
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Will NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? The evidence says no – if developers listen to local concerns
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 13, 2021
They also argued that there were better energy choices than the oil the pipeline would carry or the electricity from large-scale Canadian hydropower projects that the transmission line would deliver. Why do people oppose energy projects?
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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools
Green Market Oracle
OCTOBER 25, 2020
Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Dickinson College Score: 80.67 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania The very green Red Devils became carbon-neutral this past school year, with help from an LED lighting retrofit, the installation of a three-megawatt solar field on campus, and a campus-wide behavior change campaign.
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Global Briefing: UAE, South Korea, and Turkey unveil fresh climate pledges in boost to COP26 prospects
Business Green
OCTOBER 8, 2021
First up the UAE became the first Gulf State to formally adopt a net zero target, pledging to deliver a carbon neutral economy by 2050. Under the new strategy Russia would aim to cut carbon emissions by 79 per cent by 2050 under an "intensive" scenario that serves as the base case for the plan, according to Kommersant.
Duke Energy aims to double renewable energy capacity by 2030
Renewable Energy World
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The announcement comes as Duke intends to deploy $63 billion of capital over the next five years, 80% of which is expected to support investments in grid modernization and zero or lower-carbon emitting generation. The Carbon Plan" would then be reviewed every two years and may be adjusted. Courtesy: Duke). "As Climate mandate.
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Wales goes to the polls with renewables firmly on the agenda
Renewable Energy World
APRIL 27, 2021
The UK recently celebrated its ‘greenest ever’ Easter with low-carbon energy sources making up nearly 80% of Britain’s power supply. Their shopping list includes 20,000 new, low-carbon homes for rent and they also want to invest in greener transport options to encourage the public to cycle, walk or to take public transport.
Global Briefing: China emissions on track to peak by mid 2020s
Business Green
OCTOBER 1, 2021
The findings, taken from the IEA's An Energy Sector Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality in China report, suggests Beijing's existing policies will also give the country the capacity to accelerate its transition to clean energy sources and reach carbon neutrality before 2060. Malaysian PM touts 2050 carbon neutral pledge.
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