Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date. Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy.

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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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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.

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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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

and hydropower employed around 1.95 million transition-related jobs could be created if annual investment in renewable technologies is ramped up from $824bn to $3tn during the 2021 to 2023 recovery phase, it said. Around a third of the total renewable energy jobs were in the burgeoning solar sector at 3.8 million jobs last year.

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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. . Green investments, however, make up just 12 percent of these companies’ portfolios on average based on publicly available figures. A Focus on ‘Net Zero’.

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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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EDF + Business

MARCH 28, 2023

ITC stands for investment tax credit. Eligibility of energy storage assets for the investment tax credit is a new addition under the IRA (48). Notes: PTC stands for Production Tax Credit. LCOE estimates assume projects earn $26/MWh PTC or 30% ITC. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376 Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376

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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?

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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.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

How will families, cities and businesses secure long-term financing for mortgages and investments? . We recognize the importance of public sector investment, particularly in green infrastructure, to facilitate the transition to net-zero emissions. An important feature of this approach is that it is technology-neutral.

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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.

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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. 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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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

JUNE 1, 2021

Today an influential body representing the UK's £8.5tr investment management industry called on the government to push G7 nations to follow the UK's lead in implementing mandatory climate-risk disclosure rules for companies against a standardised set of principles.

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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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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 13, 2021

As Congress debates billions of dollars in new infrastructure investments, advocates are touting the social and economic benefits of building new high-voltage transmission lines, clean energy plants and electric vehicle charging stations, along with fixing aging roads and bridges. Why do people oppose energy projects?

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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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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.

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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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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.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Plus Ford's major $11.8bn EV investment in the US, Germany's election fallout, the latest on India's NDC, and all the top green business news from around the world this week. Hopes grow that India could enhance carbon targets at COP26. Ford to invest $11.8bn in scaling up EV production in USA.

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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 Most of the biggest U.S. A new report from the Sierra Club finds that almost no U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

They also promised to confirm the country's net zero emissions by 2050 goal in law through a new Climate Action bill that will set economy-wide five-year carbon budgets and establish a cap on how much each sector can emit. By 2040, we will be carbon neutral. complete renewables mega-deal.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

It also highlights the disproportionately large carbon footprint of rich people and nations, and singles out the significant emissions that result from SUVs and meat eating. A low-carbon economy is already becoming a reality and companies that aren't prepared for it could pay a heavy financial cost," DiNapoli 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. As President Biden observed, the IRA "makes the largest investment ever in combatting the existential crisis of climate change".

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

His administration dismantled the Clean Power Plan , Obama's signature energy-sector carbon-reduction policy, and replaced it with a much weaker standard called the Affordable Clean Energy rule. Meanwhile, the federal government’s carbon-reduction policy abdication has been counteracted by state-level action.

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