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Can Gas-Fired Power Plants Coexist with a Net-Zero Target? Yes, Southern Company Insists

GreenTechMedia

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.

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Plant-based metal? The mining industry could get a sustainable makeover.

Grist

Other research groups before the Malaysia team have shown that the solar-powered and carbon-neutral metal extraction process works in practice — a key step to winning over mining industry investors, who have insisted on field trials of several acres to show proof of principle.

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Rooftop solar skyrockets if an alternative to monopoly utility models is employed

Renewable Energy World

Second, they ignore the financial truth that customer-owned solar can compete with utility-scale solar on price, because customers pay the capital costs and distributed solar provides more value to the grid than centralized solar power plants. Making a Better Rooftop Solar Model.

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From the Hill: Solving the Climate Crisis: Ramping Up Renewables

Defend Our Future

We left the hearing with policies and proposals, such as green banks and technology-neutral tax credits, and ideas that we can use to inspire others to believe that a clean and just economy is possible. Community Solar Projects : Solar power plant facilities with electricity is shared by multiple households. •

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In the hot seat: Solar Energy UK's Chris Hewett on how solar can help deliver net zero buildings and businesses

Business Green

The CEO of Solar Energy UK sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the critical role the solar sector must play in the next chapter of the UK's net zero transition. Hewett hopes the much-anticipated plan will take a technology-neutral approach to decarbonising homes when it does finally emerge. "We

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Inflation Reduction Act Activation Guide: Renewable Energy Procurement

EDF + Business

Notes: Unless otherwise noted, the number shown above refer to the respective Section of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (IRC). 5376 – Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 , WH IRA Guidebook , DoE Solar Energy Technologies Office , IRC. §48: Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376 Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376

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Inflation Reduction Act Activation Guide: Building Energy Efficiency

EDF + Business

Unless otherwise specified, all references to “Section” in this presentation are to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (IRC). About Deloitte Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee (“DTTL”), its network of member firms, and their related entities.