Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

By Faye Bowser, Head of Energy Solutions, Siemens plc. Kyoto Protocol agreed to use as a benchmark for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and 2050, the year many countries set as their target for carbon net zero. A lot of the hard work has come from decarbonising the grid and the shift to renewable power.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2020

Vestas, the world’s leading manufacturer of wind turbines, announced plans to become carbon-neutral by 2030 without the use of any offsets, also stating it will lean heavily on its suppliers to shrink their own emissions. “We’re talking to all our main suppliers today,” Ekstrand said.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

GE Renewable Energy announced a plan Tuesday to produce zero waste wind turbine blades by 2030. The plan will be carried out by LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy subsidiary, which will aim to deliver no excess manufacturing materials and packaging to landfills and incineration without energy recovery.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A development on the west coast of Saudi Arabia is to become the world’s largest battery storage facility and is part of an initiative to power the entire 28,000km2 coast with renewable energy, 24/7. The development will seemingly include 50 hotels when complete, and will be powered solely by wind and solar energy.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The world is on course to sail past the recognized "safe" level of 2 degrees Celsius of warming to as much as 3 degrees Celsius, according to the latest Wood Mackenzie Energy Transition Outlook. An EU carbon credit in its Emissions Trading System is currently priced at just shy of €30 ($35). China takes a big step.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

As the industry predicts it can deliver 234GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, the burgeoning wind energy sector it poised to play a critical role in the global economic recovery, creating around a million jobs in the process. Furthermore, 1GW of offshore wind power avoids 3.5

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 26, 2021

GW of renewable energy capacity. In 2020, Apple has funded the development of 350MW of new energy generation capacity in Nevada, Illinois, Virginia, and Denmark in 2020 from its green bonds. Apple Issues a Second Green Bond to Finance Clean Energy Apple says 44 of its suppliers have made clean energy commitments.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Gansu Wind Complex, China The Gansu Wind Complex stands as a testament to China’s commitment to renewable energy and sustainable development. With its staggering scale, it comprises numerous interconnected wind farms, each with a sea of towering wind turbines.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared short on new ideas and sources of funding. A central plank was the policy paper “Powering Up Britain” , which presented plans for tackling energy security and net zero.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

Global climate goals at risk without more ambitious support for wind power from G20 countries, CEOs warn. global warming pathway", and current growth forecasts for wind power installations are far below what is needed for a 1.5C At present, however "the world is spinning towards a 2.4C

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

President Moon Jae-in said: “The wind farm to be built on the waters off Sinan will be as much as seven times the size of the world’s current largest wind power complex. gigawatts of electricity to be generated here is equivalent to the capacity of six new Korean nuclear power reactors combined.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

Pioneering beer company confirms it has secured 'carbon negative' status as it steps up efforts to slash emissions and plant new Brewdog forest. So happy that @BrewDog is now carbon negative. This means we take twice the carbon out of the air each year that we emit. — James Watt (@BrewDogJames) August 22, 2020.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Google has signed a new 100MW corporate power purchase agreement with the Moray West offshore wind development in Scotland. People across the UK and Europe are increasingly worried about climate change and energy security," he said. "We

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

German chemical company, BASF, and EDF Energy North America signed a 35-MW wind power purchase agreement (PPA) that will bring 25 MW of wind power to BASF’s Verbund site in Freeport, Texas, and 10 MW of wind power to the Pasadena, Texas, site.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In its most recent conference call with investors, CEO Bernard Looney hinted that hydrogen and offshore wind progress was imminent. By 2030 BP hopes to have 10 percent of the clean hydrogen market in “core hydrogen markets” as it chases carbon neutrality by 2050. The fund will distribute €10 billion ($11.8

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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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Renewable Energy World

MAY 13, 2021

million) deal with utility EDP for the provision of renewable energy to power its operations over a period of 10 years. EDP Renewables will source the clean energy from a wind farm the company is developing in Spain to power NOS’ operations in the Iberian Peninsula. By 2025, EDP plans to invest €24 billion ($28.9

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Our record on renewable energy speaks for itself,” they said. “In

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 14, 2024

The recent strides in green hydrogen production have brought about a sea change in our approach to sustainable energy. How Green Hydrogen Could Revitalize the Gulf Harnessing the power of green hydrogen could offer a potential solution for the oxygen depletion in the Gulf of St.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2021

Last week, the UK government announced it will count emissions from international shipping and aviation in its carbon accounting from 2033, caving to long-running pressure from campaigners and climate experts.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 4, 2021

The commitment, made on the company’s Capital Markets Day, is part of Ørsted’s strategy to expand its sustainability position and work toward achieving a carbon-neutral footprint by 2040. “We We want to help create a world that runs entirely on green energy, and we want to do it in a sustainable way.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Onshore wind energy scores lowest ever price through new Spanish auction. The Spanish government completed its latest renewable energy auction this month, securing 3GW of new projects, including a record low bid from an onshore wid developer of €20/MWh. kg from low cost renewable power, already within 2025.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

ENTSO-E has published the first offshore network development plans to support the delivery of Europe’s offshore renewable energy targets. The deployment of the fit-for-purpose offshore grids is a necessary condition to achieving the European energy transition to carbon neutrality.”

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

A novel project to power an aluminium smelter with round-the-clock, 100 per cent renewable electricity is set to enter development in India, in a move expected to drive a reduction in CO2 of 680,000 tonnes per year from the metals manufacturing process.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 26, 2021

The natural process of all plants taking in carbon and releasing oxygen not only gives us clean air to breathe but also stores carbon that otherwise contributes to global warming. The study is based on information available through the Global Carbon Atlas Global City Emissions dataset, which measures emissions levels.

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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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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 26, 2021

The natural process of all plants taking in carbon and releasing oxygen not only gives us clean air to breathe but also stores carbon that otherwise contributes to global warming. The study is based on information available through the Global Carbon Atlas Global City Emissions dataset, which measures emissions levels.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

When Ian Bishop and Ron Presswood first brought their idea for a recycling process that would create carbon and hydrogen to a professor at a Tier One University, they were told it was scientifically impossible. We’re CO 2 e-neutral, because we use electric heat generated through solar and wind power.”.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

million people now work in renewable energy worldwide, but IRENA warns strong policy action essential to sustain growth in the wake of Covid-19. Job opportunities in the renewable energy continue to surge worldwide, with 11.5 Around a third of the total renewable energy jobs were in the burgeoning solar sector at 3.8

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The achievement marks the latest milestone in the wind turbine manufacturers' roadmap to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Renewable energy giant Siemens Gamesa is now powering its operations with 100 per cent clean electricity worldwide, the firm announced yesterday, beating its own target by five years.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 26, 2021

The natural process of all plants taking in carbon and releasing oxygen not only gives us clean air to breathe but also stores carbon that otherwise contributes to global warming. The study is based on information available through the Global Carbon Atlas Global City Emissions dataset, which measures emissions levels.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 4, 2021

Electricity industry executives are faced with the monumental task of balancing today’s energy needs while moving to tomorrow’s goal of net zero carbon emissions. In addition, Epicenter will support the Initiate program, which fosters innovation from energy start-ups around the world. Visit powergen.com for more information.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

The UK will need roughly 108GW of offshore wind capacity by 2035 - more than 10 times current capacity - to achieve a net zero electricity system by the middle of the next decade, researchers from Imperial College London have warned.

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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.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

Danish green energy giant lodges $57bn bid for market leading position amid growing competition in renewables. Ørsted has significantly raised its renewable energy installation target to 50GW by 2030, in a bid to retain its leading position on the global market amid an expected surge in demand for green energy over the coming decade.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The government will today present its new Energy Prices Bill to Parliament, confirming sweeping plans to cap energy prices for households and businesses and unveiling controversial proposals to limit the profits being generated by renewables and nuclear operators. The government said the move would "ensure consumers?pay?a

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

UK and US banks accused of financing Russian 'carbon bombs'. US and UK financial institutions have this week been accused of continuing to fund Russian "carbon bomb" fossil fuel projects that are both aiding Russia's illegal war in Ukraine and threatening to breach global climate goals. Plans advance for Kazakhstan wind farm.

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