GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Google on Monday pledged that by 2030 it will run its entire business on carbon-free energy — every hour of every day of the year. West driven by increased heat and dry conditions linked to global warming from human carbon emissions. Europe and Chile. Europe and Chile.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

Apple committed on Tuesday to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, pushing its ambitions far beyond its own corporate walls — already 100 percent powered by renewables — to include its vast supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products. Apple will increasingly rely on carbon-removal programs. technology giants.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2020

With the pandemic spurring a dramatic drop in economic activity across Europe, electricity, renewables and carbon prices have also plummeted.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2020

The study is part of an ongoing £2.75m research programme attached to the offshore wind project that is exploring the impacts of offshore wind power installations on local economic ecosystems and communities. It estimates every wind turbine in Europe generates on average of €10m of economic activity.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Hey, Europe: You Can’t Get to 100% Renewables Without Demand Side Flexibility. Europe has inspired the world with its ambitious renewables integration, smart energy trading, and grid balancing. An important new study from Smart Energy Europe (SmartEn) makes the case for increased DSF in Europe to meet aggressive climate action targets.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Even for an offshore wind industry that is accustomed to all things being supersized, last week was a big week. released its 10-point plan to achieve its target of net-zero carbon by 2050. At the top of the list was the already announced 40-gigawatt offshore wind target. On Wednesday the U.K. All in all, the U.K.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Owner and operator of the 100MW battery, Zenobē, announced the system – in Capenhurst, Chester – had gone live on 11 February, describing it as the first commercial reactive power services of its kind in the world. It will also help to manage network capacity therefore maximising existing Scottish wind flows into the region.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

The strategy is expected to focus on accelerating deployment of technologies the UK is already pursuing, according to Bloomberg , which would likely therefore include green and low carbon sources of energy, such as wind, nuclear, and potentially hydrogen.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Clean energy developer Engie has announced it has agreed a 12-year 100MW corporate power purchase agreement deal with tech giant Google, which will see it supply power from its Moray West offshore wind development off the coast of Scotland to support the data giant's goal of operating using entirely carbon-free energy by 2030.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Spain has delivered the lowest prices ever seen for onshore wind in Europe," said Giles Dickson, CEO at trade body WindEurope, highlighting bids from onshore wind developers that ranged from €20/MWh to €28.89/MWh. The European wind industry continues to reduce costs through innovation, scale and learning effects.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Once this largest source of carbon emissions is greened up, the second-largest, transportation, can tap renewable energy via electric vehicles. The move to renewables can seem Sisyphian, as coal consumption continues to rise in major carbon-emitting countries - including China and India. Denmark looked to offshore wind.

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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. BP uses the terminology clean, rather than green hydrogen.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

“The economic incentive to deploy large amounts of solar power just got stronger in India, China and most of Europe. In Europe, the levelized cost of new-build solar ranges from $33/MWh in Spain and $41/MWh in France, to $50/MWh in Germany. Increased commodity pricing not a factor.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

Next week's Budget will feature a wide-ranging new clean energy package designed to mobilise £20bn of investment in the UK, Treasury confirms The Chancellor will next week promise to "reset" the UK's decarbonisation and energy security plans through an "unprecedented" £20bn investment in carbon capture and clean energy infrastructure.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Statistical Review is instrumental in providing comprehensive data on global oil, gas, and coal production and consumption, as well as on carbon dioxide emissions and renewable energy statistics. Wind and solar reached a record high of 12% share of power generation with solar recording 25% and wind power 13.5%

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Europe is still plotting the course towards being net-zero by 2050, but no matter the shape it takes, it will surely involve hundreds of gigawatts of new renewable power capacity. In 2014, EMEA, dominated by Europe, represented 44 percent of global energy storage deployment. In the U.S.,

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Ten years ago, Siemens Wind Power, as it was then known, started playing around with a concept for a thermal energy storage system. Last year, the wind turbine manufacturer now known as Siemens Gamesa plugged a 30-megawatt/130-megawatt-hour demonstration system into the grid at Hamburg harbor.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Speaking at the conservative conference in Manchester on 4 October, the PM talked of plans to move away from the UK’s reliance on carbon in the UK’s energy production, something he asserted would safeguard against future price surges. UK homes are among the worst in Europe for energy efficiency, and we are reliant on fossil gas boilers.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Demand for renewable energy backed by verified certificates of origin grew across Europe last year, outpacing the growth in supply, the latest data from the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) today indicates. per cent in 2019. per cent, according to AIB.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 18, 2021

Two developers are set to duke it out over a 24-mile stretch of water that is key to Spain becoming Europe’s leading pumped hydro market. Pumped hydro in Europe. The developers, Ingenieria Pontificia and Romero Polo Group, have put forward plans for pumped hydro facilities at opposite ends of the same reservoir.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Demand for renewable energy backed by verified certificates of origin grew across Europe last year, outpacing the growth in supply, latest data from the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) released today indicates. per cent in 2019. per cent, according to AIB.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 20, 2021

Kenya-based renewable energy company Lake Turkana Wind Power has partnered with energy solutions firm Clir Renewables to enhance its wind farm performance tracking. Clir Renewables will analyze data from each of Lake Turkana’s 365 turbines in the context of available resource, geospatial features, and nearby turbines. .

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

On the day that MGT Teesside misses its latest deadline to begin operations (10 December), the Cut Carbon Not Forests (CCNF) coalition warns the Low Carbon Contract Company (LCCC) to reject any further deadline extensions for the biomass power plant. Unlike cheap wind and solar power, biomass?power

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. Taken together, such stories.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

There is no doubt that greater access to rapid charge points is vital to get the EV revolution on the road, but more considerations must be made around low-carbon charging straight from the source. In Europe, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross electricity consumption is 34 per cent on average.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

Total this week bought an 80 percent share of the 96-megawatt Erebus floating wind project in the Celtic Sea from developer Simply Blue Energy. Total has 3 gigawatts of renewalbes within its 7-gigawatt low carbon portfolio. By 2040, the company aims to derive 15-20 percent of its revenue from its low-carbon business.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2021

"Reaching financial close on this project is an exciting first step for GIG in this market and we look forward to further developing the portfolio and creating even more opportunities to accelerate the delivery of this vital technology," said Edward Northam, head of GIG UK and Europe.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Yet just as efforts toward that goal are finally scaling up — via the EU’s amplified climate targets, China’s new carbon-neutral target for 2060, and other examples — the coronavirus pandemic has introduced a massive dose of uncertainty. China takes a big step. can get to net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Europe's "first ever" green hydrogen production plants, a clutch of smart home energy schemes, and efforts to switch carbon intensive industry to run on renewables are among projects sharing in a £90m low carbon energy funding boost announced by the government today.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

EU-funded wind tower – built out of wood "stronger than steel" – will spur a number of commercial projects in Sweden, Modvion said, and marks a major breakthrough for the development of taller, lower-carbon wind turbines. It is also significantly larger than a number of smaller prototypes developed elsewhere in Europe.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Feb 2, 2023 OTTAWA — In Alberta and Ontario, wind can now produce electricity at lower costs than natural-gas-fired power—with even more reductions on the horizon, according to a new report from Clean Energy Canada, which was informed by research commissioned from Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 9, 2020

both in Europe and emerging energy markets,” added Perry. was the first major economy to enshrine a net-zero carbon goal in law, and in the recent election parties on all sides pledged support to a green industrial revolution to one extent or another. cable company win offshore wind contracts in Europe in 2012 and 2014.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 22, 2021

As more solar and wind power solutions are deployed, the role of hydropower will become increasingly important due to its inherent reliability, flexibility, and ability to integrate other renewables onto the grid,” said Carmichael Roberts, BEV. and Europe. One example, the Monroe Hydro Project in Madras, Ore.,

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer. The “Roadmap to a U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

National Grid has this morning confirmed that the second electricity interconnector linking the UK and France is now able to flow low carbon electricity between the two countries at full capacity. National Grid said that importing lower carbon electricity from France should allow the project to prevent 1.2

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. per cent of wind potential tapped thus far. As such, the analysts predict exponential growth for the solar and wind power sectors, noting that "humans specialise in extracting cheap energy, and fast".

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Additionally, global zero-carbon projects have turbocharged EV demand, states the researcher, driving the need for Li-Ion batteries in electric-powered vehicle power systems. Join Enlit Europe in Paris. Norway will halt sales by 2025, France by 2040 and the UK by 2050. Register now

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