GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

But while solar and wind have an obvious role to play in helping miners control their carbon emissions, the mining industry faces steep decarbonization challenges, analysts say. Anglo American has also installed an 84-kilowatt floating solar array at its tailings pond at Los Bronces, a first for the industry, Martinez said.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2020

Legal & General (L&G) has snapped up a 36 per cent stake in one of the UK's leading ground source heat pump developers Kensa Group for an undisclosed fee, as the multinational financial giant continues to expand its British green investment portfolio.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

billion) by 2027 in renewables, energy efficiency, grids and storage, EV charging infrastructure, and breakthrough technologies, such as low-carbon hydrogen. The European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) will support the REPowerEU Plan with an additional €30 billion ($29.9 billion) of new investment by 2027.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel. As we seek alternatives to fossil fuels, biomass holds significant potential due to its sustainability. Syngas can be subsequently burned to generate electricity or processed into transportation fuels.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The rolled-back cuffs of his rumpled blue button-down reveal an array of mismatched wristbands. Nor is it the only link between the fossil fuel industry and the Bolloré family’s global business interests, which encompass multi-billion-dollar logistics operations servicing major oil companies, including Shell.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

Mobilising billions of dollars of low carbon investment is a huge challenge, but it is also a massive opportunity for those financiers willing to innovate in pursuit of net zero emissions. Chief among them is the huge investment gap that must still be bridged before the destination of carbon neutrality can be reached.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The community solar model typically involves an array in a nearby town or city connected to the local electric grid. Reduced Carbon Footprint Community solar allows homeowners and renters to save on electricity bills while supporting renewable energy generation. Households with incomes at or below twice the poverty level spend 3.5

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

The UK's reliance on costly fossil fuels has left this country vulnerable to oil and gas price fluctuations - an absolute catastrophe for energy bills in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. per cent for fossil fuel electric utilities, the report concluded.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The metric is a calculation of how many degrees the planet would warm by if the amount of carbon dioxide was doubled from pre-industrial times — an amount that is quickly approaching. While Hansen’s research shows that there’s a certain amount of warming locked in even after we stop emitting carbon dioxide, Mann refutes this characterization.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Pairing PV with ever-cheaper batteries can offer firm zero-carbon power; pairing with existing fossil fuel generators can reduce the carbon intensity of power supply. ‘Floatovoltaics’ and ‘agrivoltaics’ will allow investors in solar PV to compete for a wider array of opportunities than ever before.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

California is looking for ways to keep power flowing to customers amid wildfires without burning fossil fuels. Customers looking for economic multiday backup power usually have to turn to fossil fuels, like gas or diesel generators. A Canadian storage technology startup thinks it has the solution.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. Town sign for Norco, Louisiana. Shell Norco.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

There is a generation of Millennials around the globe who have written off fossil fuels,” Chris Romer, co-founder of Project Canary, told the oil and gas industry trade publication Rigzone this month. “We “And then we’re going to create a carbon offset by plugging and abandoning that well, so it never leaks methane again.”

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 13, 2020

Yieldcos focus on the relatively low-risk business of operating wind farms, solar arrays and other clean-energy assets, and typically offer investors a generous dividend. The recent revived interest in yieldcos may have been driven by jitters over the outlook of other energy stocks, and particularly those related to fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2022

The investment is expected to save an estimated average of £650m of public organisations and taxpayers' money per year on energy bills over the next 15 years. The projected return on investment on many of the projects has shortened significantly as a result of the soaring energy prices experienced in the past six months.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Designed and executed with care, net-zero carbon goals can offer more than sustainability window dressing for commercial buildings in the decades to come. As we're moving from what was traditionally an avoidance of carbon emissions to avoid climate change, we're now moving much more into adaptation," she said. Risk and adaptation.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Each of these statistics points to different solutions for reducing buildings’ carbon footprint. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions. A new report from the Rocky Mountain Institute finds all-electric homes cost less to build and power and emit less carbon than mixed-fuel homes.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Department of Energy’s investment of $7 billion in creating seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs is a testament to this burgeoning interest. The diversity in their approach – from leveraging natural gas with carbon capture to harnessing renewable and biomass energy sources – showcases the multifaceted potential of hydrogen.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Argentine government, with the cooperation of an array of global institutions, has the country locked in an “oil and gas trap,” mortgaging the country’s future on fracking even as the financial risks continue to grow, the report warns. But it’s not at all clear the bet will pay off. The new Profundo report , commissioned by 350.org,

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Corporate carbon footprint tracking collects $27M, and forestry and battery interests intersect to invest $18M toward bio-graphite for lithium-ion cells. Some energy experts see peak oil demand around the corner, but fossil fuel execs pushed back hard ahead of COP28. Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Minister's comments came as the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership announced name change to reflect shift in focus to zero carbon road transport. Our target must no longer be to achieve 'low carbon' road transport but to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from every stage of the whole transport system," Eastlake explained. "Our

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Partner Content: For financially constrained local authorities, deciding where to invest public money to achieve net zero carbon targets is increasingly complex. Investing in decarbonisation means investing in the future and establishing a region where people want to live and where businesses want to invest.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 29, 2022

The last couple months have been a hard lesson about the danger and limitations of our old-school fossil fuel economy. million investment from HSDC/HTDC. SB2963/HB1801 is the “State Lead by Example” bill, which would ensure that state facilities pursue energy efficiency and are built with low-carbon materials wherever possible.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

where the company plans to ramp up its investments into grid-scale batteries, hybrid renewables projects and offshore wind, says North America chief Gwenaelle Avice-Huet. With a long history in fossil fuels and nuclear energy, Engie has pivoted dramatically toward renewables over the past few years — a strategy that included the U.S.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

The problem is that no one has yet provided a coherent explanation as to how energy price spikes caused by soaring fossil gas prices are the fault of measures designed to reduce our reliance on gas. per cent gain, almost entirely as a result of higher fossil fuel prices. per cent loss of GDP to a 0.5

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 18, 2020

“I don’t want to spoil the party, but if we talk about profits, especially from hydrogen, probably we need to wait a couple of years before it is relevant in terms of investments and profitability," Krebber said on his company's earnings call. The plan was part of an array of proposals linked to its green recovery strategy.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

French President ramps up green offering, as EU accelerates efforts to tackle fossil fuel imports. The EU is continuing to work on plans to drastically reduce imports of Russian fossil fuels in response to Moscow's unprovoked attack on Ukraine. China debuts new climate investment fund.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

Backed by high and low carbon businesses alike, the Energy Transitions Commission has outlined seven key priorities for delivering credible, net zero-focused recovery packages. Meanwhile, polling commissioned by Greenpeace found little public support for bailouts for carbon intensive industries.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Beyond emissions: The life of a carbon molecule. Carbon is everywhere. Carbon atoms flow through all living organisms, from the atmosphere to the earth to the oceans and back again. But carbon is also moving constantly through the global economy, which historically has been powered by burning fossil fuels for energy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Compared to the previous round, the latest auction has been expanded to wider array of technologies, with offshore wind, onshore wind, solar, tidal and floating offshore wind projects, among others, all eligible to bid for funding through the auction process.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Companies have also been promoting the use of better technology for the application of fertilizers and pesticides, along with backing efforts to store more carbon in the soil. This means corporations are using the term to describe a vast array of different practices. And some experts remain sceptical.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2022

There is a vast array of ways businesses can both show leadership and generate value. The most forward-thinking are taking a rounded approach by ensuring that they are not just looking at carbon, but also tackling interdependent issues. It also risks limiting the effectiveness of vital carbon sinks like mangrove forests.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 3, 2021

Tucked into a proposal from Xcel Energy, the state’s largest electric company, was a comparison of two proposed solar projects: one, a giant solar array on the site of a closing coal plant; the other, a small collection of rooftop solar projects to serve low-income residents. October 8, 2020. 19 Pandemic. Evaluation of Specific Proposals.

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Charged

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. Furthermore, like passenger EVs, their carbon emissions per mile will fall over their lifetimes as the grids they’re charged on decarbonize.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 17, 2020

Amazon is investing in locally generated power installing more than 50 rooftop solar arrays that generate a combined total of 98 MW and 130,000 MWh annually. On September 19 Amazon announced that they would be participating in The Climate Pledge and promising to zero out carbon emissions by 2040.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Business leaders today said it was now critical for the new PM - Britain's third in two months - to accelerate the delivery of net zero and nature restoration in order to provide a more stable investment environment to help guard against worsening economic headwinds facing the UK.

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