Cargill is using giant sails on its cargo fleet to cut greenhouse emissions
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Shipping has long been a high-carbon industry, but Cargill and BAR Technologies believe wind power can change that.
Wind power surge: China's push towards a green future
TechXplore
MARCH 8, 2024
The push for renewable energy is critical in addressing climate change, with wind power at the forefront. As the leading emitter of greenhouse gases, China has embarked on a transformative journey towards greener alternatives, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060.
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Wind power is getting better and better, and providing more value to the grid
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Wind energy remains as an attractive carbon-free option since its costs are generally low compared to wind’s value in wholesale markets. The post Wind power is getting better and better, and providing more value to the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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How many trees are needed to offset a city's carbon emissions?
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 26, 2021
While the push for electric vehicles and renewable energy through solar panels, wind power and hydroelectricity takes the spotlight, another part of the solution equation is growing all around us in the form of trees.
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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules.
Blustery weather pushes UK wind power to record 21.6GW
Business Green
JANUARY 10, 2023
Blustery conditions across Britain have sent yet more renewable power records tumbling this week, with onshore and offshore wind farms collectively delivering an all-time high of 21.6GW of power to the grid on Tuesday evening, National Grid ESO confirmed yesterday. per cent from wind turbines, 15.3
UK wind power 'smashes' generation record set just last week
Business Green
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
noon to 12.30pm on Wednesday, wind generation reached 20,896MW, providing 53 per cent of Britain's electricity. The surge in wind power meant that for the whole of Wednesday low carbon sources delivered 70 per cent of the UK's power. Grid operator National Grid ESO confirmed that for a half hour period from 12.00
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Midwestern Utility Evergy Pledges Carbon Cuts in Line With Paris Accord
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Evergy has become the latest utility to pledge to long-term carbon cuts even though the states it serves, Kansas and Missouri, aren’t demanding them. Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt
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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined
GreenBiz
AUGUST 13, 2020
This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined. Yet while those transport sectors are advancing towards low-carbon solutions — with promising technologies cultivated by multilateral accords — industrial heat lacks any consensus plan and has a long to-do list to develop low-carbon alternatives. .
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Storm Malik drives British wind power generation to record high
Business Green
JANUARY 31, 2022
More than 50 per cent of Britain's power produced by zero carbon wind generation on Saturday as gale force winds hit parts of Scotland and England. On Saturday, Britain's onshore and offshore wind farms generated19.3MW of power, or roughly 51 per cent of the UK's power output. For live data??
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UK celebrates new year with flurry of fresh wind power records
Business Green
JANUARY 4, 2023
National Grid ESO confirms that on December 30th UK wind power generation hit a record peak of 20.9GW. Blustery weather conditions helped ensure the UK set yet another wind power generation record over the New Year period, according to data from grid operator National Grid ESO. Overall, wind provided 61.4
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Wind-powered hydrogen production plant commissioned in Germany
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 12, 2021
SALCOS uses hydrogen generated from renewable sources, which replaces the carbon previously required for iron ore smelting. ” The post Wind-powered hydrogen production plant commissioned in Germany appeared first on Renewable Energy World.
GEV Wind Power and Wind Power Lab combine forces to offer multi-brand blade services across the value chain
altenergymag
APRIL 12, 2021
There remains a continued focus on producing more energy from renewable sources to drive down global carbon emissions in the coming years.
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Could wind power the green recovery?
Business Green
AUGUST 5, 2020
But few sectors can lay as strong a claim for playing a central and strategic role in any recovery, as the renewables industry in general and the wind power sector in particular. Furthermore, 1GW of offshore wind power avoids 3.5 The opposite is true," Kwarteng argued.
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Wind Power Giant Vestas Launches Venture Capital Fund
GreenTechMedia
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Leading global wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has launched a venture capital unit as it looks to stoke the energy transition. The European Green Recover y and a plethora of national plans have begun to sketch out the roadmap to net-zero carbon status. Vestas not scouting for acquisitions.
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Pairing crypto mining with green hydrogen offers clean energy boost
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
MARCH 25, 2024
Pairing cryptocurrency mining -- notable for its outsize consumption of carbon-based fuel -- with green hydrogen could provide the foundation for wider deployment of renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, according to a new study.
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Leading the Charge: Countries that Dominate Wind Energy Production
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The global shift towards renewable energy sources has gained significant momentum in recent years, with wind energy playing a pivotal role in this transition. As the world grapples with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, many countries have embraced wind power as a clean and sustainable solution.
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Finally, a way to tell how clean grid batteries actually are
Canary Media
MARCH 18, 2024
A carbon-free grid needs batteries that can store solar and wind power for use when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. But batteries don’t necessarily make power grids cleaner — not unless the power they charge up with is much lower-carbon than the power they displace.
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Shetland wind power set to reach UK mainland via new HVDC link
Business Green
AUGUST 3, 2020
A major renewable energy infrastructure project is to bring wind power from Shetland to the UK mainland via Europe's first multi-terminal high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) interconnection, the firms behind the development announced yesterday. Major milestone reached for pioneering green grid project.
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World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Increase the rate of growth of solar and wind power from its current high of 14% a year to 24% a year. Construct the equivalent of three New Yorks’ worth of public transport systems in cities around the world each year this decade.
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Wisconsin Utility Alliant Energy Pledges Net-Zero Carbon by 2050
GreenTechMedia
JULY 23, 2020
utilities pledging to zero out their net carbon emissions by mid-century. The company set an “aspiration” to reach net-zero carbon by 2050 and eliminate all coal power plants from its fleet by 2040. Alliant has retired about 1,000 megawatts of coal-fired power since 2005.
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Solar powered football and carbon captured Coca-Cola: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week
Business Green
MARCH 22, 2024
National Grid to unveil plans for UK 'electrical spine' Grid operator this week published its blueprint for connecting up to 86GW of offshore wind power to the grid by 2035. - by Stuart Stone ( @sstone26 ) Keep up to date with all the latest green business news by signing up to the free Daily and Weekly BusinessGreen Newsletters. .
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Three Ways Technology is Changing The Future of Renewable Energy
U.S. Green Technology
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Renewable energy is at the forefront of the global push for sustainability and reduced carbon emissions. Wind Power Innovation Technological advancements are transforming. As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, the need for clean energy sources has never been more pressing.
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Google Pledges 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy by 2030
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.
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China’s carbon emissions set for structural decline from next year
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
Emissions by world’s most polluting country could peak this year after surge in clean energy investments China’s carbon emissions could peak this year before falling into a structural decline for the first time from next year after a record surge in clean energy investments, according to research. Continue reading.
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Vestas Promises to Be Completely Carbon-Free by 2030
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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Comment: Carbon net zero – we’re halfway there
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 10, 2021
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. In 2020, the UK went without coal power for 180 of the 366 days.
Net-Zero iPhones: Apple Pledges to Go Carbon-Neutral by 2030
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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Subterranean storage of hydrogen
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
APRIL 9, 2024
Scientists are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel.
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Fresh U.K. Proposals Chase More Nuclear and Higher Carbon Prices
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 14, 2020
government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. the Saudi Arabia of wind power. carbon trading to begin next year. Detailing the U.K.'s
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Could wind power's economic benefits have been underestimated?
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.
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Nuclear Power Could Cut The World’s Carbon Emissions In Half
R-Squared Energy
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
That poses a serious challenge when global carbon dioxide emissions continue to climb. Nuclear power is unique among energy sources. It can be scaled up to very large plants, it is firm power (available upon demand), and it produces no carbon dioxide while generating electricity. It seems like a no-brainer.
INEOS agrees the largest ever industrial wind power purchase contract in Belgium with ENGIE
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
• The 10-year deal will reduce INEOS’ carbon footprint by 1,150,000 tonnes of CO2.
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Group signals new era for wind energy as urgency builds towards COP26 in Glasgow
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 15, 2021
Countries around the world need to urgently scale up deployment of wind power in order to address the climate emergency, insists the Global Wind Coalition for COP26, which officially launches today (15 June) on Global Wind Day. Image credit: Robert Couse-Baker , CC BY 2.0 Are You In? “We
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UK sets zero carbon power record - yet again
Business Green
JANUARY 5, 2023
National Grid ESO has confirmed the UK has again set a record for the share of power sources from zero carbon sources, after yesterday saw a period when over 87 per cent of electricity on the grid came from renewables and nuclear sources. per cent of the UK's power coming from zero carbon sources for a half hour period.
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Reports: Government to ramp up wind power and energy efficiency efforts in response to Ukraine crisis
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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'Trailblazing': Glasgow green hydrogen wind power project secures £9.4m of government backing
Business Green
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Plan to install 'UK's largest' green hydrogen system at Whitelee wind farm secures government support. The UK's largest onshore wind farm is to install a "first of its kind" green hydrogen production system capable of providing both clean energy storage services and zero carbon fuel for buses, after the government today announced £9.4m
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GE to produce zero waste wind turbine blades by 2030, company says
Renewable Energy World
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
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. Nearly a third of LM Wind Power's carbon footprint comes from waste disposal.
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Global carbon emissions from electric power may peak this year, report says
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Thinktank says rapid growth of wind and solar is near rate required if world is to hit 2030 target as part of 1.5C pathway Carbon emissions from the global electricity sector may peak this year, after plateauing in the first half of 2023, because of a surge in wind and solar power, according to a climate thinktank.
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Arizona Utility APS Charts 15-Year Plan on Its Way to Zero-Carbon Energy by 2050
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 30, 2020
Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. Long-range tradeoffs: Carbon reduction vs. costs.
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Carbon negative: Brewdog makes it a double (offset)
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.
Estimating The Carbon Footprint Of Utility-Scale Battery Storage
R-Squared Energy
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
In any case, I appreciate all of the feedback that will help me continue to improve and refine this attempt to estimate carbon emissions associated with grid-scale storage. This rapid increase in renewable power has been driven by falling cost curves, and aided by legislation directed at reducing air emissions like carbon dioxide.
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Could a wind power 'bonus' help curb bills this winter?
Business Green
AUGUST 4, 2022
That is the question posed by a new analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), which suggests a 'wind power bonus' could knock £25 off average annual energy bills from October, rising to a £45 cut to bills from next year.
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Working together to build towards a zero carbon economy
Business Green
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
There is a growing global consensus around a zero-carbon future. So I am asking all countries to submit more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions, driving further cuts in carbon emissions by 2030. Ahead of the summit, the UK presidency has defined five areas vital to this zero carbon future. Just take clean energy.
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