DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

Former Business and Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg spoke of his desire for people to “stop demonising oil and gas” in a private meeting with the head of the United Arab Emirates’s state investment company, DeSmog can reveal. Rees-Mogg agreed with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak that “hydrocarbons need to be part of the [energy] solution”.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

Instead, most utilities’ integrated resource plans (IRPs), which set their generation investment pathways over a decade-plus horizon, will set them on a path to much more modest carbon reductions, the report finds. Wind and solar power accounted for just above 10 percent of U.S. and around the world.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed a ten-point plan to set the country on its way toward its 2050 net-zero plan, with an accelerated EV rollout and a new hydrogen target the standout pledges. Parkin is the project director of the HyNet cluster in Merseyside, which proposes an integrated network of CCS and hydrogen infrastructure.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Following a meeting with industry figures yesterday, the Prime Minister revealed plans to significantly expand the share of UK's electricity produced by nuclear power from around 16 per cent today to 25 per cent by 2050 - a move which would require major investment in new nuclear power capacity in the coming years, according to various reports.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The energy industry's interest in low carbon hydrogen is building fast, and the nuclear industry reckons it could yet have a crucial role to play. There may be on-going debates about how best to use hydrogen - should it be deployed to heat buildings, provide energy storage, decarbonise heavy industry, or fuel trains and planes?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, EVs, and renewables all set to benefit from £12bn government stimulus plan, but critics warn funding falls well short of the level required to trigger a green recovery.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 9, 2021

Renewable energy advocates offered reactions on Monday to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that warned of a “code red for humanity” due to global warming. Reaching a majority renewables electric grid by 2030 will deploy over $1 trillion of capital investment into the U.S.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2021

The UK is lagging far behind the rest of Europe in the race to decarbonise the steel industry, a study by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has warned. The sector would need to find a way to decarbonise within the next 15 years if the country is to meet its emissions targets, Climate Change Committee modelling indicates.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Tuesday’s report comes as President-elect Joe Biden is pressing for a major shift in federal energy and climate policy, including a $2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure spending plan that faces the likelihood of strong opposition from Republicans in Congress.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This evening Boris Johnson unveiled the government's much anticipated 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, promising to deliver £12bn of funding in a bid to unlock £36bn of private sector investment in the net zero transition. Business is fully committed to delivering a green and sustainable recovery from the pandemic.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2020

However, what stands out is - no matter which pathway the UK takes - innovation, investment and incentives across low carbon technology, land use and lifestyle is essential to achieve net zero.".

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

carbon emissions to zero by midcentury will require trillions of dollars of investment and disrupt entire sectors of the economy reliant on fossil fuels. But that doesn’t mean that states most reliant on fossil fuel extraction or industries powered by them must lose out in the transition. Cutting U.S.

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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. billion) of government investment will trigger another £36 billion in private money by 2030, it claims. the Saudi Arabia of wind power.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Director-general of the clean energy agency offers his thoughts on the energy crisis, green and blue hydrogen, and why renewables must be the priority in the 2020s. On green and blue hydrogen. BusinessGreen was there to listen in on what the self-styled 'good guys' of the global energy transition are currently thinking.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

The US grid got its first new nuclear power in nearly seven years last week. Plant Vogtle began commercial operations from the first of two new reactors, but the over-budget and years-delayed project could be the last hurrah for big nuclear construction in America. Happy Monday!

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

The Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) will oversee the government's delivery of a "Green Taxonomy" - a common framework that aims to provide clear standards that would establish when investments or financial products can be defined as environmentally sustainable.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Industry Voice: Phoenix Group sets out why decarbonising its investment portfolio makes business and planetary sense. There is a clear case for action to address climate change - both because of the huge growth opportunities, and to better manage climate-related risk. A lot has happened since then.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2021

American Jobs Plan promises massive wave of new investment in clean energy generation, grids, electric vehicles, and green buildings. Biden pledges to deliver 'once-in-a-generation investment' in clean infrastructure. It is a once-in-a-generation investment in America.". World Bank plots strengthening of climate policy.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

When asked to rank the Prime Minister's proposals into the top five areas the government should be investing in, five times as many people supported the prioritisation of renewable energy as their top choice than any other green industry.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The first, biggest step to slowing climate change is switching electricity generation from coal and gas to wind and sun. The company recorded profits of $2.74bn in 2020, with many new projects in the pipeline in the coming decade - including large developments in solar power, onshore wind and green hydrogen. "I

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

The nuclear sector has become the latest industry to wade into the debate about the government's imminent green recovery package, arguing that it has a critical role to play in delivering on the UK's net zero emission target. We're confident the price of nuclear power will fall from the £92.50

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Dubbed Great British Energy, the new venture would enable British people to profit from the nation's clean energy resources, he said, stressing that state-backed energy companies from France, China, and Sweden were all currently profiting from wind and nuclear power generated in Britain. British power to the British people.".

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Clean Energy Trust

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Changing Climate Change Beliefs This month, we’re highlighting big climate policy news in Illinois, how the battery materials supply chain is evolving, why sustainable aviation fuels may be a Goldilocks solution, and changing beliefs on climate change. just the right amount of new technology adoption.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 22, 2021

That will require going beyond core renewable investments, such as established solar or wind farms, where most institutional investors already have some exposure, and towards a wholesale energy transition. To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, an estimated $12tr of investment in renewables is required worldwide.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2021

However, it stresses that bolder policies and investment decisions are urgently required to put the world on track for delivering on its net zero emissions goals. However, the IEA stressed that this investment blitz would add around 0.4 percentage points a year to global GDP growth.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Biden administration announced $7B for 7 hydrogen fuel hubs to lay the track for the US’s hydrogen 2030 goal. 💸 Carbon Equity , an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based climate venture capital and private equity fund investing platform, raised $6M in Series A funding from BlackFin Capital Partners and 4impact.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Prior media reports suggested the government had intended to badge all of its announcements under the banner of 'Green Day', but instead it appears to have gone with the name 'Powering Up Britain', evidently keen to place as much focus as possible on energy security issues.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The move comes as the Prime Minister gears up to shortly announce his hotly-anticipated 10-point green recovery plan, which is expected to feature support for offshore wind, nuclear power, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage (CCS), among other areas.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The government has unveiled further details of its hotly-anticipated vision for the UK's net zero transition, signalling a major overhaul of Britain's energy market to scale up renewables, clean heating, nuclear, energy efficiency, carbon capture, and hydrogen technologies over the coming decade and beyond.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Labour would invest £28bn annually on tackling climate change and supporting ‘green' jobs and industries if elected, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves announced this morning at the Labour Party Conference. But it also means knowing when and where to invest - to prevent far greater costs further down the line.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

BusinessGreen rounds up the critical lessons for business, investors, and the government if the UK is to build a decarbonised power system by 2035 When the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has something to say, it is usually well worth listening. BusinessGreen dives into some the crucial green business takeaways: 1.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

Nuclear targets increased to 24GW by 2050. Arguably the biggest change from the UK's previous energy plans is the Strategy's goal to deliver 24GW of nuclear power capacity by 2050, which it said would result in around 25 per cent of UK electricity demand being met by a major fleet of both large and small new reactors.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

He said the creation of the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero was "a pretty clear guide or indication" the government would be moving ahead with plans for a Great British Nuclear (GBN) agency to help identify new sites for nuclear power plants and support their development, adding that an announcement was likely in the coming weeks.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has warned that the sharp reductions in greenhouse gas emissions experienced this year as a result of the coronavirus crisis are likely to a "negligible" impact on temperatures. Germany advances plans for green hydrogen hub. goal within reach.

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