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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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

EPS users can design policy packages that achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the economy and pinpoint which policies are most effective at reducing emissions while creating economic and health benefits. climate goals. Many states already have clean electricity standards or renewable portfolio standards in place.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

The analysis calculates that integrating clean energy goals into economic recovery and stimulus packages over the next three years could boost global economic growth by an average of 1.1 Birol acknowledged that policy makers were "having to make hugely consequential decisions in a very short space of time as they draw up stimulus packages".

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

However, to date there has been little indication as to what measures the government is planning to take to reduce gas imports in the short term and Ministers have thus far ducked calls for the Treasury to come forward with a more generous support package for households that are set to see energy bills increase by around 50 per cent from next month.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

However, with calls growing for European governments to impose sanctions on fossil fuel exports from Russia in response to the latest atrocities in Ukraine, campaigners slammed the proposed package of measures arguing that it was badly underpowered and would "do nothing to help the UK get off Russian gas this year".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The much-delayed package includes a new £450m grant scheme to encourage households to switch to heat pumps and other low carbon heating systems, £60m of innovation funding to help drive down the cost of heat pump technologies, and a goal to end the installation of conventional gas boilers by 2035.

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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

AUGUST 15, 2022

Moreover, the emergency package sets out £6bn a year for a ‘Warm Homes Plan', which the Party said would insulate 19 million homes over the next decade, in a move it claimed would slash the average family energy bill by £1,000 a year. New nuclear projects are forever delayed.". Take renewable energy," Starmer wrote.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

of Energy to demonstrate technology that produces clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power, as part of the agency's goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen production by 80%. Additionally, President Biden's FY 2022 budget request includes $400 million for hydrogen activities, compared to $285 million in FY 2021.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

But players across the green economy were quick to point out the government's package of policies and tax changes was notably bereft of focus on three other critical 'E's that are planks of a prosperous economy: environment, energy, and efficiency. That's just one way we can pay for the support people really need this year."

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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. This means using every low and zero-emissions technology, including nuclear power, carbon removal and carbon capture, renewables, and hydrogen.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

Those who are making progress with energy efficiency received some good news with the announcement that Climate Change Agreements will be extended by two more years from 1 April 2025. So, best to assume that firms will have to be more focused than ever on saving energy.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Insulation, LED lighting, flexibility services, and smart metering may not garner as much political attention as giant offshore wind farms and nuclear power plants, but experts have long pointed out they are far cheaper and quicker to deploy at scale and will shave money off household energy bills far more quickly.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

But it also stressed that such measures would be "in alignment with climate objectives" and would include work to curb methane emissions, boost renewables capacity, and ensure new gas infrastructure is hydrogen-ready. UN sets new target to deliver global climate warning system.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

And some of the measures set out in the plan were duly welcomed by the green economy, with developers and investors broadly praising the increased targets for offshore wind, nuclear, and hydrogen projects. Instead, the government has prioritised policies that will keep us dependent on high cost fossil fuels and nuclear power.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2021

Moreover, the plan includes a host of multi-billion dollar programmes that should serve to tackle climate risks and enable emissions reductions, such plans to upgrade bridges and roads rather than focus on new road building and moves to improve broadband connectivity across the country. World Bank plots strengthening of climate policy.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2021

“Democrats often dismiss Republicans as being disinterested in addressing global climate change. Democrats say Republicans aren’t serious about climate change. The GOP lists its PARIS Act under its “Innovation” bucket, and there isn’t much information about how such a move would address climate change.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

But overall the Senate's Climate Hawks have mounted a genuinely successful rear-guard action in defence of the Bill and protected many of its core emissions-reducing elements. As President Biden observed, the IRA "makes the largest investment ever in combatting the existential crisis of climate change". per gallon.

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