Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Another project in the Midlands has also secured backing to develop "revolutionary" high temperature heat pumps to reduce the energy needed to heat and cool cheese, in a bid to reduce emissions in dairy farms across the region, BEIS said. The funding has been awarded through the first two phases of the government's £34.8m

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. And the era of fossil fuels is hardly over. Subscribe here. Surge protection.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 2, 2024

The new action plan supports the deployment of geothermal energy to meet the needs for renewable heating and cooling for individual and collective buildings in Mainland France. The official launch was headed by Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That’s the picture the International Energy Agency (IEA) paints in the World Energy Outlook it published today, which is based on governments’ current energy policies. Cleaning up pollution from homes, buildings, and transportation will require electrifying everything from cars to heating and cooling systems.

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Energy Transition

JUNE 22, 2023

In response to Russia’s invasion and brutal war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, many European nations, particularly Germany, have banned Russian fossil fuels imports. However, LNG, which is mainly cooled and compressed methane.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

Those processes use a lot of energy and largely come from fossil fuels; one-third of U.S. A key route to industrial emissions reductions is electrification (replacing industrial fossil fuels with electric alternatives). greenhouse gas emissions come from industry. Start with heat. Contributors. Ed Rightor.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 29, 2024

The boreholes will be predominately located in private areas near government buildings west of Stoney Road and the area around Dundonald House, Castle Buildings and Stormont Castle and therefore will present minimal disruption to users of the Estate.

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Grist

JANUARY 21, 2022

And it also released a cloud of sulfur dioxide, a chemical that, in large enough quantities, reflects the sun’s rays and cools the planet. They called for an “international non-use agreement” on so-called solar geoengineering technologies, which would cool the planet by releasing sun-reflecting chemicals into the atmosphere.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2022

The government may have left businesses and campaigners frustrated with its failure to deliver new policies to boost domestic energy efficiency, but the public sector could soon unlock significant energy bill savings thanks to a major new wave of upgrade projects for public buildings.

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The first household heats their home and water with natural gas, cools it with a central air conditioning system, and cooks on a gas stove. Despite its name, a heat pump can cool as well as heat, offering an alternative to running two different systems. They save a huge $940 per month compared to their fossil-fuel-powered neighbors.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

by Stuart Stone ( @sstone26 ) King's Speech promises new bill to boost fossil fuel drilling Speech confirms plans for annual oil and gas licensing rounds, as government also promises action to boost renewables investment, accelerate clean energy grid connections, and deliver new self-driving vehicles. -

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To generate electricity, we require energy and 65% of this energy is currently coming from fossil fuels. It may seem counterintuitive, but when we convert transportation systems from fossil fuel energy sources to electric systems carbon emissions may actually indirectly increase, as fossil fuels often generate the electricity required.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

Basically, a laser focus on fossil fuels can’t be the only thing that matters. So, building on our last newsletter , this week we’re rounding up even more solutions that governments and other entities are implementing to respond to heat waves, prepare for the next one, and mitigate the underlying causes of global heating.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The energy savings guidelines of the RePower EU package requires a stop to the installation and use of fossil fuel boilers starting 2029. Luca Rigoni, CEO of A2A Calore e Servizi, explains that decarbonization of its district heating and cooling networks is one of the main objectives of the company’s strategy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

Therefore, wider government policies, including planning and support for the construction and operation of AD plants, waste collection and management, and food and farming, should all consider these factors (and the many other detailed in the EBA report) in order to maximise the provision of these wider benefits throughout society.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Chicago last week brought the newest lawsuit against Big Oil companies for spreading disinformation about the climate-warming hazards of burning fossil fuels — adding the third largest city in the U.S. to the growing list of state and local governments pushing for oil and gas majors to be held accountable in court.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2022

Moreover, the poll findings released today suggest the overwhelming majority of Conservative Party members - 85 per cent - support government incentives and investment to help homeowners and landlords improve home insulation and energy efficiency.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

homes are built with air-source heat pumps instead of fossil-fuel burning systems. The next hurdle is to start electrifying buildings in parts of the country where it's been difficult to eliminate fossil fuel-burning building systems. Already, more than 40 percent of new U.S.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

We would like to thank the Legislature, the Governor, and especially the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for their efforts to enable geothermal technologies to thrive in New York State to replace fossil fuels for heating and hot water needs. “We are thrilled that Governor Hochul has signed this bill into law. .

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Generates renewable energy : Through converting waste materials into electricity, heat, and even fuels, WTE facilities contribute to a more diverse and resilient energy portfolio. This process provides a renewable energy source and reduces reliance on fossil fuels, leading to a decrease in carbon emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

While Canada’s federal government is interested in helping Canadians transition off oil and gas for home heating — and is incentivizing the installation of heat pumps — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has repeatedly warned against them. The most extreme reaction was from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we must make deep cuts to GHG immediately," said Gabrielle Dreyfus , chief scientist at the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) and professor at Georgetown University. by 2035 and 2C by 2050.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 20, 2024

“Heat energy located in ice age sediments is one of the possible solutions, in which, if there are suitable geological conditions, it is possible to heat and cool even larger buildings.”

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 26, 2020

Kenney wrote that “PG&E supports state and local government policies that promote all-electric new construction when it is feasible and cost-effective.” The CEC is considering stakeholder proposals for a revision to state building code Title 24 that would ban natural gas for new buildings in the state starting in 2022.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In other words, you can keep your home as cool during the summer and warm during the winter as you wish. You can also save money when switching to solar by taking advantage of various manufacturer rebates and government incentive programs. Reduce the Need for Fossil Fuels. Education is the key to wider acceptance.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Streets of the Future insight outlines a range of opportunities for communities, including: Smart technology helping people to use less energy and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Giving new life to old buildings by re-using and re-purposing existing structures and materials and transforming them for new uses.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Renewable Energy World contributor is being awarded a Constellation Prize for Policy Impact in response to a new heating/cooling solution he proposed for a 100-year-old building in Albany, NY. Just after the holidays I heard from an old friend, Jay Egg , who heads up a geothermal consulting firm, EggGeo. Credit: The Constellation Prize.).

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Grist

JANUARY 24, 2020

Divestment from fossil fuels. Voters need to know if their politicians are bankrolled by fossil fuels, and corporations need to disclose their carbon assets. Here are the two interventions that the researchers say can be achieved very rapidly, i.e. within a few years. Subsidies for green power. Moral reckoning.

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Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

words by Christina De La Rocha Murderous tin-pot despots may not agree, but the purpose of government is to deliver order, infrastructure, and basic services so its citizens can live with each other and not just survive, but thrive.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

OTTAWA — With the International Energy Agency’s latest milestone report pointing to a peak in fossil fuel demand by the end of this decade, Clean Energy Canada has released a new study illustrating what ditching oil and gas means for Canadian households and their energy bills.

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Low Impact

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Alternative jet fuels or so-called “Sustainable Aviation Fuels” (SAF) are liquid hydrocarbon fuels that can be used with existing aircraft in place of kerosene produced from fossil fuels. The argument is that blending these fuels with fossil fuels would thereby reduce emissions.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2021

Gates sets out the need to quickly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels over the next 30 years to get to net zero. Net zero does not necessarily mean that we will not be using fossil fuels anymore. Our current reliance on fossil fuels makes the starting point of this structural shift very hard.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2022

While we are regularly treated to governments and corporates telling us how ambitious their climate policies are, anyone looking past these (largely self-serving) announcements will have grown accustomed to news of ambition gaps, missed targets, and ever more dire warnings from climate scientists.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Apart from industry-led changes, external factors such as consumer demand for ethically sourced products and government regulations promoting sustainable farming practices also push the sector toward being more eco-friendly. Government Policies Supports Around the world, government bodies are promoting sustainable farming practices.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Globally , across the EU and in the UK, heat pumps are seen as a vital technology to remove emissions from heating where fossil fuels currently dominate. And for the UK, which is one of Europe's largest heating appliance manufacturing bases, albeit based around fossil fuel boilers, the potential is particularly obvious.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Among many urgent calls to cut European dependence on Russian fossil fuels, the initiative asks households to power up on more rooftop solar panels, heat pumps and energy savings. Put together, heating, cooling and domestic hot water are responsible for 80 per cent of the energy consumed by households.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Saudi Arabia is set to win the role of top sponsor of international football’s governing body, FIFA, after openly admitting that one of the reasons it engages in sponsorship is to ‘sportswash’ its national reputation for economic benefit. Now the air pollution from burning fossil fuels alone is estimated to kill more than tobacco smoke.

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