The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Annette Gorst-Unsworth says she invests in community energy groups that are making a difference in her area Cop28 ended with yet more dashed hopes on fossil fuels, with a watered-down call for countries to move away from them rather than phasing them out ( Report, 14 December ).

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This is the first COP where we are face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5C It was also the first to be chaired by an oil and gas executive, putting a crude spotlight on the conflicting interests that have become entrenched in the COP process. And this year’s COP finally looked it in the eye. It’s not surprising.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Colombian state-owned petroleum company Ecopetrol has announced that it will now invest on drilling for the planned geothermal power generation project in Caldas, Colombia. This will require an investment of about COP 98 billion, or close to USD 25 million. USD 167 million).

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

shares his expectations for the clean energy transition in 2024. The year 2023 was a record-setting year for investment and growth in clean energy, with the International Energy Agency projecting over 500GW of new renewable capacity to come online by year-end globally. Have you read? This is not limited to the U.S.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I attended this COP, my first, to learn more about how businesses can accelerate the transition to net zero and to share the findings of a new report, published today, that is a step-by-step playbook for companies to use to turn net zero pledges into progress. Opportunities to lead, invest, and advocate to meet climate goals.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

COP28 President hints at UAE's priorities for Summit in maiden speech, as core principles for controversial plan to use voluntary carbon markets to bankroll energy transition are unveiled. We are determined to make COP28 a COP for all, and a COP of action.". target within reach. target within reach. "We

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

How racism manifests itself in clean energy. Including clean energy. . It's no secret that there are grave inequities in clean energy. In the spirit of this moment, I turned the microscope on my own sector to ask, how does racism manifest in clean energy? . Manifestation 2: Paying more and getting less from energy .

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In a variety of conversations it became clear to me that to some degree, regardless the outcome of COP negotiations, undrilled oil will soon become stranded assets,” Director of Innovation, Mobility & Innovation Gabriel Scheer shared. At the end of the day, as Dawn wrote in FastCompan y, “The real value of COP is what comes next.”

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

COP26 President Alok Sharma has travelled to South Africa this week in a bid to help promote the country's high profile Just Energy Transition Partnership (JTEP), which aims to mobilise billions of dollars of climate finance in support of the economy's shift away from coal power.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

Without a strong carbon price, older renewable and nuclear plant will close earlier than they should and investment in new low carbon infrastructure like Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS), hydrogen and negative emissions technologies will stall. With the world watching ahead of COP we cannot afford a COP-out on low carbon.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

Narendra Modi’s clarion call for becoming ‘AatmaNirbhar’ in energy sector, DISTRIBUTECH India 2022, together with POWERGEN India and Indian Utility Week, India’s leading Energy Business Platforms, will be organised from 12th-14th October 2022 in New Delhi, India. ABOUT DISTRIBUTECH INDIA.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But they found that a lack of enabling policies from governments, such as guaranteeing markets and prices for producers and consumers, was holding back investment in the shipping infrastructure needed to support the global energy transition. Worryingly, only 4% of these projects have a final investment decision.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds.   And happy COPing to those on the ground in Dubai!

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Renewable energy projects in the agri-food sector excluded from BEIS’s RHI Covid-19 Extension. Green investments on processing sites will decarbonise the supply chain while boosting local economies, creating green jobs and new skills. Includes 20MW of previously-eligible renewable heat projects on farms and factory sites.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2020

Chile was forced to give up hosting the COP 25 United Nations Climate Change Conference in December after cost-of-living protests that started in the capital, Santiago, in October spread to other cities. COP 25 was ultimately held in Spain. The protests would “only delay some investments," van den Hurk Mir said.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

New research from think tank Economist Impact and Iberdrola reveals over three-quarters of business leaders agree green skills will be the most important driver of the energy transition. Moreover, almost two-thirds believe that green skills shortages could become a bottleneck and slow down the transition. Have you read?

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Global Renewable News

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Highlights The 2023 general.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. He was also the founding CEO of the UAE's Masdar clean tech investment arm, and as CEO of ADNOC has instigated a $15bn decarbonisation strategy at the oil and gas giant.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Industry Voice: Delivering net zero is at its heart a challenge of delivering investment across multiple sectors, explains Phoenix Group. Inevitably transforming our energy systems and economy away from fossil fuels is a complicated endeavour. But while the investment need is clear, the delivery mechanisms are not.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

remains viable will require total commitment to a range of far-reaching measures, including full fossil fuel phase-out, massive investment in nature, transformation of global food systems, and carbon removal on a massive scale.” Fossil fuels were mentioned for the first time in a COP text two years ago, at COP26 in Glasgow.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2023

by James Murray ( @James_BG ) 'A real scandal': UAE Presidency accused of using COP meetings to lobby for fossil fuel deals Leaked documents suggest COP28 Presidency has used bilateral meetings with foreign governments to promote new fossil fuel deals with state-owned oil and gas giant. -

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

There was a historic breakthrough in agreeing on a finance facility for loss and damage, but we failed to agree urgent action to help peak emissions in the middle of this decade and secure finance for an unprecedented ramp-up in renewable energy. Labour has also laid out a plan for an $8bn wealth fund from revenues from renewable energy.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

trillion could deliver savings of $3 trillion in the net zero transition by 2040, new analysis based on the Future Energy Outlook shows. Moreover, governments need to grasp that a decision not to invest in the grid, is a decision to build more expensive capacity, such as nuclear and biomass.” 1.5TW of new transmission at a cost of $1.7

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The United Arab Emirates has been criticised for promoting oil and gas as a clean source of energy, and for backing “false solutions” such as carbon capture technology, at the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt, ahead of hosting the event next year. Fossil fuels are driving both the climate and energy crises,” Kennerley said. “We

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LA CleanTech Incubator

JUNE 5, 2020

How racism manifests in clean energy. Including clean energy. . It's no secret that there are grave inequities in clean energy. In the spirit of this moment, I turned the microscope on my own sector to ask, how does racism manifest in clean energy? . Manifestation 2: Paying more and getting less from energy .

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 5, 2020

It would also create tens of thousands of jobs, boost energy and food production security, attract investment into the green economy and enhance Britain’s competitiveness on the international sustainable technology market. million homes. extension of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation beyond 2032. funding for innovation.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Dr Danial Sturge, Energy Systems Catapult's carbon policy practice manager, said policies that drive net zero-focused investment and innovation should be at the heart of the forthcoming Net Zero Strategy, a policy document expected before the COP26 climate talks in November.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This is the first COP where participants found themselves face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5 The final wording of the COP28 agreement – which required consensus among all nations and the chair – codified a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

India – the world’s fourth largest CO2 emitter (after China, the US, and the EU) – did set a net zero target for the first time, scheduled for 2070 (compared to 2060 for China, and 2050 for the EU and US), and also pledged to get 50% of its energy from renewables by 2030. COP president Alok Sharma described it as “a fragile win”.

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Energy Transition

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Oil and gas companies have been the biggest winners of the energy price hikes of 2022. But as yet, there is scant evidence that companies have invested their windfalls in the energy transition. Oil and gas companies have hugely profited from 20322’s energy price hikes. Is there hope that they will?

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

Investment in energy efficiency offers a triple whammy. By providing a lot of jobs all over the country much faster than other public investments it gets incomes up. By reducing energy bills is allows more of that income to flow back into the economy as increased purchasing power. We have seen the green headlines.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

IEA predicts major gains on energy efficiency in 2022 in response to energy crisis, but BloombergNEF warns current clean energy policies still put world on track for a 2.6C The slowdown came after the global rate of energy efficiency improvement had already fallen from two per cent in the first half of last decade to 1.3

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

The world cannot lose sight of the urgent need to tackle the climate crisis amid soaring energy costs and Russia's brutal war in Ukraine, COP26 President Alok Sharma has warned this morning, arguing that a failure to honour the commitments made at last year's Glasgow Summit would be "an act of monstrous self-harm". "The Debt is mounting.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A new study from the Energy Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that deploying 307 GW of solar and 142 GW of wind capacity in India by 2030 would need around a $26.5 billion annual investment. India hit 100 GW of renewable energy capacity in August with another 80 GW in the pipeline. .

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

After a several years’-long lull, things were back with a bang – with more people, more meetings, more energy, and more urgency. Nearly $370b in tax credits, clean energy incentives, and investments in green innovation are intended to dramatically accelerate domestic decarbonization in sectors from energy to manufacturing.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

In a communique published at the close of a three-day Energy and Environment Ministerial meeting in Berlin this week, the world's largest economies set out their priorities for tackling the intersecting climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises, and responding to the disruption to energy markets wrought by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

COP27 partner Hassan Allam Holding , one of the largest privately owned corporations in Egypt, has announced plans to invest $17.1 Only two out of the 20 COP27 sponsors, renewable energy provider Infinity Power and real estate developer Sodic, have no strong ties to the fossil fuel industry, the analysis found.

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