Business Green

MAY 11, 2020

Rockefeller Brothers Fund announces that its investment portfolio has exceeded expectations and industry averages in the five years since it divested from fossil fuels. Rockefeller and chair of the RBF board of trustees, said: "Oil is obviously a definitional part of my family's past. But it has no place in our future.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The think tanks said the record-breaking subsidies were prompted by turmoil in global energy markets that sent fossil fuel prices soaring and prompted governments to intervene to stop households and businesses facing five-fold increases in energy costs.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

This pipeline is a symbol of the ongoing controversies that already divide the Navajo Nation — and New Mexico — over fossil fuel development. On the Navajo Nation, climate change and fossil fuel development aren’t mental exercises. I walk out of those meetings and I have to check my tires,” she says. New Mexico Gov.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

“There is a generation of Millennials around the globe who have written off fossil fuels,” Chris Romer, co-founder of Project Canary, told the oil and gas industry trade publication Rigzone this month. “We We need to address the brand problem.”. Voluntary Programs Have Left Emissions Rising. and parts of Canada.”. Credit: 350.org

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The European Union has clearly laid out its position: Climate neutrality, the Council of the EU stated last month, will require “a global phase-out of unabated fossil fuels and a peak in their consumption in this decade.” We’re going into a COP where this is going to be a big topic, and we don’t really have a definition for it.”

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Defend Our Future

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s definitely worth reading over the results yourself, but a few highlights: 43 percent of Millennial/Generation Z Republicans said their communities were being impacted by climate change, compared to 33% of older Republicans. Clean energy is where we really see young conservative support surge way ahead of their elders.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas. The European Commission is due to enshrine a final definition of low-carbon hydrogen by the end of 2024.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As is always the case at COP Summits multiple issues remain unresolved, but the battle between the various opposing camps looks to set to boil down to a fierce row over how, and indeed whether, the final version of the Global Stocktake should reference the future of fossil fuels. All of this is demonstrably true.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

As new energy options emerge to meet global demand, nations that lead stand to gain; should the U.S. In Wyoming, towns previously reliant on fossil fuels have seen local budgets grow thanks to wind tax revenue, including Cheyenne and Rawlins. DIVERGENCE: The role of fossil fuels in the transition.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 26, 2021

The analysis, ” Banking on Climate Chaos 2021 ,” underscores that while overall fossil fuel financing did tumble significantly in 2020, the total amount of financing provided to fossil fuel firms in 2020 was still more than $40 billion higher in 2020 than in 2016, at $750 billion.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 6, 2020

But they also might be sited in rural communities that have been negatively affected by job losses triggered by the closure of fossil fuels plants or extraction operations, notes Sol Systems co-founder and CEO Yuri Horwitz. "We I’ll definitely be asking. You should do so, too. Subscribe here.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

A cohesive value chain is essential for realizing hydrogen’s potential, encompassing low-carbon hydrogen production, storage, and distribution infrastructure, which align with end-user demand. Consequently, governments are establishing definitive production goals for upcoming years. Above) Overview of the future hydrogen value chain.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The impact of these regulations on the nuclear industry will largely depend on how ‘clean’ hydrogen’s definition evolves and the industry’s ability to adapt to these changes. The proposal addresses the high electricity demand of clean hydrogen production.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

On top of that, add in the switch to electric heating, stoves, and other appliances, and we have even higher demand. The grid is designed to take electricity from places with the highest capacity factors and deliver it to the places with the highest demand. It takes years to permit and build new transmission lines.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Decarbonization is expected to double the demand for electricity as transport and heat electrify directly as well. Industry will be a big source of demand for hydrogen, even more so in the early days. In Europe, that means clusters of demand in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Skipping blue hydrogen for green?

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Smart Energy International

JULY 12, 2022

Some may argue that the first two are the same, but I would answer to them that with the urgent short term need and the unpredictability of Putin, they definitely need to be viewed separately. This will help replace fossil fuels in homes, industry and power generation. This, as far as I could see, spans across three frameworks.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Heavy industrial emissions remain a significant sticking point for global net-zero efforts, as our consumption habits demand the need for ammonia, steel, power, aviation, shipping and the like. Both green and blue hydrogen will be important for the Asia-Pacific region as nations begin to shift their energy resources away from fossil fuels.

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Grist

AUGUST 13, 2021

But a new study has found surprisingly large emissions from the production of so-called “blue” hydrogen, a variant being enthusiastically pushed by the fossil fuel industry and probably falling under the definition of clean hydrogen in the Senate bill. Dozens of gas companies in the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The demand for green jobs in Scotland is being driven by the energy sector – a thriving energy hub, the region boasts the largest pool of energy-related skills in the UK, skills which are highly transferable to roles in the emerging renewables subsector. Small businesses face the biggest barriers to transitioning to net zero. . *

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

We can invest in fossil fuels, whose markets are volatile and whose emissions lead to lethal air pollution. Guterres cited new research on G20 recovery packages released this week that shows that twice as much recovery money has been spent on fossil fuels as clean energy.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 7, 2023

energy production and demand numbers here in the Primary Energy Overview table. It would require quite a large conspiracy to game the system on such a scale that you are literally reporting false energy production and demand numbers. Per that definition, we are still energy independent. Energy demand in the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Sustainable fashion definition. Plus synthetic fibers are fossil-fuel-derived. This supports a circular economic model whereby fewer resources are demanded reducing water demand. Tip #6: Reduce fossil fuel demand. Tip #4: Get to Know Your Suppliers and Vendors.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

With a growing global population and increasing demand for protein, this practice has become a vital part of the world’s food production. This paradigm shift is primarily driven by a desire to cater to the increasing global demand for poultry products while ensuring environmental sustainability. Mitigation of soil degradation.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

Goals include strengthening the country’s energy sovereignty by reducing its dependence on imported fossil fuels, developing its carbon-free electricity production capacity and relocating key components of the value chain for the technologies of the future. Have you read? Europe’s grid is receiving record levels of investment.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This should come as no surprise given that the increased use of solar reduces the demand for traditional energy sources such as coal, fossil fuels, and natural gas. Reduce the Need for Fossil Fuels. The simple truth is that the use of fossil fuels is an outdated form of energy consumption.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

As states and the federal government take steps to transition away from fossil fuel generation, it is important to pay attention to recent clean energy developments in states where energy legislation has historically been less proactive, and the traditional integrated utility monopoly model has held influence over the policymaking process.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Compiled by Dutch climate activist Vatan Hüzeir , and reviewed by DeSmog and Dutch investigative journalism platform Follow The Money , the documents show how Shell was actively supporting research that clearly underscored the dangers posed by burning its fossil fuel products from the mid-1970s — years earlier than previously thought.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

this weekend will push California’s grid to the limits, as the state charts a course to eliminating fossil fuel power. At the time of publication, CAISO expected peak demand of 47,641 megawatts, and counted 51,857 megawatts of capacity available. This is definitely exposing the rough edges of our grid right now.".

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AutoGrid

MARCH 15, 2023

While no official government or industry definition exists today, here’s what I came up with about a decade ago: A VPP is a aggregated system of energy assets remotely and automatically assembled and optimized by a software-based platform to dispatch services for distribution or wholesale markets. Where Was the First VPP Installed?

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Shell New Energies partnered with Convergent in a joint venture earlier this year to explore the burgeoning Ontario storage market, making the fossil fuel major both customer and financial backer for the projects. The size of future batteries would depend on the peak demand of those facilities.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In terms of total energy demand, renewables will have to reach 38-40 percent compared to the 33 percent expected under current policies. Fossil fuels could lose out once lawmakers thrash out the details. Simson also noted the EU’s fossil fuel subsidies of €50 billion matches its renewable investments.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

An energy-intensive process largely reliant on fossil fuels, concrete production is estimated to account for around eight per cent of global carbon emissions - more than both shipping and air travel combined. Concrete and steel emit as much as all road transport globally, and demand is going up.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Worse still, it has now emerged from new undercover reporting that Saudi Arabia is operating a so-called ‘Oil Sustainability Programme’ (OSP) designed to artificially increase demand for oil across Africa and Asia. Now the air pollution from burning fossil fuels alone is estimated to kill more than tobacco smoke.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Particularly as Texans embrace electric heating, cooling, and even vehicles, putting more demand on the grid. They help keep the lights on, costs down, and polluting “peaker plants” offline, despite demand spikes during hot and cold weather. GW renewable energy and 200 MW Demand Response capability. in Chemistry from LSU.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

The race to Net Zero is on, but with slippery definitions of what this entails, varying levels of commitments from businesses, how will this challenge be solved before 2050? More recently, demand has picked up as growing numbers of companies have committed to Net Zero targets or their own sustainability targets.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Kareen Boutonnat, CEO of Lightsource BP for the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, said developing homegrown sources of solar power was critical to helping combat the energy crisis, which has seen bills soar over the past year thanks to rising fossil fuel prices.

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