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Amid Depressed Power Demand, Duke Sticks to Plan to Double Renewables Base

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power utilities, with 7.4 million natural-gas customers across six states in the Southeast and Midwest. Despite near-term headwinds, Duke stood behind its long-term plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, starting with a target of 50 percent greenhouse gas reductions by 2030. Duke is among the largest U.S.

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Xcel Targets $1.4B in Wind and Solar Investments, Outlines Broader Carbon-Reduction Goals

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Xcel expects regulators to approve this plan, which also includes coal-closure commitments and extending its nuclear power plant operations through at least 2040, by the end of this year. million electric and 2 million natural gas customers spread across eight states, are moving toward their own clean-energy and zero-carbon mandates.

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'Grounds for optimism': Global CO2 emissions flatlined in 2019, data indicates

Business Green

The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar. US energy-related emissions are now down almost one gigatonne from their peak in 2000, it added.

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CBAM Ignites New Era of Equitable Contest in Europe

Hydrogen Fuel News

It will enable the European Commission to collect valuable information on embedded emissions to refine the methodology for the definitive period, set to commence in 2026. It’s produced from various domestic resources such as natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and renewable power like solar and wind.

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Behind the Buzzword: A Brief History of Energy ‘Resiliency’

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The definition of resiliency changed with the oil embargo of the 1970s , when oil supplies were limited and prices spiked, causing the realization within the industry that our electricity supply was dependent on fuel sources and costs we couldn’t control.

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The 4 Things PG&E Must Do to Survive and Thrive Post-Bankruptcy

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Many more long-term challenges await PG&E, such as adapting to large portions of its customer base being served by community choice aggregators (CCAs), or its natural gas network being rendered obsolete by the state’s zero carbon by 2045 mandate. Last month it announced contracts for 423 megawatts, or nearly 1.7

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Treasury Department Announces Second Round of Section 48C Tax Credit for Clean Energy Manufacturing Facilities

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other advanced energy property designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as may be determined by the U.S. Refurbishes, expands or establishes an industrial or manufacturing facility for the production or recycling of: a. fuel cells, microturbines or an energy storage systems and components; c. Secretary of the Treasury.

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