R-Squared Energy

JUNE 16, 2020

Even though demand growth for both of these commodities has been robust over the past decade, prices have plunged. Despite strong demand growth for its products, the prices of oil and natural gas have fallen by more than 50% in recent years. This slowdown had a negative impact on fossil fuel demand. A Place for Nuclear Power.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today reiterated the government's commitment to delivering on the UK's international climate responsibilities, confirming support for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant, announcing a new long-term target for UK energy efficiency, and promising continued investment in clean tech innovation.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

With the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in place in the UK by 2030, sales of electric cars are expected to surge. Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles accounted for more than 1 in 10 vehicle registrations in 2020, up from 1 in 30 in 2019, according to data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

To be a true leader on electric vehicles, the government must plump the market by requiring manufacturers to produce a set percentage of low-carbon vehicles, writes Energy UK's Yumann Siddiq. Meanwhile, 80 per cent of vehicles produced in the UK are exported. Today, EVs make up 14 per cent of the new car market.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Distributed Energy Resources) Tale of two markets Power markets broadly break down into day-ahead and real-time categories: Day-ahead markets: Market participants such as utilities can buy and sell wholesale electricity one day before the operating day producing an initial settlement.  

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The SPAC model has become an enormously popular way for green technology startups to access public markets to finance growth in fast-growing markets, led by a host of electric vehicle startups including Nikola Motor and Fisker Automotive, EV charging providers ChargePoint and Nuvve , and battery manufacturer Eos Energy Storage.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Looking ahead to the start of the 2030s, we can see that once the nuclear power stations start to retire in greater numbers and the coal fired power stations have closed for good, there is a new period of volatile pricing coming to the UK energy market.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

The government has set out the UK's plans to accelerate the charging network rollout to help transition to zero emission vehicles, committing to 300,000 public electric vehicle (EV) charge points by 2030. But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

We're confident the price of nuclear power will fall from the £92.50 per Megawatt Hour for the first plant, closer to £60/MWh for the next wave of power stations reducing to around £40/MWh for further reactors.". Those who like nuclear want it to be true. Amazing how often this is trotted out.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

He said his administration would “build and install a network of 500,000 charging stations along our existing and new highways” so electric vehicles (EVs) can displace gasoline. He also mentioned plans to offer cash rebates to trade in older vehicles. GW, but demand would grow to over 100 GW per year under Biden’s plan.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

wind power generation, which started from a larger base at that time, has increased by a factor of five. The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the roads has also grown exponentially in the past decade. gasoline demand could be displaced if all of the wind and solar power generation went into powering EVs.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. Poland is the only member of the EU which has so far refused to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, with the country seeking more time to reconfigure its economy, which is heavily reliant on coal-fired power stations and coal mining.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Toyota, one of the first major automakers to commit to fuel cell vehicles with its Mirai sedan, is also planning to expand production of hydrogen powered semi trucks now being tested at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Senior Engineer Jackie Birdsall said.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

There is a chance, it noted, that global fossil fuel prices could decline over the coming decades should demand dampen if the world swiftly shifts towards nuclear power, renewables, electric vehicles, and electrified heating systems.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

Their price will vary depending on international changes to energy supply and demand as well as major economic and political events. Russia is a significant producer and exporter of oil and gas, with 32 per cent of the EU's gas demand in 2021 having come from Russia.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Demand The most critical of energy transition minerals.   Demand is on the rise. Why is this important now? 

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 22, 2020

The world’s leading nuclear power generator is betting big on a future of small-scale, distributed energy. Électricité de France operates 58 nuclear reactors in its home country and owns stakes in several U.S. nuclear plants that it's now moving to sell.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Shifts in energy supply and demand consumed outside of energy networks - for instance, the fuel that powers aviation, shipping, and internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and trucks - inevitably have a knock-on effect on networked energy demand, and on the UK's emissions. BECCS is key to delivering net zero.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

BNEF estimates another 245GWh of batteries are needed every year over the coming decade for both transport and energy storage - a 26-fold increase on last year - with 35 million electric vehicles required every year over the next decade, 11 times the number hitting the roads in 2020. Hydrogen, CCS, and nuclear.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

The move, which follows similar proposals from the EU, is a first for the US and would deliver a huge boost to electric vehicle (EV) demand in America's largest auto market. Kishida said the government would also look at supporting the development of new next generation reactors and extending the life of existing reactors.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Scientists at four nuclear power plants in the US are attempting to improve electrolysis processes to make it more practical, affordable and feasible at scale. Why use nuclear energy to produce hydrogen? Nuclear energy can provide the consistent, high-temperature heat needed for efficient electrolysis.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

Emissions rose by 321 million tonnes last year, but they would have been 550 million tonnes higher still were it not for the rapid roll out of new renewables capacity, electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps, and energy efficiency upgrades.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In this morning's update , the government also confirmed its intention to set up a domestic Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 1 January 2021 and enter into negotiations with French energy giant EDF over proposals to build a major nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk. million petrol cars off the road.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

However, today's announcements, while including a host of measures impacting renewables, nuclear, carbon capture, hydrogen, and energy efficiency, extend far beyond energy, stretching into green finance, electric vehicles, carbon border adjustment mechanisms, and nature markets.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

E3G campaigns director Ed Matthew said: "With no new support to save energy and by holding back on solar power and on-shore wind, this strategy will do nothing to help the UK get off Russian gas this year. 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

MARCH 15, 2023

"While Chancellor Jeremy Hunt nodded to the UK's past achievements on expanding offshore wind and rooftop solar, this Spring Budget overlooks cheap and clean renewable energy, and instead rebrands nuclear as ‘environmentally sustainable' and throws cash at carbon capture technology. To achieve this, rapid expansion will be key.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 19, 2021

West pushed electricity demand past available supply, and problems with California’s resource adequacy program and market practices for ensuring adequate grid capacity failed to correct the imbalance. A debate over supply vs. demand solutions. Simply put, the heat waves that blanketed the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

August’s rolling blackouts during a regionwide heatwave highlighted the state’s need for grid resources that can store and shift its growing share of generation to serve demand peaks coming later in the day, as the sun goes down and solar power fades. became the first to do so last year.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

After all, the Net Zero Review - or Mission Zero, as it is officially titled - does not demand a revolutionary overhaul of government policy backed by a blank cheque from the Treasury to spur on decarbonisation efforts. Agriculture and nature.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

After all, if PG&E keeps raising rates for electricity that can’t be relied on during emergencies, customers may demand options to defect from its service — a real-life version of the “ utility death spiral ” threat supposedly posed by rooftop solar and behind-the-meter batteries that has yet to emerge in the real world.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

and Germany will continue to rapidly deploy renewable power and electric vehicles. Of course, renewables and electric vehicles will help alleviate this dependence over time. If ultimately oil demand falls and Keystone XL isn’t needed, then that’s on the company that owns the pipeline. Further, although U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Beginning in 1958, these were augmented by nuclear power plants, which have operated nearly continuously to pay off their large capital investments. Unlike coal and nuclear, solar and wind are variable; they provide power only when the sun and wind are available. electricity. However, new nuclear plants in the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 28, 2021

In 2010, solar power was just 4 percent of new electric generating capacity and there was a patchwork of state solar policies and renewable portfolio standards. [1] In the US, battery electric vehicles represent about 2.5 Available at: www.coxautoinc.com/market-insights/electrified-vehicle-growth-energized-in-q1/.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

And the Demand Response Auction Mechanism pilot project has allowed multiple vendors to aggregate batteries, plug-in electric vehicles , and smart-thermostat-enabled homes and businesses in fulfillment of Resource Adequacy requirements. What are the models for how behind-the-meter solar-battery systems can serve grid needs?

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 17, 2022

The bill provides a historic amount of money for climate change mitigation that is billed as helping electric utilities deliver cleaner energy including money for energy efficiency, electric vehicles (EVs), home and business electrification, plus tax credits for renewable energy developers. Electric vehicles.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

It factored in a 50 per cent increase in power demand in 2035 compared to today, so as to reflect the expected rise in electricity use from electric vehicles (EVs), industry, heat pumps, and buildings in the coming years. The CCC's analysis tested the resilience of a zero carbon grid very strenuously indeed.

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