DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Green” hydrogen is created using electricity generated from renewables and could play a key role in decarbonising heavy industry such as steel and cement production. DeSmog has mapped the sprawling network of fossil fuel companies, trade associations, PR firms and other organisations behind the push for hydrogen, which offers some clues.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

Policymakers must step up efforts to deliver major 'structural shift' away from fossil fuels across all societal and economic activities, report warns. Policymakers must significantly ramp up their efforts to tackle climate change by working together to deliver a "structural shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy", REN21 warned.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Chancellor unveils measures to address costs of gas supply crisis as businesses demand more ambition and funding for energy efficiency and renewables. The new package of measures was announced as Ofgem this morning confirmed the energy price cap would rise from April, taking average household bills to almost £2,000 a year from April.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals. The oil industry has been particularly badly hit.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Global demand for electricity is also growing faster than renewables capacity post-pandemic, opening the door to more fossil fuel energy in many parts of the world.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

More than 40 faith groups across 14 countries have today jointly announced their divestment from fossil fuels while calling on decision-makers to ensure that bailouts and recovery packages handed out in the wake of the pandemic do not empower polluters. Fossil fuels do not have a place in the long-term health of humanity.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

We can take the offtake, package it with natural gas and solar, sell clean energy with guaranteed flow and at a fixed price if they want. BP will grow its electric vehicle charging points from 7,500 today to 70,000 by 2030. BP has been upfront about the ongoing role of fossil fuels in its long-term plans.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

The Chancellor needs to develop a financial support package that works for landlords and tenants," said Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. This should especially be targeted at the hardest to treat properties where the cost of work will be prohibitive for landlords.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Sales of all cars set for bumpy road in 2020, but as costs fall electric vehicles sales expected to continue growing after Covid-19. Sales of electric passenger vehicles are set to fall 18 per cent in 2020 to a total of 1.7 In its latest forecast today, BNEF said fossil fuel car sales likely already peaked in 2017.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

New Energy Policy Tracker reveals support for fossil fuel industries has outstripped support for clean energy across the G20, but is there time to change course? Meanwhile, economies that had already begun a transition to clean energy are now using stimulus and recovery packages to make this happen even faster.". So does the EU.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The government’s action plan for guiding the UK through the worsening energy crisis lacks energy efficiency and demand policies, report warns. New incentives should be backed by a universal carbon allowance for every individual in the UK and a package of energy efficiency measures to help better insulate low income homes, it said.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2022

Helping EU countries lower energy prices and become carbon neutral by 2050 requires a more supportive ‘demand’ response, writes Simon Bushell, founder and CEO of Sympower. Out with fossil fuels, in with renewables. According to Eurelectric, as much as 80% of the EU’s electricity generation could be fossil-free by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Fossil-fueled gas boilers are still by far the popular choice due to their efficiency and price, but they are simply not sustainable. There is a mystery about them in the context of the grid; when you switch all those boilers over to heat pumps, which use more electricity, one creates issues in the grid.”.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

ubitricity, a UK-based EV charge point operator with a network of more than 7,000 public charge points, is partnering with UK Power Networks (UKPN), the UK’s largest electricity distribution network, to shift charging demand away from periods of peak demand on the power grid.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 9, 2020

Converting a fleet from fossil-fueled to electric is a lot more complicated than simply buying new vehicles. The electric cars, trucks and buses need carefully scheduled charging to ensure they have sufficient fuel for their duties. The more power flowing, the greater the risk of hefty demand charges.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 9, 2021

Electricity grids, and the renewable energy and battery storage projects that connect to those networks, are evolving so that they can meet net-zero demands while simultaneously maintaining and delivering power supplies in a safe, secure and reliable manner. Electricity grid networks 2.0. Proven solutions.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

They are like water or packaged foods, things that appear out of a faucet or on a grocery store shelf as if by some magic inception. Copper is needed for wind farms, solar panels and electric vehicles. And electric vehicle sales are expected to reach some 250 million units by 2030. Wed, 02/10/2021 - 01:15. Supply Chain.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

Texans would be without electricity for longer than three days to keep the federal government out of their business," Perry said. . As new energy options emerge to meet global demand, nations that lead stand to gain; should the U.S. Of course, independence and resilience shouldn’t be a tradeoff, and no one is advocating it should be.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 20, 2021

With a $2 trillion covid relief package under his belt, Biden looks to harness another $3 trillion on building clean energy, hardening the electric grid, installing electric car chargers, and updating roads and bridges. Finally, how will pressure campaigns over new fossil fuel infrastructure play out in the next four years?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 2, 2024

Green Giraffe Advisory acted as the sole financial advisor to the Borrower to structure the debt financing package. The Eavor-Loop will provide heating to households and businesses, as well as electricity. The project is also being developed with the support of a EUR 91.6-million million grant from the EU Innovation Fund.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Covid-19 recovery packages unveiled by nations around the world are failing to deliver the levels of sustainable investment needed to cap global temperature increases at safe levels, IEA warns.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

“The math doesn’t yet add up,” the report finds, citing “significant gaps” between the decarbonization targets of major utilities and their current plans for retiring fossil-fuel plants. electric grid relies on fossil fuels for 63 percent of its generation, and according to the U.S.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 2, 2024

Green Giraffe Advisory acted as the sole financial advisor to the Borrower to structure the debt financing package. The Eavor-Loop will provide heating to households and businesses, as well as electricity. The project is also being developed with the support of a EUR 91.6-million million grant from the EU Innovation Fund.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2023

Powers, vice president for global cleantech and renewables at Schneider Electric, who explores how public-private sector collaboration can help unshackle the surging demand for renewable energy. Powers recently attended COP27 in Egypt representing Schneider Electric as well as their large roster of corporate and industrial clients.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. The company said it was targeting a fully zero emission parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet by 2040, a push that will be accomplished by gradually phasing out its existing fossil fuel fleet.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Overseas Development Institute warns fossil fuel emissions from plastic will rise three-fold by 2050 unless current trends are addressed. Phasing out the use of plastic in a number of industries could help the world curb demand for fossil fuels and more effectively confront the climate crisis, researchers have today advised.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

United Nations Secretary-General António Gutteres will today release a six-point plan for world leaders designing Covid-19 stimulus packages, which demands that bold climate action be entrenched into all aspects of recovery.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Last year, the company announced two major initiatives: Carbon renewal technology , or CRT, which breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. The company adapted to, and prospered from, the changing times. Most of the others — SPI Nos.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2022

Bakeries are energy-intensive and create excessive amounts of waste during the packaging and baking processes. We then wanted to bring your sustainability program further, introducing initiatives such as installing efficient kitchen tools and souring sustainable packaging. This demands effective ingredient forecasting.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2021

Joe Biden signs sweeping executive order aimed at accelerating the transition to electric cars and vans, as Brazil looks to spark development of electric aircraft. Meanwhile, new fuel efficiency standards from the Transportation Department are set to require efficiency increases of eight per cent a year from 2024 through 2026.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Pure electric vehicle sales are up 664 per cent since 2016 while diesel sales are down 75 per cent through the same period, according to SMMT. Demand for battery EVs increased by 184 per cent compared with September last year, with the month accounting for a third of all 2020's battery car sales, the data shows.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus crisis gripping the global economy has forced clean energy analyst BloombergNEF (BNEF) to downgrade its expectations for the solar, battery, and electric vehicle (EV) markets, in one of the first signals that the escalating pandemic could undermine urgent efforts to combat climate change.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A new long-term planning regime also is envisaged with national network development plans based on joint scenarios for electricity, gas and hydrogen. The] deal will help Europe move away from fossil fuels and embrace cleaner solutions,” commented Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

UK Electric Fleets Alliance launched in bid to make the case for faster switch to 100 per cent electric vehicle sales in the UK within 10 years. The challenges faced by BT have been shared by many other businesses, with waiting times for new electric cars and vans sometimes extending for more than a year as demand outstrips supply.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 29, 2022

The proposed package totals £20.9 Flexible funding arrangements will also mean that investment can dial up to reflect changing demands over time. The vision comes in as part of Ofgem’s draft plans for the next electricity distribution price control, known as RIIO-ED2. billion ($25.5 billion) and includes £2.7 billion ($3.3

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Government claims UK's transition from fossil fuel vehicles is 'accelerating at speed', despite slight dip in EV sales in April in wake of cut to payments from popular grant programme. In an update published this morning, the industry group said it expected BEVs to account for 8.9 per cent forecast from January. per cent of the market.

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