GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

Together, with the right policy support, they might just be urgent enough to get something done. . This week, the Biden administration announced a major infrastructure package , with clean energy and updates to the U.S. electrical grid playing a central role. . Electricity Grid. Alone, either would be daunting.

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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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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 12, 2021

Removing state opt-out for demand response program participation in wholesale energy markets would benefit renewable project developers because aggregators of solar and energy storage technologies can leverage their experience with demand response products. budget package with wins for clean energy, climate.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

trillion federal spending and tax extension package negotiated by congressional leaders over the weekend alongside a $900 billion coronavirus relief package. Schumer’s office also shared details of the Energy Act of 2000, a massive energy RD&D funding package brought into the broader spending package last week.

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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. It has also called on all nations to ramp up investment and policies that can deliver global climate goals and prevent runaway climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Scottish Renewables hosted its Grid and Networks Conference in Glasgow on 15 February, where Graham Stuart, UK Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, told delegates that transforming the electricity network is essential if Scotland is to achieve its ambitions for a cleaner, greener future.

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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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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

For example, this could be software that directs a laptop to run off battery power instead of the wall socket when local electricity is dirtier. . The foundation says that 20 percent of electricity output will be consumed by information and communications technology by 2030. "We Design & Packaging. The data center example.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation released new rese arch evaluating California’s climate progress and identifying a policy pathway that would reaffirm California as a climate leader. includes important new metrics to track the economic, environmental, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate policies. By Olivia Ashmoore.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

The UK’s approach to constraint management is outdated and needs a major revamp to maximise the UK’s renewable electricity generation and deliver best value for consumers, a new report appears to find. It was published on 16 January by The Energy Landscape and commissioned by Scottish Renewables.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2022

Policies aiming to address both the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis promise better long-term economic and societal outcomes for the UK than either a business-as-usual strategy or alternative plans for tackling soaring inflation, a fresh analysis published today has concluded.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Experts have rounded up the policies that have helped galvanise up take of heat pumps around the world - but will the UK's new government listen? Heat pumps are still not getting the policy attention they deserve, despite the clean heating solution being a critical solution in the race to curb the world's dependency on fossil gas.

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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

APRIL 1, 2022

A string of policy reforms, tax tweaks, and grant schemes designed to support the green economy have come into effect in the UK this month, all of which could play a sizeable role in accelerating the development of a greener economy.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

The shift to electric passenger cars could deliver a £24bn boost to the UK economy over the next five years, but the automotive industry and its supply chains must ramp up capacity 10-fold in order to meet growing demand, a joint government and industry backed report today estimates.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

A group of moderate Conservative MPs has served up a raft of policy recommendations designed to help deliver on the Prime Minister's pledge to "build back greener" from the Covid-19 recession, including proposals to bring forward the petrol and diesel car sale ban to 2030, plant tens of thousands of trees, and create a domestic carbon tax.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Families and businesses are already feeling the squeeze of the energy crisis, and as 2021 draws to a close, the UK energy policy framework and associated regulations are coming in for intense scrutiny. This is now the main obstacle holding back the UK's green industrial revolution.".

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The Financial Times reported that the package is likely to feature dozens of new announcements and consultations running to almost 1,000 pages. Meanwhile, campaign groups are concerned the government's rebadging of the package of announcements as 'Energy Security Day' could herald moves to approve new oil and gas projects.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

Two separate reports this morning have set out the case for Ministers to press ahead with a raft of policies that can drive a shift away from the blast furnace method of steel production. Bold policies to revive the steel industry to make it clean and competitive would be a good start.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Energy Innovation has launched its largest-ever update to the United States Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our open-source and peer-reviewed computer model that estimates the environmental, economic, and health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. energy use, while also enabling exciting new policies.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

The government has today confirmed it is to introduce green number plates from this autumn, in a bid to help drive demand for electric vehicles (EVs) as part of the UK's economic recovery plan. Meanwhile, speculation is mounting over the extent to which the government's imminent stimulus package will support the green transport sector.

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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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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. DIVERGENCE: Equating social justice and clean energy policy. CONVERGENCE: Local empowerment.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Shortages of copper and other important metals look likely to decisively shape the unfolding of any proposed energy transition Not enough copper is being mined to meet demand, according to the world’s largest producers, with shortages now looking likely to slow the transition to low-carbon energy sources. An open-pit copper mine in Peru.

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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 influential consultancy giant today published a new report detailing how it expects global oil demand to peak in 2029, with gas demand peaking in 2037.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. There is no sign of the market slowing down as more grant schemes and policy measures such as bans on the installation of gas boilers in new homes come into effect.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Chancellor’s Autumn statement seemed to bring focus and clarity to efforts to advance the UK’s energy efficiency – a policy area whose vagueness to date has puzzled many sustainability observers. ” The government will also introduce a windfall tax of 45% on renewable electricity generators from January. About time?

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 25, 2024

EV sales are continuing to smash records both globally and locally, with one in five cars sold globally in 2024 projected to be an electric vehicle. Canada’s auto sector is positioning itself to play a central role in meeting growing demand for these cost-saving, carbon-cutting vehicles. Inflation Reduction Act. In Canada, 11.7%

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

A group of leading businesses is calling on the UK government to beef up efforts to accelerate the adoption of zero emission vehicles by targeting 100 per cent electric vehicle (EV) sales for cars and vans by 2030 and supporting the new target with a raft of supply- and demand-side measures.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The newly approved changes will boost those targets dramatically for investor-owned utilities Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power, mandating a 50 percent cut in carbon emissions from 2016 to 2018 average levels by 2032 and a 75 percent cut by 2040. are facing bigger and more devastating wildfires.

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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. The standards are set to be accompanied by further measures to expand the US EV charging network and drive demand for zero emission models, including from the federal fleet.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

Over 50 leading companies call on member states to deliver green recovery package that boosts market for power purchase agreements. Under the banner Re-source, the group notes that "the market for corporate demand for renewable energy is both a large and dynamic driver of positive change in global energy markets". "In

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EDF + Business

JULY 1, 2021

The explosion of e-commerce has accelerated demand for electric vehicle delivery. Companies are testing electric package delivery using new innovative models to invest in and accelerate zero-emissions shipping. Learn how you can start using commercial electric vehicles to fulfill your last mile deliveries today.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Electric vehicles are not only critical in the fight against climate change—they’re also the single best solution to soaring gas prices. Canada, however, needs a well-rounded policy package in order to catch up with much of Europe and Asia, where EV adoption is happening at a more rapid pace. Report | The True Cost.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

New report says raft of policy changes geared incentivising innovators to create new low carbon products and services for consumers could generate 'big bang' moment for the energy sector akin to finance in the 80s and telecoms in the 90s.

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EDF + Business

JULY 14, 2021

Electric Vehicle (EV) Sponsorship Models are a new, innovative opportunity that companies can use today to hit their climate goals. Today, a fleet of 25 electric vehicles carrying IKEA products are servicing all five boroughs of the New York City market. . And yet, corporate progress on zero-emissions shipping remains slow. .

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