DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2023

Policy Exchange, one of Westminster’s most prominent think tanks, engaged in a high-level influencing campaign over the UK’s North Sea oil and gas policies while being funded by fossil fuel interests, DeSmog can reveal. Fossil fuel firms tout CCUS and hydrogen as green energy solutions, yet the reality is more complicated.

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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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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog. Credit: Sam Whitham.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

The energy transition continues to gain steam, with oil demand projected to peak in this decade, perhaps as soon as 2025, according to new research by global consultancy firm McKinsey & Company. Every year we’ve published this report, peak oil demand has moved closer. C by 2100, and reaching a 1.5°C To keep the 1.5°C

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This in turn highlights the wind sector’s role in supporting a just and equitable energy transition away from fossil fuels. GWEC is delighted to present the Global Wind Workforce Outlook 2023-2027 alongside the Global Wind Organisation. compliant pipeline of wind energy projects around the world.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The world should not develop any new sources of fossil fuels if it is stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C in line with international climate goals, as there are already enough supplies of gas required to meet global demand, a major new study today has concluded. aligned gas phase-out pathway," the study notes.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. Harry Benham, report co-author and chairman of think tank Ember-Climate, argued that only a fraction of the world's extensive renewable resources would need to be tapped to replace fossil fuel power.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Over 600 businesses including Unilever, Netflix, and Volvo Cars have signed an open letter urging world leaders to strengthen short and long term climate targets, end support for fossil fuels, and ramp up climate finance ahead of crunch talks at the G20 and COP26 summits this autumn.

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Charged

DECEMBER 2, 2020

IPG’s Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology is designed to support EV charging in high-use and remote locations by using fossil fuels for grid-independent power generation. IPG’s Flameless Ceramic Turbine is a 100 kW modular generator.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Clean energy milestone signals renewable power sector is ready and able to keep up with growing electricity demand. Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As policymakers and leaders around the world prepare for pivotal climate discussions at COP28, the sector must seize the momentum to create more renewable energy, enabling other sectors to decarbonise, and shifting demand away from fossil fuels. Vicky Sins, Decarbonisation and Energy Transformation Lead, said: “We cannot keep 1.5

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2021

Letter from 50 campaign groups urges government to heed recent advice of International Energy Agency that growing fossil fuel supply is incompatible with a 1.5C The court ruling was hailed by climate campaigners as a watershed moment that could potentialy pave the way for other climate litigation against major fossil fuel firms.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

In its latest forecast today, BNEF said fossil fuel car sales likely already peaked in 2017. Now, with the global pandemic leading a hige drop in demand, the report predicts sales for conventional cars are set to drop 23 per cent worldwide in 2020, with major implications for the global oil market. million units shipped.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

In speech to mark sixth month anniversary of Glasgow Summit, COP26 President argues 'net zero means security, prosperity, and preventing the problems of the present from growing inexorably'. We see clearly the dangers of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuels," Sharma said. "We

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Over 90 green groups demand stricter membership rules for a raft of corporate financial net zero groups ahead of COP26. GFANZ members must also present clear fossil fuel reduction targets, and ensure the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous communities in all financing activities.".

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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.” But more stands between COP28 and concrete steps forward for our climate.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The world's biggest firms driving the development of clean energy, electric vehicles, sustainable forestry, and other crucial green solutions continue to outperform the broader global market, "leaving fossil fuel companies in the dust", according to fresh investor research released today.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Carbon Tracker deep-dive into the risks facing oil and gas investments is corroborated by study in Nature that warns overwhelming majority of fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to cap global temperatures in line with global goals. If they want to align with a 1.5C

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2021

Fossil fuel firms are increasingly eyeing up plans for blue hydrogen production, but think tank E3G fears the nascent sector risks locking in a new generation of high carbon infrastructure and jobs. As such, increasing numbers of companies are seeking to capitalise on the hydrogen opportunity.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 30, 2024

This innovative form of hydrogen, produced through the interaction between iron and water under specific conditions, not only provides a potential source of renewable energy but also presents an opportunity to address environmental challenges. What are the environmental benefits of orange hydrogen?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Jeff Perry, executive vice president of Asset Management for Agilitas Energy, writes on how energy storage technology can improve grid and renewables reliability, taking pressure off grid operators at peak demand periods. Instead, it emphasises the importance of increasing energy storage to stabilize the energy system.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Anger is building over the failure to secure much-needed commitments towards phasing out unabated fossil fuels and tackling near-term emissions as part of the final agreement brokered at COP27 over the weekend, with critics warning the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C target hangs by a thread after this year's summit.

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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. If we are to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, we must reduce energy demand and ensure that net zero is at the heart of all public policy decision-making," she said.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The IEA in a new report points to signs that grids are becoming a bottleneck to clean energy transitions and that delayed action means prolonging reliance on fossil fuels. This would mean that the global long-term temperature rise would go well above 1.5 o C, with a 40% chance of exceeding 2 o C.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Our Kick Total Out of AFCON campaign is challenging the fossil fuel giant’s sponsorship of AFCON, demanding it end new drilling on the continent and invest seriously in renewables. Despite the glitzy adverts and misleading green claims, TotalEnergies is doubling down on fossil fuel production globally, and especially in Africa.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2022

Traditionally, wide scale system recovery in such a scenario has only been possible by utilising large fossil fuel power stations. In addition, a 33 kV loadbank was connected to the test network to simulate customer demand and allow the distributed energy resources (DER) to generate.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The final wording of the COP28 agreement – which required consensus among all nations and the chair – codified a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. To anyone paying attention to global oil and gas demand future forecasts, even under existing policies , the COP28 agreement should not be a surprise.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Smith, a well-known climate change denier and fossil fuel sector advocater , nonetheless announced a series of new regulations critics say would ban wind turbines from much of the southern half of the province. Renewable energy is far less damaging to the environment and wildlife than fossil fuels,” said Luo.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Chaired by former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and now ADBA Chairman Chris Huhne, the half-day event – entitled “AD: Potential, ambition, delivery” presented the inside track on the role anaerobic digestion and biogas must play in decarbonising the province’s economy and the opportunities for growth.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

Fossil fuel assets are badly overvalued. The valuations of fossil fuel firms are based on a combination of oil, gas, and coal reserves and projected future demand that would result in global climate goals being breached. But the problem is that under all such scenarios fossil fuel assets are still badly overvalued.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 19, 2022

However, during the period when declining fossil fuel and expanding clean energy systems co-exist, a new energy security paradigm is needed to maintain reliability and affordability. Policy makers and network operators now need to focus on the market structures and technologies required to eventually phase fossil fuel out completely.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 27, 2023

Accordingly, we’re pleased to see that fossil fuels are not part of the strategy. As the International Energy Agency has made clear , new fossil fuel development is inconsistent with a world that meets its climate targets. government realize the vision presented in the new framework. won’t be left behind.”

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 5, 2023

Record High Carbon Emissions The 2023 Review shows the world remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels for energy needs, even as renewables like solar and wind continue rapid growth. While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 21, 2023

As lawsuits mount against the fossil fuel sector for decades of sowing climate disinformation, the PR and ad agencies , banks , institutional investors , and law firms that work with the industry are also facing increased scrutiny. This overlap raises conflict of interest concerns, experts say.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The growing global consensus on the need to build a green recovery from the economic wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been yet further underlined by a set of green policy demands released today to mark World Environment Day by host of influential institutions, including the OECD and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 30, 2022

.” “Morocco is setting its sights on becoming a world leader in solar energy, already boasting some of the world’s largest solar arrays, and meeting two-fifths of its electricity demand with renewables. Layering different sources of green energy helps answer the question ‘what do we do when the wind’s not blowing’.

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