Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Analysis from Imperial College London finds that government's headline figure to deliver 40GW of offshore wind by 2030 falls far short of levels required to decarbonise grid in line with UK's net zero ambition. We actually need to go much further.".

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

One of those who challenged the premier’s assertion against renewable energy sources was Derek Power of Toronto, the founder of Power Networks, a company that installs solar roofs. After Smith asked, “And what do I do when there’s no sun and there’s no wind?,” Power responded, “Batteries.” GW commercial.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

The spectacular decline in renewable energy technology costs over the last decade has established the sector as the linchpin of the country's decarbonisation drive, offering a potential template for how government and industry can work together to scale green technologies that can decarbonise the economy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The world's largest offshore wind farm officially entered full operation yesterday, providing a timely boost to the government's efforts to ramp up domestic energy generation in response to a looming supply crunch. Our British Energy Security Strategy is not just about meeting demand today, but many years hence," he is expected to say.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

She was invited on the show (1:24) to discuss the National Grid’s ‘demand flexibility service’ scheme, under which households and some businesses receive payments for using less energy at times of peak demand. Porter cited NZW director Andrew Montford in a blog post last week titled “wind farm costs are not falling”.

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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

Government and industry investment in hydrogen as an energy carrier adds up to $2 billion per year in Asia and the European Union, the report finds, while U.S. million jobs by 2050, it states. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

A round up of all the key targets and measures announced as part of the government's plan to wean the UK off risky and expensive fossil fuel imports. The move will also be underpinned by new planning reforms to cut offshore wind farm approval times to just one year, down from an average of four years today.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

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. per cent in 2018.

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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. Japan announces plan to revive nuclear industry. Canada and Germany agree 'hydrogen alliance'. France mulls private jet crackdown.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has admitted there exists a "slight tension" between the government's efforts to fully decarbonise the UK economy and its recent decision not to block plans for the country's first new coal mine in 30 years.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Prior media reports suggested the government had intended to badge all of its announcements under the banner of 'Green Day', but instead it appears to have gone with the name 'Powering Up Britain', evidently keen to place as much focus as possible on energy security issues.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

EV charging station providers and governments must ensure a widespread, inclusive, and transparent charging network where green energy is used, writes Polestar's Fredrika Klaren. The government is rightly acting to make electric vehicles a key part of the strategy in the run up to 2030 when the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will end.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. Decontamination of Fukushima’s nuclear plant and surroundings are ongoing. Eight years ago, in March 2011, a magnitude-9.0

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

Indeed, it estimates more than three-quarters of the effort to cut carbon emissoins in the next nine years falls to the power sector, primarily through faster development of wind and solar PV capacity. billion metric tonnes under a renewables-heavy pathway.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Currently, governments cannot simply ‘skim off’ company profits. This system, in use since the start of the liberalisation of electricity markets in the 1990s, works as a continuous auction, ensuring that electricity sources with the lowest cost of production are used to meet demand first. Then, you skim it off.’. Source: IEA).

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

According to research group Zero Carbon Analytics, the European Union has already substituted almost 75 per cent of Russian fossil gas imports with alternative sources of energy, while global gas demand has plateaued for the first time and is now forecast to peak by the end of the decade. And now, nuclear power is making a strong comeback."

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Overall demand for electricity in 2020 was almost exactly the same as in 2005, and 24% lower than projected by federal energy forecasters. Using this much wind and solar raises the question of how to meet the last portion of demand on cloudy or windless days. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, CC BY-ND. All require more research.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 8, 2021

include nuclear power (Vogtle), Solar (multiple large projects), Advanced Vehicle Manufacturing (Ford and Tesla), Wind (multiple large projects), Geothermal (USG Oregon). His hour-long “virtual fireside chat” with Dajani may be streamed on demand here. Some of the large-scale energy infrastructure projects in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

Wednesday’s filing from PJM lays out how the 11-state grid operator will comply with FERC’s order to assign a minimum bidding price to all state-subsidized resources, including new solar and wind projects and existing nuclear power plants. What comes next.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. ” Wind tax credit impacts. Wind power will also benefit from the tax extensions provided for in the bill.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

Emissions also fell in other industrial sectors and residential buildings that year due to a warmer winter and lower demand for heating, but CO2 from the transport sector continued to increase, largely driven by growing fuel consumption from passenger cars on Europe's roads. GWEC: Global wind power surge requires half a million new workers.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Cash, who worked at senior levels in state government for a decade, describes how this process works. The first off shore wind farm in the US went online May 1st 2017 in Block Island, Rhode Island. Why does the Biden administration want to build so much wind power at sea? What makes an offshore site good for wind power?

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Along with a significant share of the state’s ample wind power fleet that lacked the cold weather hardening typical of wind farms in northern climes, coal and nuclear power plants also tripped offline as safety instruments and cooling systems froze up. Why winterization efforts have fallen short.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

This could effectively bar capacity market participation for gigawatts of solar and wind power expected to be built under state renewable portfolio standard programs in PJM’s 11-state region stretching from Illinois to Maryland. gigawatts from wind power, and 500 megawatts from solar.

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