The Environmental Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Some of the most common include fuel, capacity, and competition. The cost of fuel is the most significant factor affecting your electricity rates. If natural gas prices increase, your electricity rates will rise. Fuel Fossil fuel prices are a critical factor in electricity prices.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

BP will cut its oil and gas output by 40 percent by 2030 and increase its low-carbon investment tenfold by then, the company announced Tuesday as it begins to detail its 2050 net-zero strategy. 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.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While the fuel is barely on the radar in the United States, around the world a green hydrogen rush is underway, and many companies, investors, governments and environmentalists believe it is an energy source that could help end the reign of fossil fuels and slow the world’s warming trajectory. "It Green hydrogen can do that.".

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Photo by VCG via Getty Images By 2030, transportation and electricity around the world will be far greener than it is today, according to the latest forecast from the International Energy Agency. Imagine 10 times more electric vehicles on the road. Renewables make up half of the world’s electricity mix.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

French oil and gas giant Total yesterday announced an $8bn write-down of its most carbon-intensive fossil fuel assets, as the havoc wrought by Covid-19 on on the industry continues to push down oil prices and bring forward predictions of peak demand.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 14, 2022

Canada’s oil and gas patch is partying like it’s 2008, though most Canadian drivers are not enjoying the festive mood. Commercial rents in downtown Calgary are on the rise, and long-thought dead fossil-fuel export projects have zombified. But what past instances lacked was a truealternative to fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

The text, which has been approved by ministers from all 27 EU nations , states that the bloc will "systematically promote and call for a global move towards energy systems free of unabated fossil fuels well ahead of 2050", alongside pushing for a peak in fossil fuel consumption in the near term.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

According to analysis from consultancy DNV between now and 2050 a staggering $12 trillion will be invested in doubling power grid capacity and renewables technologies in the US and Canada. Rather, CO2 emissions are forecasted to decline by 75% by 2050, primarily due to reduced reliance on fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Net zero can be achieved, first and foremost, by cutting or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and, secondarily, by offsetting any remaining emissions through such actions as planting trees, investing in renewable energy projects that replace fossil-fuel energy, or investing in novel carbon-removal technologies such as direct air capture.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The California Energy Commission is putting a “down payment” of $384 million over the next three years on the electric-vehicle charging and zero-emission vehicle infrastructure needed to meet Governor Gavin Newsom’s pledge to end sales of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. and the Netherlands.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 11, 2023

The global transition away from fossil fuels is accelerating, and Canada’s newly announced Clean Electricity Regulations and Powering Canada Forward framework will help ensure the country successfully navigates that transition while protecting affordability and grid reliability. Already, the U.S. Clean power is cheap.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the "energies pond." Today, more than 95 percent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables. Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles.

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Andrew Winston

JUNE 11, 2018

ICYMI, UPS announced a milestone in electric vehicles -- cost parity for a delivery truck. Companies can miss great investment opportunities with too narrow a definition of return on investment.). Passenger electric cars get all the press, especially when someone launches one into space. you plug in.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 4, 2021

Frequently, these combinations occur at the same time as a private investment by institutional investors in the SPAC. As the recent experience at ExxonMobile has shown, investors are eager to invest in, and accelerate the migration toward, energy production that does not rely on fossil fuels. SPAC” transaction.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 18, 2021

And with a clean electricity grid, access to U.S., Canada must plan for and invest in industries that will be growing in the coming decades, such as battery manufacturing, zero-emission vehicles, and hydrogen. ” Below are some of its key findings: FOSSIL FUELS. RENEWABLES AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Myth 1: “Renewables can contribute only a small share of grid electricity because they only work when the wind blows and the sun shines” It’s true that wind and solar are variable resources that provide most power to the grid when the sun shines or the wind blows. These options can enable relatively high shares of wind and solar on a grid.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2024

And though a number of key policies continue to be developed—including the oil and gas emissions cap, an emissions cap on natural gas utilities and measures to reduce vehicle kilometres travelled by 25 per cent—many CleanBC policies are now substantially advanced. The plan is working: B.C. families to make ends meet.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 28, 2023

Inflation Reduction Act threatens to siphon away similar investments from other countries, including Canada. Canada’s oil and gas lobby is right about one thing: There is indeed a bright future for Canadian energy. It’s just not in fossil fuels. With its half-a-trillion dollars in clean-energy incentives, the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Duke's regulated utilities serve electricity to nearly 8 million people in six states and operate a 51-gigawatt generation fleet, one-third of it coal and nearly three-quarters fossil-fueled. The gas question. This reliance on natural gas aligns Duke with most U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When considering hydrogen in this category, there are three ways to engage it: blending , fuel cell and a new option, combustion ,” adds Bhattacharjee. Taking the investment plunge Hydrogen as a vehicle fuel requires a technological investment regardless of deployment due to its unique storage and usage requirements.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

These new vehicles are quickly bumping up against familiar challenges of battery range, production capacity and charging, or fueling, infrastructure. and attracting major investments for its electric buses and vans still in development. BYD delivered its 100th battery-electric truck in the U.S

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

New research predicts that green hydrogen — a clean fuel produced from water using renewables — will be comparable in cost and likely cheaper than blue hydrogen by 2030. Oil major BP is also investing in green hydrogen and estimates that it can achieve costs of $1.50/kgH2 CCS is carbon capture and storage.). kgH2 by 2025. kgH2 by 2025.

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Charged

JANUARY 21, 2021

Most automakers may have rejected hydrogen as an energy storage medium for passenger vehicles ( Toyota is the notable exception), but the technology may yet find applications for industrial processes, and in other forms of transportation such as aviation and shipping. The Strategy is supported by a federal investment of $1.5

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

It provides direct advice to governments and its annual World Energy Outlook reports, which offer projections for future energy sources and demand, have provided the bedrock for major energy investment and policy decisions that help shape the trajectory of the global market. The death knell is being sounded for fossil fuels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

That is the headline prediction from a new special report from the International Energy Agency, which details how heat pumps have become a key technology in the response from governments and businesses to the global energy supply crunch that has sent fossil fuel costs soaring in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 19, 2021

In practice, the two are closely interlinked, as most of the financial resources for diversified spending, at least initially, will come from traditional investments in oil and gas supply. Bn of its planned total investment of USD 12-13 Bn in 2021 will go into renewables and electricity (including gas-fired power).

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Offshore wind energy powerhouse Orsted demonstrates that a pivot away from fossil fuels is possible. The first, biggest step to slowing climate change is switching electricity generation from coal and gas to wind and sun. This needs to happen fast, with coal phased out no later than 2030 and gas not far behind.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Criterion Energy Partners ’ geothermal systems are co-located with facilities to replace fossil fuels and costly grid dependency from behind the meter. GenH is developing a rapidly deployable, fully modular system to electrify non-powered dams and canal heads without construction or investment in any fixed infrastructure.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

Carbon emissions will be further reduced if the vehicle is refuelled at a green hydrogen fuelling station run by ITM Power in Sheffield, the company said. Green hydrogen is produced using renewable energy, whereas other forms of hydrogen are produced using fossil fuels.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels. Electric vehicles are making huge inroads in the market. If not sooner. This starts with cars and trucks.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2020

Vatican calls on Catholics to quit fossil fuel and arms investments. The Vatican yesterday urged all Catholics to disinvest from armament and fossil fuel industries, marking a major victory for the global divestment movement. by excluding from their investments companies that do not satisfy certain parameters".

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In 2018, renewables accounted for 20 percent of Alliant’s portfolio while coal made up 31 percent and natural gas accounted for 42 percent. More utilities are making the jump now, Manghani said, because of the coming phase-down of the federal Investment Tax Credit for solar.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions. More efficient building design, materials, and appliances can cut electricity consumption. event hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute and utility Duke Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 18, 2020

“ Modular microgrids ,” built around standard technology platforms like fossil-fueled generators, combined heat-and-power systems, or battery-backed solar systems, and offering customers low-cost, long-term contracts for the energy and resiliency they provide, have been an important step in expanding the potential market.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The energy transition isn't just about producing renewable energy - investment and earnings opportunities are spread across four different areas, explain Schroders' Mark Lacey, Alexander Monk and Felix Odey. We have identified four distinct investment areas. However, it is only one aspect of the change. Source: Schroders, October 2020.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 12, 2023

Public and private sectors are investing billions in technologies to decarbonize Canada’s industrial production to reach climate goals. Many net-zero technologies and products are heavily reliant on chemical products (for example, batteries for electric vehicles and various plastics and polymers for wind turbine blades).

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