Clean Energy Canada

JULY 2, 2020

As Canada navigates the clean energy transition, cleaner technologies and solutions are attracting attention. The clean-burning fuel does not produce carbon emissions upon consumption and so can replace fossil fuels in many sectors including heavy industry, transportation and heating. What is hydrogen?

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

With the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in place in the UK by 2030, sales of electric cars are expected to surge. Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles accounted for more than 1 in 10 vehicle registrations in 2020, up from 1 in 30 in 2019, according to data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Energy Monitor 115

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Electricity 115

Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2020

As offices and factories shut up shop and millions of people were furloughed or working from home across the country during the second quarter of the year, electricity demand plummeted and renewable electricity took up its highest ever share of the energy mix, leading to record low CO2 emissions from the grid.

Nuclear Power 99

Nuclear Power Demand Fossil fuels Electricity 99

Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

Office for Budget Responsibility estimates sustained high fossil fuel prices could make the comparative costs of net zero over a third cheaper. But it also stressed the risk that developing nations could drive a rapid rise in demand for fossil fuels in the coming years, putting further upward pressure on energy prices.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

Up to $173tr may be needed to fund the global economy's net zero transformation over the next 30 years, although the precise decarbonisation pathway the world will follow remains highly uncertain due to the different potential mixes of clean technologies available, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Hydrogen, CCS, and nuclear.

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Fossil fuels Energy Energy Aviation 69

Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

To become energy secure and genuinely resilient from volatile fossil fuel prices, the UK must accelerate its transition to a zero-carbon energy system, writes Nick Molho, from the Aldersgate Group. Developing new sources of fossil fuel production: a tempting but inadequate answer to the crisis.

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Fossil fuels Resilience Investment Demand 36

Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

That is why we are fully committing to nuclear power in the UK, backing a new generation of small modular reactors, and investing tens of billions in clean energy through carbon capture. We don't want to see high bills like this again, it's time for a clean energy reset.

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Carbon Energy Energy Nuclear Power 69

Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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Carbon-negative Energy Energy Fossil fuels 84

Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

IEA credits 'outstanding growth of renewables, EVs, heat pumps and energy efficient technologies' with delivering lower than expected increase in emissions It is the dog that didn't bark. The answer, according to the IEA, is simple: clean technologies rode to the rescue. Why then didn't the feared increase in emissions materialise?

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Investment Nuclear Power Technology 36

Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Announcing the first stage of the 10-point plan, Johnson will tomorrow confirm a new increased target for 40GW of operational offshore wind power capacity to be delivered by the end of the decade, up from the existing target of 30GW by 2030, and marking a sizeable increase on the 10GW in operation today. "We

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Wind power Nuclear Power Government Packaging 86

R-Squared Energy

MARCH 1, 2020

The primary culprits that add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere are the coal, oil, and natural gas — the fossil fuels — we consume for energy. Policies and technologies that reduce that consumption will lower the amount of carbon dioxide emitted. Consider coal, for example. In the U.S. and the EU, coal consumption is falling.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The government has today finally published its long-awaited Energy White Paper , setting out its vision for building a zero emission energy system for the UK featuring ambitious plans to scale up renewables, clean heating, nuclear, energy efficiency, smart grid, carbon capture, and hydrogen technologies over the coming decade and beyond.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Government 73

Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

But while the grid serves as the underlying infrastructure, the power markets keep the entire operation humming and direct the complex flow of electrons from generators to consumers.  In each of these grids every solar module, natural gas, and nuclear power plant is synchronized to generate energy at exactly 60 Hz.

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Demand Power grid Electricity Innovation 72

R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

He said his administration would “build and install a network of 500,000 charging stations along our existing and new highways” so electric vehicles (EVs) can displace gasoline. He also mentioned plans to offer cash rebates to trade in older vehicles. still obtained 63% of its electricity from fossil fuels.

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Natural gas Demand Solar Power Batteries 60

Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Boris Johnson has unveiled his much-vaunted 10-point green recovery plan, promising a multi-billion pound package of investment across the green economy designed to create an estimated 250,000 new jobs in the carbon capture, electric vehicle, nuclear, hydrogen and renewables sectors.

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Government Investment Packaging Hydrogen 101

Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

After weeks of speculation, the government is set to publish its plan to boost Britain's energy security later today, with fresh targets announced for offshore wind, nuclear and low-carbon hydrogen alongside measures to accelerate the adoption of smart grid technologies.

Energy 36

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Government 36

Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

FSO will take 'whole-systems' approach to integration of green energy technologies such as renewables, hydrogen, and CCUS, government confirms. The government is widely expected to publish its hotly anticipated Energy Security Strategy within the next 24 hours, setting out how it intends to wean the UK off Russian oil and gas.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 40

Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

New technology is making carbon emission-free pink H2 possible at a very large scale. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is placing a major focus on nuclear hydrogen as a component of the US government’s proposed $7 billion push for clean H2 production. That said, no carbon emissions are produced along with those usable outputs.

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Hydrogen Nuclear Power Natural gas Fossil fuels 95

Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

Consider creating separate delivery agencies - The Review urges Ministers to explore whether further dedicated delivery agencies are needed to drive long-term decarbonisation programmes in specific sectors, such as for electric vehicle charging infrastructure roll out or new nuclear power plans. Agriculture and nature.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 46

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

By putting onshore wind on the same playing field as other technologies, we can turbocharge our transition to net zero, increase the UK's energy security, and wean ourselves off expensive gas for good.". We have immense global presence in sectors like finance, life sciences, technology, and clean energy.".

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Government Investment Energy 36

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

However, today's announcements, while including a host of measures impacting renewables, nuclear, carbon capture, hydrogen, and energy efficiency, extend far beyond energy, stretching into green finance, electric vehicles, carbon border adjustment mechanisms, and nature markets.

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Government Hydrogen Carbon Investment 79

Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

Meanwhile, fuel poverty campaigners expressed a collective sigh of relief as Hunt confirmed he would extend energy bill support for households. On science, innovation, technology, we should be leading, not lagging. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all of the reaction from the green economy.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 36

Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And, forming the first stage of the 10-point plan, Johnson will tomorrow announce a new increased target for 40GW of operational offshore wind power capacity by the end of the decade, up from the existing target of 30GW by 2030, and marking a sizeable increase on the 10GW in operation today.

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Investment Wind power Packaging Hydrogen 53

Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

They claim the broad-ranging roadmap will deliver hundreds of thousands of new green jobs and unlock tens of billions of pounds of private investment, cementing the UK's place as a leader in multiple clean technologies. Cash for innovation projects will help make the most of our world leading science and technology advances.

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Government Carbon-negative Investment Climate change 44

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

From fossil fuel incentives and the dilution of planning rules to energy efficiency funding and an end to the block on new onshore wind farms, BusinessGreen rounds up all the key green announcements from the government's Growth Plan this week. "The Latest phase of £50m industrial fuel switching funding scheme.

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Government Fossil fuels Investment Energy 40

Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And Kobold’s isn’t the only one; more startups are using AI to scan the horizon for critical minerals, including VerAI , EarthAI , GeologicAI , and Ideon Technologies , to reshape the mining landscape. Mirova , a London, UK-based investment firm, raised $282m for a climate fund focusing on emerging markets.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 52

Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There were notable fresh announcements regarding business rates relief for green technology investments, £1.7bn funding for a new nuclear power plant this Parliament, and fresh funding for skills, but these were counterbalanced by a hike in Air Passenger Duty and yet another freeze in fuel duty.

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Government Investment Climate change Innovation 66

Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

Key to delivering on these ambitions, he stressed, would be the UK's ability to harness the power of innovation in AI, life sciences, and green technologies to create jobs, drive up wages, reduce the costs of goods and services, and deliver on the UK's net zero targets.

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Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 28

Business Green

MAY 17, 2021

The report makes clear that huge changes are already underway across the global energy system that will have "far reaching consequences" for fossil fuel producers as the economy rapidly embraces clean technologies.

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Fossil fuels Energy Energy Nuclear Power 89

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Advocates of clean energy may get a last-minute present from Congress this year in the form of a bipartisan package of programs to boost funding for renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicles, carbon capture and other low-carbon and electric technologies.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 25, 2023

Noteworthy provisions in the IRA include $100 billion for electric vehicles, $65 billion for clean energy manufacturing, and $50 billion for energy efficiency. Investment in clean energy technologies will play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change.

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Energy Energy Law Construction 60

Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Recent weeks have seen a new 2030 emissions target, the National Infrastructure Strategy, the Treasury's Spending Review, the confirmation of an end to overseas financing of fossil fuel infrastructure, and, of course, Boris Johnson's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.

Building Energy Monitoring 85

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 85

Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

In the summer of 1988, scientist James Hansen testified to Congress that carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels was dangerously warming the planet. Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. AP Photo/Jim Mone.

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Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 117

Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

The Committee's overarching conclusion is both clear as day and extremely pertinent at the current geopolitical juncture: a net zero energy system is technologically, financially, and politically achievable within the 2035 timeframe, but the government simply cannot afford to waste anymore time in building it.

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Power grid Hydrogen Carbon-negative Government 57

The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

. | Photo by Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via Getty Images The Biden administration proposed new tax guidelines today aimed at making it cheaper to produce hydrogen as a less-polluting alternative to fossil fuels. Hydrogen combustion releases water vapor, rather than planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions.

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Hydrogen Nuclear Power Methane Fossil fuels 82

Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Business groups and green campaigners are left underwhelmed by an Autumn Statement that promised action on nuclear and energy efficiency, but little else. Any new tax should have focussed on large, unexpected windfalls right across the energy sector, instead profits at fossil fuel plants are inexplicably exempted from the levy.

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Investment Government Fossil fuels Policy 40

Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Getting more renewables onto the system, including green hydrogen and more energy storage to provide greater flexibility, will protect consumers against the eyewatering fossil fuel price shocks which are currently pushing bills up. This year we risk energy bills rising by £700. I couldn't agree more.

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Fossil fuels Government Investment Resilience 36