Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Boris Johnson is set to cast a major vote of confidence in the UK's flourishing offshore wind sector tomorrow in a bid to help the country "build back greener", confirming a higher target for 40GW of capacity by 2030, backed by £160m investment towards state-of-the-art turbine manufacturing.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

Next week's Budget will feature a wide-ranging new clean energy package designed to mobilise £20bn of investment in the UK, Treasury confirms The Chancellor will next week promise to "reset" the UK's decarbonisation and energy security plans through an "unprecedented" £20bn investment in carbon capture and clean energy infrastructure.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In the first half of 2019, the company generated half as much power from its coal fleet as it did in the same period last year, without closing any capacity. In November last year, Spain’s government said its last coal and nuclear power plants would be closed by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The private investment will come if the revenue mechanism is right. Electric vehicles get turbo-charged. The new plan sets an earlier 2030 target for the phase-out of sales of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, up from a previous target of 2040. billion) of investment, previously announced.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

Last year’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) calls for getting 70 percent of the state’s electricity from renewables by 2030, up from 26.8 But in the longer term, demand is expected to grow significantly as New York seeks to shift transportation and building heating from fossil fuels to electricity.

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38 North Solutions

MAY 2, 2024

While the process for selling investment tax credits is relatively straightforward, production tax credits, which are realized over time, require buyers to pay sellers year by year. For additional information and questions, feel free to reach out to the 38 North team. [1]

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 16, 2020

Nevertheless, it seemed likely that the industry would enjoy at least another decade of dominance before renewables and electric vehicles combined to put the industry into permanent decline. A Place for Nuclear Power. Nuclear power can be part of a low-carbon sustainable future along with renewable energy.

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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.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Major gaps in the UK's infrastructure plans compounded by a severe lack of public investment in key areas must be urgently addressed if the government is to avoid locking in environmentally damaging economic activity long into the future, Green Alliance has today warned.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Boris Johnson trails first stage in '10-point plan' for a green industrial revolution, as government confirms new £160m wind turbine manufacturing investment. So we are committing to new ambitious targets and investment into wind power to accelerate our progress towards net zero emissions by 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come. investment. million jobs by 2050, it states. A roadmap for green hydrogen expansion.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This evening Boris Johnson unveiled the government's much anticipated 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, promising to deliver £12bn of funding in a bid to unlock £36bn of private sector investment in the net zero transition. Business is fully committed to delivering a green and sustainable recovery from the pandemic.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Cornwall Insight’s Benchmark Power Curve , which looks at energy investment and operational decisions over a 30-year period, forecasts that from 2026 prices could become increasingly volatile, jumping by £95/MWh between the summer and winter and the seasonal differential will increase to nearly £120/MWh by 2030. .

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

As part of the announcement, the government confirmed it is entering into negotiations with French energy giant EDF over proposals to build a major nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk, which would follow the firm's existing Hinkley Point C project currently under construction in Somerset. million petrol cars from the roads.

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

The study, published the journal Science , highlights the benefits of prioritising smaller technologies such as heat pumps, solar panels, and electric bikes to drive decarbonisation, in comparison to more costly, large-scale solutions such as nuclear power plants and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

To be a true leader on electric vehicles, the government must plump the market by requiring manufacturers to produce a set percentage of low-carbon vehicles, writes Energy UK's Yumann Siddiq. Meanwhile, 80 per cent of vehicles produced in the UK are exported. Today, EVs make up 14 per cent of the new car market.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

Writing on Twitter, former COP26 President Alok Sharma said the key test of the 'Green Day' announcements would be whether it serves to meaningfully accelerate investment in green technologies and jobs. "[The

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Once this largest source of carbon emissions is greened up, the second-largest, transportation, can tap renewable energy via electric vehicles. A core reason for this trend is that electric utilities aren't mandating the switch over. France built nuclear power. Iceland tapped geothermal.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

Tom Greatrex, chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, said nuclear had a huge role to play in the UK's net zero transition and stressed that the industry was confident it could bring costs down in the coming years. "The We're confident the price of nuclear power will fall from the £92.50

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

He said the creation of the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero was "a pretty clear guide or indication" the government would be moving ahead with plans for a Great British Nuclear (GBN) agency to help identify new sites for nuclear power plants and support their development, adding that an announcement was likely in the coming weeks.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Labour would invest £28bn annually on tackling climate change and supporting ‘green' jobs and industries if elected, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves announced this morning at the Labour Party Conference. But it also means knowing when and where to invest - to prevent far greater costs further down the line.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 22, 2021

That will require going beyond core renewable investments, such as established solar or wind farms, where most institutional investors already have some exposure, and towards a wholesale energy transition. To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, an estimated $12tr of investment in renewables is required worldwide.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Stem is one of the last pure-play energy storage startups and has raised about $210 million in equity investment over the years, culminating in a 2018 Series D for $106 million. If the transaction closes in the first quarter of 2021 as expected, it will create a company with an equity value of about $1.35 billion in late 2019 to about $2.7

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

Between $92tr and $173tr of investment needed to drive net zero energy transition over next 30 years, major new report estimates. Hydrogen, CCS, and nuclear.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

The sharp fall in the cost of decarbonisation is largely a result of higher gas prices, which mean a failure to invest in clean technologies and energy efficiency improvements would leave the economy facing higher than expected energy costs for years to come. "It

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Mingomba could drive further investment in what might eventually become a major copper supplier.   Early-Stage 🚗 Project 3 Mobility , a Zagreb, Croatia-based autonomous electric vehicle developer, raised   $107m in Series A funding from TASARU, Kia, and Rimac Group. Mineral ambitions. Why is this important now? 

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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. We’re going to make a major investment to build 1.5 power grid by 2050.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Business stands ready to deliver the investment and innovation needed to turn ambition into reality, and the proposals outlined in the Energy White Paper will give firms further confidence to deliver new infrastructure'. million petrol cars off the road.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

Emissions rose by 321 million tonnes last year, but they would have been 550 million tonnes higher still were it not for the rapid roll out of new renewables capacity, electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps, and energy efficiency upgrades. Moreover, investment in clean technologies is set to continue to grow.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak declared a "new age of optimism" as he pledged to invest in infrastructure, innovation and skills in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, in a Budget speech today that was otherwise notable by its relative scarcity of support for the UK's net zero transition. Investment in a more innovative, high-skilled economy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

Reports: Germany looking to postpone looming closure of nuclear plants. While such a move would likely be temporary, it would mark a major departure from German energy policy over the past two decades, with the government having opted to gradually shutter its nuclear power plants amid safety fears over atomic energy.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

It is not a surprise that in its recent 10 Point Plan to help the European Union reduce its dependence on Russian gas by over a third, the International Energy Agency majored on the importance of accelerating investment in renewables, energy efficiency and electric heat pumps. It's also about investment and jobs.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

The confirmation of long-awaited plans to invest in small-scale nuclear and carbon capture were broadly welcomed as measures that could put the UK at the forefront of new industries and boost the UK's low carbon domestic energy supplies. We need an industrial strategy that removes barriers to investment.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 22, 2022

It has been widely reported over the weekend that Boris Johnson has backed plans to part-fund EDF's proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant, which now looks set to mark one of his last major interventions as Prime Minister before his successor is announced on 5 September. We also need to maximise North Sea oil and gas production.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

The San Francisco-based utility is emerging from bankruptcy with a massive debt load that could make it harder to raise the tens of billions of dollars of investment needed to prevent its power grid from causing more devastating wildfires. PG&E plans to invest about $40 billion over the next five years into its power grid.

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