Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

4 times and electric vehicle (EV) sales will need to grow over sixfold by 2030 from current levels. offshore wind transport vessels or grid transformers) that are costly and have long lead times. 1 Achieving this would need wind and solar capacity to increase 2.5-4

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Entitled Grids, the missing link , the plan points to an expected around 60% increase in electricity consumption in the EU between now and 2030. WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson described it as “a good plan that understands there’s no energy transition without massive investment in power grids”. Have you read?

Energy Monitor 57

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Columbia Rediviva , a network of citizen activists, is working to change that by engaging Congress members in a plan to reimagine the Pacific Northwest power grid and bring salmon back to the Columbia River. The coalition also catalyzed 20 cities to commit to pursuing 100 percent carbon-free power for all customers by 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

“There’s no shortage of ideas; there’s no shortage of legislation that’s out there, but it’s all about what is in the realm of the political right now,” said Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Last year’s acquisition of Sentient, which has deployed its wirelessly networked, self-powered sensors on overhead and underground grid circuits across the country, gave KES a “vertical into the power grid area,” Jim Keener, then Sentient CEO, told Greentech Media last year.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 29, 2022

Additionally, an AI-powered inspection platform bolsters electric asset health maintenance, Elia Group illustrates expedited energy transition investments and a politically charged interconnector reaches financial closure. 369 billion into US energy security and clean energy programmes. In a historic move, Sen.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

Myriad other issues also compete for voters' attention, and climate change often takes lower billing on the US political agenda than it does in Europe. Some of the policies are aimed at areas that can reduce future emissions: the target of 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations by 2030, for example.

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AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

Thanks to data and modeling provided by Guidehouse Insights, the apparent answer “yes” in two of the largest states often viewed as being on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Traditional peaking plants have been relied upon for decades to prop up regional power systems during spikes in demand throughout the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

” The first day of the conference also marked the launch of Tsinghua University’s Energy Internet Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, a newly built research facility and co-working space equipped with a live power grid simulation testing system. State Grid refused an interview request at the Energy Internet Summit).

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The region’s power grid — part of a larger Western grid — is too weak and fractured to reliably integrate the massive increase in renewable energy needed to decarbonize. Or rising prices could fuel a political backlash. Ensuring a cleaner and reliable grid.

Fossil fuels 92

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

The report sees the influential Abu Dhabi-based agency join the UN, the IEA, and a raft of top political and business figures in calling for economic recovery plans to focus on driving more ambitious climate action. The time has come to invest trillions, not into fossil fuels, but into sustainable energy infrastructure.".

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2020

FERC Order 2222: distributed energy as a grid resource comes of age. Distributed energy resources, or DERs for short, include everything from rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries and electric vehicles to backup generators, combined heat and power systems and smart thermostats and appliances.

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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. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Another $2.36 utilities and energy companies.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 16, 2021

Political leaders don’t like to depend on other countries for their energy supplies, but this is frequently an accepted trade-off due to economic considerations. . At the same time, many of these countries are understandably sensitive about energy security. fracking boom somewhat weakened its monopoly. The concern is that if the U.S.

Energy 60

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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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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2023

The UK's climate advisory body latest report provides an in-depth assessment of the mix of renewable, flexible grid, hydrogen, nuclear, and carbon capture technologies that will need to be in place by the middle of the 2030s if the government is to deliver on its stated goal of operating a nearly completely decarbonised power grid by 2035.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

An example of this is reflected in the growing focus on electric vehicles, with ‘ range anxiety ' - the worry that car batteries may not take drivers as far as they wish - recently added to the OED. Going green or greenwashing?

Climate change 36

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Global LCOE from newly commissioned, utility-scale renewable power technologies, 2021-2022 (source: IRENA) The drive for electrification includes electric vehicles. But where is all that electricity going to come from? We want clean electricity, but it can’t only be from wind and solar because of intermittency.

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Geothermal power South America Cooling Fossil fuels 105

Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

Their price will vary depending on international changes to energy supply and demand as well as major economic and political events. Fully decarbonising the power grid by 2035 will be essential to reduce fossil fuel dependence and cut emissions in other parts of the economy.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Resilience Investment Demand 36

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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Grist

MARCH 12, 2021

He knew that lithium is a key metal used in batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid, and he knew the United States is going to need a lot of it to transition off fossil fuels. By 2030, that figure could rise to over 300,000 metric tons, driven largely by a booming electric vehicle market.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 20, 2021

Columbia Rediviva , a network of citizen activists, is working to change that by engaging Congress members in a plan to reimagine the Pacific Northwest power grid and bring salmon back to the Columbia River. The coalition also catalyzed 20 cities to commit to pursuing 100 percent carbon-free power for all customers by 2021.

Carbon-neutral 28

Carbon-neutral Government Sustainability Real Estate 28

Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Since it was first set up in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been a hugely influential player in world energy politics. The International Energy Agency has set out a vision for a major transformation of the global economy – here are its top conclusions.

Fossil fuels 89

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Second Life Batteries Get Serious (Panel Discussion): The ecosystem enabling organizations to tap used electric car batteries for stationary grid storage continues to mature and grow. Automakers that make electric vehicles are starting to take the market seriously, and utilities are deploying pilot projects to test results.

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Welcome to the inaugural issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we will pull news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article. Ongoing, this series will find a home over on CleanTechnica's “Future Trends” page.

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