Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Olivia Ashmoore This week, Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC® and RMI published 48 state Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) models. The free, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan EPS model empowers users to analyze the effects of hundreds of climate policies. climate goals. With the release of the U.S.

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Energy Central

MARCH 24, 2022

It’s a big ask to tell countries with very little access to electricity to accept the same level of responsibility as electricity-rich nations striving to achieve the net-zero emissions target that the United Nations has set for the mid-century.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

The nuclear industry is heading into 2021 with increased optimism around small modular reactors (SMRs) after a series of policy initiatives worldwide in recent weeks. and Canada, three major nuclear markets, all signaled growing support for SMRs in the closing weeks of 2020. NuScale is intending to bid for 2.5 and the U.K.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Peninsula Clean Energy said it has begun providing 100 percent carbon-free electricity to all of its nearly 300,000 customers, which is ahead of California’s 2045 zero-emission power generation mandate and a step in helping the agency achieve its ultimate goal of providing all customers 100 percent renewable power on a 24/7 basis.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 17, 2020

Illinois utility Commonwealth Edison has agreed to pay a $200 million fine in relation to a federal investigation over bribery charges that have cast a shadow over its policy efforts in the state capital. billion spending plan involved replacing aging power poles and lines and replacing underground power cables.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Boris Johnson has signalled a major gear shift for British energy policy, yesterday touting ambitions to significantly expand the UK's nuclear capacity over the coming years in response to heightened concern over energy security following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

With COP27 in Egypt coming to a close, there is broader acceptance of the role for nuclear power in solving the climate crisis, as it is one of the few electricity generation options that positively impacts all three dimensions of the energy trilemma. What is the energy trilemma?

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

International Energy Agency argues nuclear power can play a significant role in supporting transition to a renewables-dominated energy system worldwide. At present, nuclear is still the world's second largest source of low carbon power after hydro electricity, with atomic power plants spread across 32 countries.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

In financial results posted this morning, the company said it would invest €33bn in its retail solutions and electricity infrastructure over the next four years in a bid to shape an "accelerated energy transition in Europe". At a press conference this morning, E.ON We thus see big growth potential for our business in the years ahead."

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

The New Energy Outlook also details a base case ETS, in which clean-energy technologies are only deployed where they are economically cost-competitive or adopted by consumer choice, with no further policy support for clean technologies. Figure 3: Electricity generation by technology/fuel, Economic Transition Scenario and Net Zero Scenario.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

Exelon may be forced to close its Illinois nuclear plants if state legislation is not passed to bolster their eroding financial prospects. But subsidiary utility Commonwealth Edison’s involvement in a bribery scandal has complicated this and other key policy efforts in its home state.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 28, 2023

In 2019, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System , which highlights the importance of nuclear power in decarbonizing the world’s energy sector. To be clear, nuclear power will face headwinds as long as the public perceives that such risks still exist.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

The UK will need roughly 108GW of offshore wind capacity by 2035 - more than 10 times current capacity - to achieve a net zero electricity system by the middle of the next decade, researchers from Imperial College London have warned.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

National Grid is accelerating the connection of up to 20GW of clean energy projects to its electricity transmission and distribution networks in England and Wales as part of ongoing collaborative work across industry in the UK.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

electrical generating capacity additions and increased their contribution to the nation’s electrical production in the first half of 2021. For the period January – June, solar-generated electricity – including distributed solar – expanded by 25.3% (compared to the same period in 2020) and provided nearly 4.1%

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2020

Exelon is following through with a threat to close two of its Illinois nuclear power plants by next year unless it receives state support to boost their financial viability, a move that could undermine the state's carbon-free electricity goals. Both states have aggressive zero-carbon energy policies.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

UK consumers are set to pay up-front for the construction of a fresh fleet of large-scale nuclear power plants through their energy bills under a new financing model unveiled by the government today, which looks set to provide a key building block of its plans to deliver a net zero energy system.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

” The budget statement “predictably majored on pre-election giveaways political dividing lines”, said Ashden policy lead Will Walter, adding that it “will do nothing for those living in cold, damp, expensive to heat homes or for local authorities struggling to provide basic services.” This brings the fund up to £1.1

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

Developer reveals flagship project is facing further delays, as Public Accounts Committee raises alarm over wider nuclear industry decommissioning costs. The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is facing a further year delay and an additional £3bn of costs, according to an update from developer EDF.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 23, 2022

Blaming ‘the market’ for this, however, like the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen does and saying EU’s electricity market “does not work anymore” is strange and hypocritical. We have been far too rigorous in scaling down modern fossil-fuelled and nuclear power plants.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2020

That is the conclusion of independent research released today by Imperial College London and energy firm Drax, which saw experts assess the tumultuous impact of the coronavirus crisis on Britain's electricity system from April to June 2020, a period characterised by near historically low levels of demand for power.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Innovative trials on the South East’s electricity network have seemingly set the foundations for a world-first short-term market for renewable energy sources. Power Potential was developed to help manage the rapid increase in wind and solar farms, and battery storage connecting to local electricity networks.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

However, since then, the state has redefined its energy policy, including a revival of nuclear power, the acceleration of renewables and reindustrialisation through the development of low-carbon industrial zones.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The government is widely expected to unveil a wave of decarbonisation and energy policies on Thursday as part of a package that had been badged as 'Green Day' by Whitehall insiders. Ministers are also expected to formally respond to the recent review of the UK's net zero policy landscape by Conservative MP Chris Skidmore.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Debbie Larsson, a spokesperson for NextEra Energy, said in a Tuesday interview with Greentech Media that the company does not comment on market rumors as a matter of policy. million customers in Kansas and Missouri, was formed in 2018 by the merger of Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy, the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

That is the conclusion of new research released today by Imperial College London on behalf of energy firm Drax, which estimates that carbon emissions from Britain's grid fell by 16 per cent last year as a result of the growth of green power and plummeting energy demand during Covid-19 lockdowns. Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

EDF has finally submitted plans for its long-trailed Sizewell C nuclear power project in Suffolk, today announcing it has lodged an official application to begin construction work on the multi-billion pound facility towards the end of next year.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. ROOT CAUSES.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2022

Advanced nuclear technologies, modular manufacturing methods and new approaches to project finance could usher a more cost-effective era for the UK's nuclear industry, writes LSE's Esin Serin. As part of its approach to dealing with energy security concerns, the UK government has turned to nuclear power.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Led by French energy giant EDF - which is also currently constructing a nuclear power plant of the same size at Hinkley Point in Somerset - the Sizewell C project had been expected to provide up to seven per cent of the UK's total electricity needs. Nuclear power is a choice, not a necessity," he said.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The newly approved changes will boost those targets dramatically for investor-owned utilities Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power, mandating a 50 percent cut in carbon emissions from 2016 to 2018 average levels by 2032 and a 75 percent cut by 2040. are facing bigger and more devastating wildfires.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

Tucson Electric Power on Friday released a long-term energy plan that calls for closing its remaining coal plants by 2032, on the way to 70 percent renewables by 2035. Colorado wants to get half of its power from renewable by 2030 and 90 percent by 2050. Arizona’s transition from coal to renewables and batteries.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The IEA’s updated Net Zero Roadmap identifies the doubling of grid investments by 2030 as a key milestone for the electricity sector towards its net zero scenario. While the build out of the electricity grids is already accelerating, averaging 1.9

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today reiterated the government's commitment to delivering on the UK's international climate responsibilities, confirming support for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant, announcing a new long-term target for UK energy efficiency, and promising continued investment in clean tech innovation.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 14, 2022

The UK’s 2030 low carbon hydrogen production target is 10GW, with 3GW of nuclear power able with today’s technology to meet almost one-quarter of this target. The UKHFCA, which sets out a vision for 40GW of nuclear enabled hydrogen generating capacity by 2050, is not the only organisation investigating the potential.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

The government has set out the UK's plans to accelerate the charging network rollout to help transition to zero emission vehicles, committing to 300,000 public electric vehicle (EV) charge points by 2030. But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs? But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs?

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2022

Improving the thermal performance of UK homes could deliver climate and energy security at a fraction of the cost of nuclear power, argues Kingspan's Rita Singh. As for nuclear power, it needs to be part of the UK's energy mix, but it won't come online or deliver cost benefits for consumers for several decades.

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