GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

New York will need a lot more energy storage to meet its goal of reaching 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and a carbon-free electricity system by 2040. New York’s plan to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant by next year and retire its most polluting power plants by 2025 will only exacerbate this imbalance.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The first, biggest step to slowing climate change is switching electricity generation from coal and gas to wind and sun. Once this largest source of carbon emissions is greened up, the second-largest, transportation, can tap renewable energy via electric vehicles. France built nuclear power.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. But various experts challenge this view and the National Grid, which runs the UK’s electricity network, is not anticipating outages this winter.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Pembina Institute is a Canadian think tank and registered charity that focuses on clean energy and energy policy. One of those who challenged the premier’s assertion against renewable energy sources was Derek Power of Toronto, the founder of Power Networks, a company that installs solar roofs. Power responded, “Batteries.”

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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.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Preliminary findings of a joint investigation into the freeze that left millions in Texas without power for days last February highlighted an increasing frequency of extreme cold weather events, as well as the devastation caused by the failure of natural gas-fired plants. The letter addressed to Gov.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

It comes as the Prime Minister gears up to shortly announce is hotly-anticipated 10-point green recovery plan, which is expected to feature support for offshore wind, nuclear power, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage (CCS), among other areas.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

Earlier this year, the government published an Energy Security Strategy, which ramped up targets for offshore wind and solar power while also promising to develop new oil and gas fields in the North Sea, in a bid to reduce exposure to risky, global fossil fuel markets.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

The move, which follows similar proposals from the EU, is a first for the US and would deliver a huge boost to electric vehicle (EV) demand in America's largest auto market. The plan would represent a major policy reversal a decade after the Fukushima disaster triggered a move to phase down the country's reliance on nuclear power.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% The impacts of cleaner electricity generation will persist. GW of wind and solar capacity was added to the grid this year. Global supply chain disruptions, workforce protection measures, and policy uncertainty required adaptation across the industry.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

But the Business Secretary emphasised that the Cumbria mine would produce coking coal for use in industrial manufacturing, and not for generating electricity from coal power plants, arguing steelmaking required coal in the short term and that it would be better for the climate to source such coal from the UK rather than abroad.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

A rapid shift away from fossil fuels is also needed alongside a major ramp up in renewable electricity capacity - largely provided by wind and solar projects - which will form the backbone of the future energy system, while development of hydrogen, carbon capture and new modular nuclear technologies is also crucial, the report warned.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The energy price freeze package could be accompanied by further measures to boost domestic energy supplies, with the formal lifting on the moratorium on fracking projects in the UK expected to be one of the first policy moves from the new administration.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

On behalf of environmental group RePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp offers a deep analysis of the key messages in Europe’s policy. Since these issues are so important, it’s worthwhile addressing some of the key messages of this historic speech, as these will serve as the basis for EU policy in the years ahead.

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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

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The move comes as the Prime Minister gears up to shortly announce his hotly-anticipated 10-point green recovery plan, which is expected to feature support for offshore wind, nuclear power, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage (CCS), among other areas.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

All-you-need-to-know on the green policies, tax changes and regulatory plans outlined as part of the government's new Growth Plan. Confirmed today, the EBRS is a temporary, six month long scheme geared at providing a discount on wholesale gas and electricity prices for non-domestic customers in both the public and private sector.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system. and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. electricity sector has managed to march halfway to zero in just 15 years. And 46 U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

At the same time, the increasingly dire effects of global warming are bringing more Americans in line with much of the rest of the world in making carbon-emissions reduction a top policy priority. gigawatts of offshore wind and 2.7 million electric customers and 1.6 GW of solar, 3 GW of onshore wind, and 4.4

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

"Scaling up cheap renewables and new nuclear, while maximising North Sea production, is the best and only way to ensure our energy independence over the coming years.". As expected, the nuclear and offshore wind industries are set to emerge as the big winners, with the Strategy proposing a series of reforms designed to accelerate development.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. Even faster growth is expected ahead, especially given the Biden administration’s plans to tap high-value offshore wind resources. is headed in that direction.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So let's be clear, this hike in bills isn't to cover the cost of net zero, periods of low wind power, nuclear power plant outages, new clean boilers or the switch to electric vehicles. This year we risk energy bills rising by £700.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Tuesday’s report comes as President-elect Joe Biden is pressing for a major shift in federal energy and climate policy, including a $2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure spending plan that faces the likelihood of strong opposition from Republicans in Congress. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

They could also set the industries in a more advantageous position to seek further federal policy support as President-elect Joe Biden takes office and seeks to implement ambitious decarbonization goals for the U.S. ” Wind tax credit impacts. Wind power will also benefit from the tax extensions provided for in the bill.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

Emissions from passenger cars in Europe have been rising for the past five years even despite growing demand for electric vehicles, in many cases due to increasing sales of carbon-intensive sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and other larger and heavier cars, the EEA said. GWEC: Global wind power surge requires half a million new workers.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

University of Massachusetts Boston public policy scholar David W. The first off shore wind farm in the US went online May 1st 2017 in Block Island, Rhode Island. Why does the Biden administration want to build so much wind power at sea? The Biden administration aims to have 30 gigawatts of offshore wind operating by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage and in-state solar and wind power. Dominion also gets more than one-third of its energy from nuclear power.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Under that plan, offshore wind farms will almost certainly be priced out of the market, but state-subsidized onshore wind, solar power, nuclear power and demand-side resources may be able to win approval for bids low enough to clear. Solar and wind power trade groups also support a quick resumption of the auction.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Going into 2021, CleanTechnica is taking a look at electricity generation changes over the past decade. We have been publishing monthly US power capacity reports and monthly US electricity generation reports for a long time. However.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

How does one renew an area devastated by nuclear waste? One of the dreams depicts the horror and abyss after the fallout of a nuclear accident. I think of brilliant Kirusowa's film Dreams. Indeed, in real life, there are farmlands in Japan that are ruined, land that cannot be cultivated anymore.

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