GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In October 2015, Cameron and China’s President Xi Jinping signed another deal for China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to take a one-third stake in the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. That trend is evident in electric vehicles as well as solar energy. Times have changed dramatically. and Europe?

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 23, 2023

However, this policy shift may also have substantial implications for the nuclear industry. Reactions within the nuclear industry have been varied. Some companies are lobbying for nuclear energy’s inclusion in the tax credit, while others are exploring ways to align with renewable technologies to meet the new regulations.

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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. Solar power will get $1.5 Another $2.36

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

Nuclear plants, CCS, and whole-building retrofits should not be prioritised over smaller cheaper alternatives, study argues, while acknowledging small scale technologies do not offer a panacea. They then tested how well these technologies performed against a range of metrics, such as cost, innovation, and accessibility.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Much like a Princeton University-led decarbonization study released in December, the new report uses modeling from Evolved Energy Research to analyze multiple technology and policy pathways to reach this goal.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

Next-generation nuclear technologies will divert resources away from cheaper options that can more quickly contribute to energy security and climate goals, argues Andrew Warren There was precious little in this month's Budget of direct interest to BusinessGreen readers. Instead, sizes range from 3MW to about 500MW.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

“It shows that the committee has been listening to stakeholders and has watched the Democratic primary carefully,” Leah Stokes, a political science professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara who recently published a book on U.S. would reach net-zero emissions from power generation by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

transmission grid will play a key role in decarbonizing the country’s electricity system. But a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology study indicates that a massive U.S.-wide Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S. Study after study over the past decade has concluded that expanding the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4 In Minnesota, Gov.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But even after another banner year for clean energy in the state, a market redesign, fueled by political rhetoric from state leaders, could thwart future deployment, experts say. Follow @EngelsAngle. Texas' love affair with renewable energy is undeniable.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Importantly, the Roadmap concludes that, if we don’t build more than 30 GW of offshore wind, we’re going to need to construct new nuclear power plants to reach our decarbonization target. It does give rather short shrift to the miracle new politics that we’re going to need to make these pathways a reality.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

electricity sector by 2035, and the cost imperatives of U.S. Taken as a group, the 50 utility holding companies studied have a total of 100,000 megawatts of new wind and solar in their IRPs, Sierra Club Electric Sector Analyst Cara Bottorff said in a Tuesday press conference. generation capacity in 2020, according to federal data.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 5, 2020

July 2020 Cleantech Roundup: Electric Vehicles Go Public | Energy Policy Scandals | SunRun Acquires Vivint Solar Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. Nikola , Fisker , Lordstown Motors are three electric vehicle companies.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Recent years have seen energy storage installations dominated by lithium-ion battery technology around the world. An example is HydroWIRES (‘Water Innovation for a Resilient Electric System’), an initiative which, among other objectives, is looking to quantify the value of pumped hydro as the electricity system evolves.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

The US grid got its first new nuclear power in nearly seven years last week. Plant Vogtle began commercial operations from the first of two new reactors, but the over-budget and years-delayed project could be the last hurrah for big nuclear construction in America. Happy Monday!

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2020

Assessing hundreds of potential pathways to reaching net zero by 2050 or sooner, the ESC today stressed there were "massive economic opportunities for the UK to lead the world" in the development of net zero technologies and services.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

stays on track, there will be 11 million electric vehicles on U.K. “Consumer technology choices today will influence [decarbonization] pathways and options for efficient whole system operation in the future. Adding more wind, solar and electric vehicles seems achievable, if challenging. A year ago the U.K. If the U.K.

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Mr. Sustainability

MAY 30, 2021

In this article the different paths are described and compared, so that readers can recognize them and place the paths in today's context and political decisions. In his book, Charles Mann describes the perspectives of Wizards (who see technology as the solution) and Prophets (who believe in behavioural change).

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 5, 2020

Dominion has long held significant political influence in its home state; laws passed in 2015 and 2018 limited oversight of customer rates and large capital projects from the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). Company-wide, Dominion plans to retire more than 4 gigawatts of coal- and oil-fired electric generation by 2025.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

Tom Burke, a co-founder of the E3G thinktank, told the Guardian : "This is Fawlty Towers politics - don't mention the environment! On Thursday, we will also commit to addressing the imbalance between gas and electricity costs in household bills, to make electricity cheaper for the long term," he wrote. "I

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

offshore wind resources could provide over 2,000 gigawatts of generating capacity – nearly twice as much electricity as the nation uses every year. For context, the capacity of a large fossil fuel or nuclear power plant is about 1 gigawatt. What makes an offshore site good for wind power? Today the U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” As Germany, Europe’s largest economy, has shut down its last nuclear power plants, its looking toward developing hydrogen infrastructure to help supply the power that so many of its industries desperately need. Start Quiz Page 1 of 7 Who discovered the hydrogen element in 1766?

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

clean energy and technology community that has evolved into a mighty and globe-spanning economic force. Over the course of more than 18,000 articles and countless comments-section conversations, GTM became an unofficial hub of a U.S. Looking back, it all seems inevitable. But it was far from a sure thing when it started.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned. As a result overall emissions from power generation rose by seven per cent in 2021, to reach a record high, the briefing warns.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Green groups threaten legal action after EU Parliament votes to retain fossil gas and nuclear projects in green finance labelling system. With gas in the Taxonomy, the European Union has missed its chance to set a gold standard for sustainable finance," she said, adding that "politics and vested interests have won over science".

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

CBAM is a World Trade Organization (WTO) compatible measure that incentivizes global industries to adopt greener and more sustainable technologies. From this point onward, both domestic production and imports will be subject to an equivalent carbon price, encouraging industries worldwide to adopt greener technologies.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

The climate task force brought together Democrats from across the political spectrum to hash out a shared vision for action on climate change. Eight states have already committed to eliminating carbon from their electrical systems, including the economic powerhouses of California and New York. Zero-carbon grid by 2035.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

Predictions for 2023 have to wrestle with the fact the most important economic and political trends are being shaped by Rumsfeldian 'known unknowns' and ‘unknown unknowns', the fog of war, and the judgements of some very old, and possibly ailing, men. They will soon outnumber the Boomers who have set the political weather for so long.

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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. But at COP27 Climate Summit, the UK's leadership in the electric vehicle (EV) world is being met with fierce competition from global markets.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Electric vehicles get turbo-charged. Nuclear power will receive £525 million for the development of large and small-scale reactors. The electric vehicle support described above, plus £500 million ($663 million) for the development of a domestic battery manufacturing industry.

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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 reforms follow a consultation last year over proposals to create a new energy system operator separate from National Grid plc with responsibility for both the electricity and gas grids.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Most notably, the progress report calls on the government to place driving flexibility into the electricity system front and centre in its 2020 priorities, arguing that emerging flexible grid technologies provide a crucial pillar of a decarbonised energy grid. to switch off in January after the failure of a Western Link HVDC.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

Solar prices hit record-lows, firmly ousting coal as the cheapest source of electricity. But the growing adoption of solar, wind and other clean energy technologies doesn’t tell the full story of India’s energy shift. “All of this will require substantial investment in a modern, flexible electricity system.”

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Although it will take years for some of these actions to impact oil supplies, the political impact was felt immediately. The bill provides new federal spending for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and upgrades to the electrical transmission grid. Functioning nuclear power plants continue to be shut down (e.g.,

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