Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Cross-party political support has driven the 'meteoric rise' of UK offshore wind industry, an approach that should be taken for other critical technologies, Tony Blair Institute contends. Markets should be designed around desired long-term outcomes, it notes, adding that a clear strategy is needed to secure domestic benefits.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 8, 2024

As electricity grids take central stage in the delivery of the transition to a net zero system, Europe’s transmission and distribution operators have highlighted some common challenges. Financing electricity grid infrastructure As investments are scaling up, action is needed to de-risk grid investments.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2024

And though a number of key policies continue to be developed—including the oil and gas emissions cap, an emissions cap on natural gas utilities and measures to reduce vehicle kilometres travelled by 25 per cent—many CleanBC policies are now substantially advanced. The plan is working: B.C. residents and businesses. The difference?

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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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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Lyft is going 100% electric. It will require building out an entire ecosystem of electric vehicle infrastructure and incentives, and getting into the weeds on policy. On this episode of Political Climate , we speak to Lyft’s director of sustainability, Sam Arons, about this bold new strategy.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

Actions by these states to change the direction of energy policy are a powerful confirmation that clean energy is a viable, cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels. These technologies can be used to create community resilience hubs throughout the state, providing services during hurricanes and other extreme weather events.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. An alternative method would be to assign fixed charges to customers based on their income, with the wealthier paying more and the less well-off paying less — a path that comes with its own political and administrative challenges.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

Fresh research published today by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) found that while some countries have successfully aligned heat pump market growth with reduced costs, overall cost reductions for the technology have to date still been modest.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The findings present a picture of a world that has made significant progress on climate action, powered by the rapid roll-out of clean energy technologies, the acceleration of the electric vehicle (EV) transition, and a growing understanding of the economic and geopolitical benefits ending reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While experts delved into the transformative potential of advanced technologies like IoT, AI, and data analytics, I couldn’t help but notice a significant gap in preparedness across most European countries when it comes to real-time data acquisition. However, incomplete digitalization programs can hinder the energy transition’s momentum.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Major polling exercise reveals climate policies that are popular with public would deliver on the government's goal of cutting emissions by 39 per cent by 2030 on 2019 levels.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

Two separate reports this morning have set out the case for Ministers to press ahead with a raft of policies that can drive a shift away from the blast furnace method of steel production.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2023

Non-renewable resources and technologies that have been essential to our advancement and industrialization may ultimately be what takes us out. Political, market, and infrastructural barriers remain, dragging progress toward a clean economy — but your business has the power to mitigate these constraints.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The DOE announced last month that it would start to collect data on the electricity consumption of crypto mines, mandating that companies comply with the “ emergency collection of data request. Bitcoin mining has also brought sputtering fossil fuel power plants back to life and raised electricity costs for some residents in New York.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor driving climate technology for social change, announced today the expansion of its climate coaching team to encompass experts in project and carbon finance, policy and equity and access. “Prior to participation in Elemental, CarbonCure did not have a defined public policy strategy.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Akielly Hu, Grist’s news and politics fellow, discussed the growing popularity of degrowth with Kohei Saito — a Marxist author whose 2020 degrowth manifesto quickly turned into a bestseller in Japan and beyond. . In your free time, you play sports, spend time with loved ones, garden, and engage with local politics.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

BEIS released a suite of documents regarding 'clean heating' policy last Tuesday including most importantly details of what will follow on from the RHI. This policy consultation comes in advance of a long awaited energy White Paper and in advance of a heat and buildings framework expected to be released later this year.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2022

Such findings underscore the scale of support among Conservative Party members for ambitious green policies that can help curb the huge hike in energy bills expected this winter, just as postal ballot papers for choosing Britain's next PM are sent out to the membership from next week.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 14, 2023

Welcome to the second in our series of articles featuring industry insiders highlighting the trends and technologies we can expect to see in 2023. Until now, there has been an absence of inter-department communication and leadership, with BEIS and Defra creating inconsistent and ineffective policy.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Promote research into advanced energy storage technologies. Implement smart grid technologies for real-time monitoring and demand response. Costs associated with energy-efficient technologies. The Challenge: Limited Public Awareness and Education Lack of understanding about sustainable energy technologies.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It would be easy at this point to simply list the litany of policy failures and the paucity of political leadership documented by the CCC's almost satirically titled progress report. A major building retrofit programme to deliver enormous energy cost savings and turbocharge the roll out of electric heating systems.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

The government is failing to back up its climate commitments with credible action, with almost all its green policy efforts marred by uncertainty, delay, and a insufficient engagement with the public about the scale of changes ahead, and time rapidly running out for Ministers to get the UK's net zero agenda on track.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 6, 2024

As the energy transition continues at pace, one core component in 2023 gained renewed attention as a crucial element – electric vehicles. Government policy supportive of EVs provides tailwinds in many markets too. Specifically in the UK, a change in political leadership could accelerate EV sales growth.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Anti-net zero campaigners and climate science deniers are claiming credit for the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s weakening of UK green policies, as a senior official told DeSmog that civil servants were left “scratching their heads” after being ignored by Sunak this week. Household energy efficiency standards would also be dropped.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups of MPs and Lords which discuss issues and try to influence policy around a specific subject area. In January, the group received up to £51,000 from Vision10, a policy group whose members include Calor Gas, the UK’s leading supplier of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Solar panels and other clean technologies slash energy and fuel bills for households, while minimising exposure to future energy price hikes and air pollution. Which is great, but like Pratchett's boots you can only access those savings if you can afford to deploy the technologies in the first place.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. There is no sign of the market slowing down as more grant schemes and policy measures such as bans on the installation of gas boilers in new homes come into effect.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The investment round, which was led by East Innovate, the venture capital arm of quantitative commodity, technology and research company East Alpha, is intended to support the growth of Electron’s team and further product development as well as enable expansion in the UK, Europe and North America.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 30, 2021

Policy, not politics, will change America's meat habits. I think the meat wars are going to be worse than energy," Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental policy expert at New York University, told the HEATED newsletter. It’s true that Big Meat vs Climate Policy could, indeed, be terrible for climate progress.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Research published by the influential financial think tank this morning concludes wholesale power market costs would have been £7.2bn lower between January 2021 and October 2022 if the price of electricity had not been tied to the price of gas.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In a decade’s time, a battery will likely power your car or the electricity grid that lights your home. Perhaps the biggest opportunity lies in electric vehicles. Leonardo Paoli is an Energy Analyst working in the Energy Technology Policy division of the International Energy Agency. Merran Smith.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The report was also shared by leading climate science denial groups, including Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. It claims that the development of electric vehicles could cost 114,000 jobs, yet quoted a study that said the electric car market could support 246,000 jobs by 2040.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In UK politics, climate change policies cut across party lines. This translated to a wide range of pro-EV policies, and the results can be plainly seen in London, which has become one of the world’s most charged cities. Boris Johnson’s Tory government set an official goal of reaching “net zero” emissions by 2030.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 20, 2016

While technology and capital both drive the clean economy, policy is just as important. Women in Cleantech and Sustainability (WCS) recently held a panel discussion on the role of policy in driving cleantech and provided an inside look into the careers of three women who have shaped cleantech policy in California and beyond.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 2, 2024

World Energy Congress hears future-proofing electrical grids relies on collaboration and integration There’s no bigger truism in energy than the one which says: ‘There’s no transition without transmission’. Van Beek highlighted that a transmission project typically takes ten years to deliver – and eight of those years are planning procedures.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

It’s clear that a dedicated infrastructure is currently lacking, production costs outweigh less-clean competitors, and that government policy shows technology agnosticism is a myth. With hydrogen, we have the technology and the skills needed to give our energy sector the shake-up it needs to meet our goals. We must do more.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Investment, regulation, procurement and collaboration are four key areas to enable the potential of Europe’s electricity grids in the energy transition. With the importance of the grids fast rising on the energy transition agenda, more and more effort is being put towards policies and actions for their future development.

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