Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Transitioning the transportation sector to electricity is going to be transformative, and not just to the incumbent industry; it will create new companies, jobs, and change how we interact with our cars, trucks, buses, trains and ships. A soup to nuts policy playbook can deliver the economic benefits of zero emission transportation.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2023

This piece was authored by Muhammad Abdullah, an 2023 summer Transportation Policy intern with Energy Innovation and Energy Innovation’s Chris Busch, Director Transportation and Senior Economist. 6] Fortunately, technological advances mean cleaner alternatives are increasingly available.

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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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Smart Energy International

APRIL 1, 2024

Various technologies are available to tackle the immediate grid challenges but are not being widely adopted. Although these technologies are readily available, they are not yet widely deployed. Legislation in the US In the US the WATT Coalition was formed to lead the charge for these grid enhancing technologies. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2022

Multi-million-pound investment is urgently needed in technologies including direct air capture (DAC) if the UK is to make ‘green’ airports a reality in the future, research by Cranfield University seems to reveal. There are various sources of emissions at an airport ranging from electrical generation through to ground operations.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 31, 2023

In March this year, the UK government released the latest iteration of the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy. At first glance, the policy acknowledges that there is a huge body of work necessary to make the UK an EV friendly country. Firstly, the EV Infrastructure Strategy is a comprehensive policy. Is it Fleet Friendly?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Although crucial to net zero, uptake of digital technologies is being hamstrung by policy shortfalls, underinvestment, and skills shortages, Green Alliance warns. Using the power of digital technology to speed up the transition to a low carbon economy is a win-win for the environment and the economy," she said.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 16, 2024

A study published by Rete Geotermica in collaboration with The European House – Ambrosetti highlights the untapped potential of binary geothermal power plant technology in Italy. All active geothermal power plants operated by Enel Green Power use dry steam or flash technology, harnessing energy from high-temperature geothermal fluids.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 9, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. By Shelley Wenzel.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

If net zero policies are to achieve their goals, they must work effectively in rural, as well as urban, locations. All too often Government policies are designed around urban living, without proper thought given to the one in six of us living in rural settlements.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

As energy policy and politics shift globally, business flexibility will be a necessity for the success of the energy transition. Well, not quite, because anyone who has even briefly scanned the news over the last few months will have noted the shift in the political mood music around energy policy across the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new Energy technologies for net zero guide which gives a detailed look at the technologies available that can decarbonise the UK energy system and shift energy demand from fossil fuels to a low-carbon supply – vital to reach the Government’s Net Zero targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

As it stands, electricity generation from renewable sources continues to increase year on year. Figures for 2020 provide that 59% of the UK’s electricity was generated from low carbon sources, whether from renewables or nuclear. Such electricity was initially considered a good alternative to burning fossil fuels.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 15, 2024

The ‘Advancing Grid Enhancing Technologies’ (GETs) Act has been introduced in the US to boost investments in these technologies. This legislation will be crucial to boosting transmission capacity and helping the United States achieve its clean energy electricity goals.” Have you read?

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The EPS allows users to model numerous policies that affect energy use and emissions including a renewable portfolio standard, fuel economy standards for vehicles, industry methane standards, incentives for clean energy technologies like we see in the Inflation Reduction Act, and accelerated R&D advancement of various technologies.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In its annual Review of Energy Policy 2023, published on 14 December, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) urges the next government to take urgent action on the policies needed to deliver the energy transition. The review highlights the energy policy priorities for the next government – whether Conservative, Labour or a coalition.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

Comment from water technology firm SDS. Water infrastructure planners should aim to exploit emergent digitally-controlled rainwater storage and recycling technologies to contribute substantially to water demand reduction targets, as well as reducing flood and pollution risks, say experts.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The policy bracket game for energy wonks who don’t want to play with our future. With March Madness just around the corner and a climate crisis closing in, Political Climate challenged four energy experts to build their ideal policy bracket for decarbonizing the electricity sector. Recommended reading: Policy list.

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Forbes Green Tech

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Government programs aimed at forcing the adoption of electric vehicles not only waste taxpayer resources but also make the sector less competitive and stifles innovation in low-carbon technologies.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

Long duration energy storage holds great potential for a world in which wind and solar power dominate new power plant additions and gradually overtake other sources of electricity. Wind and solar only produce at certain times, so they need a complementary technology to help fill the gaps. Pumped hydro. Stacked blocks.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 9, 2022

In a new study, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has aimed to address this issue, gathering data on the costs and performance of selected renewable technologies as well as on patents and standards with the goal to provide a quantitative measure of innovation progress. Renewables snapshot. Patents and standards.

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Charged

JUNE 17, 2022

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced over £200 million of new funding for a demonstrator program aimed at determining which zero-emission technologies are best suited to the heaviest road vehicles. This will begin with demonstrations of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell HGVs (heavy goods vehicles).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 2, 2024

The State of Colorado thru the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) has opened its first competitive application cycle for the Geothermal Electricity Tax Credit Offering (GETCO). GETCO was established by HB23-1272 “Tax Policy that Advances Decarbonization.” The first application cycle is open until 30 June 2024.

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LA CleanTech Incubator

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pilot Frameworks for Sustainable EV Car Sharing solutions in disadvantaged communities Summary The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), Pacoima Beautiful, and Envoy Technologies Inc. The lessons we learned from.

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LA CleanTech Incubator

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pilot frameworks for sustainable EV car sharing solutions in disadvantaged communities Summary The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), Pacoima Beautiful, and Envoy Technologies Inc. The lessons we learned from.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Here are some ways you can support the policies we need to deliver those emissions cuts: 1. Let them know you support policies to cut GHG emissions and improve resilience. Expanding electric transmission is also critical for companies to meet renewable energy goals. See EDF’s statement.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation released new rese arch evaluating California’s climate progress and identifying a policy pathway that would reaffirm California as a climate leader. includes important new metrics to track the economic, environmental, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate policies. By Olivia Ashmoore.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government's mooted policy changes will damage, but not derail the net zero transition - but Sunak's political cynicism threatens to burn down something precious I must admit, I didn't think they would do it. On the policy front, it is worth looking at the detail of what is being proposed. How wrong was I?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The United States is in a golden era for climate policy. The policy has been a long time coming, yet came to fruition quickly, responding to the urgency of the climate crisis and the opportunity to legislate before midterms. How the policy will unfold is impossible for me to imagine. Catch up fast: Recent climate legislation.

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U.S. Green Technology

JANUARY 25, 2022

This includes the electrical industry. Many people are concerned about how the electrical industry is going to deal with many of the changes that are coming down the pipe. Some people are concerned about their electricity expenses, other people are concerned about. The post Where Is the Electrical Industry Headed?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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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. The result is a technology that is much further along the development timeline than other low-carbon technologies required for net zero.".

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Elemental’s Policy Lab team unpacked the major national, subnational, and private sector commitments that emerged from COP 26 for climate technology innovation in the United States and beyond. Elemental is proud to back many companies that are developing technologies that will be critical to meet this commitment.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Policy makers and network operators now need to focus on the market structures and technologies required to eventually phase fossil fuel out completely. However, a concerted effort is needed to limit the risk of a persistent rise in the use of coal as energy imports from Russia are phased out.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

In our work deploying first-of-their-kind projects with climate tech entrepreneurs, we hear again and again that policy barriers present constant challenges, regardless of the industry in which they operate. It’s clear that we need to accelerate climate policy innovation with the same urgency and equity lens that we devote to tech innovation.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

By Rebecca Rasch , Social Scientist at Aspen Global Change Institute Electric vehicle charging by Zaptec via Unsplash. While electric vehicles (EVs) are not a panacea for reducing emissions from the transportation sector, widespread adoption can be a significant step toward meeting CO2 reduction targets. Klein et al.’s

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

GB distribution operator Wales & West Utilities is leading development of ‘interactive smart energy sites’ coupling gas and electricity as an approach to improving system resilience. With this some of the key challenges to delivering a net zero energy system could be helped to be overcome, the operator believes. Have you read?

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