R-Squared Energy

JUNE 28, 2020

This week BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2020. The Review covers energy data through 2019, and provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. This annual report is one of the most important sources of global energy data.

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Solar Power World

MARCH 6, 2020

FERC released its year-end energy infrastructure report today, and initial analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign finds that renewable energy sources provided 57.26% of new U.S. electrical generating capacity added in 2019 — swamping new additions provided by coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear power combined.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Any time I write about nuclear power, it evokes passionate responses from readers. That was certainly the case following my previous article, Nuclear Power Could Cut The World’s Carbon Emissions In Half. There is always a contingent who are convinced that all we need is solar power. Department of Energy.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 4, 2021

Hydrogen was thrust into the spotlight as a promising clean energy source by President George W. Grey hydrogen denotes hydrogen produced from fossil fuels, such as via the SMR process. Depending on the process, blue hydrogen can be produced from fossil fuels, but it can also be produced from nuclear power.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system.

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Energy Transition

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Facing embargoes on Russian fossil fuels and high energy prices, Europe survived last winter largely because of renewable energies, and the hard-nosed scrimping and saving of both Europe’s private sector and citizenry – not because of nuclear power.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 16, 2020

The fossil fuel industry has faced serious headwinds for several years, but the rise of renewables combined with the fall in consumption as a consequence of the global corona crisis is pushing it over the edge and into “terminal decline”. According to the 2019 BP Statistical Review of World Energy , U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sizewell C project takes major step forward as government unveils plans to establish Great British Energy, a new arms-length public body to oversee UK nuclear power pipeline.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

Ministers are gearing up to launch a consultation on changes to the government's taxonomy rules - which classify what constitutes a 'green' investment - in order to redefine nuclear power projects as environmentally sustainable, The Financial Times reported this morning.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Scottish Widows has claimed that its £250m Environmental Fund now boasts the widest fossil fuel exclusions of any pension provider in the UK, as it unveiled a reboot of the 31-year-old scheme this morning. Outfits that receive revenue from nuclear energy or nuclear uranium mining will also be excluded, it added.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The widespread adoption of nuclear power was predicted by computer simulations more than four decades ago but the continued reliance on fossil fuels for energy shows these simulations need improvement, a new study has shown.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The world can meet the Paris climate goals and save "trillions" of dollars by building a new generation of modular nuclear reactors to create clean hydrogen, a new report suggests.

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The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 28, 2023

Swedish teenager Ia Anstoot says group’s ‘unscientific’ opposition to EU nuclear power serves fossil fuel interests An 18-year-old climate activist has called for Greenpeace to drop its “old-fashioned and unscientific” campaign against nuclear power in the EU.

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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. Green day was supposed to be an opportunity to get back in the green race, but this is just supporting [fossil fuel] lobbies."

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Long-awaited Energy White Paper set to be unleashed alongside plan to establish domestic UK emissions trading scheme from 2021. Overall, it said the strategy would cut UK carbon emissions by 230 million metric tonnes over the next decade, the equivalent to permanently removing 7.5 million petrol cars from the roads.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 11, 2023

Renewable energy sources like solar and wind are consistently outpacing the new deployment of fossil fuels and nuclear energy in the United States.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

Expanding green energy capacity across the UK would deliver a "bonanza" of job and levelling-up opportunities, with renewable and low carbon energy able to support up to five times more secure and skilled jobs than fossil gas power, according to fresh research today from Green Alliance.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

Closure of EDF's Ayrshire plant, which has operated on west coast of Scotland since 1976, leaves UK with just seven operational nuclear stations. The 1.2GW capacity power station first began operating in 1976, and although it was originally expected to operate for 25 years, EDF was able to extend the plant's lifespan a number of times.

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Nuclear power is considered one of the ways to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, but how to deal with nuclear waste products is a concern. New research reveals a method to more accurately measure, predict and model a key part of the process to make nuclear waste more stable.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

As I indicated in the previous article , BP has turned over publication of the annual Statistical Review of World Energy to the Energy Institute (EI). Overview The newest Review shows the world remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels for energy needs, even as renewables like solar and wind continue rapid growth.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Last month the Akademik Lomonosov, a first-of-its-kind floating nuclear plant built by Russian state nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, arrived at Pevek, a port town on the remote Chukotka Peninsula in the Russian Arctic. There, the plant is expected to provide power to about 100,000 homes. metric tons per capita.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Note: The is the final article in a series on the recently released 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy. The Renewable Juggernaut Over the past decade, the global growth rate of renewable energy trounced every other energy source. Global Renewable Energy Consumption 1965-2022. exajoules of renewable energy.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In its 2022 report on the role of nuclear power in fighting climate change, “Nuclear Power and Secure Energy Transitions”, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says “Nuclear energy can help make the energy sector’s journey away from unabated fossil fuels faster and more secure.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

Natural gas is not cleaner than other fossil fuels and using it instead of coal or oil risks achieving little or no reduction in greenhouse gas effects, says science advisory group the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in a new report “Future of Gas”. We can’t argue our way out of drastic changes.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

as a global climate solution, with some industry boosters even going so far as to call Canada’s supply of the fossil fuel the “cleanest in the world.” C is to stop building new fossil fuel projects. Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Briefings by senior ministers ahead of Energy Security Strategy suggest plan will include new target for nuclear, cheap heat pumps loans, and planning reforms to fast track onshore wind development.

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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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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

Earlier this month the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2o21 was released, covering energy data through 2020. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Typically, the Review gives us a comprehensive summary of energy trends. Energy Overview.

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Charged

DECEMBER 29, 2021

How many times this week have you read that renewable energy is unreliable, and will never be able to completely replace fossil fuels on the electrical grid? The new study, published in the journal Renewable Energy , analyzed grid stability under multiple all-renewable scenarios. million permanent jobs.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

National Grid ESO data published yesterday reveals that wind power produced more than half of British electricity generation on Saturday, bringing renewables' share of overall supplies to 60 per cent. With nuclear power providing 18.3 per cent of electricity generation throughout the day, and solar power 5.8

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The is the fifth article in a series on the recently released 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy. of the world’s primary energy consumption. However, coal was responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions than its fossil fuel counterparts. Fossil fuels are primarily composed of carbon and hydrogen.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

power forecast , the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( FERC ) has predicted major declines for fossil fuels and nuclear power alongside strong growth in renewables by 2022, according to a review of the data by the SUN DAY Campaign, a pro-renewables research and education nonprofit.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

The need to become sustainable is posing “an existential crisis” for the energy industry, according to a new survey into the sustainability of this sector by French software firm Dassault Systèmes. On top of government regulation, energy companies are also dealing with more eco-conscious clients. The post-COVID energy mix.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

Grid operators around the world are unusually busy these days, but few have quite as much on their minds as NYISO, the independent system operator that manages New York state's bulk power system and wholesale energy market. percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. Source: NYISO.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 23, 2024

The opening of the Pinyon Plain mine comes as the US seeks to boost domestic production of the mineral needed for nuclear energy and accelerate divesting from fossil fuels. Continue reading.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 4, 2020

Last week the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported something extraordinary. There are two interrelated reasons for this: The collapse of coal consumption over the past decade, which was fueled by the rise of cheaper alternatives. The brief was based on the EIA’s Monthly Energy Review. energy consumption.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

Just hours after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave a New Year speech setting out his priorities for 2023 in which he barely mentioned climate action , the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today published a sweeping new report warning that a "war effort" is urgently needed to deliver on the UK's climate and energy security goals.

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