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. The difference?

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

This isn’t the first time BP has tried to make a push into clean energy and decarbonization — is this time different? Then, natural gas is suddenly in the hot seat. For gas-only utilities, one pathway is clear. And how will the battle over natural gas connections play out? Find out more.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 6, 2024

Alberta bills itself as an energy superpower and produces about 70 percent more petroleum in total than Norway, which has roughly the same population and enjoys some of the most generous public services in the world. Let’s unpack this important question by first dispelling some cherished myths of Alberta politics. billion BOE with $25.2

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Daily Telegraph has published weekly articles since 11 August by David Blackmon, a veteran of the oil and gas industry. The articles have all been critical of current policies to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the transition to renewable energy. Porter also contributes to the Telegraph.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

A new study from UK energy think tank Ember has found that in several countries the transmission grid plans are out of step with national plans. Furthermore, investment in national transmission systems will likely need to be augmented to make them ‘fit for purpose’ in those countries where the grid plans lag behind existing energy policy.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

By Shelley Robbins, Clean Energy Group. In those states, where clean energy is now gaining a stronger foothold, valuable lessons can be found. 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.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago. It does not rely on a geographically specific weather pattern or any one set of state policies to become valuable, and it's already asserting itself across the U.S.,

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 20, 2023

By adopting the International Energy Agency’s key assumptions for such a scenario, in particular the price of oil and gas in a world that achieves net-zero emissions by 2050, Canada can have a more serious, informed conversation about what opportunities and challenges lie ahead—and how to plan for them. “On

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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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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

A new study says changing that could save the region’s utilities and customers billions of dollars over the next two decades — and highlights that a currently proposed plan to create an energy-trading market encompassing the region’s dominant utilities likely won’t be enough to get the job done.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The findings, uncovered by DeSmog and Greenpeace and shared with Channel 4 News, come days before the UK is due to host the COP26 climate summit and follow a call from Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, for a phase-out of oil and gas exploration. Preferential Treatment’.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 15, 2021

We hope that political disagreements going forward can now focus on how we do better, rather than on doing less. We were pleasantly surprised to see the Conservative climate plan has its own version of a carbon price and acknowledges the economic efficiency of the policy. transit, bikes, energy efficiency upgrades, or EVs).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

That is the headline prediction from a new special report from the International Energy Agency, which details how heat pumps have become a key technology in the response from governments and businesses to the global energy supply crunch that has sent fossil fuel costs soaring in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Hydrogen Map divides clean hydrogen production projects into two categories on the basis of production method: blue denoting steam reforming of natural gas with carbon capture; and green denoting hydrogen produced via electrolysis of zero-carbon energy sources, such as renewables and nuclear. For example, the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 3, 2022

The International Energy Agency today unveiled a 10-point plan which it believes could wean the European Union off Russian gas imports by more than a third by this time next year. The move comes in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent fears over Europe’s energy security because of its dependence on Russian gas.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

For those living in Europe, the next few months are going to be even more challenging than usual with an emerging energy crisis threatening to push prices up to catastrophic levels. At the center of the crisis is a perfect storm that has destabilized the price of gas. The same cannot be said of gas. It makes sense.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The number of households applying to the grant—which offers up to $5,000 off the upfront cost of various energy upgrades—increased by 55 per cent between November 2023 and January 2024. For a government trying to communicate the energy transition to a country feeling the economic squeeze, one could hardly envisage a better policy.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Commission is likely to have found a target that is achievable and politically palatable to all member states. Manon Duffour, the head of the Brussels office at energy and environment think tank E3G, said the new emissions reduction target was a substantial shift in position. ” What does it mean for renewables?

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 28, 2019

VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision supporting the constitutionality of Ottawa’s federal carbon price. The evidence from B.C. illustrates how effective a carbon tax can be. They cost Canadians $1.9

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

In November, he instructed his province’s public utilities, SaskPower and SaskEnergy, to stop collecting carbon taxes on natural gas as of January 1, 2024, if the federal government didn’t extend the same carbon price carve out to his province. The most extreme reaction was from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The hosts of Solar Power International claimed the mantle of largest energy conference in North America, but the goal is to grow much larger. The Solar Energy Industries Association industry group published a roadmap Monday to increase solar power to 20 percent of U.S. power generation by 2030, branded as the "Solar+ Decade.".

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Energy policy will be a major focus at the October conferences of both major parties, which fall weeks after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dramatically announced plans to water down the UK’s green targets. The website makes no mention of gas, though gas companies make up half of its clients featured in the ‘Hydrogen Zone’.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis?

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2022

Hydrogen is considered key in the energy transition and could lead to significant geoeconomic and geopolitical shifts, according to IRENA. IRENA estimates that hydrogen could cover up to 12% of global energy use by 2050 with almost one-third traded across borders – a higher share than natural gas today.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Most H2 is produced using fossil fuels like natural gas, but can the right methods make that green? There are a number of different methods of generating green H2 using renewable energy. There are a number of different methods of generating green H2 using renewable energy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

There is a widespread political, economic, business, and economic consensus that renewables, energy efficiency, and net zero are a key part of the solution to the UK's challenges this winter and beyond - it should be difficult for the new PM to ignore.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2024

.” — a passage from “ Cabbage Koora ,” by Sanjana Sekhar The spotlight Nearly 4 in 5 people support doing “whatever it takes” to mitigate climate change, according to a survey published late last year by the firm Potential Energy. But support for specific policies is somewhat of a different story.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

According to the F Minus report, both counties also employed lobbyists shared with Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electricity provider and top lobbying spender , which also operates gas-fired power plants and other natural gas projects throughout the state.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Thursday’s 3-2 vote by the Arizona Corporation Commission approved a plan that’s been the subject of a months-long debate among regulators over the best way to renovate the state’s renewable energy mandates, which have been set at 15 percent of generation by 2025 for more than a decade.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

“They are donating all of this electricity they paid highly for in subsidies to other countries, often with negative prices,” said Jussi Heikkinen, director of growth and development for the Americas at Wärtsilä, a Finnish company that manufactures battery storage and flexible gas power plants.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean energy. That’s one of the key takeaways of a new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday by energy and climate modelers from University College London. .

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. On Saturday, a newly built jetty is due to welcome the Norwegian-flagged Höegh Esperanza, a 280-metre vessel capable of offloading cargoes of natural gas supercooled into liquid form, then shipped across the ocean in specialised tankers.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Geoff Underwood, a partner at the firm, said the company is drawn to geographies with little political intervention, meaning the market won’t dry up when incentives do. Looking ahead, Persaud said the company is interested in states like Pennsylvania where projects don’t rely on subsidies and policy doesn’t drive the market.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She didn’t foresee, however, the high energy bills that would result from cranking up the gas heater when her apartment would turn into an icebox in the winter. The pollution from using a gas heater was also a major concern. She hired a contractor to test the apartment’s energy efficiency. So she got to it.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Happy Earth Day 2021!

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As families face hefty energy bills this winter, calls are growing for market reforms that can both protect consumers and accelerate efforts to decarbonise the UK energy system. Overall, around four million UK customers have seen their energy supplier go bust in recent months.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2022

The World Economic Forum, taking place in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, takes the theme of ‘History at a Turning Point: Government Policies and Business Strategies’. many of which will relate to the energy sector. many of which will relate to the energy sector. What strategies, policies and partnerships can accelerate progress?

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