Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. In a May 2020 paper in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, a team of economists led by Cameron Hepburn led a survey to assess the most climate-friendly recovery policies.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

The EU’s trillion-euro coronavirus recovery package may not support big renewable energy projects in the way that was expected. The new renewable energy financing mechanism (REFM) would use existing funding mechanisms to sidestep the need for new EU legislation. A rebounding European solar market. trillion ($2.08

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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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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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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2022

The finding sheds new light on a network of PR agencies, right-wing politicians and think-tanks working to drum up opposition to climate policies as part of a broader drive to cut regulation and boost production of fossil fuels. We are seeing a coordinated set of campaigns attempting to influence climate policy,” he said.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Liz Truss ’s team – who will advise her through the energy crisis – includes staff who have worked for anti-net zero politicians and opaquely-funded climate sceptic think tanks. Others have attacked climate policies and blamed high energy bills on renewable power. She has blamed previous energy bill rises on renewables.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 19, 2020

Three stories and three approaches to equitable clean energy, and we’re just getting started. Originally posted here: How to make solar power work for all. The first in a series.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. The Solar Energy Industries Association industry group published a roadmap Monday to increase solar power to 20 percent of U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Preliminary findings of a joint investigation into the freeze that left millions in Texas without power for days last February highlighted an increasing frequency of extreme cold weather events, as well as the devastation caused by the failure of natural gas-fired plants. Notes all generation types were impacted, focuses on natural gas.

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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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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The founder and honorary president of the Global Warming Policy Foundation has announced he will be retiring from parliament. The article neglects to mention that Lawson also set up the influential Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) think tank, a major source of climate science denial and unwavering supporter of fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

She is the latest high profile figure to ally with NZW’s parent organisation, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , which is the UK’s principal climate science denial group and part of the Tufton Street network of free market think tanks. It’s time to kick dirty fossil fuel-aligned interests out of our politics once and for all.”

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Kathryn Porter was introduced as an “energy consultant at Watt-Logic” by business presenter Sean Farrington on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, which has an audience of around six million, on Monday morning (June 19). She also spoke at a webinar run by GWPF’s campaign arm Net Zero Watch last June.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In another instance, Goldman Sachs announced it would invest $250 million in Hydrostor’s energy storage projects. Koch Industries is also expanding its solar reach, with a series of investments announced in late-2021: Koch Engineered Solutions acquired Arizona-based DEPCOM Power, which builds utility-scale solar plants.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Great British Energy would cut energy bills and deliver energy independence for the UK, Labour Leader tells party conference. Labour Leader Keir Starmer has pledged that a Labour government would set up a publicly owned clean energy company within a year of being elected to power.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A poll showing public support for a referendum on the UK’s net zero goal covered on the front page of yesterday’s Telegraph was paid for by a newly-launched climate science denial group run by a leading figure in actor Laurence Fox’s political party. Anti-Net Zero Campaign. Borderline child abuse?”.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

“I think solar is a big component of it and valuable part of it because of the scale and pricing it has reached […] but I think you need large-scale sustainable consumption choice changes for all of this to work.” Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity. Today, it’s around 36,000 megawatts.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2023

The letter reveals new supporters among influential Conservative MPs and peers not previously known to back the group including former Business and Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg , Lord Frost , Iain Duncan Smith, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, and Miriam Cates. Rees-Mogg has a long record of opposing climate action.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fighting carbon taxes at both the provincial and federal level is a de facto policy of conservative parties throughout Canada. ” Brendan Haley, director of policy research with Efficiency Canada To begin with, heat pumps are indeed an energy efficient and low-cost way to both heat and cool homes.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The IEA has released its first ever evaluation of global energy employment both today and in the future - BusinessGreen takes a deep dive. Fossil fuels - oil, gas, and coal - are still very much the backbone of the global energy system, and these industries employ tens of millions of workers around the world.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 6, 2020

Now, startup Navajo Power wants to fill the vacuum with massive solar power plants while channeling the proceeds into electrification and economic development for Navajo communities. He teamed up with long-time friend Dan Rosen, who co-founded and still serves as chairman of Mosaic, a leading solar loan provider.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

Confidence is rapidly growing that fully decarbonising the power system across the UK and Europe can be achieved at no additional cost by 2035. It therefore argues such a vision should be at the core of government's policy plans as they strive to deliver on their goal of building a net zero emission continent by mid-century.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

The government will tomorrow publish its long-awaited Energy Security Strategy, promising that the sweeping new plan will 'supercharge' clean energy deployment and put the UK on track to source 95 per cent of its power from domestic low carbon sources by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Scatec Solar, the Norwegian solar developer specializing in emerging markets, has launched a lease finance product to foster sub 25-megawatt installations, CEO Raymond Carlsen said. As these markets started to wane, however, Scatec Solar switched its focus to places where solar power was in its infancy.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

Energy body predicts another bumper year for renewables this year, but warns policies introduced in next six months will determine whether momentum can be maintained beyond 2022. Annual additions of renewable power in the EU alone jumped by almost 30 per cent to a record 36GW in 2021, it said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The political consensus on the UK's climate strategy has never looked more frayed at precisely the same time as public support for bolder climate policies has never been higher - and the opposition is seeking to take full advantage of that fact. Labour's new green energy policy is a case in point.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

May, who was UK Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019, was speaking last night at an event hosted by the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), which represents more than 100 Tory MPs who back policies to cut emissions and protect nature. She said: “The pessimists were also wrong about the costs of low-carbon energy.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. per cent of solar and 0.16 As such, the analysts predict exponential growth for the solar and wind power sectors, noting that "humans specialise in extracting cheap energy, and fast".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This weekend a series of reports highlighted how the environmental movement is set to be right at the heart of the coming battle, with Ministers said to be working on plans to incentivise new fracking projects, block solar farm developments, and roll back myriad environmental planning rules.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

Solar Energy UK raps PM candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss for suggesting large solar farms pose risk to UK food security. This directly helps sustain UK crop production," Solar UK said. Such comments have garnered heavy criticism from across the political spectrum, however.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2023

But it warns that in order to deliver on its goals the government must urgently deliver a raft of new policies, investments, and grid reforms to pave the way for a massive scaling up in clean power capacity and green energy technologies needed over the next decade and beyond.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

How are European policymakers dealing with the energy crisis? On behalf of environmental group RePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp offers a deep analysis of the key messages in Europe’s policy. For much of the past decade, they have barely been breaking even as energy prices have been at historic lows.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 23, 2021

Step 6: Implement the plan, establish and communicate new policies and practices. Also, organize your results based on these categories: Energy. Your company has introduced new products, processes or policies that are not completely sustainable. Economic or political turmoil. Step 4: Engage your employees. Office Space.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2020

New UN-backed report confirms energy transition is 'in full swing' as renewables costs plummet, but sector is still not on track to meet global climate goals. The report's headline conclusions will be familiar to anyone with a passing interest in the clean energy transition.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps said: "With a wealth of talent and expertise, and a track record to be proud of, the UK is well placed to ensure that tackling climate change also brings new jobs and investment for businesses and communities. — Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) January 12, 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The bulk of this speculation is built on the hope of securing a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a chunk of a project’s capacity and selling the rest on the market. The only downside is that there is not a firm government policy,” said McGuigan. Political uncertainty looms large. are on a relative go-slow.

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