Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Thus the future power system will be a ‘system of systems’, which will need strong cooperation between transmission and distribution. Europe’s electricity markets in 2030 – design options How DSOs can play a vital role in Europe’s hydrogen economy. Have you read? The vision is based on four ‘building blocks’ that ENTSO.E

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

A 6GW pipeline of green hydrogen projects is being primed in the UK and Europe over the next two years, but experts fear key pieces of the policy puzzle still need putting in place. Could 2022 be the year in which green hydrogen produced using renewable power moves from 'nice idea' towards a mainstream, bankable investment proposition?

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. Today, more than 95 per cent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For Europe, 2020 represented a historic year for renewable energy sources. In the European Union, the rate of electricity generation from renewable energy sources amounted to 38%, ahead of fossil fuels (37%), and nuclear energy (25%). Plans for the coming years show that the energy ambitions of Eastern Europe are still untapped.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

WPR’s campaign also explicitly promotes hydrogen as a viable fuel for domestic heating. The people who are pushing for hydrogen heating aren’t genuinely interested in tackling climate breakdown – they’re looking for a lifeline for the gas industry,” says Sarah Becker of Global Witness.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In addition, with multi-market optimisation, national grids are able to sustain a steady electricity frequency,” Taskinen added. “This means less of a need for reserve power plants that mostly use fossil fuels to produce electricity, which then leads to less carbon dioxide emissions.” A subsidiary of E.ON

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Smart Energy International

JULY 9, 2022

Power network reformation. On the matter of power network reformation, the report draws attention to the inherent risks that accompany renewable sources of energy being integrated into the power grid. Increasing electrification. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The UK's growing sources of wind, solar and hydro power served to significantly curb millions of households' reliance on expensive, carbon-intensive fossil fuels last month, further underscoring the benefits of expanding clean, renewable electricity sources to tackle the ongoing energy crisis.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 31, 2022

German-Dutch grid operator TenneT has commissioned Siemens Energy to supply three grid stabilisation systems for the German power grid. One of the three is touted by the energy company as the world’s first reactive power compensation system with supercapacitors used for short-term storage.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

Yet a return to business as usual marked by continued large-scale investments in fossil fuel infrastructure would only result in further volatility and economic disruption, while failing to deliver on the medium and long-term goals set out in the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development agenda, it argued.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

That is 40 per cent less expensive than the average for an equivalent system in the US, and 26 per cent cheaper than in Europe. Many of these economic headwinds are also impacting the fossil fuel technologies that clean technologies seek to displace, and often even more acutely. — Lion Hirth (@LionHirth) January 6, 2023.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At present around 85 per cent of UK homes use fossil fuel gas for heating and cooking, and the country's 29 million houses are among the most inefficient and drafty in Europe, making decarbonising the built environment and gas grid one of the biggest hurdles on the path to achieving net zero emissions.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Arlene Karidis Wed, 07/15/2020 – 01:00 One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is “clean hydrogen” made from trash. ” Today, more than 95 percent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The European Union wants to build 40 gigawatts of green hydrogen electrolyzers by 2030, and estimates that 80 to 120 gigawatts of solar and wind will be needed to power them. That’s a fresh headache for Europe’s grid operators. That makes it the largest green hydrogen proposal on the drawing board thus far.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2022

Investors eye major role for hydrogen in decarbonising UK's gas and energy system after deal valuing business at £9.6bn. National Grid's 7,660-kilometre transmission system plays a critical role in the UK energy landscape, transporting the gas needed to heat homes and power industry and electricity generation.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Its profile has grown over the past year as governments, particularly in Europe, have looked to find ways to boost their energy independence and curb soaring energy bills in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent fossil fuel supply crunch.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

On top of that, she will also take control of the UK's net zero and biodiversity agendas as Europe struggles with an energy crisis largely spurred by the Russia's invasion of Ukraine and countries around the world gear up for the crucial COP27 and COP15 UN summits this autumn.

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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

Specifically, the NAO warns the government's ambitious targets to rapidly scale up offshore wind capacity and ramp up the use of energy storage and demand side response technologies needed to be accompanied by a clearer plan to ease planning barriers and ensure necessary grid upgrades are undertaken.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Namely, no new sources of fossil fuels worldwide after 2021, and a massive, accelerated ramp up of renewable energy capacity, including 390GW of new onshore and offshore wind each year by 2030. Similar concerns surround the government's level of ambition on green hydrogen. by the end of the century.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Out in Utah, a coal-fired power plant supplying electricity to Los Angeles is being outfitted with natural-gas-fired turbines that will eventually be able to run on hydrogen, created via electrolysis with wind and solar power and stored in massive underground caverns for use when that clean energy isn’t available for the grid.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2020

The effective lockdown on economies throughout Europe, including the UK's, presents major challenges for energy companies in the immediate term, of course.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

A power system running solely on clean energy technologies is entirely feasible During a media briefing yesterday, CCC officials made a point of emphasising the huge amount of work it has put into producing its most detailed and comprehensive analysis of the UK's energy system to date.

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2020

Unprecedented low demand for power coupled with high renewables generation offers both headaches – and lessons – for the energy transition. Moreover, renewable energy plants coupled with power storage and grid flexibility technologies offer the solutions to these issues. It's just all hit a little early, as it were.".

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

Sales continue to surge in key markets, while scores of producers and users of cars, buses, trucks, and even scooters are now pushing towards ridding their operations of fossil fuel vehicles altogether. Their current trajectory points towards a 30 per cent market share in 2040, far below what is required to meet global climate goals.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As a society, we routinely burn fossil fuels at about 1000°C to heat our homes at about 22°C. As one example, we are working on developing green hydrogen or green ammonia using geothermal-powered electrolyzers. What can SLB or GeothermEx contribute to attaining this goal of scaling up?

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Smart Energy International

JULY 5, 2022

Alan Greenshields, director of Europe at ESS Inc. For Europe as a whole, this numbers roughly 20TWh. The principal source of this variation is based on how big of a role one assumes green hydrogen will play in the future. The issue with power grids stems when providing multiple functions. By Yusuf Latief.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Emerging climate technologies (ECT) – clean hydrogen, carbon management, and sustainable aviation fuels – experienced the highest Q4 growth at $4.3B, a 10X jump relative to Q4’22. ⚡ Logan Energy , an Edinburgh, UK-based hydrogen energy developer, raised $5m in Corporate funding from Lanxing New Energy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including 2021 emissions bounce-backs, Germany's new clean power targets, and fresh pressure on European companies to boost their decarbonisation plans. Fossil fuel tycoon pledges $76bn for green infrastructure in India.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 2, 2023

⚡ Greenwood Power , a Brunn am Gebirge, Austria-based medium voltage power grid sensors developer, raised $5M in Growth funding from eQventure and tecnet equity. ⚡ InterContinental Energy , a Singapore, Singapore-based green hydrogen company, raised $115M in funding from GIC and Hy24. pathway this week.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The election is seen as critical in the battle against climate change, with Trump an avowed climate sceptic who has sought to support fossil fuel industries, while commentators have described Biden's climate policies as the most ambitious in US history. Australia to fast track record-breaking wind, solar, and hydrogen project.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 11, 2024

⚡ Gridcog , a London, UK-based power grid asset management platform, raised $4m in Seed funding from AlbionVC. Other ⚡ Electric Hydrogen , a Natick, MA-based green hydrogen and electrolyzer manufacturer, raised $50m in Equipment financing from Trinity Capital.  

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Rise of City Zero Emission Zones (Panel Discussion): Following cities in Europe and Asia, some U.S. cities are drafting plans and testing out developing zero emission zones in downtown areas, banning fossil-fuel-burning vehicles and developing progressive pricing signals. What can we learn from these early implementations?

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Activists won a string of local victories, passing municipal and regional laws to ban new and expanded fossil fuel developments. What was missing were government policies capable of shoving economic growth onto a track that required less energy from fossil fuels. Ensuring a cleaner and reliable grid.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2022

President Joe Biden yesterday responded to rising fossil fuel costs and the continued Congressional deadlock that is blocking White House efforts to pass climate legislation by approving a package of emergency measures designed to accelerate US clean energy technology manufacturing.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

Myriad other issues also compete for voters' attention, and climate change often takes lower billing on the US political agenda than it does in Europe. This incorporates roads and bridges, but also a green power grid and improved water infrastructure. Ending subsidies for fossil fuels is part of Biden's proposal.

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