Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

.” The green labeling system from the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, would define what qualifies as an investment in sustainable energy in the 27-nation bloc. Under certain conditions, gas and nuclear energy could be part of the mix, making it easier for private investors to inject money into both.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Let's have Britain with the cheapest energy in Europe… The most successful economies in the world are the ones that have cheap energy prices." He also highlighted how the government was committed to securing private sector capital to deliver the new Sizewell C nuclear plant. That's what I'm going to be all about.

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POWER Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

British officials said the UK government will invest about £200 million (more than $251 million) for a project to build Europe’s first production facility for high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU).

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing Dutch-German TSO TenneT with a loan of €450 million ($440 million) for the construction of a 185km electricity transmission corridor — the Ostbayernring — connecting Redwitz to Schwandorf in the south-east of Germany. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 23, 2022

The European Federations of Energy Traders, for example, says that markets have performed “extremely well” during the energy crisis in Europe following the Russian attack on Ukraine. “We Europe and mainly Germany have been focussing too much on intermittent renewables and on using a massive amount of gas imports as a ‘transition fuel’.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2022

Snap analysis explores how Europe could rapidly curb Russian oil and gas imports and tap into long term energy security and environmental gains. The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has today published a new paper detailing how Europe could bring an end to imports of Russian Gas in direct response to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. It’s a “green investment guidebook,” said Henry Eviston, spokesperson on sustainable finance at WWF European Policy Office. But this didn’t suit everyone. An Unholy Alliance’.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

government support for new nuclear has wavered in the past, with concerns over funding leading developer Hitachi to walk away from two full-scale plants, totaling 5.8 “The government is close to giving the green light to a new nuclear power station,” the report said. Nuclear power will play a key role in the U.K.'s

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

New study reveals Britain exported more power to Europe than ever before in the second quarter of the year, making it a net exporter of electricity for the first time in over a decade.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 13, 2022

The company’s second project, which doubles its capacity from 8MW to 16MW, includes an additional four EZ Blockchain mobile data centres and involved an investment totalling over $1 million. Blockchain energy consumption should be transparent in Europe – a call 100% renewable powered Bitcoin mining facility to prove concept.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Findings illustrate case for government to invest in nuclear as part of net zero transition, Nuclear Industry Association CEO argues. A report published last week by the UN body that explored the lifecycle assessment of different types of electricity generation concluded nuclear produces between 5.1 CO2e per kWh.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

gigawatt Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in 2012, it proudly proclaimed that the arrangement proved new nuclear did not need direct subsidy. A 2014 study found that of a global sample of 180 nuclear power plants, 97 percent ended up over budget. When the U.K. Since then, three other U.K.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As such, RenewableUK chief executive Dan McGrail urged the government to urgently help the UK offshore wind sector attract more private investment, as he warned the domestic sector risked falling beyond other nations around the world in the coming years. We plan to publish an update in due course as part of the Green Finance Strategy."

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 5, 2020

LONDON — Europe needs an immense rollout of energy storage and other flexible energy resources if it's going to hit its 2050 net-zero target. To date, Europe's big successes on the energy storage front have come from tenders to provide frequency response and other grid services. As of today, the market is largely stuck.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In the first half of 2019, the company generated half as much power from its coal fleet as it did in the same period last year, without closing any capacity. In November last year, Spain’s government said its last coal and nuclear power plants would be closed by 2030. Europe's coal phase out.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

billion) of further, direct investment into electricity networks to facilitate the connection of clean assets and renewable energy sources. National Grid forecasts a 64% growth in power demand to 2035, the UK’s target for net zero. National Grid ESO has released a network upgrade plan, calling for £58 billion ($73.6

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Citizens care less about short-term tax cuts and more about long-term investment in public services and getting help with their energy bills, so in that sense the Chancellor had “failed to ‘read the room’”, said Ashden.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

French TSO RTE has proposed investments prioritising developments of its network of the order of €100 billion by 2040. However, since then, the state has redefined its energy policy, including a revival of nuclear power, the acceleration of renewables and reindustrialisation through the development of low-carbon industrial zones.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The IEA’s updated Net Zero Roadmap identifies the doubling of grid investments by 2030 as a key milestone for the electricity sector towards its net zero scenario. Thereafter the investment also needs to remain at a high level, approaching a peak of $1.1 trillion by 2040 before dropping back to around $850 billion by 2050.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

Next week's Budget will feature a wide-ranging new clean energy package designed to mobilise £20bn of investment in the UK, Treasury confirms The Chancellor will next week promise to "reset" the UK's decarbonisation and energy security plans through an "unprecedented" £20bn investment in carbon capture and clean energy infrastructure.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Simplified installation procedures and new tax credit One of the aims of France 2030 was to encourage innovation in the areas of nuclear power, green hydrogen and other renewable energies. A new tax credit, C3IV, will be put in place as early as 2024 for businesses that decide to invest in green industries.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

“We're looking at models for Europe, Australia and the U.S. As it stands Moixa has a small partnership in Ireland and a Europe-wide arrangement with H onda as its “smart charging partner. million ($11 million) investment round into Moixa in May. Japan tracks and invests in U.K. “Because the U.K.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 17, 2022

Geographical and technical hurdles coupled with a gas glut in Asia mean nuclear power is unlikely to gain a toehold in the region, despite its inclusion in Europe's “gold standard” green investment rulebook.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Cornwall Insight’s Benchmark Power Curve , which looks at energy investment and operational decisions over a 30-year period, forecasts that from 2026 prices could become increasingly volatile, jumping by £95/MWh between the summer and winter and the seasonal differential will increase to nearly £120/MWh by 2030. . Have you read?

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned. Policy makers should be taking action now to soften the impacts on the most vulnerable and to address the underlying causes."

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plans for fleet of mini nuclear power stations take step forward with sites on Tyneside, Teesside, and Deeside named on factory shortlist. Tom Greatrex, chief executive at the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) similarly welcomed the latest step forward for the UK's SMR plans.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 17, 2022

It shows that during more than half of the time across 2030 (53% of the hours in the year), the UK’s electricity grid is expected to have an oversupply of renewable and nuclear power. Additionally, the UK could see itself become a significant exporter of energy, though much of this depends on the rate of decarbonisation in Europe.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 16, 2020

Even demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG), which has seen strong growth in recent years, plummeted , and cargos destined for Asia had to be rerouted to Europe, adding to a supply glut there. A Place for Nuclear Power. Nuclear power can be part of a low-carbon sustainable future along with renewable energy.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

We're confident the price of nuclear power will fall from the £92.50 per Megawatt Hour for the first plant, closer to £60/MWh for the next wave of power stations reducing to around £40/MWh for further reactors.". Amazing how often this is trotted out.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

By comparison, the CfD awarded to Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is £106.12/MWh. Utilities across Europe and around the world who are considering biomass should study this project carefully. Unlike cheap wind and solar power, biomass?power power stations can only operate when they are offered sky-high subsidies.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The fledgling hydrogen industry is expanding fast, and now nuclear operators are joining renewables developers in exploring how they could play a critical role in delivering zero emission hydrogen at large scale. The roadmap also emphasises the role that advanced modular reactors (AMRs) could play in powering green hydrogen production.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

As the oil crises of the 1970s shattered perceptions of energy security, nations frantically invested in domestic research and development initiatives. France built nuclear power. Ørsted is an advocate of strong government policy driving private investment in decarbonisation. Iceland tapped geothermal.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Industry Voice: Phoenix Group sets out why decarbonising its investment portfolio makes business and planetary sense. That's because, while investment costs are significant, they lead to savings later. There is no doubt that delivering the transition across the economy comes with a large investment requirement. per cent to 0.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

He said the new green growth plan would feed into a wider economic strategy designed to bring an end to over a decade of sluggish growth, promising action to reform apprenticeships and benefits, deliver a modern childcare system, overhaul planning, and remove barriers to investment right across the country.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 29, 2022

Another approach growing in popularity is the use of waste energy, including nuclear and flared gas, for crypto mining. An example of the former, one of several in US states including Ohio and Pennsylvania, is miner EZ Blockchain , which is utilising otherwise wasted nuclear power in West Point, Georgia.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The spike in numbers has been driven by the development of a pipeline of new nuclear projects across the country, including the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station which is under development in Somerset and employs around 8,000 people, up from 6,300 in 2021, at what is the largest construction site in Europe.

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