Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2024

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week Report: Wasted offshore wind power costing UK £1bn a year Electricity wasted by turning off turbines to avoid overloading the grid should be harnessed to turbocharge green hydrogen production, Policy Exchange argues. -

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 14, 2022

Commercial rents in downtown Calgary are on the rise, and long-thought dead fossil-fuel export projects have zombified. Previous high oil and gas price cycles have driven consumers to purchase more efficient cars and better insulate their homes, while the business community found ways to use less fossil fuel. And the U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

Clean energy investor has added onshore wind projects across the UK, Sweden, France, and Finland to its portfolio. All signed in the past three months, the deals are expected to boost Octopus Renewables' total wind power capacity by up to 90 per cent over the coming decade, it said. We need to generate more cheap, clean power.".

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Proportion of power derived from gas and coal in Britain fell to record low in 2020, official statistics confirm. Low demand for electricity during successive lockdowns saw renewables displace fossil fuels as the dominant source of power on Britain's grid for the first time ever in 2020, government data has confirmed.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

From hospitality and travel to manufacturing and digital services, every sector is understandably keen to highlight how - with the right policy support and investment - they can help drive desperately needed economic activity. Furthermore, 1GW of offshore wind power avoids 3.5 And what do you gain?

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

First touted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week, the upcoming Energy Security Strategy is expected to provide a roadmap for weaning the UK off Russian oil and gas, as well as reducing the country's exposure to the volatile global market for fossil fuels that has seen energy prices surge over the past year.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The IEA in a new report points to signs that grids are becoming a bottleneck to clean energy transitions and that delayed action means prolonging reliance on fossil fuels. IEA executive director Fatih Birol commented in a press conference: “The problem is the investments. o C, with a 40% chance of exceeding 2 o C.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 22, 2019

Fossil fuels, long regarded for their high-energy return on investment, are not as efficient as once thought. In fact, their final yields are not much better than those of renewable options, according to a new study.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

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%). The industry is also developing at different rates, but the clear leaders are Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine, which base their development to a large extent on wind energy.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

The energy transition isn’t just sounding the death knell for fossil fuels. According to some experts, it has also revealed flaws in an idea that has bugged some academics for decades: As we move to less energy-dense fuels, could we end up without enough surplus for society? In other words, you would need to get 1.1

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This makes it difficult to invest in green practices that may have upfront costs but long-term benefits. Here are some key steps that can be taken towards achieving this: Transitioning to renewable energy sources One of the key pillars of a sustainable economy is transforming fossil fuels into renewable energy sources.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Our record on renewable energy speaks for itself,” they said. “In Drax Access.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Smith, a well-known climate change denier and fossil fuel sector advocater , nonetheless announced a series of new regulations critics say would ban wind turbines from much of the southern half of the province. Renewable energy is far less damaging to the environment and wildlife than fossil fuels,” said Luo.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

A new report by the think tank maps out the green energy jobs potential across England and Wales, estimating that low carbon power sources such as renewables and nuclear could create three times more secure, skilled jobs than gas power, while the wind and solar sectors hold potential to deliver five times more employment than fossil fuel plants.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Octopus Energy's renewables generation arm has expanded its interests in Spain, yesterday announcing an undisclosed level of investment in green energy developer FF New Energy Ventures (FFNEV) as part of plans to expand its presence in Iberia. Investments like this deal with FFNEV will help make a difference quickly.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2021

A £20m research and development (R&D) competition to fund "the most promising electric vehicle (EV) technology innovations", has been announced by the Department for Transport (DfT) as it today confirmed fossil fuel cars and vans would as expected be banned from sale in the UK by 2030.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Investment in clean energy from fossil fuel majors saw a marked uptick during the pandemic in 2020, research suggests. Well, there are a growing signs that some may be at least starting to quietly plot their future beyond fossil fuels. per cent of their total capital expenditure in 2020.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The tone wasn’t exactly improved when the conference president proclaimed that a fossil fuel phaseout would “take us back into caves.” Canada was publicly called out at the UN’s September Climate Ambition Summit for being “one of the largest expanders of fossil fuels last year.” .”

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 20, 2023

In Clean Energy Canada’s recent net-zero analysis , which like the Canada Energy Regulator relied on the IEA’s net-zero oil price, Canada sees 700,000 more energy jobs in 2050 than exist today if countries around the world achieve their stated climate goals, as growth in clean energy jobs outpaces the decline in fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 5, 2021

million) in investment to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy across Africa. The capital will be invested through the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to unlock private sector participation in funding the region’s transition to low-carbon energy resources. The time to act is now. ”.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

Europe’s DSO labour and skills shortages identified Emma Pinchbeck: ‘We need an energy workforce that looks like the population we serve’ “As the world emerges from COP with a clear focus on phasing out fossil fuels, as well as tripling renewables in six years, every company in every sector is fully aware that change is coming fast.”

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

The province has outlined 13 new regulations limiting wind and solar projects near agriculture land and other proposed “protected” areas. These include the creation of 35-kilometre buffer zones intended to protect what the province has termed “pristine viewscapes” from wind power development. million homes. “By

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 16, 2021

The expected decreased demand for fossil fuels, coupled with the falling costs associated with renewable energy projects, are driving major oil and gas companies – including bp, Total and Shell – to actively restructure their businesses to add more renewable power projects to their portfolios. Have you read?

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2022

In a wide-ranging speech to mark the graduation ceremony, Guterres reserved some of his strongest words for those financial institutions and oil and gas giants that continued to invest in and exploit new fossil fuels projects. But we know investing in fossil fuels is a dead end - economically and environmentally.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

Growing numbers of countries looking to ramp up floating wind capacity in coming years, attracted by its huge potential to capture strong wind speeds, an industry report has claimed. This is key to ensuring the potential for renewable energy is fully exploited.".

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 4, 2021

Frequently, these combinations occur at the same time as a private investment by institutional investors in the SPAC. As the recent experience at ExxonMobile has shown, investors are eager to invest in, and accelerate the migration toward, energy production that does not rely on fossil fuels. SPAC” transaction.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Leading the $20m convertible debt funding raise was New York-based investment firm Luxor Capital, alongside previous lead investor, Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström of Stockholm, and a number of supporting shareholders. EU formally launches coal phase out diplomacy push. EU formally launches coal phase out diplomacy push.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Other than the changes we as individuals make, businesses need to adapt their operations to use greener sources of energy – such as wind power. With Boris Johnson pledging that by 2030 offshore wind farms will generate enough power for every home in the UK, the race is on to make wind energy the future.

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Charged

JANUARY 5, 2021

The plan is part of the state’s 2050 Decarbonization Road Map , which also calls for retrofitting 1 million homes with electric heating, cutting commuters’ driving miles by 15 percent, and dramatically increasing offshore wind power generation.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2023

The figures, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero last week, revealed that wind power generated an "all time annual high" of 24.6 Largely driven by an increase in capacity, offshore wind farms alone provided a record 13.8 per cent of domestic power last year - or 45.0TWh - marking an 11.5

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in oversaw the signing of the agreement to build the offshore wind complex in the country’s southwest. President Moon Jae-in at Investment Agreement Signing Ceremony, courtesy: Office of the President. South Korea’s green ambitions. billion) to drive the country’s economic post-COVID recovery.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week, including global wind capacity forecasts, food system CO2 fears, and an IKEA second-hand store in Sweden. Russia eyes fossil fuel growth as it unveils 2030 climate goal. Global wind capacity to reach record 1,000GW by 2025.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Opponents of climate policy say curbing fossil fuel emissions will kill jobs, but a new study showed that switching to renewables would actually create more jobs than a fossil fuel–heavy future will. The tricky part will be ensuring that laid-off workers have access to alternative employment. Calls for just transitions.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 1, 2021

has made the case for why utilities, not customers, should be responsible for the cost of retiring fossil fuel assets. Securitization: One Tool for Early Fossil Fuel Retirement. Securitization is a cheaper way to retire fossil fuel plants early. Originally published at ILSR.org.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

When he introduced the Energy Price Levy on the UK profits of fossil fuel companies as Chancellor last May, Sunak predicted the move would raise £5bn in its first year as oil and gas prices soared and resulted in bumper projects for energy companies.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The cause of current climate change is largely human activity, like burning fossil fuels, like natural gas, oil, and coal. Burning fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere, trapping heat and causing the Earth’s temperature to rise. How climate change is caused by humans.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

When Chicago-based Invenergy scored $3 billion from global asset manager Blackstone in January, it was one of the largest renewables investments in North American history. In another instance, Goldman Sachs announced it would invest $250 million in Hydrostor’s energy storage projects. What’s driving the increase in investment?

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