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Surge in WA emissions puts Australia’s net zero targets in doubt

The Guardian: Energy

Modelling results presented to the state government late last year and obtained by Guardian Australia showed that the state’s carbon emissions in 2024 are on track to reach 91.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent, or about 20% above 2005 levels.

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Coronavirus Response: Businesses still need to social distance from carbon

Business Green

So, if companies can't expect clear political direction, will the upsurge in climate activism keep corporate minds focused? You want the banks to be saved, then stop investing in fossil fuel expansion. Genuine efforts towards alternative fuels and emission control.

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'Asleep at the wheel': CCC urges government to go all-in on 2035 green grid goal

Business Green

The UK's climate advisory body latest report provides an in-depth assessment of the mix of renewable, flexible grid, hydrogen, nuclear, and carbon capture technologies that will need to be in place by the middle of the 2030s if the government is to deliver on its stated goal of operating a nearly completely decarbonised power grid by 2035.

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'Secure, more reliable, and cheaper': Ofgem eyes energy reforms to accelerate net zero shift

Business Green

Ofgem has today unveiled a range of potential energy market reforms aimed at reducing Britain's reliance on expansive, risky fossil gas imports and paving the way for a rapid acceleration in domestic wind and solar power capacity over the coming decade and beyond.

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Biden’s proposed increase in solar power would remake the US electricity system

Renewable Energy World

Department of Energy that found that solar power could generate up to 45% of the U.S. Why such a heavy focus on solar power? The Energy Department’s Solar Futures Study lays out three future pathways for the U.S. million solar panels or 364 large-scale wind turbines. power grid. million to 11.5

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How to build a net zero power system: Seven top takeaways from the CCC's green grid blueprint

Business Green

The Committee's overarching conclusion is both clear as day and extremely pertinent at the current geopolitical juncture: a net zero energy system is technologically, financially, and politically achievable within the 2035 timeframe, but the government simply cannot afford to waste anymore time in building it.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

As a society, we routinely burn fossil fuels at about 1000°C to heat our homes at about 22°C. These plants are in an arid region, with little access to water for power plant cooling. So, during the heat of the summer and without water cooling, binary power plants become less efficient. Doing that depends a lot on policy.