Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

The Treasury confirmed this evening that next week's Spring Budget will see the government respond to increasingly urgent calls from businesses and campaigners for a UK version of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and EU Net Zero Industry Act, both of which promise to pump billions of dollars of investment into clean tech industries.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Plus Poland and South Korea coal-phase outs, Siemens Gamesa hydrogen project, and all the top green business news from around the world this week. Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. Siemens Gamesa wind-to-hydrogen project takes step forward.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

Aurora Energy Research contends thermal power generation equipped with hydrogen and CCS offers most cost-effective pathway to a net zero power system. Power sector decarbonisation is frequently characterised as the low hanging fruit of the UK's net zero transition.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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. British power to the British people.". A Labour government would insulate 19 million homes, he said. Britain should harness that wealth and share it with all.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Prior media reports suggested the government had intended to badge all of its announcements under the banner of 'Green Day', but instead it appears to have gone with the name 'Powering Up Britain', evidently keen to place as much focus as possible on energy security issues.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The company recorded profits of $2.74bn in 2020, with many new projects in the pipeline in the coming decade - including large developments in solar power, onshore wind and green hydrogen. "I France built nuclear power. Denmark looked to offshore wind. Iceland tapped geothermal.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

A round up of all the key targets and measures announced as part of the government's plan to wean the UK off risky and expensive fossil fuel imports. The move will also be underpinned by new planning reforms to cut offshore wind farm approval times to just one year, down from an average of four years today.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

Japan announces plan to revive nuclear industry. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida this week signalled that the government would undertake a major policy u-turn in response to soaring gas prices and restart idled nuclear plants. Canada and Germany agree 'hydrogen alliance'.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And, forming the first stage of the 10-point plan, Johnson will tomorrow announce a new increased target for 40GW of operational offshore wind power capacity by the end of the decade, up from the existing target of 30GW by 2030, and marking a sizeable increase on the 10GW in operation today.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

And since renewable energy generation isn’t available all the time – it happens when the wind blows or the sun shines – storage is essential. As a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, I work with the federal government and private industry to develop renewable energy storage technologies.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

The tariffs were meant to replace existing anti-dumping measures introduced in 2018 that were due to expire this year, but the government has decided to extend the current measures, meaning imports are effectively taxed twice. Germany advances plans for green hydrogen hub. European governments eye return of sleeper trains.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

A rapid shift away from fossil fuels is also needed alongside a major ramp up in renewable electricity capacity - largely provided by wind and solar projects - which will form the backbone of the future energy system, while development of hydrogen, carbon capture and new modular nuclear technologies is also crucial, the report warned.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

All-you-need-to-know on the green policies, tax changes and regulatory plans outlined as part of the government's new Growth Plan. The government has asked the Rt Hon. Block on onshore wind to be lifted. It is a decision, as liberal-conservative think tank Bright Blue put it, to "go for broke". Net zero backing reasserted.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 24, 2024

This achievement is nothing short of extraordinary, as wind energy generated nearly 2.5 Such an output is capable of powering nearly 90% of the European Union’s electricity needs. The International Energy Agency estimates that to meet global energy goals, we need to be installing 320 GW of wind power annually by 2030.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Using this much wind and solar raises the question of how to meet the last portion of demand on cloudy or windless days. Many technologies could fill this gap, such as longer-duration storage, hydrogen or synthetic fuels, fossil or biomass generation with carbon capture, advanced nuclear power, and geothermal energy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Getting more renewables onto the system, including green hydrogen and more energy storage to provide greater flexibility, will protect consumers against the eyewatering fossil fuel price shocks which are currently pushing bills up. This root cause has created numerous problems that the government is being asked to solve.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

The draft Budget proposals include $14bn in new spending across government agencies to climate policies and programmes, as well as a request to Congress to approve $1.2bn for the UN's Green Climate Fund, which was created through the Paris Agreement to support climate-vulnerable nations. France seeks culture change towards plant-based diets.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Reports suggest Germany could soon accelerate coal power plant phase out plans, as a flurry of national climate action plans are unveiled ahead of COP26 Summit and Russian President Vladimir Putin announces Russia will achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. German coalition partners pledge to 'ideally' end use of coal power by 2030.

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