Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Entitled Grids, the missing link , the plan points to an expected around 60% increase in electricity consumption in the EU between now and 2030. Grids need to be an enabler, not a bottleneck in the clean energy transition. Industry comment on grid action plan The grid action plan has been welcomed widely across the energy sector.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. The group has since lobbied to delay government plans to ramp up heat pump installation targets in a consultation that closed in June.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The African School of Regulation initiative has been launched to better regulate the African energy sector in support of the continent’s socio-economic development and environmental sustainability. The aim is to accelerate the energy transition and ensure that it is just, inclusive and cost-effective. ” Have you read?

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2020

Government sets out plan to establish business models and funding mechanisms to deliver carbon capture and storage at scale in the 2020s. The government has set an aim to deploy CCUS "at scale" in the UK during the 2020s, subject to significantly cutting down on costs which have to date hampered widespread deployment of the technology.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2024

We’re talking renewable energy, recycling, and all that good eco-friendly stuff. Think big utilities that have gone green or those with solid foundations in energy efficiency. Given the focus of this site being hydrogen, it’s worthwhile to spotlight several companies actively involved in the H2 sector.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

Latest round of reports on long-overdue energy independence plan suggest Number 10 and 11 continue to be at loggerheads over the cost of actions that could protect consumers from record energy bills.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. per cent of solar and 0.16 As such, the analysts predict exponential growth for the solar and wind power sectors, noting that "humans specialise in extracting cheap energy, and fast".

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Business Green

MAY 9, 2022

The UK's new clean energy targets must be matched by a major electricity infrastructure and demand-side flexibility blitz, experts have warned.

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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

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis? If not sooner.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Now looking forward, interest rates are expected to come down, rules around policy incentives and regulation are emerging, and international competition has become a driving force for climate tech. 🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Government funding catalyzed major private rounds.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Two reports out this week have highlighted how developments across 2021 are set to catalyse policy and technological trends that could catalyse the retreat of fossil fuels across the global energy system. Hopes that energy-related emissions could peak in the next few years feel more fragile than ever.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

The problem, as three separate reports have highlighted this week, is these welcome commitments are still not translating into the near term investments and policies necessary to put the world on a decarbonisation trajectory that will allow it to meet its ambitious new climate goals. Global carbon emissions are set to jump by 1.5

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Joint IEA, IRENA, and UN assessment of COP26 Breakthrough Agenda sets out priorities for collaborative climate action between businesses and governments. With greater collaborative action, the report estimates some technology costs could drop by as much as 18 per cent by 2030, while accelerating the green energy transition in line with a 1.5C

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today Conservative MP Chris Skidmore delivered his hotly-anticipated verdict on how the government should deliver on the UK's net zero emissions targets, arguing that far from backing off from the transition, the UK must go further and faster to realise the huge economic opportunities offered by decarbonisation. G overnance.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.    In deals, geologic hydrogen digs up $245m, $181m across six EV deals, and Brookfield’s $10bn climate transition fund.  

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

As energy demands increase for heavier and longer-distance transport, the energy efficiency equation for fossil based-fuels becomes harder to displace. So far, electrification and hydrogen-based options have struggled to achieve sufficient energy densities. These lower-carbon fuels are only as good as their ingredients.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

But players across the green economy were quick to point out the government's package of policies and tax changes was notably bereft of focus on three other critical 'E's that are planks of a prosperous economy: environment, energy, and efficiency. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all of the reaction from the green economy.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 8, 2024

While not quite a plug-and-play formula yet, five primary financing buckets repeatedly back up FOAK with bucks: “Super Round” with Equity, Philanthropic or Catalytic Capital, Strategics, Government, and Project Investment. Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, Grok, Prime Impact), NGOs (e.g.   Other factors.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

BusinessGreen speaks to the government staticians tasked with charting the growth of the UK's low carbon economy. The government claims the re-shaping of the British economy to meet climate goals will create two million "green" jobs by 2030. But here's the rub.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

The truth, as ever, is complicated, with the Budget having left many unanswered questions and kicking several crucial issues down the road, while at the same time serving up a raft of potentially game-changing green policies that look set to further embed climate action right at the heart of the UK's financial establishment.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 29, 2022

The push to sell “blue hydrogen” as a clean energy fuel — which experts have called a misleading rebrand of fossil fuels — hit another setback this month. Climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are bringing new economic headwinds to the gas-derived hydrogen fuel’s prospects.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

From nuclear and innovation funding to the continuing reluctance to engage with behaviour change, the Net Zero Strategy provided businesses and investors with the clearest insight yet on the government's thinking around how to accelerate the net zero transition. Could the Treasury be 'starting to get it'? Technology costs will fall.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. They had figured it out — but what they figured out had nothing to do with hydrogen. Shaun Meehan was burned out.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The energy barn of the Energy Transition Centre (EnTranCe), on the campus of Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands. The report illustrates the evolution of local energy from single technology projects, such as solar farms, to whole system schemes which might include energy storage and smart management systems.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The agency said the strategy represened an unprecedented effort to drastically slash pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy. "No While big polluters focus on increasing their profits at our expense, California is protecting communities, creating jobs and accelerating our transition to clean energy.".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Commentators in the environmental sphere seemed to broadly welcome the UK government’s “Ten-Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution”, unveiled on 18 November, although some lamented its apparent inconsistencies. Electric avenue. Making EVs more affordable was seen as still a major hurdle.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper. To describe autumn 2020 as a busy period for green economy policy in the UK would be an understatement.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 4, 2022

In a bid to enable India’s decarbonisation, IndianOil, L&T and ReNew Power have announced a joint venture (JV) to develop the country’s green hydrogen sector. The tripartite venture aims to develop the nascent green hydrogen sector in India. Speaking about the joint venture, S. Green production.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!    Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The picture was less rosy for new wind and heat pumps, both of which have suffered from high interest rates.  

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

With zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) days in the rearview mirror, deployments of real assets suddenly look real expensive again. The tailwinds from the Inflation Reduction Act and other government incentives are just beginning to show up in the market—at the same time that strategic corporate investors are leaning into the space.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

. “We’re encouraged to see that in addition to accelerating technology, this funding will be directed to local government and community-based organizations that are key to unlocking deployment.”. State and local ambition on policy and private sector action will remain crucial to reach our goals. Allume Energy , Transcend ).

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Hannah Polikov is managing director at Advanced Energy Economy, a trade association for the clean energy sectors. Several states are using dockets to think about how to sustain economic development, including clean energy projects, amid the pandemic. You can read AEE's full version here. ).

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 8, 2024

  …We hope you didn’t miss our tax credit coverage ;) New year, new IRA guidance on hydrogen, domestic manufacturing, and SAFs.   In deals,   $2.2bn in electric cars, $800m for Octopus’ expansion, and $34m for EVs in India. Verdagy , Electric Hydrogen ).  Antora , Rondo Energy ).

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. African countries team up for new green hydrogen initiative. The Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance will go a long way in fostering these developments.". German energy giant RWE has successfully issued a new €2bn green bond.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

But it's vital we don't lose sight of long-term climate and energy challenges and the vital sustainability targets that must solve them. Drax engineers at work within the UK's biggest renewable power plant | Credit: Drax. per cent lower than in the previous year, according to government statistics. Work remains to be done.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

An historic climate summit in Nairobi last week underscored the need for drastic changes in climate finance and clean energy development. Africa is home to vast thermal, wind, solar, and hydro energy resources (some 60% of the world’s renewable energy potential ) as well as mineral deposits essential for the global energy transition.

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