R-Squared Energy

JUNE 28, 2020

It is a primary source of data for numerous companies, government agencies, and non-government organizations. Natural gas contributed the second largest increment with 36% of the increase. Natural gas consumption rose by 2% in 2019 as the share of natural gas in primary energy consumption rose to a record high of 24.2%.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

Japan’s LNG imports, for one, have steadily declined over the last decade and fallen to their lowest level in 14 years as the country restarts nuclear power plants and builds out renewables. As the report articulates, there are a number of steps governments should take to ensure B.C. s intended export markets.

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Electricity Nuclear Power Fossil fuels Natural gas 94

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

While small modular reactors have powered naval ships for decades and are also in use in other military applications, they’ve yet to be approved for use in commercial power generation. NuScale investors include major government contractors and nuclear energy engineering firms such as Ares Corp.,

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

Despite Rees-Mogg no longer holding a cabinet position, he remains an influential figure in the Conservative Party and his statements are consistent with the government’s current position on fossil fuels. Rees-Mogg suggested that the development of nuclear small modular reactors (SMRs) could be an outlet for quick investment.

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Eco-Business

JULY 25, 2022

In his first state of the nation address, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, Jr said the government will prioritise clean energy, but at the same time, will tap natural gas and nuclear power for the country’s energy demands.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 2, 2020

In search of alternatives, utilities turned to domestic coal, nuclear power and natural gas. Alongside increased dependence on nuclear power, an accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in 1979 raised new concerns about the resilience of the nuclear fleet.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

Unabated natural-gas use will be halved by 2038. The results of consultations on the funding of new nuclear power are also expected soon. The government is mulling the addition of solar and onshore wind to the CFD program, having blocked them from the 2017 and 2019 rounds on largely political grounds.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer. million jobs by 2050, it states.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar. per cent in 2018.

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Natural gas Nuclear Power Fossil fuels Carbon 92

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The government is expected to choose which two clusters to support first before the end of the year. Up until this point the government talked about two clusters, one by 2025 and one by 2030. Nuclear power will receive £525 million for the development of large and small-scale reactors.

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Hydrogen Carbon Aviation Electric vehicle 130

Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

How did a small, Nordic oil and gas utility get to this point? The critical elements were supportive government policy at home, a laser-focus not only on renewables but the one renewable niche where its advantage lay, a bit of luck early on and a financing innovation that turbo-charged its transition once underway.

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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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Building Energy Monitoring Hydrogen Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 58

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

Nuclear plants taking special precautions. The country’s nuclear power plants are also taking precautions similar to those of grid operators, including health screenings for critical personnel and preparing to call in additional reactor operating staff to cover for any taken ill. Whether other U.S.

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Power grid Nuclear Power Natural gas Health 130

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

As a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, I work with the federal government and private industry to develop renewable energy storage technologies. For example, concentrated solar power plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight, which heats up hundreds or thousands of tons of salt until it melts.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

In December 2021, after months of lobbying, strong pushback from pro-gas and pro-nuclear supporters, and informal alliances between governments, the Commission asked the Platform on Sustainable Finance to provide feedback on a draft amendment that included gas and nuclear in the taxonomy, thereby recognizing them as sustainable.

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Investment Sustainability Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral 94

Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

The spectacular decline in renewable energy technology costs over the last decade has established the sector as the linchpin of the country's decarbonisation drive, offering a potential template for how government and industry can work together to scale green technologies that can decarbonise the economy.

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Fossil fuels Hydrogen Demand Carbon 90

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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

The government held creative auctions designed to facilitate adding greater amounts of intermittent renewables on the grid. The coal sector is a major source of revenue for states and the central government. Last year, the Modi government sought to boost the domestic coal mining sector with a series of commercial auctions.

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Pollution Demand Government Energy 130

Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is placing a major focus on nuclear hydrogen as a component of the US government’s proposed $7 billion push for clean H2 production. The idea is to be able to focus on carbon emission-free production powered by energy already installed. Why use nuclear energy to produce hydrogen?

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Hydrogen Nuclear Power Natural gas Fossil fuels 100

Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

In the wake of the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions aimed at curtailing Russia's energy exports, the assumption was that global emissions would spike as governments sought to maintain energy security by firing up coal power plants and boosting domestic oil and gas production.

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Fossil fuels Investment Nuclear Power Technology 36

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Currently, governments cannot simply ‘skim off’ company profits. As long as there are enough suppliers (such as renewables and nuclear) with low marginal costs, the price paid for electricity by consumers also remains low. The country previously provided over 40% of all natural gas consumed in the EU.

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Energy Energy Nuclear Power Natural gas 147

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter. NZW has urged the government to “recommit to fossil fuels” with “a new fleet of coal-fired power stations”, and has called for wind and solar power to be “ wound down completely ”.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

Further, two-thirds of all Americans feel that government should do better on climate. About 77% of the citizens agree that a more important energy priority should be developing alternative energy resources like wind and solar power and hydrogen technology instead of increasing fossil fuel production.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Technically, National Grid ESO's remit is "networked energy" - the electricity, natural gas and future hydrogen networks that share a grid network and are considered part of one overarching system. The government has pledged to explore options for reform as part of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements, launched yesterday.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” As Germany, Europe’s largest economy, has shut down its last nuclear power plants, its looking toward developing hydrogen infrastructure to help supply the power that so many of its industries desperately need. Most of Germany’s existing grid can transport hydrogen.

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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. Although the government stressed it is considering a range of options and is also open to direct state investment in the project.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

UAMPS, a division of the Utah state government serving wholesale electric services to communities across the Intermountain West, has seen three cities vote to depart the 33-city consortium planning to agree to buy power from the CFPP in the past few months and is facing an October 31 deadline to commit to its role in the project.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Wind and solar power dramatically outperformed expectations, delivering 13 times more generation in 2020 than projected. Emission-free nuclear generation largely held steady. Finally, natural gas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices. All require more research.

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Carbon Electricity Policy Solar Power 145

Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

According to the analysis, generating the same amount of power using gas power stations alone would have required an additional 68TWh of gas, which is equivalent to 7.4 million homes' gas use for the entire winter, or 78 tankers of liquified natural gas (LNG).

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

The UK's domestic greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.6 per cent last year as renewable power sources once again sent records tumbling, provisional data released today shows, prompting the government to hail the country's "extraordinary progress in tackling climate change". In 2019 total UK greenhouse gas emissions were 45.2

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This marks Dominion Energy’s first solar energy investment in Ohio, where the company owns and operates a Cleveland-based natural gas local distribution company serving 1.2 Dominion owns solar arrays in nine other states, including in North Carolina, South Carolina and Utah, where the company also owns and operates gas utilities.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 28, 2021

Asaf Nagler, Senior Director, Government Relations, ABB Inc. In 2010, solar power was just 4 percent of new electric generating capacity and there was a patchwork of state solar policies and renewable portfolio standards. [1] However, to be a powerful engine of US economic growth this patchwork of disparate efforts must coalesce.

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Electric vehicle Policy Nuclear Power Investment 67

Business Green

JUNE 13, 2022

The cost of generating power from solar and wind farms in particular has tumbled over the past decade, with gas generation now estimated to be more than four times more expensive than renewables, and twice as expensive as nuclear power.

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Electricity Government Nuclear Power Natural gas 36

Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Howls of outrage at the government's decision not to block plans for the UK's first deep coal mine in thirty years have been understandably loud and long. He (conveniently) argued the government is "committed to give more power to councils to make their own decisions on planning issues".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A variety of smaller, but significant, commitments on accelerating the energy transition, net zero steel production, fossil fuel phase-outs globally and specifically in South Africa, EV ambitions, and exploration of nuclear power and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. One aim of the conference was to 'keep 1.5

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