DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

That’s because current market dynamics in the country “motivate the fossil fuel generators to continuously construct new plants and delay the phaseout of those that contribute little to the power grid,” Gyuri Cho of Solutions for Our Climate said last year. government last year. This could have dire health impacts.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has admitted there exists a "slight tension" between the government's efforts to fully decarbonise the UK economy and its recent decision not to block plans for the country's first new coal mine in 30 years.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

But the government needs to unleash the potential of green energy to create a bonanza of secure jobs in green energy and support businesses and workers to get the skills they need.". The government can lock in good work for future generations by quickly increasing renewables deployment," the report states.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

EV charging station providers and governments must ensure a widespread, inclusive, and transparent charging network where green energy is used, writes Polestar's Fredrika Klaren. The government is rightly acting to make electric vehicles a key part of the strategy in the run up to 2030 when the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will end.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 9, 2022

Shortly before Christmas in 2015 the power grid in Ukraine suffered a series of outages that impacted roughly a quarter of a million consumers and lasted several hours. [1] 1] Later, in 2017 the same group used ransomware to shutdown servers all over Ukraine, including at the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. [2]

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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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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Government and industry investment in hydrogen as an energy carrier adds up to $2 billion per year in Asia and the European Union, the report finds, while U.S. million jobs by 2050, it states. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2022

Bradley said the partners planned to "support the expansion of hydrogen's role in the energy mix to deliver a competitive edge to the UK and its industry, while working closely with the government and Ofgem to maintain security of supply".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Batteries are emerging as a critical ingredient in the transition to a more sustainable future because of their role in electrifying transportation and balancing power grids. In this article, we discuss the barriers to scaling up cell manufacturing and what companies and governments can do to succeed in this space.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

If the government really wants to strengthen the UK's energy independence from countries like Russia and make its economy and businesses more resilient to volatile fossil fuel prices, it needs to accelerate its efforts to build a net zero emissions economy. It's also about investment and jobs.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2024

The fallout from the latest delays to the flagship Hinkley Point nuclear project are wide-ranging - and they present significant challenges for both the government and the opposition The more you look at the brief update from EDF confirming the budget and timetable for the Hinkley Point C nuclear budget has slipped yet again, the worse it gets.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

BusinessGreen rounds up the critical lessons for business, investors, and the government if the UK is to build a decarbonised power system by 2035 When the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has something to say, it is usually well worth listening. The CCC's analysis tested the resilience of a zero carbon grid very strenuously indeed.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

The data further underscores how renewables have played a critical role in bolstering UK energy security and curbing energy bills at a time when wholesale gas prices have hit record highs and governments across Europe have had to rush to secure gas imports to replace imports from Russia.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The project has a 30-year Power Purchase Agreement in place with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and was built on the site of a decommissioned nuclear power plant. Typically, the second and third quarters are the slowest for solar power capacity additions. power grids," the researchers wrote.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This is meant to ensure that hydrogen production helps add new sources of clean energy to power grids rather than sucking that resource dry. The strict guidelines could also dash the dreams of aging nuclear power plants that thought they may have new customers in the hydrogen production business.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 11, 2022

million) for nine projects to oversee the digitisation and modernisation of Romania’s transmission network and power grid. The contracts were signed yesterday between the country’s Ministry of Energy and the national electric power transport company, Transelectrica SA. Contracts have been signed valuing €424.4 million ($411.8

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 17, 2022

Money would be raised through taxes and from government drug cost savings, which are also part of the measure. Energy Transitions Podcast: Weighing the future of nuclear power in Europe. It’s going to drive a 40% reduction in carbon emissions overall and a 70% reduction in the power sector. Transmission. New green fund.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Early-Stage ⚡ Exodigo , a Tel Aviv, Israel-based advanced power grid sensing platform, raised $105m in Series A funding from Greenfield Partners, Zeev Ventures, 10D, Jibe Ventures, National Grid Partners, and other investors. who are working towards a clean, green, and just future.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

But to deliver this scenario requires investment of around five per cent global GDP each year, amounting to an additional $33tr of additional investment in energy efficiency, renewables, end-use electrification, power grids, flexibility, hydrogen infrastructure, and myriad other clean tech innovations, it said. world alive, he said.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Nuclear power will receive $6.6

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 5, 2021

As corporations and governments align towards being carbon neutral by 2050 (or sooner), they will obviously need to keep track of this process and make sure that it actually happens. It’s how the government evaluates whether a decision they make related to the climate is worth the cost. No China or India.” What’s going on here?

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

After a week of the country’s worst power grid collapse in decades — an event that's taken a dreadful toll in dozens of lives lost and billions of dollars in economic damage — the lights are back on in Texas.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

Glick, a former government affairs director for Avangrid Renewables and Iberdrola and general counsel for the Democrats on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, replaces James Danly, the Republican who has held the position since November, when he was picked by Trump to replace long-time chair Republican Neil Chatterjee.

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