Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Fossil gas' share of electricity supplies shrinks to less than 15 per cent over weekend as wind power meets more than half of UK demand. National Grid ESO data published yesterday reveals that wind power produced more than half of British electricity generation on Saturday, bringing renewables' share of overall supplies to 60 per cent.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

According to the trade body's figures today, the global pipeline of offshore wind capacity has grown to 1,175GW - meaning that the UK's market share now sits at a record low of around 8.5 Even so, at present the UK still remains a dominant offshore wind player on the global stage.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 13, 2022

It is a primary data source for numerous companies, government agencies, and non-government organizations. The remaining share of primary energy use consisted of hydroelectric power (6.8%), renewables (6.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Renewables and Nuclear Power. to the highest level since 2006.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

The government will tomorrow publish its long-awaited Energy Security Strategy, promising that the sweeping new plan will 'supercharge' clean energy deployment and put the UK on track to source 95 per cent of its power from domestic low carbon sources by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The MGT Teesside plant – which is the largest dedicated biomass-burning power station in the world – will burn over one million tonnes of imported wood pellets a year. The UK Government awarded it subsidies under the Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme in April 2014, and it was to start running by September 2018. MWh at current rates.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Boris Johnson trails first stage in '10-point plan' for a green industrial revolution, as government confirms new £160m wind turbine manufacturing investment. So we are committing to new ambitious targets and investment into wind power to accelerate our progress towards net zero emissions by 2050.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

It is a primary data source for numerous companies, government agencies and non-government organizations. The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27.2%), natural gas (24.7%), hydropower (6.9%), renewables (5.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). Renewables and Nuclear Power.

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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

JUNE 7, 2021

Analysis from Imperial College London finds that government's headline figure to deliver 40GW of offshore wind by 2030 falls far short of levels required to decarbonise grid in line with UK's net zero ambition. We actually need to go much further.".

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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

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The world's largest offshore wind farm officially entered full operation yesterday, providing a timely boost to the government's efforts to ramp up domestic energy generation in response to a looming supply crunch. million UK homes from 165 turbines.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 21, 2024

Any call to go directly from coal to nuclear is effectively a call to delay decarbonisation of our electricity system by 20 years The battle lines have been drawn over Australia’s energy future. With the nation signed up to net zero emissions by 2050, the Albanese Labor government is committed to renewables. Continue reading.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 8, 2020

Ørsted has signed what it calls the world's largest corporate renewables power-purchase agreement to supply 920 megawatts of offshore wind power to Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMC, a key supplier to Apple. gigawatts of offshore wind by 2035 as it phases out its nuclear power plants.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

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. France built nuclear power. Denmark looked to offshore wind.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. Poland is the only member of the EU which has so far refused to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, with the country seeking more time to reconfigure its economy, which is heavily reliant on coal-fired power stations and coal mining.

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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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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

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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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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

One of those who challenged the premier’s assertion against renewable energy sources was Derek Power of Toronto, the founder of Power Networks, a company that installs solar roofs. After Smith asked, “And what do I do when there’s no sun and there’s no wind?,” Power responded, “Batteries.”

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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

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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The government would then subsidise the difference between the new price cap and the true market price of gas, in the process handing billions of pounds to gas companies. But amid warnings of mass bankruptcies and millions of households being forced into fuel poverty the incoming government has opted for a much bigger support package.

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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'. France mulls private jet crackdown.

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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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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

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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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. European governments eye return of sleeper trains. Japanese offshore wind sets out ambitious expansion plans.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. Decontamination of Fukushima’s nuclear plant and surroundings are ongoing. Eight years ago, in March 2011, a magnitude-9.0

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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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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter.

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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

JULY 22, 2021

Indeed, it estimates more than three-quarters of the effort to cut carbon emissoins in the next nine years falls to the power sector, primarily through faster development of wind and solar PV capacity. But there are some signs that investments - in the private sector at least - are starting to move in the right direction.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

Boris Johnson and Kwasi Kwarteng are reportedly in favour of lifting effective moratorium on new onshore wind developments in England, but plans face stiff opposition from his cabinet colleagues. We're not in 2014 anymore and it's great to have a Business Secretary who knows that," he wrote. Lift the ban and let's get whooshing.".

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Currently, governments cannot simply ‘skim off’ company profits. The country’s investment in wind energy didn’t take off until the late 1990s. All the while, Denmark has been in a unique position to use wind power. Source: World Nuclear Association). Then, you skim it off.’. Will it really be that simple?

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

"At the same time, the cleaner alternatives to Russian fossil fuels are growing rapidly as governments seek to strengthen their energy security amid the crisis," he added. Renewable power capacity added worldwide rose by about a quarter in 2022. And now, nuclear power is making a strong comeback."

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