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SPACs offer new investment opportunities for energy industry

Renewable Energy World

A few examples: The rapidly developing renewable natural gas market is putting in place a meaningful number of cash?generating The energy department recently announced a new program to reduce the costs of carbon free hydrogen by 80% by the end of this decade. up of sufficient size to attract the attention of a SPAC team.

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Europe’s Energy Giants Line Up to Endorse Green Deal

GreenTechMedia

The European Union’s newly proposed Green Deal raises “significant questions” for the oil and gas industry, analysts said, but the plan was broadly welcomed by companies across the energy sector. “Oil and gas exporters to Europe, including Russian gas and U.S.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

The second most important target for green power is replacing fossil fuel use in buildings, especially growing use of natural gas for heating; in Vancouver, British Columbia, that causes nearly 60% of the city’s carbon pollution. Promote new technologies like hydrogen. One of the most promising is “ green hydrogen.”.

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November 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Infrastructure | Corporate Buying Coalitions | NET Power

Clean Energy Trust

The bipartisan infrastructure bill was signed into law. Breakthrough Energy’s Catalyst program is a thematically similar initiative involving corporates (as well as other philanthropy and governments) that is focused on reducing the costs of sustainable aviation fuel, long-duration storage, green hydrogen, and direct air carbon capture.

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Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’

DeSmogBlog

However, 13 percent of Shell’s posts focussed specifically on renewable energies such as wind, solar, and hydropower. The company also had the largest share of promos focussing on hydrogen, which made up 11 percent of its total output. There are also doubts over the feasibility of rolling out these projects on a large scale. “In

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Global Briefing: Australian Government agrees to cap greenhouse gas emissions

Business Green

Businesses leaders urge EU committees to champion Nature Restoration Law An alliance of 12 major business networks is this week urging key European Parliament committees to support and strengthen a proposed Nature Restoration Law, which if passed would set out legally binding goals for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity.

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The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Renewable Energy World

and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. Finally, natural gas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices. So far 17 states plus Washington, D.C., And 46 U.S. utilities have pledged to go carbon-free.

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