Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It would be easy at this point to simply list the litany of policy failures and the paucity of political leadership documented by the CCC's almost satirically titled progress report. The renewables-hostile planning system, grid bottlenecks, and glacially-paced nuclear pipeline. We know what is needed.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

Before the stimulus was signed off, a leaked document by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG Energy) ran through a serious of policy plans to marry the European Green Deal and the COVID-19 recovery effort. A rebounding European solar market. The EU is currently working through the details of a €1.85

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 24, 2020

Thanks to continuing cost declines, strong demand for renewable power from businesses and residential electricity consumers, and supportive state energy policies, those who know the industry best believe its brightest days are yet to come. What the renewables industry needs right now. Unfortunately, time is not on our side.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 19, 2020

Originally posted here: How to make solar power work for all. Three stories and three approaches to equitable clean energy, and we’re just getting started. The first in a series.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago. It does not rely on a geographically specific weather pattern or any one set of state policies to become valuable, and it's already asserting itself across the U.S.,

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Others have attacked climate policies and blamed high energy bills on renewable power. These climate-wrecking policies won’t help our efforts to tackle the cost of living scandal and the energy crisis, they’ll totally undermine them. She has blamed previous energy bill rises on renewables. Let Them Eat Carbon’.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The founder and honorary president of the Global Warming Policy Foundation has announced he will be retiring from parliament. The article neglects to mention that Lawson also set up the influential Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) think tank, a major source of climate science denial and unwavering supporter of fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. The Solar Energy Industries Association industry group published a roadmap Monday to increase solar power to 20 percent of U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Jeff Dennis, managing director and general counsel for the Advanced Energy Economy association, provided a live tweet summary of FERC/NERC's presentation of the report, noting FERC Chair Richard Glick's opposition to political rhetoric that renewables were the source of the problems. — Jeff Dennis (@EnergyLawJeff) September 23, 2021.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

She is the latest high profile figure to ally with NZW’s parent organisation, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , which is the UK’s principal climate science denial group and part of the Tufton Street network of free market think tanks. It’s time to kick dirty fossil fuel-aligned interests out of our politics once and for all.”

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

Confidence in Europe and the UK's ability build a net zero energy system in little over a decade continues to build among investors, engineers, and energy policy wonks - even if it remains to be seen whether political decision makers are willing to deliver the policy frameworks necessary to turbocharge the roll out of clean technologies.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A poll showing public support for a referendum on the UK’s net zero goal covered on the front page of yesterday’s Telegraph was paid for by a newly-launched climate science denial group run by a leading figure in actor Laurence Fox’s political party. Anti-Net Zero Campaign.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2023

Chris Stark, chief executive of the CCC, has said that political leadership was “missing” in the pursuit of net zero. NZSG chair Craig Mackinlay’s has employed GWPF and NZW head of policy Harry Wilkinson , a former researcher for GWPF founder Nigel Lawson , as a parliamentary aide. He received another £10,000 from Record in February.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

“It is probably safe to assume that institutional investment has also experienced comparable growth in the past few years,” said Rabia Ferroukhi, Director of Knowledge at IRENA’s Policy and Finance Center. Over the same period, concentrating solar power (CSP) dropped by 68%. What’s driving the increase in investment?

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Porter’s blog repeatedly cites the work of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate science denial group. The claim plays on the idea, often promoted by opponents of climate action, that renewable energy from wind and solar power is unreliable.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Scatec Solar, the Norwegian solar developer specializing in emerging markets, has launched a lease finance product to foster sub 25-megawatt installations, CEO Raymond Carlsen said. As these markets started to wane, however, Scatec Solar switched its focus to places where solar power was in its infancy.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

“There is more to the story in terms of supporting energy decarbonization goals,” such as state-by-state policies that could drive the shift from fossil fuels to renewables. Gauging the political realities. But there are some fairly obvious reasons why an integrated market would yield a more efficient system, he said.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

May, who was UK Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019, was speaking last night at an event hosted by the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), which represents more than 100 Tory MPs who back policies to cut emissions and protect nature. In her speech, May called on Conservatives to unite ahead of the UN COP26 climate summit.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fighting carbon taxes at both the provincial and federal level is a de facto policy of conservative parties throughout Canada. ” Brendan Haley, director of policy research with Efficiency Canada To begin with, heat pumps are indeed an energy efficient and low-cost way to both heat and cool homes.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 6, 2020

Now, startup Navajo Power wants to fill the vacuum with massive solar power plants while channeling the proceeds into electrification and economic development for Navajo communities. “We deal with land, we deal with resources, we deal with politics,” Isaac said in an interview.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

Energy body predicts another bumper year for renewables this year, but warns policies introduced in next six months will determine whether momentum can be maintained beyond 2022. Annual additions of renewable power in the EU alone jumped by almost 30 per cent to a record 36GW in 2021, it said.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

This has moved these issues up the political priority list and bolstered a massive effort to diversify India’s economy away from coal and other polluting technologies and practices. Public concern about environmental issues has steadily increased over the past decade.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The political consensus on the UK's climate strategy has never looked more frayed at precisely the same time as public support for bolder climate policies has never been higher - and the opposition is seeking to take full advantage of that fact. Labour's new green energy policy is a case in point.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But with Ministers yet to go on the record with their detailed policy plans and several departments said to be at loggerheads over key parts of the new programme, environmental groups remain fearful that the UK's green policy framework is about to fundamentally weakened.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 23, 2021

Step 6: Implement the plan, establish and communicate new policies and practices. Your company has introduced new products, processes or policies that are not completely sustainable. Economic or political turmoil. Step 3: Benchmark and assess your current sustainability performance. Step 4: Engage your employees. Next Steps.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

The plans, available at The Solutions Project’s “ Clean Energy ” link, reveal the unique mix of wind, water and sun technologies capable of powering states, countries and even select U.S. Wind, Water and Sun (aka WWS) include wind power; waterpower from tides, rivers, and subsurface water (geothermal water); and solar power.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Solar and wind power could push fossil fuels out of the electricity sector by the mid-2030s and out of the energy supply system altogether by 2050, as clean energy costs continue to plummet and governments pursue policies designed to ditch fossil fuels for cheap, home-grown renewables.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

But Sunak and his rival have both this week sought to cast solar power a potential barrier to tackling the worsening global food crisis, which consulting giant McKinsey yesterday warned could leave the world short of 60 million tonnes of grain by the end of next year.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Starmer reiterated Labour's plan - trailed over the weekend - to achieve a 100 per cent clean power system by the end of this decade, a shift he acknowledged would require a doubling of onshore wind power, a quadrupling of offshore wind, and a tripling of solar power capacity.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2019

‘Massive speculation’ With a limited supply of PPAs, it’s a solar power buyers’ market right now in Spain, with the contracted prices offering heavy discounting compared to the current wholesale prices. The only downside is that there is not a firm government policy,” said McGuigan.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2023

But it warns that in order to deliver on its goals the government must urgently deliver a raft of new policies, investments, and grid reforms to pave the way for a massive scaling up in clean power capacity and green energy technologies needed over the next decade and beyond.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2020

But this year its mix of good and bad news takes on a particular importance as green businesses face worsening economic headwinds and governments urgently search for the policy levers that can avert an economic catastrophe. The report's headline conclusions will be familiar to anyone with a passing interest in the clean energy transition.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

"To meet the ever-increasing requirement for more capital, investors need the UK government to not only maintain - and where possible - exceed its existing net zero ambition, but to set a clear and stable policy vision underpinned by near-term actions and milestones.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Department of Energy that found that solar power could generate up to 45% of the U.S. Rhodes, an energy technology and policy researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, what it would take to meet this target. Why such a heavy focus on solar power? million solar panels or 364 large-scale wind turbines.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Policy documents released yesterday offer a glimpse into how big a role the government envisages for technologies such as carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), direct air capture (DAC), and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in supporting its Net Zero Strategy.

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The Angry Clean Energy Guy

APRIL 16, 2015

Some, like the British Green Party , go even further, and use our needs to clean up our environment in precisely the wrong way: As an attack on economic growth as a policy goal, and therefore on jobs and wealth creation. and a political program?—?that But we don’t. Climate action is not a “long battle” at all. In fact, we already are.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

For example, in the Northern Territory, where Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network, Seed, is working with communities to protect the country and water from dangerous gas fracking, communities are working to become energy self-sufficient and supply clean and cheap power with solar power and batteries.”

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