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7 European Companies Looking to Go Big in American Clean Power in 2020

GreenTechMedia

From offshore wind, to solar, to the ballooning corporate renewables market, utilities, oil majors and developers are heading across the Atlantic for a piece of that gigantic American power pie. For now, traders are maximizing the company’s onshore wind power by reducing the company’s merchant risk. A sizeable 5.1-gigawatt

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In the hot seat: Solar Energy UK's Chris Hewett on how solar can help deliver net zero buildings and businesses

Business Green

Meanwhile, the industry will be further boosted by the growing number of households looking to combine solar and storage systems as a means to charge their electric vehicles, power their heat pumps, and make the best use of new smart tariffs, he predicts. "Of But at the same time, the industry still faces major challenges.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

One of the main agreements made by COP26 was the commitment to end and reverse deforestation, along with securing global net zero targets by the mid-century and keeping 34.7°F The Paris Climate Agreement : COP21 took place in Paris 2015, and marked a new momentum for climate action. C) within reach.

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'A poor use of public funds': Should the government subsidise biomass and carbon capture technology?

Business Green

Energy giant Drax has long maintained that a proposed BECCS plant at its power station in North Yorkshire can play a crucial role in delivering on the UK's net zero ambitions by generating electricity with negative emissions.

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'This is not a scary transition': Six key takeaways from the CCC's net zero progress report

Business Green

As ever, the CCC's assessment of the potential costs of net zero offers a powerful tonic to the loud minority of political and media commentators who have taken to bemoaning the price tags attached to the projects that can help avoid catastrophic climate impacts. Silence from the Treasury opens the door to climate action 'naysayers'.

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? Spooky season for clean energy stocks #171

Climate Tech VC

🔋 Skoon Energy , a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based on-site power source rental marketplace, raised $5M in Series A funding from Blue Bear Capital and Graduate Entrepreneur Fund. Hydrogen has found a new and exciting home in the power generation space. What’s holding back the uptake on heat pumps ?

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Virginia advocates seek path forward for electric school buses despite lack of state funds

Renewable Energy World

An ambitious measure to convert Virginia’s fleet of 17,000 diesel-powered school buses to quieter and cleaner electric models over a decade was praised by health and environmental advocates when it passed the General Assembly at the end of February. But transitioning from yellow to green is expensive.