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Routine Gas Flaring Is Wasteful, Polluting and Under-measured

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shale oil and gas boom has made this country one of the world’s top five flaring nations , just behind Russia , Iran and Iraq. Tags: flaring Bakken Shale Permian Basin Texas Railroad Commission Over the past 10 years, the U.S. It’s a dubious distinction. Routine flaring gives the industry a black eye.

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MIT Study Lays Bare Why Nuclear Costs Keep Rising

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Labor productivity in recent plants, for example, is up to 13 times lower than industry expectations, which goes a long way to explaining why the price tag for the Vogtle project in Georgia has more than doubled, rising to around $25 billion. This mismatch between expectation and reality has dogged the nuclear industry in several markets.

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Study: Heat pumps cheaper to install and run than gas boilers

Business Green

That is due to gas prices soaring more quickly than electricity prices in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the government's recent decision to temporarily shift environmental and social policy levies from electricity bills onto general taxation as part of its Energy Price Guarantee.

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Liz Truss prepares to announce energy price freeze plan

Business Green

And there were conflicting reports over the price tag attached to the new support package. However, some analysts counselled costs could swell further if wholesale gas prices continue to rise over the winter in response to cold weather or further moves from Russia to restrict gas supplies to Europe.

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Government set to lift fracking ban, confirm gas price freeze plan

Business Green

The plan is to be reviewed next Spring, but the government indicated the price freeze could stay in place for up to two years with the price tag expected to reach up to £150bn. As a result, domestic energy bills should stay at around current levels through this winter.

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'Titanic pivot from coal to hydrogen': Are steelmakers prepared for the rapid net zero transformation ahead?

Business Green

Sharing the findings on Twitter , BNEF's head of sustainable materials Julia Attwood described the estimated $278bn price tag for decarbonising a sector responsible for some seven per cent of global emissions was a "bargain".

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Liz Truss promises 'spades in the ground' to tackle energy crisis and drive UK growth

Business Green

Truss conceded the country faced "severe global headwinds caused by Russia's appalling war in Ukraine and the aftermath of Covid", but argued that "we have what it takes to tackle these challenges". "Of We'll get spades in the ground to make sure people are not facing unaffordable energy bills.

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