Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Old cities, often in Europe or North America, aim to protect what is already there, with economic loss and damage to mature assets the primary concern. Hong Kong from Victoria Peak: cities account for over two thirds of global energy consumption while occupying only 2% of the Earth’s surface.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 31, 2020

Many companies face the prospect of gas generation assets being stranded unless carbon capture and storage technology becomes widespread soon, according to research by Oxford University’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and published in Nature Energy on Monday. What comes next for utilities in transition.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 27, 2020

But while a transition to natural gas is already underway, it’s unclear what the future of that fossil fuel will look like as policies shift and other, cleaner resources become more competitive. “I view natural gas and LNG as already part of the solution,” she said at the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Forum.

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Natural gas Fossil fuels Methane Investment 172

GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

Trillions of dollars of legacy equipment, some not yet in need of replacement, risks being stranded in an all-electric world. Electrification gets down to the wire. Joel Makower. Tue, 04/20/2021 - 02:11. Reprinted from GreenBuzz, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. It’s a shockingly heady time for electricity. Surge protection.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

As I looked further into the prize, I noticed that it recognizes thoughtful collaborations between engineers and individuals, communities, and organizations that are striving to promote these ideals.The websites states that, “In totality, we seek to create a constellation of people and efforts that can help reimagine what engineering is for.”.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

What a waste of time and money. . Most landlords are likely to husband cash rather than invest in their assets right now because they aren’t sure how functional the capital markets will be for real estate in the near future or how stable their tenants are.". Now is a great time to optimize energy in buildings. You'd think.

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Real Estate Energy Energy Resilience 308

GreenTechMedia

MAY 14, 2020

Not only that — we also discuss the fallout from plummeting oil prices, what to do with stranded fossil fuel assets, the outlook for a U.S. Not only that — we also discuss the fallout from plummeting oil prices, what to do with stranded fossil fuel assets, the outlook for a U.S.

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Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 17, 2024

has what it takes to be a global leader in the energy transition, from critical minerals to some of the most promising cleantech companies in the world. Using it to export more fossil fuels in a world that is decarbonizing will lead to stranded assets and lost opportunities.

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Fossil fuels Hydrogen Electricity Demand 77

Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In a variety of conversations it became clear to me that to some degree, regardless the outcome of COP negotiations, undrilled oil will soon become stranded assets,” Director of Innovation, Mobility & Innovation Gabriel Scheer shared. At the end of the day, as Dawn wrote in FastCompan y, “The real value of COP is what comes next.”

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Charged

MARCH 21, 2022

In a recent video from the Autoline Network, John McElroy explains how the legacy automakers made what he calls “a strategic error.” When they first developed EVs, they shoehorned electric powertrains into existing gas models to make what came to be derisively called “compliance cars.” Register here.

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Batteries Automotive Electric vehicle Electricity 116

Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Shell and BP are writing down assets while a raft of US fracking firms are entering bankruptcy protection – change is coming to the fossil fuel industry faster than anyone expected. The stranded asset hypothesis just got real. per million British thermal units, down from $3.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The report found Canadian pension funds are lagging far behind their international peers, and pension executives are ignoring the considerable risk posed by stranded assets. Canada’s major pension funds are dragging their heels on climate change, according to a new report from Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

What is software-as-a-service and where does it fit with water? Water utilities are steadily replacing legacy IT systems with software-as-a-service applications as confidence in data security builds, says a technology firm working in this domain, Ovarro. Its subject matter expert Alan Cunningham discusses the latest developments.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Innovation 130

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Coal is in an unquestioned collapse, and utilities are being stuck with stranded assets. Coal-fired power is an increasingly bad business for utilities and their customers. In December 2019 Morgan Stanley noted “the fastest growing U.S. utilities are those that are moving most aggressively toward clean energy.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2020

Integrated electrification plans can help minimize connection costs, stranded asset risk and unnecessary competition between on-grid and off-grid players while maximizing the customer footprint with appropriate solutions for each offtaker. Globally, nearly 3.5 Integrated electrification planning is key.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 24, 2020

ACEA is clear that what it wants from policymakers is stability. “They provide the market with a clear understanding on what the landscape is transitioning toward.". The Green Deal sets the course for Europe to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2050. The ACEA claims 2.6

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Europe Carbon-neutral Automotive Policy 130

Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 20, 2023

By adopting the International Energy Agency’s key assumptions for such a scenario, in particular the price of oil and gas in a world that achieves net-zero emissions by 2050, Canada can have a more serious, informed conversation about what opportunities and challenges lie ahead—and how to plan for them.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

In contrast, it also points to a swathe of write-downs in the book value of assets from major oil firms, amounting to $48bn this year alone. In contrast, it also points to a swathe of write-downs in the book value of assets from major oil firms, amounting to $48bn this year alone.

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Business Green

JUNE 12, 2020

Carbon Tracker has today published an analysis of UK Export Finance's (UKEF) support for oil and gas projects in Brazil and Ghana, which concludes the assets are "highly likely to become stranded" if the world honours the commitments made in the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2023

The calls on councils, pension funds, and financial institutions to divest their holdings in fossil fuel assets comes in the same week that the IPCC warned that there is "a rapidly closing window of opportunity" for countries to act on climate change to secure a "liveable and sustainable future" for all.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2023

Investors must sieze the huge economic opportunity of the net zero transition, or risk being lumbered with stranded assets, argues Ceres' Mindy Lubber The tipping point is past, the talk of transition is over. Our markets are shifting - and fast - towards a clean energy economy. A dramatic, unrelenting drop in technology costs.

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Fossil fuels Investment Biodiversity Policy 39

EDF + Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Investors understand that from a business standpoint, they should be able to provide insights on the financial implications of climate change to their portfolio companies and what policy responses are cost-effective and practically implementable. However, this is a technically complex space with numerous barriers to participation.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

Influential think tank argues governments could soon be forced into an abrupt net zero policy shift that would threaten value of oil assets. Government climate commitments currently put the world on track to an estimated 2.8-3C 3C of warming by the end of the century, far above the Paris Agreement targets of 1.5C or 'well below 2C'.

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Policy Carbon Fossil fuels Government 63

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

As the third-largest producer of carbon dioxide emissions in the world today with an economy that's poised to see massive growth in the future, what happens to India’s energy mix will have a significant impact on the planet and its inhabitants. This is the final piece in a three-part series. Read part one here and part two here.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2020

This research highlights a worrying gap between what is needed to stop global warming, and what actions are being taken by the utility sector," said the study's lead author Galina Alova, researcher at the University's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. The coal sector also continues to wane.

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Fossil fuels Global warming Carbon-negative Energy 82

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

VIDEO: Leading green economy figures offer their candid views on what net zero means to them ahead of the Net Zero Festival 2021. Mark Campanale is founder and executive chair of the Carbon Tracker Initiative. Have you secured your tickets for the Net Zero Festival 2021 yet? Interested parties can sign up now for a free pass here.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2022

Keeping the lights on, keeping clean water flowing, keeping homes warm and cities safer and brighter is what we do as an industry…without our work society would break down. Chaabane elaborated on the importance for utilities to consider what their metering devices offer and how best they can help with data collection and accurate analysis.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Growing numbers of religious groups have divested from fossil fuel firms and high carbon assets, but Operation Noah's report argues that faith institutions should now also seek to ramp up investments in projects and companies that can help drive down emissions. This report is an important and practical encouragement towards that alignment.".

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Fossil fuels Africa Investment Transportation 69

Business Green

JULY 4, 2022

Nineteen of the 33 institutions to have announced their decision to ditch investments in fossil fuel assets are from the UK, according to the update from Christian climate charity Operation Noah, one of the organisations working to mobilise the divestment drive. We have to change our lifestyle.".

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Fossil fuels Investment Construction Energy 72

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Investors in all of the UK airports planning to expand are members of a UN-backed green investment scheme, a DeSmog investigation has found, highlighting what experts say is a “gulf” between the financial world’s environmental pledges and its actions. Incompatible’ with Climate Action. Principles for Responsible Investment.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 96

Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2020

To date the infrastructure industry has made some progress on doing what it does already in better and lower carbon ways. The CCC's message is now about transformative change in what we do as well as how we do it. Three strands of activity are now required to meet the challenge. That's a long time in terms of our daily lives.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. “It takes days to stop and restart a coal plant, which means you can’t manage weather variations.”

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

By Audrey Carleton This story originally appeared in Capital & Main , and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. The company is required by law to obtain a plan approval from DEP prior to installation and operation of the air contamination sources,” Decker said.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

He could just as easily have been talking about climate change tipping points - floods, fires, food shortages, migration, stranded assets or water shortages - which people too often see as something that will happen to other people, in a distant future. Optimism bias and groupthink has slowed politicians' response. Or September?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

That approach seeks to reduce the risk of stranded assets at a time when charging technology is in its infancy, and growing fast. Los Angeles startup EV Connect closed a $12 million Series B to fund its electric vehicle charging software expansion. EV Connect then reaches the market in two ways.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Startups Government 100

Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

We need to systematically review the barriers and potential incentives and regulatory changes required for the UK to become the best place for raising capital for the transition via new or existing vehicles and structures across all asset classes. The UK is a world-leader in green finance. Green finance is a huge opportunity.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With millions more EVs expected on roads in coming years, it is imperative that charging stations are reliable and secured against cyber threats that could leave drivers stranded and compromise their data. Electric vehicles are the future. That puts a burden not just on charging station manufacturers, but also on utility companies.

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