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Startup tackles decarbonizing industrial heat processes

GreenBiz

In order to manufacture products, companies in the industry sector must burn fuel, typically natural gas, to create heat. Technologies such as geothermal, biomass and solar, which Skyven initially focused on, can provide an alternative to natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes.

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This California Utility Is Now Measuring Building Electrification in “Avoided Carbon”

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SMUD is the first utility in the country to count avoided carbon emissions from the existing building stock as part of its progress on energy efficiency. The switch to "avoided carbon" is part of SMUD’s ambitious effort to accelerate decarbonization of its existing building stock. A holistic vision.

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Southern Company Commits to Net-Zero Carbon by 2050, but Seeks New Gas Plants for Now

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utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

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California Hands Control Over Resource Adequacy to Utilities, Angering Community Choice Groups

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Specifically, it puts Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison in charge of managing “local RA,” or resources needed for grid reliability in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area regions. ” The CPUC first ordered CCAs to take up their own RA procurement in 2018. Last year the CPUC called for 3.3

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New Plans Reveal How China’s Grid Is Prepping for Net-Zero Carbon

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General Assembly that the country is aiming to be carbon-neutral by 2060. It will likely include more details on the first stages of this path to net-zero carbon. Building a grid and power market fit for net-zero carbon. The publication of China’s 14 th five-year plan, covering 2021-2025, is expected this month.

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Renewable Power Topped Fossil Fuels in UK During Q3

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for the whole of the third quarter, the first time that has happened, according to research by the Carbon Brief. Fossil fuels’ share of the electricity mix was 10 times larger than renewables’ a decade ago, Carbon Brief's data shows. gigawatts in 2018. The growth of renewable energy capacity in the U.K.

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California Faces Big Challenges to Microgrid Plans for Wildfires and Outages

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The CPUC’s proposed decision, set for a vote in January, also takes steps toward enabling community and third-party operated microgrids, as required under 2018 state law SB 1339. Natural gas generators would be a more effective solution, he said. Image credit: Enchanted Rock).