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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. No doubt Shell is counting on some miracle like carbon capture to preserve its adherence to a century-old business model of selling oil. And who could blame it? What happened?

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Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2

GreenBiz

Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may be as difficult as getting to the moon. . Launched on Earth Day 2019, Project Vesta aims to enhance natural weathering processes to accelerate carbon capture and storage in the world's oceans. Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2. Tali Zuckerman.

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2020 tipped the balance for British renewable energy

Renewable Energy World

The authors of the report also showed that carbon emissions fell by 16% compared to figures from 2019. Lead author of the Drax report Iain Staffell said that: “2020 saw Britain edge closer to the power system of the future with renewables generating more power than fossil fuels.”. “The The broader picture.

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Danielle Smith Boosts Carbon Capture Over Renewables at CCUS Event

DeSmogBlog

Despite a growing global consensus that carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) technology is too expensive and too inefficient to be a viable climate change mitigation strategy, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith promoted CCUS over renewables during a public address Tuesday. Solar panels don’t work.” This is false.

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Big Tech has cozied up to nuclear energy

The Verge: Energy

Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island on March 26, 2019 before it closed later that year. Photo: Getty Images Major tech firms, in search of carbon pollution-free electricity for data centers, are helping to revive nuclear energy in the US. Nuclear reactors could potentially solve both of those problems.

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How Green Is Your Solar Company? A 5-Step Sustainability Guide For Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Yet, practices can lead to a vast amount of unnecessary waste, habitat destruction, and carbon emissions depending on how you choose to operate. This is concerning when we think about the scale of the solar power industry, and how much this industry is expected to grow. In 2020, solar power accounted for 3.1%

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More wind and solar capacity could save some of the world’s most important rivers

Renewable Energy World

The proportion of global power generation represented by VRE, such as wind and solar power, has been rising rapidly since 2007. However, the variable nature of generation from wind and solar can pose challenges to grids.