Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

The authors of the report also showed that carbon emissions fell by 16% compared to figures from 2019. Covid19 created a fall in generation demand. Naturally, energy demand declined as office blocks fell dark and leisure activities were suspended, but these latest Drax figures indicate something else. The broader picture.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

The goal of such a transition: all-electric buildings powered by solar, wind, and other sources of zero-carbon electricity. Maine is so confident in the performance of cold-climate heat pumps the state adopted a target to install 100,000 heat pumps by 2025. What sort of technology is involved in building electrification?

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

The latest edition of National Grid ESO's Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2021 predicts there are a number of ways that power generation in Britain could become emissions net negative by 2034 helping to put the UK on track to become a net zero emission economy by mid-century. Both of these scenarios would meet the UK's Sixth Carbon Budget.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid. Flexible technologies like pumped hydro storage kept the system stable as supply from renewables increased and demand for power fell.".

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Independent research published on 20 May by the charitable group greenspace scotland appears to reveal how the rivers flowing through the country’s towns and cities and the greenspaces between buildings can act as vital low carbon heat sources to help it achieve its climate targets. That is the carbon saving equivalent of taking 1.7

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

The campaigners’ analysis shows carbon emissions from vans in the UK have risen 63 percent since 1990, threatening climate targets despite the growing push for electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Carbon emissions from private cars and taxis have decreased by 19 percent over the same period.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. Still, there is potential for clean - low- or zero-carbon - hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Offshore wind has largely been stuck on the sideline of the corporate renewables market, as demand for onshore wind and solar has surged from corporate giants like Google, Walmart and even oil companies like Shell. That looks set to change. gigawatt global renewables procurement. The price itself was not disclosed.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Challenge 5 : The brewing process is wasteful.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

Launched today with the backing of 17 companies from across the concrete value chain, the ConcreteZero initiative calls on members to commit to using 30 per cent low emission concrete by 2025, rising to 50 per cent by the end of the decade, in support of an overarching goal to achieve net zero production of the material by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2024

At the time, Canada committed to commence wind-energy derived green hydrogen exports from Atlantic Canada to Germany by 2025. “Initially Wilkinson had said he had hoped shipments would start in early 2025 but even his revised timeline of late 2025 isn’t likely.”

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

The world's top climate scientists have updated their guidance on carbon removals technologies, arguing they are likely to prove essential to stablising global temperatures, but only if they are developed judiciously.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

ExxonMobil has unveiled several short term targets to tackle its carbon intensity, methane emissions, and flaring activity in a new climate plan it claims is "projected to be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement", despite the oil and gas giant's continuing refusal to set a long-term net zero emissions goal.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The UK government’s weakening of its windfall tax on energy profits matched the demands of a high-level lobbying campaign by the oil and gas industry, new research reveals. In the same month, OEUK also wrote letters to Sunak warning the proposed windfall tax would have a negative impact on oil and gas investments in the UK.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals. The influential consultancy giant today published a new report detailing how it expects global oil demand to peak in 2029, with gas demand peaking in 2037.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

Meanwhile, carbon capture and storage paired with bioenergy could be responsible for more than 60 million metric tonnes of negative emissions by mid-century, a rate of removal critical to the UK meeting its climate goal, it states.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Biomethane supplier CNG Fuels has cut the ribbon on its latest refuelling station in Nottinghamshire, enabling up to 500 low carbon trucks and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) to fill up every day, it announced yesterday. per cent of the UK's CO2 emissions, by 2040, and the UK is expected to recognise biomethane as a carbon negative fuel in 2022.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Oil and gas giant sets sights on developing science-based climate targets, as hydrogen, nature based solutions, carbon capture, utility business, and electric vehicle infrastructure all earmarked for increased investment. The oil and gas giant confirmed its total carbon emissions peaked in 2018 at 1.7

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

billion tons of carbon dioxide annually. Below we’ve detailed eight tips on how to reduce the negative environmental and social impact of your fashion brand company. This supports a circular economic model whereby fewer resources are demanded reducing water demand. Tip #6: Reduce fossil fuel demand.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2021

Advocates of BECCS argue that by sourcing sustainable biomass feedstocks for power plants and then capturing the resulting emissions, the technology can deliver both reliable renewable power and negative emissions.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2020

The outlook for carbon capture and storage, both with gas and bioenergy, also appears to have improved significantly over the past four years. The central scenario for onshore wind projects coming online in 2025 has seen projected LCOEs fall by around a third from £65/MWh to £46/MWh.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2022

Energy giant Drax has formally submitted plans for its multi-billion-pound bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project at its North Yorkshire power station. BECCS plants combine biomass power plants with carbon capture and storage capabilities to capture emissions that result from burning biomass feedstocks, such as wood chips.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2020

A new Greenpeace report notes that Microsoft, Amazon and Google are undermining their public carbon commitments through by providing services that allow oil and gas firms extract fossil fuels from the earth. Accenture estimates that advanced analytics and modelling could generate at much as $425bn in value for the oil and gas sector by 2025.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Together, these investors have pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2050, not just for their operations but across their entire asset portfolios, and help others do the same by identifying decarbonisation pathways for strategically key, high-carbon sectors. 2050 can seem a long way off - many of us will be retired," he reflects.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

Renewables will become the largest source of electricity generation in 2025. And although this revolution is generally framed as crucial for stabilizing the planet’s climate, it is poised to deliver another benefit: conservation of some of the planet’s most important rivers.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

Concrete production accounts for 8% of global annual carbon emissions – if it were a country, it would rank somewhere between the US and India in terms of its carbon footprint. Looking towards 2030 and beyond, carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) through CO 2 mineralisation is an emerging solution.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2021

The "world's largest" renewable biomethane refuelling station is set to open near Bristol later this year, enabling truck drivers to fill up on low carbon fuel produced from food waste, CNG Fuels announced today. per cent of UK carbon emissions, it said, and the Avonmouth refuelling station will enable up to 80 trucks to fill up every hour.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

While it is expected fossil fuel demand will rise, the broad consensus amongst most outlooks is that the growth will eventually plateau due to energy efficiency and developments in renewables. The OECD regions minus the USA will most likely peak in between 2020-2025, with the USA expected to peak at around 2040.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 20, 2021

to become carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050 to remove from the environment more carbon than they have emitted since they were founded. He added that energy demand is expected to continue growing, and thus there is a growing need to address the associated carbon emissions. ambitious goal and a detailed plan ?to

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

That is the conclusion of the latest report from Carbon Tracker, which again warns that leading oil and gas firms are investing billions of dollars in projects that will become stranded assets if global climate goals are met, and in the process are "tipping the world towards climate catastrophe". above pre-industrial levels. of warming.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The report - titled Principles for a low-carbon, sustainable and net-zero aligned economic recovery post COVID-19 - suggests five key government interventions aimed at harnessing growing political, business, and consumer will to tackle the climate emergency, as well as a raft of specific policy recommendations.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The use of epoxy resin - a lightweight carbon fibre binder renowned for its strength and water resistance - has long been standard practice in the wind turbine industry, but the material has proven near-impossible to break down for recycling.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

The news comes as the global aviation sector continues to reel from the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic which has severely reduced demand for international travel. British Airways has also struck a deal to purchase SAF from LanzaJet's US plant to power some of its flights from 2022. million tonnes of CO2 per year.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Currently it claims to represent 452 cities, 22 regions, 1,101 businesses, 45 of the biggest investors, and 549 universities, arguing these 'real economy' actors join 120 countries and constitute the largest ever alliance committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2020

This missive included a veiled reference to the aviation bailout, suggesting a rise in carbon prices for the sector. per cent of worldwide jet fuel demand. By 2025, capacity could grow to 1-2 per cent of global jet fuel consumption. Today's production capacity of biofuels, however, is sufficient for 0.1

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. The trend now is to shift away from carbon," said Maeda Tadashi.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

National Infrastructure Commission urges government to act quickly to drive development of first wave of BECCS and DACS plants, arguing carbon removals will be a cornerstone of the UK's future economy. Calls for the UK to start scaling up negative emissions technology are becoming shriller.

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