Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

Regarding Scope 3 emissions, members will work with value chain partners to reduce emissions 10 percent by 2030, 30-40 percent by 2040, and 60-70 percent by 2050, said a statement. If required at all, carbon offsets and commercially unrealized technologies like carbon capture would be limited to minimal, highly specific cases.”

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 20, 2020

Join us for a conversation about the power of companies (big and small) coming together to tackle the climate crisis, and hear why Global Optimism and Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge—a bold commitment to become net zero carbon by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. . Speakers: . taylor flores. Thu, 08/20/2020 - 08:42.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

The startups you will hear from apply a multitude of ideas to mitigate climate risk, respond to shifting customer demands and unlock new business opportunities across the value chain. Made of Air’s carbon-negative materials are drop-in ready, and they are already working with companies such as H&M and Audi. Who are they? Courtesy of.

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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Michigan has announced plans to meet 100% of its energy demand with renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, by 2040.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2020

An offset program like UPS’s carbon neutral service , though, can help minimize these emissions, paving the way for a new era of sustainable shipping. Business owners or executives can then implement this service into their supply and demand operations, demonstrating a commitment to reducing emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 3, 2020

China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is making a promise to get to zero emissions 40 years from now. Resources: The Guardian : China Pledges to Become Carbon Neutral Before 2060. Axios : Walmart Aims for Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040. GTM : Google Pledges 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy by 2030. Is it legal?

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Evergy has become the latest utility to pledge to long-term carbon cuts even though the states it serves, Kansas and Missouri, aren’t demanding them. To get to 80 percent, the company plans to retire all coal plants in the 2040-2050 timeframe, except its Iatan 2 plant in Missouri, the newest and cleanest in its fleet.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The WEO projects global energy supply and demand through 2040, under three different scenario assumptions: The Current Policies Scenario (CPS) shows what happens if the world continues along its present path, without any additional changes in policy. Under the CPS, energy demand rises by 1.3% each year to 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Scottish Water has completed work on its first large-scale battery storage project which the utility says will accelerate its drive towards net zero emissions by 2040. The digital optimisation platform, Dynamic Demand 2.0, It’s a massive step forward for us and will form an integral part of how we cut our emissions in the coming years.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2021

There are more opportunities to expand impact through developing new projects and providing a more robust renewable generation match for load demand. By 2025, the company will be the first major energy company to achieve carbon neutral energy generation and operations and by 2040, the entire supply chain will be carbon neutral.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 2, 2023

The scheme is well underway and is being led by Scottish Water’s commercial subsidiary Scottish Water Horizons and the group says it is expected to generate 0.42GWh of green electricity each year – the equivalent of boiling around 1,800,000 kettles a year – and offset 13 per cent of the treatment works’ annual electricity demand.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

New York recently announced its target of 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040, joining California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington in passing substantive clean energy targets. Demand for energy resilience will spread across the country as the effects of climate change become more acute.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. The company said it was targeting a fully zero emission parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet by 2040, a push that will be accomplished by gradually phasing out its existing fossil fuel fleet.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In the race to meet aggressive decarbonization and net-zero carbon goals and regulations, a new study shows that utilities cannot afford to just focus on clean energy supply investments. Related: Could energy efficiency and demand response solve Texas’ energy woes?

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Over the next decade, renewable energy demand from Fortune 1000 companies could add 85 GW. facilities by 2030 and global operations by 2040. For other companies, simply accessing regional grids with sufficient low-carbon energy remains a challenge. It allows us to optimize the grid itself, matching generation with load.".

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Prospects for carbon capture received a boost in September when the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the emerging technology is “ critical ” to a clean-energy transition. Both technologies could mitigate climate change by removing emissions from existing fossil fuel generation or even pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2022

Global logistics giant becomes latest major firm to pull forward its net zero emission target to 2040. Moller - Maersk has today announced it is to pull forward its net zero emissions target by 10 years, making it the latest global company to commit to delivering net zero emissions by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 1, 2020

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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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2021

A major UN-backed initiative aimed at tackling the growing climate impact of the burgeoning crypto currency industry has been launched today, in bid to encourage all of the world's energy-intensive fintech blockchains to run on 100 per cent renewable power by 2025 and achieve net zero by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 4, 2019

I look forward to tapping into that desire and building on the strong foundation that Bob has built as we meet society’s demand for cleaner, better energy," he added. One obvious way to deliver more energy with less carbon, Looney said, is "more renewables and gas, pushing coal out of power.". Playing catch-up on renewables.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

Carbon capture is becoming big business. Carbon capture will have to accelerate rapidly, then, if we are to avoid a catastrophe induced by climate change. not co-located to sites of emission) to capture 1M tons of carbon a year, equivalent to 40 million trees. We all know why. First things first, there’s CO2 levels.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

Graphite or carbon electrodes are a core component of standard lithium-ion batteries, but can only store a limited amount of charge and have a restricted overall life-span. million per year by 2040, using a combination of both wild and cultivated seaweed.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

and globally by 2040. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. LinkedIn | Personal website. million acres the 4.4

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

NextEra Energy Resources customers focused on ESG (environmental, social and governance) are also beginning to be interested in looking at carbon footprints related to transportation, said Izzi. Transit buses are electrifying thanks to strong mandates such as California's, which requires all transit agencies to phase out diesel buses by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

“The materials you put in the building will be there forever, they cannot be decarbonized,” said Victoria Herrero-Garcia, an engineer who analyzes the carbon used in buildings over their life cycles for Ambient Energy in Denver. In the case of cement, the very chemical reaction at its heart generates massive carbon dioxide.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Xcel made waves in late 2018 by setting its own net-zero carbon plans in advance of state mandates.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

Shell is chasing carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner and the project in the Netherlands offers a glimpse of how it hopes to get there. The NortH2 consortium hopes to eventually develop electrolyzer capacity requiring 3 to 4 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, perhaps growing to 10 gigawatts by 2040.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 2, 2024

The new plan is meant to enhance investment security in the country in the medium to long term The German government has developed and taken on a new hydrogen fuel import strategy for the purpose of driving investment security while strengthening demand in the medium and long term. 

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 31, 2020

Dominion has been forced to confront a rapid shift away from carbon-emitting energy assets in its home state of Virginia under its Clean Economy Act , which calls for Dominion to achieve carbon-free energy by 2045. Dominion has also set its own goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 across its portfolio.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

It's easy to see why: Demand is enormous. The world is on-trend to face a $15 trillion gap between the infrastructure investment needed and the amount provided by 2040. In energy infrastructure, long a major source of global carbon emissions, renewable technologies have made enormous strides. percent in the same year and by 1.5

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

And the demand and interest in this technology is only growing stronger. Given that trucks consume the vast majority of energy compared to other modes of freight transportation, electrification in this area has huge potential to decrease the carbon impact of fleets. BYD delivered its 100th battery-electric truck in the U.S

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Bidgely

JUNE 22, 2021

Hear Portland General Electric’s Larry Bekkedahl in a fireside chat, as we discuss the role that data is playing in helping the utility achieve “Net Zero by 2040” in the on-demand session from UA Summit 2021 called “ Unlocking Operational Outcomes: Digital Transformation and Clean Energy Initiatives with AMI Data.”. Data can help. “If

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

A request for information (RFI) released this week is the opening step toward meeting CPS’ “ Flexible Path ” plan, which calls for an 80 percent non-carbon-emitting energy portfolio by 2040 and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. “We are looking at this capacity.to

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

AT&T pledged to be carbon-neutral by 2035, a step up from its previous goal to reduce Scope 1 emissions by 20 percent and Scope 2 emissions by 60 percent. Walmart pledged to become carbon-neutral across its global operations by 2040 — without relying on offsets. Morgan Stanley became the first major U.S.

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Energy Central

JULY 8, 2024

Project Union, CO2nnect, Sco2Connect | UK, Hydrogen & Carbon Dioxide, backbones. Many authorities are modelling both Hydrogen and Carbon dioxide networks. Also integrated 2030 and 2040 scenarios analysing German supply and demand. Added in Co2nnect and the recently monikered ‘Sco2tConnect’ proposals.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Online retailer publishes sustainability update, confirming carbon intensity fell 16 per cent last year as efforts to decarbonise fleets and shift to renewable energy gathered pace. As such, Amazon's absolute carbon emissions increased by 19 per cent in 2020, from 51.2 million metric tonnes or CO2e in 2019 to 60.6

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The UK aviation industry is set to face strict mandates for delivering low carbon biofuels, stronger carbon price signals, jet fuel efficiency goals, and a goal for operating zero-emission domestic routes under the government's new plan for achieving net zero emission flights within 20 years.

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