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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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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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Because those centers require enormous amounts of electricity, with a ChatGPT query using almost ten times more power than a regular Google search, top executives at TC Energy now argue that AI is helping push gas demand to “record highs.” gigawatts, according to local environmental groups, which is equivalent to the electricity demand of 5.8

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The project could be expanded to 10 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2040 dedicated to green hydrogen production. A Dutch carbon tax, that would cover emissions from producing hydrogen using methane, is expected to reach €125 ($137) per ton of CO2 equivalent emissions by 2030. The market for green hydrogen.

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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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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

A new report from power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research suggests that increased deployment of (and continued improvements in) virtualisation technology could reduce potential future European computing emissions 55% by 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodied carbon emissions.

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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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 27, 2024

This story is the second part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe , and in partnership with Follow the Money. Sections of pipe for the Porthos CO2 pipeline, intended to take captured carbon emissions and inject them under the North Sea, await burial at the Port of Rotterdam.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply. The sooner that the costs of carbon control are included in the costs of doing business, the sooner new technologies will be developed.

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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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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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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

Major truck manufacturers in Europe have accelerated the target date for their diesel engine phase-out from 2050 to 2040. Hydrogen and electrification are the low-carbon technology options of choice. Fuels such as biodiesel made from rapeseed oil or ethanol made from corn were once viewed as the apex of future low-carbon transport.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

g/m 3 by 2040, in addition to a 35% reduction in population exposure to PM2.5 by 2040, compared to levels in 2018. The target proposals to improve water quality and availability address pollution from abandoned mines, nutrient pollution and water demand. particulate pollution in the air from 20 ?g/m g/m 3 to 10 ?g/m

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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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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

Banking giant commits to ending support for coal by 2040 after reaching compromise with shareholders. The board-backed proposal commits the bank to phasing out all project finance, corporate finance, and underwriting of coal-fired power and thermal coal mining by 2030 in the EU and OECD, and by 2040 globally.

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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

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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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

Green hydrogen is considered by many to be a vital component of any credible net-zero carbon plan, and it can be used to decarbonize a number of industrial processes and heavy transport. And Wood Mackenzie's research indicates that the cost of green hydrogen will fall by 64 percent by 2040 as the market scales up.

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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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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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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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