GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

The EU wants to become a net-zero emitter of greenhouse gases by 2050. The EU's own new strategy for decarbonizing its energy system draws largely from European Commission projections from 2018, predicting that in 2050 more than 80 percent of the electricity supply will come from renewables and 15 percent from nuclear.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The plan is detailed in the long-awaited Energy White Paper, which was published this morning, and sets out a wide-ranging strategy to support 220,000 new green jobs over the next 10 years and signals a "decisive and permanent shift away from our dependence on fossil fuels", according to Business Secretary Alok Sharma.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In a groundbreaking study, experts from the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) have unveiled a promising vision for the future of clean energy. This innovative approach not only promises economic viability but also underscores the role of nuclear energy as a sustainable, low-carbon power source.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Nuclear, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and other technologies are predicted to play an important, but much smaller role. pathway is pretty clear on this with renewables tripling by 2030 and then tripling again by 2050, while nuclear only doubles from now to 2050. To fund, build, and operate nuclear power plants?

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 15, 2023

As coal-fired power plants are retired, there is a need for reliable and affordable zero-emission power replacements. Although it is cleaner than coal, natural gas is still a fossil fuel and therefore has associated greenhouse gas emissions. However, nuclear power is a viable option for meeting this need.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2024

This is despite Jenrick having hailed the UK’s “world-leading commitment to net zero by 2050” as recently as 2020. Jenrick has also called for the building of “new gas power stations” and supports new fossil fuel extraction, including North Sea oil and gas, and the opening of new coal mines.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Any time I write about nuclear power, it evokes passionate responses from readers. That was certainly the case following my previous article, Nuclear Power Could Cut The World’s Carbon Emissions In Half. There is always a contingent who are convinced that all we need is solar power. Where is nuclear power growing?

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Despite this, many energy companies are taking a lukewarm approach to their energy mix: by 2030, British energy companies expect to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and clean fuel (4% and 1.5% respectively), and increase their investment into new energy sources (15%).

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 14, 2020

Both pathways can be used to achieve 100 percent decarbonization of the European energy system by 2050, Afry believes. However, the all-electric pathway is €94 billion ($102 billion) more expensive per year by 2050, Afry estimates. The all-electric scenario also requires 190 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity to complement 1.1

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

confirmed Tuesday that it is exploring a plan to separate its multi-state utilities businesses from its generation business, which is preparing to close two of its 21 nuclear power plants due to money-losing market conditions. Those plants and the two set to close next year provide 70 percent of Illinois’ carbon-free power.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

That leaves a massive gap to be filled by clean energy, since more than half of the state’s carbon-free emissions today come from nuclear power, as shown in the chart below. percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. Source: NYISO.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Under certain conditions, gas and nuclear energy could be part of the mix, making it easier for private investors to inject money into both. EU members like Austria and Luxembourg already have raised the possibility of legal disputes as they challenge the green notion of nuclear. degrees Celsius (2.7 F) above pre-industrial times.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Cleaning up the power sector accounts for almost half of emissions avoided between today and 2050, compared with a no-transition scenario where there is no further action on decarbonization. The global power system is transformed and becomes much more flexible in order to accommodate high penetrations of wind and solar.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It also reiterated that its ongoing Sustainability Transformation Plan, which calls for cutting its emissions by 80 percent by 2050 , is its highest priority at this time. Amid this welter of mergers and acquisitions proposed or consummated, U.S. and meeting Virginia's new mandate to eliminate carbon emissions by 2045. And Exelon Corp.,

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

International Energy Agency argues nuclear power can play a significant role in supporting transition to a renewables-dominated energy system worldwide. However, it still expects renewable electricity sources to dominate the global energy mix, with nuclear power projected to make up only around eight per cent of the mix by mid-century.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2021

Decarbonising energy, transport, and industry worldwide by 2050 is 'perhaps the greatest challenge humankind has ever faced', but the delivery of a net zero energy system is achievable, cost-effective, and promises to deliver jobs and health benefits for billions of people worldwide.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

He also suggested that the UK and UAE could collaborate more closely on the development of nuclear small modular reactors, and hydrogen – which critics say is being heavily pushed by the fossil fuel industry. The fossil fuel era is over.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Yesterday, Massachusetts released its “ 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap.” I’m tempted to call it a tour de force. Importantly, the Roadmap concludes that, if we don’t build more than 30 GW of offshore wind, we’re going to need to construct new nuclear power plants to reach our decarbonization target.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

Earlier this month, government figures confirmed that renewables ousted fossil fuels as the dominant source of power on Britain's grid for the first time ever in 2020, supplying 38 per cent of the island's power.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It will focus on the feasibility of using nuclear power as an energy source to power steam assisted gravity drainage process , also known as SAGD. ” At several points in her announcement, Schultz described SMRs as an emissions-reducing technology, or that it would help the province attain carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2020

The situation reduced the need for fossil fuel power such as coal and gas, and also led to curbed demand for nuclear power, as cheaper forms of renewable power such as wind and solar shouldered the lion's share of Britain's electricity needs.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

Ministers are gearing up to launch a consultation on changes to the government's taxonomy rules - which classify what constitutes a 'green' investment - in order to redefine nuclear power projects as environmentally sustainable, The Financial Times reported this morning.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That’s a different challenge than that faced by summer-peaking systems that can expect solar power and energy storage to help meet air conditioning demand.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Japan has a goal to achieve carbon-neutrality by the year 2050. Today, Japan mainly relies on coal and fossil fuels to power its industries. The plan included a possibility of its power coming from nuclear energy, an option that is widely contested in the country. Japan aims to be carbon-neutral by 2050.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

Japan’s LNG imports, for one, have steadily declined over the last decade and fallen to their lowest level in 14 years as the country restarts nuclear power plants and builds out renewables. LNG in the coming years and decades as forecasts for future LNG demand vary significantly. s intended export markets.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

The influential research firm's latest annual New Energy Outlook yesterday underscored the huge scale of the challenge ahead to ramp up green investment, transform economies, and drive down emissions towards net zero by 2050, as it mapped out three distinct potential scenarios for delivering on the world's climate goals.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Following a meeting with industry figures yesterday, the Prime Minister revealed plans to significantly expand the share of UK's electricity produced by nuclear power from around 16 per cent today to 25 per cent by 2050 - a move which would require major investment in new nuclear power capacity in the coming years, according to various reports.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Compiled by Dutch climate activist Vatan Hüzeir , and reviewed by DeSmog and Dutch investigative journalism platform Follow The Money , the documents show how Shell was actively supporting research that clearly underscored the dangers posed by burning its fossil fuel products from the mid-1970s — years earlier than previously thought.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030, 125 million electric vehicles will be owned around the world and the UK government aims for almost every car and van on the road to be zero emission by 2050. Electric cars are undoubtedly cleaner than fossil fuel run cars. But just how green are they? Challenges.

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

East added: "We will use our capabilities to play a leading role in enabling the vital sectors in which we operate achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Rolls-Royce is positioning itself to meet huge growth in demand for net zero transport and power," he said. I believe this ambition will drive our competitiveness for the future.".

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

The government has set out its suggested approach for constructing the UK's first Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) demonstrator today, bolstering its ambition for the next generation of small nuclear power plants to be up and running within the next decade.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

This science-based threshold — considered necessary to achieve emissions targets by 2050 — excluded all fossil fuels from being in the taxonomy. Between March and July 2020, nuclear lobbies met with EU representatives twice as often as they did in 2018, according to the non-governmental organization Reclaim Finance.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Achieving a zero-carbon electricity grid by 2035 is widely acknowledged to be a critical milestone in the UK's journey towards achieving a net zero emission economy by 2050. As such, the purpose of the research was to identify the most cost-effective way for the UK to deliver a zero emission grid.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 3, 2022

Since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the nuclear power generation fleet has had its output been effectively mothballed with output below 20% of earlier levels. Japan’s electricity sector is facing the triple challenges in the energy transition of energy security, cost and decarbonisation , writes James Tedd from GridBeyond.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

Japan’s LNG imports, for one, have steadily declined over the last decade and fallen to their lowest level in 14 years as the country restarts nuclear power plants and builds out renewables. s LNG industry is the question of where the electricity will come from to power new projects. Many of B.C.’s

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