The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 20, 2024

But it desperately requires many more skilled engineers, electricians and workers than it has In recent years, Britain has been busy setting up the scaffolding of the country’s future low-carbon economy.

Carbon 144

Carbon Demand Batteries Government 144

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 14, 2020

government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. carbon trading to begin next year. plans to slash the volume of allowances being traded by 5 percent to drive demand.

Carbon 130

Carbon Nuclear Power Construction Government 130

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Meanwhile, consumers increasingly are demanding responsible products, and attention to sustainability issues has become an employee expectation. Many investors evaluate nonfinancial performance based on corporate disclosures, with most finding value in assurance of the strength of an organization’s planning for climate and other ESG risks.

Sustainability 422

Sustainability Earth Day Investment Demand 422

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2021

The planned timeline for ending coal power generation in Germany could cause the country significant challenges as it battles to meet future electricity demand. That’s a key conclusion from a new white paper on Germany’s coal phase-out plans by energy market data analyst EnAppSys.

Nuclear Power 130

Nuclear Power Demand Politics Electricity 130

Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), RenewableUK and Solar Energy UK team up to demand clearer, ambitious clean energy goals. However, today the UK's main clean energy trade bodies warned that an acceleration in clean power capacity deployment is required if emissions goals and rising demand for electricity is to be met.

Demand 101

Demand Power grid Climate change Government 101

AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

How VPPs Reduce Both Costs and Emission in Meeting Peak Demands. Traditional peaking plants have been relied upon for decades to prop up regional power systems during spikes in demand throughout the U.S. combustion turbines burning natural gas or oil meet most of the peak power demands. By Peter Asmus. What are the alternatives?

Demand 94

Demand Fossil fuels Batteries Resilience 94

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

Sustainable low-carbon energy is needed and fusion can help meet this demand. Fusion energy is an area of national and international priority and has been explicitly identified in Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, and in the December 2020 Energy White Paper.

Energy 147

Energy Energy Investment Construction 147

Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2020

That is the conclusion of independent research released today by Imperial College London and energy firm Drax, which saw experts assess the tumultuous impact of the coronavirus crisis on Britain's electricity system from April to June 2020, a period characterised by near historically low levels of demand for power.

Nuclear Power 99

Nuclear Power Demand Fossil fuels Electricity 99

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2024

Ahead of her keynote address to the Water Industry Forum on 25 September, Sharon Darcy, chair of the Linear Infrastructure Planning Panel, says competing demands with other sectors over allocation of resources means a collaborative approach is vital.

Resilience 147

Resilience Ethics Transportation Demand 147

Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Renewable energy is in demand like never before. Businesses of all sizes are prioritising carbon reduction and environmental responsibility, driven both by government targets and by demand from customers for more sustainable products and services. Growing demand for carbon-free energy.

Business Energy Monitoring 92

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 92

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

GW of new long duration pumped hydro storage, with 90 GWh of storage, could save up to £690 million per year in energy system costs by 2050, as the UK transitions to a net-zero carbon emission system. A new study by independent researchers from Imperial College London has found that just 4.5

Carbon-neutral 129

Carbon-neutral Government Carbon Investment 129

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

Google’s highly ambitious goal to power all its data centers with clean energy on a 24/7 basis could get a boost from an in-house experiment that shifts server computing loads with the carbon intensity of the grid — if it can be scaled up across its global data center fleet.

Energy 130

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Carbon 130

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ahead of tomorrow's Net Zero Festival, Toby Hill explores how carbon offset standards are evolving in a bid to assure clients and campaigners that promised carbon savings can be delivered. To find out more about the role of carbon offsets in the net zero transition, sign up now for a free pass to tomorrow's Net Zero Festival.

Carbon 81

Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels 81

Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

It could also be accompanied by action on skilling up, with the government's Green Jobs Taskforce set to report soon, and building on the recent Skills for Jobs White Paper to tool up a generation of engineers, assessors and technicians. But grants are not the only way of incentivising home upgrades.

Government 90

Government Hydrogen Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral 90

Planet Pulse

JANUARY 23, 2024

We are expanding this portfolio with a white paper guide to help navigate new sustainability reporting demands around nature-related impacts and dependencies – Accelerating Biodiversity and Ecosystem Reporting , written in collaboration with Microsoft, the Natural Capital Project, and the Gund Institute at the University of Vermont.

Biodiversity 130

Biodiversity Sustainability Carbon-neutral Lithium 130

AutoGrid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Put simply, a VPP is an aggregated network of distributed energy resources (DERs) that can be remotely controlled and operated to balance the supply and demand of electricity on the grid. A bit complex for a 9-year-old, but solving this need is critical as electricity supply and demand have become extremely complex and much harder to manage.

Demand 89

Demand Climate change Cooling Energy 89

Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. Strange as it may sound, demand for this service — a form of what’s called “ carbon removal ” — was just beginning to grow. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

Climate change 134

Climate change Startups Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 134

Clean Energy Canada

MAY 18, 2023

But the federal government isn’t yet taking full advantage of this opportunity, a new white paper finds. Accordingly, as jurisdictions look to cut climate pollution, demand for cleaner industrial products is on the rise. The steel, cement, and chemicals sectors account for 70% of these emissions.

Policy 52

Policy Demand Investment Technology 52

Smart Energy International

MARCH 10, 2022

Billions of pounds in household energy savings are at risk due to inefficient use of the grid, a new white paper by smart energy specialist geo and heating manufacturer Vaillant finds. Turning down demand is known as demand-side response (DSR). billion) per year reduction in costs and reduced carbon intensity.

Energy 59

Energy Energy Demand Electric vehicle 59

Business Green

DECEMBER 22, 2020

That's even before you include the PM's pledge to set a new 2030 carbon reduction target of 68 per cent below 1990 levels, and last week's Climate Ambition Summit, which saw the UK government outline its plans to end financial support for fossil fuels overseas. And finally to the Energy White Paper.

Government 76

Government Energy Energy Policy 76

Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

The Treasury should set in stone a new fiscal rule for an annually-increasing carbon price in the UK, argues SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies. Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow I think it's imperative the Treasury installs a new fiscal rule: the need for an annually increasing carbon price.

COP 60

COP Energy Monitor Carbon Building Energy Monitoring 60

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

A new report argues that with demand for clean hydrogen set to boom, the nascent mocular reactor industry could have a key role to play in meeting surging demand.

Nuclear Power 95

Nuclear Power Hydrogen Fossil fuels Natural gas 95

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Two years ago, the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) of a global bank embarked on their nature journey, assuming it would follow the same path as tackling carbon. After all, if they could gain C-suite buy-in for decarbonization and address investors’ demands on stranded fossil fuel assets, how difficult could bugs and bunnies be?

Biodiversity 104

Biodiversity Fossil fuels Climate change Technology 104

Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Having consistently highlighted this Standard as the centrepiece of its plans to decarbonise new housing over recent months - not least in the recent Planning White Paper - the pressure was certainly on the government for this announcement to deliver. All eyes will now be on the response to the Planning White Paper.

Government 83

Government Carbon Policy Demand 83

Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Every car, van, replacement boiler, and the entire electricity grid must be zero carbon by the early 2030s, it said, and the economy as a whole must prepare to deliver deep decarbonisation at a pace that until recently had been expected to take an additional 15 years. He added such an approach was "really essential to meet the Paris goal".

Carbon 87

Carbon Policy Government Investment 87

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 10, 2020

The Empire State passed a law to eliminate carbon from the grid by 2045. out of nearby MIT to apply more rigorous modeling and analysis than is typical of a corporate white paper. Now it’s getting to work on replacing its peaker fleet. But the company hired enough Ph.D.s

Lithium 130

Lithium Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

WWF predicts a 40 per cent gap between the global water supply and demand by 2030, and climate change is likely to increase water shortages and competition. It's a strategy similar to the policy of setting internal carbon pricing to account for the "cost" of carbon emissions as part of a product or service.

Carbon 69

Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 69

AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Its electricity demand reached an all-time demand peak of 223 gigawatts (GW) this past June, and projections indicate it could hit 340 GW by the decade’s end. To put that into perspective, the electricity demand for Germany in 2022 was 200 GW. Asset Diversity: As is the case in the U.S.

Energy Monitor 80

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 80

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The first report, ABB’s digitalisation white paper, See the potential of digital faster , provides an overview of where industrial organisations are in their digitalisation journey and how they can scale the adoption of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology. go.abb/electrification.

Building Energy Monitoring 122

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Technology 122

Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

But the Clean Creatives campaign argues the Ad Net Zero approach puts the sector out of joint with the "other major industries" that account for their products' carbon footprint, arguing the sector's decision to leave out its client work from its climate accounting amounted a to a "6.74 billion tonne loophole".

Fossil fuels 61

Fossil fuels Demand Carbon Sustainability 61

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The first report, ABB’s digitalization white paper See the full potential of digital, faster provides an overview of where industrial organizations are in their digitalization journey and how they can scale the adoption of IIoT.

Building Energy Monitoring 124

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Organic 124

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Electrifying transport, buildings, and carbon-intensive industrial sectors in order to run them on clean energy sources could slash greenhouse gas emissions in the UK by as much as 60 per cent between now and 2050, according to new analysis today from BloombergNEF (BNEF).

Transportation 80

Transportation Electricity Policy Fossil fuels 80

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.

Power grid 82

Power grid Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Electric vehicle 82

Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

The sector has seen a 45 per cent reduction in current demand and signs of a protracted downturn and slow recovery. The impact was swift and extensive and we most likely have not seen the full extent of it as customers will have built up their stock during the lockdown, which will depress future demand.

Investment 65

Investment Hydrogen Policy Carbon 65

Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The UK's oil and gas industry watchdog has the first time set an obligation for the sector to contribute to the nation's 2050 net zero emissions target, in a revised strategy submitted to Parliament yesterday aimed at driving as clean and efficient production as possible "as long as this demand exists".

Fossil fuels 77

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Carbon Demand 77

Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It also suggests there is significant 'hidden demand' in the European economy for green hydrogen, with 540TWh potential demand unlockable in the near term and 1,200-1,400 TWh in the medium-term, provided there will be sufficient cost decreases, investments, and policy support.

Hydrogen 94

Hydrogen Europe Energy Energy 94

Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Since Covid struck, EVs and plug-in hybrids have emerged as the runaway success story for a market that has otherwise seen demand for new vehicles collapse across the board. A surge in new SUVs during the 2020s would result in high carbon vehicles being on the roads deep into the late 2030s and beyond, UKERC warns.

Policy 93

Policy Pollution Electric vehicle Transportation 93