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

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. The white paper estimates that demand for low-carbon power will double, leaving the country with “overwhelmingly decarbonized power in the 2030s."

Carbon 130

Carbon Nuclear Power Construction Government 130

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

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Providing a comprehensive understanding of grid orchestration, its challenges, and the transformative potential it holds, this eBook focuses on: Grid Orchestration: The art of harmonising diverse energy sources, demand patterns, and grid infrastructure. Decentralisation: The shift toward decentralised energy production.

Resilience 52

Resilience Policy Demand Sustainability 52

Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

Addressing shortfalls in what remains the flagship national policy to insulate millions of homes will be top of the list. The recent Energy White Paper hints that plans for the rest of this cash will be forthcoming in the Heat and Buildings strategy, but a proper plan to carbon free homes will have eyes beyond this parliamentary term.

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Government Hydrogen Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral 90

Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

The government acknowledged that as the decade continues "further support" will be needed, pointing to the £1bn CCS infrastructure fund and £240m net zero hydrogen fund set out in the recent Energy White Paper. Industrial decarbonisation is set to feature in UK trade and diplomacy.

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Government Policy Hydrogen Carbon 60

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

At the same time, advanced voltage control systems, such as ENW’s CLASS project , are working to provide demand response and fast frequency response functions. And you're at the same time trying to contract flexibility services from consumers and aggregators to manage the load demand on the distribution network," he said.

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Carbon-negative Demand Nuclear Power Investment 130

Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

BEIS released a suite of documents regarding 'clean heating' policy last Tuesday including most importantly details of what will follow on from the RHI. This policy consultation comes in advance of a long awaited energy White Paper and in advance of a heat and buildings framework expected to be released later this year.

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Policy Government Fossil fuels Carbon 73

Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Ahead of the Prime Minister's promised new green recovery package, a new report from the business advocacy group outlines a raft of near-term policy interventions that could put the UK on track to reaching net zero emissions. The gap between the government's net zero rhetoric and its policy agenda remains.

Policy 61

Policy Carbon-negative Government Carbon 61

Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

However, with the Energy White Paper released late last year having set an aim to capture 10Mt of emissions by 2030, it remains unclear precisely how the remaining 7Mt will be delivered. Overall, it estimate building net zero industry could support up to 80,000 jobs from now until 2050.

Policy 67

Policy Carbon-neutral Government Hydrogen 67

Business Green

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The government's overarching ambition is welcome, but we now need a detailed policy agenda to make net zero a reality, writes the REA's Dr Nina Skorupska?. Here at the REA we are well used to a flurry of new policy being announced just before the end of the year, but this advent has been a real bumper few weeks.

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Government Energy Energy Policy 76

Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Government must deliver carbon cutting policies this year to stay on track for net zero and maintain role as climate leader at COP26, think tank warns. This policy tracker will test whether the government can stand up at the end of the year and say it is taking the necessary action and leading by example.

Policy 45

Policy Carbon Government Climate change 45

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.

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Biodiversity Sustainability Carbon-neutral Lithium 113

GreenBiz

AUGUST 4, 2020

While some utilities in California and elsewhere are planning for an increase in power demand, many have yet to do so and need to get started. Recent product developments offer growing opportunities to electrify trucks and buses and slash their emissions (see our recent white paper ).

Electricity 345

Electricity Electric vehicle Batteries Transportation 345

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.

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Government Carbon Policy Demand 83

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In its recent Energy White Paper, the UK Government set out that long-duration storage technologies, like pumped hydro, would play an essential role in decarbonizing the UK’s electricity supply by integrating renewable energy and maintaining security of supply.

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Carbon-neutral Government Carbon Investment 129

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

But BloombergNEF analysis highlights gaping holes where supportive policies are needed to spur widespread decarbonisation towards net zero. However, action from policy makers will be needed if these changes are to happen.".

Transportation 80

Transportation Electricity Policy Fossil fuels 80

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

JANUARY 13, 2021

Ahead of the COP26 summit, the government is also under pressure to unleash a raft of urgently-needed net zero policies, plans, and funding to support its stated ambition to cement the UK's position as a global climate leader. Labour is demanding a vote in Parliament on the government's plan," he said. "We

Climate change 101

Climate change Government Demand Resilience 101

Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

Covid-19 has hit manufacturing hard, but with government policy support there is now a big opportunity to accelerate decarbonisation, argues Make UK's Frank Aaskov. The sector has seen a 45 per cent reduction in current demand and signs of a protracted downturn and slow recovery. We must now build back better and greener.

Investment 65

Investment Hydrogen Policy Carbon 65

AutoGrid

AUGUST 16, 2023

August 16, 2023, marks the first full year of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and this milestone demands a health check. billion is being steered toward residential demand flexibility under a national performance-based whole buildings program. Download White Paper The post IRA Turns 1: Forget Crawl, Let’s Run!

Climate change 52

Climate change HVAC Resilience Investment 52

Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 12, 2023

A new Clean Energy Canada white paper explores ways to cut emissions from this overlooked industry. Since 2000, demand has outstripped that of other heavy industries. As a result, the International Energy Agency forecasts substantial growth in demand for products from the chemicals sector in its Net-Zero by 2050 scenario.

Carbon 52

Carbon Fossil fuels Plastics Hydrogen 52

Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 5, 2023

As global net-zero commitments mount, demand for cleaner products is increasing. As our G7 counterparts charge ahead on industrial decarbonization, Canada must also act ambitiously or risk falling to the back of the pack, according to a new Clean Energy Canada white paper. First , in contrast to France, the U.K.,

Hydrogen 52

Hydrogen Carbon Government Investment 52

AutoGrid

JULY 27, 2023

At the recent National Association of Regulatory Commission (NARUC) Summer Policy Summit, I saw up close the growing concern about grid reliability among state regulators, utilities and the industry at large. Electricity demand is expected to grow more rapidly with accelerated electrification across the building and transportation sectors.

Energy Monitor 82

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 82

Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

New UK Energy Research Centre report argues 2030 ban on new internal combustion engine cars needs to be supported by bolder policy measures throughout the 2020s. 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.

Policy 93

Policy Pollution Electric vehicle Transportation 93

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 10, 2020

Since those plants are often the dirtiest, and typically located in disadvantaged or minority neighborhoods, it’s an environmental and racial justice imperative as well as a clean energy policy. out of nearby MIT to apply more rigorous modeling and analysis than is typical of a corporate white paper.

Lithium 130

Lithium Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

National Grid has estimated that electrifying all road transport - excluding heavy goods vehicles - would require less than a third more power than Great Britain's current demand of around 3000 terawatt hours, "which the grid could easily cope with," Cooper told the Guardian.

Government 85

Government Pollution Climate change Transportation 85

Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Policy Exchange report explores how energy market reforms could save customers £50bn on bills by 2050 while supporting green manufacturing and offshore wind deployment. This could provide a huge boost to green manufacturing in the UK, helping to level up places like Humberside, Teesside, South Wales, and Grangemouth.".

Electricity 72

Electricity Policy Carbon Hydrogen 72

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has urged the government to get on with fast-tracking the UK's push towards net zero emissions, amid rising frustration from business over the absence of detailed decarbonisation plans and ongoing delays to key green policy measures.

Government 48

Government Aviation Hydrogen Electric vehicle 48

ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 29, 2024

Opening talk of Hungary’s Energy Minister, Csaba Lantos, at the Budapest Geothermal Energy Summit (source: White Paper Consulting) During last year’s Budapest Geothermal Summit , local officials reiterated their belief that Hungary can be a “regional geothermal superpower.”

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Agriculture Investment Medicine Geothermal power 64

Business Green

MARCH 1, 2021

Delivering a programme of concerted economic change will require better coordination, an accelerated timeframe between policy and implementation, and a set of more strategic and complex decisions that translate policy ambition into action. Supply and demand will have equal value and flexibility at all levels will keep costs low.

Government 74

Government Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy 74

R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 17, 2022

As a result of the embargo, a supply/demand imbalance ensued. Our continued dependence on foreign oil has influenced American foreign policy for decades, and it has contributed to multiple military conflicts in the Middle East. Oil prices quadrupled in a very short period of time, contributing to a deep global recession.

Lithium 60

Lithium South America Batteries Electric vehicle 60

Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Taking the ‘human factor’ into consideration when designing and implementing energy policy is crucial to achieving energy transition goals, writes Dr Rosa Garcia-Verdugo. Have you read: PG&E implements behavioural Energy Efficiency Programme National Grid – Scaling demand response with behavioural outreach.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

Public awareness of climate change was at an all-time high, young people marched through the streets demanding that politicians act to safeguard their futures, and concern about the environment was recognised as one of the top five issues in December's General Election. Let us think back to one year ago.

Climate change 71

Climate change Policy Energy Energy 71

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 27, 2018

Position: Distributed Energy Policy Advocate/Staff Attorney. The Clean Coalition combines policy design and advocacy with practical program and project development expertise to identify and overcome key barriers to local renewable energy. The Distributed Energy Policy Advocate/Staff Attorney will: ? Qualifications.

Policy 40

Policy Organic Law Innovation 40

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Citing Treasury sources, the paper reported that Chancellor Rishi Sunak was actively considering ending the fuel duty freeze which was introduced in 2011, pausing the long-standing policy of increasing fuel duty in line with inflation each year. Any increase in fuel duty would likely be welcomed by green groups and EV advocates.

Government 72

Government Electric vehicle Policy Carbon 72

Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Last month the starting gun was fired on what will be an intense 12 months of domestic policy and international negotiations leading up to the UNFCC COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow. The government's Ten Point Plan for a 'Green Industrial Revolution' was the first of many significant policy announcements for the weeks and months ahead.

Electric vehicle 56

Electric vehicle Government Policy Aviation 56