Financial Times: Energy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Roles of government, Environment Agency and Ofwat in monitoring and enforcement of discharges by water companies under scrutiny

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

AI Takes Off AI was everyones favorite buzzword this year, but more than that, were only just beginning to realize its incredible value and staying power. Planet Labs PBC) In 2025, EO datasets will emerge as an invaluable resource to train AI models, strengthening the power of AIs usefulness to commercial and government users.

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Building Energy Monitoring Policy Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 111

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

As global awareness of the impact of poor air quality grows, so too does the demand for monitoring. The increasing prevalence of air quality monitoring in legislation, as well as with respect to corporate/social responsibility is driving the transition of air quality monitoring from a “nice to have” to a firmer commercial proposition.

Energy Monitor 242

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Pollution 242

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

Diverse compounds are emitted by everything from motor vehicles to power plants, and include both greenhouse gases and short-lived climate pollutants – which are known to fuel global warming – as well as a host of volatile organic compounds that can lead to short- and long-term health problems in humans.

Energy Monitor 213

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Pollution Health 213

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

gigawatt natural gas power plant in the U.K. have been shelved by the developer Drax, highlighting the challenging economics of converting coal-fired power to a cleaner, but still fossil-fuel-fired, alternative. ’s climate change laws. ’s largest power plant. Plans for a new 3.6-gigawatt GW running on coal.

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Building Energy Monitoring Natural gas Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 246

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Scottish Government say they have been working with UK partners to develop a four-nation approach to digital tracking of waste movements. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Scotland generates 11.45

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Waste Waste Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 246

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 7, 2025

Read this Latham Client Alert for more detail on these laws. Read this Latham blog post for more detail on the implementation of these laws by CARB, which issued an Enforcement Notice for SB 253 stating that CARB will not penalize in-scope entities for incomplete compliance when first disclosures under the law are due in 2026.

Law 52

Law Government Climate change Organic 52

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . Other wood pellet companies have flocked to the region, including Drax , a major energy utility in the UK that now manufactures wood pellets in the U.S.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 527

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Jeff Hutchins, president and chief technology officer at EOS Linx, writes on the electric vehicle (EV) landscape and how its booming growth necessitates, now more than ever, a renewed focus on cybersecurity measures. Electric vehicles are the future. They’re not monitored by utility workers who are always on-premise.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 116

Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) said the government had not been consistently completing legally-required Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs) of environmental and other related laws, which it warned risked undermining environmental protection efforts and accountability in the UK.

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Energy Monitor Law Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 45

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Eleni Diamantopoulou is Practice Development Lawyer (Energy) at Womble Bond Dickinson. Eleni Diamantopoulou writes The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. By putting in place the enabling primary legislation that bridges legal gaps, creates new laws, or brings clarity to existing laws.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy 147

Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Detailed analysis of more than 100 EU exit statutory instruments laid by Defra prompts campaigners to warn of 'significant governance gaps in the application, interpretation and enforcement of environmental law' post-Brexit. Ministers have insisted that the process was necessary to ensure continuity of environmental legislation.

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Law Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 94

Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Government agencies managing vast forests can now leverage satellite imagery to monitor forest health more effectively, overcoming traditional challenges like limited resources and personnel. Government agencies responsible for developing and implementing strategies to protect and restore forested lands face a difficult task.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Health 52

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Broken Equipment Equinor had previously acknowledged that faulty monitoring equipment at Sleipner caused it to over-estimate the amount of CO2 it was capturing at the field for several years, as DeSmog reported in October. billion in Norwegian government subsidies, with an additional $141 million pledged by the European Union.

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Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Energy Monitor 145

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Before publication the Bill had promised a legally binding target on PM2.5

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Soil Biodiversity Plastics Business Energy Monitoring 280

Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced it was suspending its enforcement of environmental laws in response to the crisis, informing companies they would not be pursued for environmental infractions during the outbreak. The government said the policy was temporary, but provided no end date.

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Law Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 85

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The UK Government’s new Net Zero Strategy sets out for the first time how the Government intends to halve UK emissions in little over a decade, and to eliminate them by 2050. The UK was the first major industrialised nation to set Net Zero into law – now we have policy plans to get us there. I applaud their ambition.

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 130

GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. The pioneering governance structure will see the food giant officially entrench environmental, social and societal objectives into its bylaws, alongside more typical profit goals.

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Biodiversity Agriculture Sustainability Carbon 344

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 12, 2023

The German government has adopted a draft law to restart the digitalisation of the energy transition and accelerate the rollout of smart metering. Smart meter data – new uses under investigation in GB Unlocking smart meter data for research. Have you read? And that is exactly what we are doing.

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Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 59

Smart Energy International

JULY 23, 2022

Although potentially providing significant avenues for energy savings and prosumer capability, such products attract potential data security and privacy risks. And where compliance is concerned, manufacturers must observe cyber security standards and regulations as well as national laws. The regulation was published on 12 January 2022.

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IoT Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Law 139

Charged

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Presenting a comprehensive E-Mobility ecosystem, 2035 E-Mobility Taiwan features 6 main categories : Electric, Autonomous, Connected, Interaction, Shared, and EVs, showcasing cutting-edge solutions from electric vehicles, EIC system (battery, motor, and electric control), ADAS, Internet of Vehicles to smart cockpit.

Energy Monitor 135

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Automotive 135

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

California regulators have approved a microgrid plan directing $200 million to help communities build networks that can supply power through the state’s extended wildfire-prevention blackouts, a task expected to take years to move from planning to completing its first projects. Slow progress on microgrid policy.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 130

DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2023

Proposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms drafted after closed-door meetings with industry contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug resistant bacteria, campaigners have warned. The UK government has since weakened that commitment, however, saying only that it would implement “similar provisions.”

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Law Building Energy Monitoring Medicine Health 95

Grist

JUNE 13, 2024

But if you ask solar-power enthusiasts, a reservoir is also not realizing its full potential. They could simultaneously gather energy from the sun and shade the water, reducing evaporation — an especially welcome bonus where droughts are getting worse. We’re just providing a structure that floats to mount that electrical system.”

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Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Hydropower 142

Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

Renewable energy, energy storage and other technologies can help growers not only minimize their electricity bills – a substantial operation expense for the typical indoor farm – but also give them a leg up in the State’s licensing process. I. Environmental Impacts of Cannabis.

Building Energy Monitoring 87

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 87

ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) recently celebrated the 40th year anniversary of the Tongonan geothermal power plant in the Leyte geothermal field of the Philippines. After several years of intensive exploration and development work, the Tongonan-1 geothermal power plant was inaugurated on July 02, 1983.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Geothermal power 105

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Although the UK Government’s latest legislation solidifies their commitment to the smart meter rollout in the country, there are yet a number of issues with consumer perception and the performance of the technology that need to be ironed out, explains Michael Jary of Sense. billion ($7.1 billion ($7.1

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Technology 52

Front And Centered

AUGUST 8, 2023

Local communities and governments are trying different strategies to cope with this worrying trend, including the Washington State Legislature. One such case was House Bill 1329 , which requires that electric and water utilities maintain services for all residential customers during excessive heat.

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Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Policy Law 94

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Where these commitments are not achieved, companies will face underperformance penalties, with Ofwat having new powers to levy fines from 2020. ” She added: “As last week’s £90m fine for Southern Water showed, environmental laws must not be undermined.” Anglian Water and Thames Water were rated as 3 star (good).

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Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Investment 264

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Sam also accompanied SEPA staff to a non-compliant site and on a site visit to a legitimate waste operator to see how businesses should be operating to stay within the law and discovers how criminals undercutting these types of businesses can impact on the industry.

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Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 245

Charged

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Should electric utilities be allowed to own EV charging stations? A proposed state law in Minnesota has brought the issue of utility ownership of public EV charging to the fore. Because they’re the ones…selling the electricity, [utilities] don’t apply demand charges to their own stations,” McKinnon said.

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Retail Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 119

ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

GEL has already drilled two geothermal wells for the United Downs Deep Geothermal Project (UDDGP) – a production well that is 5275 meters deep, and a reinjection well that is 2393 meters deep. This is enough to produce around 250,000 electric vehicle batteries for an average sized car*. GEL was recently awarded £1.8m

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Lithium Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Electric vehicle 98

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 9, 2022

Phase one of Serbia’s smart metering implementation has been awarded €7.8 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, is aimed to support the rollout by the distribution company, Elektrodistribucija Srbije of approximately 205,000 smart meters in the cities of Kraljevo, ? Have you read? Have you read?

Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Law Packaging 52

ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 15, 2024

The Government of Taiwan via the Ministry of Economic Affairs has officially implemented the new “Geothermal Exploration and Development Permit and Management Regulation.” ” The new law, which came into effect on the 13th of May, provides the regulatory framework for geothermal exploration and development permitting.

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Policy Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Geothermal power 105

Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Washington passed 100% clean electricity into law earlier this year, and with public input government agencies are currently drafting rules to guide utilities on how to comply with the law by phasing out fossil fuel emissions and integrating equity in their service models.

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Energy Monitor Law Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 40

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

By Faye Bowser, Head of Energy Solutions, Siemens plc. How do we find the energy and ideas now to put in place the changes needed to sustain our collective trajectory to 2050, and also identify the next set of ‘big wins’ for industry? A lot of the hard work has come from decarbonising the grid and the shift to renewable power.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Carbon Energy Monitor 130

Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!    Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The picture was less rosy for new wind and heat pumps, both of which have suffered from high interest rates.

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Investment Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 112