Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

By comparison, the CfD awarded to Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is £106.12/MWh. The most recent CfD auction for offshore wind resulted in a strike price of £46/MWh – one-third of the cost of the MGT Teesside’s award in today’s prices. Unlike cheap wind and solar power, biomass?power MWh at current rates.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 8, 2021

Hydrogen can be produced from a variety of resources, such as natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and renewable power like solar and wind. For instance, a large-scale electrolysis project in Corpus Christi, Texas would convert low-cost Texas wind power into green hydrogen and ultimately into green ammonia.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Even so, at present the UK still remains a dominant offshore wind player on the global stage. Today's report, published by RenewableUK's EnergyPulse data analysis unit, shows the UK is now home to 13.7GW of operational offshore wind power, which amounts to 23 per cent of the the entire world's operational wind capacity.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

The decline was attributable to record price levels in Europe and Asia in 2022, rising nearly threefold in Europe and doubling in the Asian LNG spot market. Wind and solar reached a record high of 12% share of power generation with solar recording 25% and wind power 13.5% growth in output.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

The motion also criticized the Social Democrats’ plans to replace canceled nuclear power with fossil gas. Timbro was mentioned in the application as “a potent ally in spreading market-oriented ideas across Europe, especially on regulatory and environmental issues.” Exxon, looking to invest its resources outside the U.S.,

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

France built nuclear power. Denmark looked to offshore wind. Yet, despite years of government R&D and subsidies, Danish wind power didn't become commercially viable until, in 1991, the nation instigated a feed-in tariff - a subsidy that guarantees a long-term, fixed price for renewable power plants.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

The network upgrade plan would see new infrastructure delivered to connect both onshore and offshore wind power where needed alongside solutions that can optimise the location of strategic, flexible demand connections in the future.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. Poland is the only member of the EU which has so far refused to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, with the country seeking more time to reconfigure its economy, which is heavily reliant on coal-fired power stations and coal mining.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And now, nuclear power is making a strong comeback." The analysis is in part based on fresh research released today by think tank Ember, which estimates that increases in wind and solar generation in Europe has helped the bloc save €12bn in avoided gas costs since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

That is why we are fully committing to nuclear power in the UK, backing a new generation of small modular reactors, and investing tens of billions in clean energy through carbon capture. We don't want to see high bills like this again, it's time for a clean energy reset.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Along its route, there is already significantly more energy produced from wind power and photovoltaic plants than is needed locally. The upgrade of the Ostbayernring will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Germany and benefit energy-security in Europe as a whole.” . Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

Indeed, it estimates more than three-quarters of the effort to cut carbon emissoins in the next nine years falls to the power sector, primarily through faster development of wind and solar PV capacity.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs? Currently, electricity in the UK is supplied by a variety of generators, including fossil fuels, nuclear power, and large and small-scale renewables. In Europe, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross electricity consumption is 34 per cent on average.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A new report published in the journal Scientific Reports has warned that extreme droughts are set to become much more frequent across central Europe in the coming decades as climate impacts escalate. Study: China accounts for over 90 per cent of planned global coal power capacity. Fresh warnings of European drought risks.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

However, some analysts counselled costs could swell further if wholesale gas prices continue to rise over the winter in response to cold weather or further moves from Russia to restrict gas supplies to Europe. Meanwhile, there is similar confusion over how the huge cost of the new support package will be met.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The paper also backed plans to ramp up renewables deployment across the country, including through reforms to designate two per cent of Germany's land as suitable for wind power and new rules to require commercial buildings to install solar panels. "We We see it as our central common task to set Germany on a path to 1.5

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Millionaire points to Broken Hill’s blackout to attack the energy transition but experts say he should look at South Australia and Europe Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast For 15 minutes on Sunday morning, ABC local radio listeners were treated to a rant from Dick Smith (..)

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In November, just a day after the coalition collapsed, Merz gave an interview to broadcaster ZDF, describing wind turbines as ugly and wind energy as a transitional bridge technology. In late 2023, CDU worked with the AfD and Free Democrats to limit wind energy at the regional level in the state of Thringen.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

American LNG now supplies markets across Europe and Asia, bolstering energy security for allies and creating significant economic opportunities at home. Rapidly expanding wind and solar power capacity has made the U.S. the second-largest producer of wind energy and a top-five producer of solar energy globally.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

Emissions also fell in other industrial sectors and residential buildings that year due to a warmer winter and lower demand for heating, but CO2 from the transport sector continued to increase, largely driven by growing fuel consumption from passenger cars on Europe's roads. GWEC: Global wind power surge requires half a million new workers.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The first off shore wind farm in the US went online May 1st 2017 in Block Island, Rhode Island. Why does the Biden administration want to build so much wind power at sea? offshore wind resources could provide over 2,000 gigawatts of generating capacity – nearly twice as much electricity as the nation uses every year.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 21, 2025

Request a Sightline Climate demo In the News In nuclear news, the UK government is exploring the use of nuclear power to supply clean and reliable energy to new “AI Growth Zones” , addressing the substantial energy demands of data centers. Meanwhile, nuclear-powered ships are also making waves.

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