GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

The government has also repeatedly delayed the implementation of pollution regulations for coal plants, effectively throwing the dirtiest coal plants a lifeline. “It's critical that India build no new coal plants and also begin retiring existing ones, particularly older, highly-polluting plants,” Sivaram told Greentech Media.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Consumers need new options for less wasteful and less pollutive products, packaging, transportation, and energy. Wind power turbines and home battery systems might have a little more industry wiggle room. Electric Vehicles allow people and things to be transported from point A to point B without polluting along the way.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution. This could have dire health impacts.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

APRIL 15, 2020

Credit: Ricardo Esquivel But the analysis of clean energy unemployment data by E2 partner BW Research shows the crushing impact of the COVID-19 health and economic crises on one of the biggest, fastest-growing job sectors in America?—?one According to one recent study, our power grid needs $30 billion to $90 billion in upgrades.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Tobias Trübenbacher, a design student from Berlin, has created a wind-powered lamp post that uses an integrated wind rotor to generate energy and a motion detection system to create an insect-friendly light spectrum. The light is emitted in a downward direction below the horizontal to minimize light pollution. View post:Â .

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 29, 2020

While India’s power grid is still dominated by coal, the country has been deploying wind and solar at a rapid pace to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s targets of 175 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2022, and 450 gigawatts of non-fossil sources by 2030. The rapidly evolving country of nearly 1.4

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

As the country grapples with the intertwined issues of air pollution, water scarcity and energy security, along with energy access and affordability, experts say they’re starting to see a future for India where coal will no longer be king. Analysts note that utility bailouts also benefit thermal power plants.

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AutoGrid

MAY 3, 2023

This year, in the Sustainability/Energy category, the magazine is honoring AutoGrid’s customer CLP Power , the utility serving Hong Kong. Peaking power plants are common forms of backup to handle spikes in demand.

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Econaur

JUNE 9, 2023

The integration of solar power not only reduces carbon emissions but also enhances energy resilience and reduces dependency on conventional power grids. The integration of solar power not only reduces carbon emissions but also enhances energy resilience and reduces dependency on conventional power grids.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

That is far below the level of progress needed to achieve the world's shared goals for addressing climate change, reducing air pollution, and increasing access to energy, according to the IEA. At the same time covid lockdowns and the resulting economic slowdown have meant overall emissions are expected to fall sharply this year.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 19, 2023

Because there’s no indication that the companies responsible for 86% of the world’s carbon dioxide pollution took notice or broken stride at all. But you wouldn’t know it from the way the fossil fuel industry has responded. I would have thought we were already far past that point.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Actions like moving work to cooler hours of the day, deploying local power sources such as wind and solar and investing in battery storage to increase energy independence and help make the local power grid more resilient to climate change are key. Maria Mendiluce is CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This approach to maritime efficiency prevents pollution from accumulating in ports, safeguarding the health of neighboring communities. power grid are reaching the end of their 50 to 80-year lifespan, posing challenges as we strive to double transmission capacity by 2035. The Big Picture: Even a thin.5mm

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

☔ Neara , a Sydney, Australia-based power grid modeling and digital twin software provider, raised $45m in Series C funding from EQT, Partners Group, Prosus Ventures, Skip Capital, and Square Peg Capital.  Scientists are GMO-ing bacterial DNA to replace polluting chemical fertilizers.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

  Increased demand: Population growth and the electrification transition are driving more demand on the grid. Pollution risk: Switchgears, which are devices that isolate faults, have traditionally been insulated with Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6). Grid Asset Management Most power grid assets are 50 to 70 years old.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Smart home gadgets are of rapidly growing interest to innovators, offering consumers greater ease of use, as well as opportunities to link up with green technologies such as battery storage, electric vehicle charging, and solar power generation to improve efficiency and ease pressure on the power grid.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

We know Elon Musk’s Tesla vehicles create less pollution out of the tailpipe, but what about those batteries? Charging stations One of the prevalent arguments regarding EVs is the fact that they charge using electrical power. The truth is, direct comparisons are difficult to make due to the endless variables to take into account.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Smart home gadgets are of rapidly growing interest to innovators, offering consumers greater ease of use, as well as opportunities to link up with green technologies such as battery storage, electric vehicle charging, and solar power generation to improve efficiency and ease pressure on the power grid.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

Firstly, most of that EV adoption worldwide is expected to take place in industrialised and emerging economies, meaning the rest of the developing world is currently expected to remain reliant on polluting vehicles through to 2040 and beyond.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The countries where these polluting assets are located are under significant pressure to phase down these polluting assets. UK climate minister Graham Stuart said progress on coal phase-out should continue at COP27 through initiatives such as the PPCA.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

This requires accelerating the roll out of low cost renewable technologies such as offshore wind, investing in the UK's power grid infrastructure and overseeing a much-needed mass insulation programme to upgrade UK's leaky housing stock. Truss has the solutions to address both the energy and climate crises at her fingertips.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 28, 2024

According to Silverstein, efficiency measures deliver benefits including better resource adequacy, lower wholesale prices, lower customer energy bills, lower grid infrastructure requirements, improve customer comfort and health, and lower carbon and pollution emissions.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

And because they’re electric, they can feasibly run on renewables like wind and solar once there’s more clean energy coursing through power grids. Buildings are a major source of pollution, accounting for more than a third of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions globally.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

With its $60B investment in communities and projects that advance environmental justice — ranging from reducing air pollution and cleaning up ports to mitigating risks from heat islands and helping schools address environmental issues — the bill can help ensure the energy transition is as equitable as it is swift. . Vibrant Planet ).

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 5, 2024

Reaching net-zero means whatever amount of climate pollution is emitted into the atmosphere is balanced by an equivalent amount being removed from the atmosphere by carbon sinks or carbon removal technologies. direct air capture) after the fact. direct air capture) after the fact. In China, India, and the U.S.,

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Proponents of carbon capture, usage, and sequestration (CCUS) often highlight ways that it could be used for sectors like steel and cement whose carbon pollution is generally considered “hard to abate.” The pipeline network would be twice the size of the current U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Conference New Green Revolution: How to Cut Pollution without Sacrificing Yields (Panel Discussion): Increasing yields often means using more fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides. But more chemicals generally means more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution. Because you never forget your first. How will this market unfold?

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

. | Photo by Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via Getty Images The Biden administration proposed new tax guidelines today aimed at making it cheaper to produce hydrogen as a less-polluting alternative to fossil fuels. The guidelines elicited strong reactions from clean energy advocates and industry today, some celebrating, others outraged.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 14, 2025

Nevertheless, the Biden administration seems to think its worth the risk of further derailing US climate goals and putting additional pressure on already stressed power grids. That rise in demand is the result of the tremendous compute power needed to train AI models. Data centers used about 4.4

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

But to deliver this scenario requires investment of around five per cent global GDP each year, amounting to an additional $33tr of additional investment in energy efficiency, renewables, end-use electrification, power grids, flexibility, hydrogen infrastructure, and myriad other clean tech innovations, it said.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 25, 2024

. | USEPA photo by Eric Vance The Verge spoke to EPA administrator Michael Regan about the agency’s new rules for power plant pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency rolled out new rules today meant to crack down on pollution from power plants. How might you achieve those additional pollution reductions?

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It also oversees weekly testing for toxic algae blooms, which infect shellfish and have become a growing public health hazard fueled by marine heat waves. The Chugach commission raises clams, oysters, geoducks, cockles, and other coastal critters at the state’s only shellfish hatchery.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A series of bills professing to protect rural residents from industrial wind claim to bring transparency, limit abuse and enact safety measures to protect against the supposed health hazards of turbines. They cited anecdotes and disputed research showing no evidence of significant health harms from wind turbines.

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Grist

MARCH 12, 2021

He knew that lithium is a key metal used in batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid, and he knew the United States is going to need a lot of it to transition off fossil fuels. If the mine is allowed to move forward without a new assessment, Bartell worries that its surroundings will become an arid, polluted wasteland.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The EPA regulates emissions that pollute the air and cause climate change, giving it a huge role to play in how much the rise of energy-hungry AI leads to a jump in power plant pollution. We count on the EPA to protect clean air and water and public health and that’s what we’ll hold the next administrator accountable to do.”

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