GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.).

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The first International Energy Poverty Action Week (IEPAW) is held virtually this week, from the 21st (yesterday) to the 25th (Friday) of February. It brings together academics, policymakers and various experts in the field of energy poverty for a series of seminars, workshops and discussions. What qualifies as energy poverty?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, sustainable energy engineering has taken center stage.    This dynamic field is focused on developing innovative solutions to generate, store, and use energy in a cleaner and more environmentally friendly way.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

By Shelley Robbins, Clean Energy Group. In those states, where clean energy is now gaining a stronger foothold, valuable lessons can be found. Actions by these states to change the direction of energy policy are a powerful confirmation that clean energy is a viable, cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 12, 2022

Tesla’s Elon Musk and solar evangelist Bill Walton called on California officials to reject proposed changes to the state’s residential solar rooftop rules. Musk and Walton are the latest solar energy advocates who have reacted strongly to proposed changes to California’s net metering program.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Faulty Meters Raise Questions About Profits.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 13, 2021

Last year the number of residential battery systems installed in Australia increased by 20%. The rate solar system owners can earn for selling energy back to the grid (Feed in tariff) has fallen significantly in the last 2-3 years in line with decreasing wholesales prices. The Emergence of Virtual Power Plants.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The trend for Silicon Valley startups applying advanced technologies to solve utility grid problems is clear — go big, or stay home. After a decade of eking out a niche in the world of advanced distribution grid power controls, Silicon Valley startup Varentec has sold its key assets for an undisclosed sum.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This mechanism serves as a protective shield for the EU’s climate policies, preventing them from being undermined by production relocation to countries with less stringent environmental standards or by the substitution of EU products with more carbon-intensive imports.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Community-choice aggregators representing three San Francisco Bay Area counties have launched a 30-megawatt behind-the-meter battery solicitation aimed at protecting vulnerable customers and communities from the massive fire-prevention power outages of bankrupt utility Pacific Gas & Electric.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper. To describe autumn 2020 as a busy period for green economy policy in the UK would be an understatement.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Carbon pricing has always been a thorny political issue, but as Ministers weigh how to drive the next phase of the net zero transition some experts believe it has a critical role to play. It all started with such ambition. The latest rumours suggest the consultation over the future of the ETS has now been delayed until spring 2022.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

National Infrastructure Commission says public transport, home heating and water networks all in need of renewal The £30bn question: will Tories embrace NIC report or stick with rhetoric? Hydrogen must not be used for home heating, despite government enthusiasm for the technology. Hydrogen should be exploited for use in heavy industry.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

Government confirms Future Homes Standard will apply to any new homes built from 2025, delivering a major uptick in the pace of the shift away from gas boilers - but campaigners are left disappointed by failure to adopt more rapid timetable.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

The price cap is set by Ofgem every three months and sets the maximum tariff that domestic energy suppliers can charge most households. The cap applies to households on default or variable tariffs, covering about 80 per cent of homes. The cause of the rise in wholesale energy costs is the price of gas.

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Grist

JANUARY 19, 2022

Earlier this week, a European climate monitoring service announced that the last seven years were the hottest ever recorded. The most successful strikes and protests manage to withhold something necessary from those in power: labor, goods, smoothly operating infrastructure. Since 1990, when the U.N.’s It’s ridiculous.”.

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Business Green

AUGUST 22, 2022

There are now just days to go until Britain's energy regulator officially confirms how much average domestic bills will rise for the autumn period, with concerns growing that the scale of the resulting fuel poverty and economic crisis could be genuinely unprecedented in its scope and intensity.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Utilities can recover costs of routine communications with government officials, but not lobbying or political activities. But NW Natural sought rate hikes to cover the costs of its lobbying to block or slow building electrification policies at the local level. Late last year, NW Natural, a gas utility that serves roughly 2.5

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Energy security and net zero requires a rethink of the way energy consumed and used. But what policies do experts think shuold feature to the government’s upcoming Energy Security Strategy and Spring Statement? It was a glaring omission.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric is on the verge of escaping from its 18-month bankruptcy , only to begin a years-long effort to prevent a repeat of the disasters that pushed it into insolvency in the first place. PG&E must keep up with the state’s ambitious clean energy, environmental and electrification goals. Of that, about $7.8

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Fishers, organizers, and concerned citizens in Texas, Vietnam, and Louisiana — areas that are home to existing or proposed Formosa plants — have supported each other’s efforts to mobilize against the Taiwan-based firm, forming the organization International Monitor Formosa Alliance (IMFA). People can make a difference.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

The government has today placed a wide-ranging new Energy Bill at the heart of a legislative agenda that it said would prioritise growing and strengthening the economy while helping to "ease the cost of living for families". He added that the legislation "will build on the success of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow last year".

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. To accommodate demand for energy, natural resources and transport, many countries have planned ambitious infrastructure growth. Around the world, 1.6 The five trends revealed by the research are: 1. Forest megadisturbances.

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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.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2024

.” — a passage from “ Cabbage Koora ,” by Sanjana Sekhar The spotlight Nearly 4 in 5 people support doing “whatever it takes” to mitigate climate change, according to a survey published late last year by the firm Potential Energy. But support for specific policies is somewhat of a different story.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

The announcement of the policy package is part of a new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy that will be published later today, the government revealed. It also announced a new goal to ensure roughly 40 per cent energy used by industrial players by the same date is powered by lower carbon fossil fuels.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

European Commission unveils flurry of major policy plans as it seeks to help deliver on 2050 net zero goal, but green groups warn bolder action is still required. The green recovery starts at home," he said. "We This will be a game changer for home-owners, tenants and public authorities.".

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2021

Indeed, recent decisions to freeze fuel duty and cut air passenger duty on domestic flights paint a picture of a government with lofty environmental goals, but without a comprehensive plan and the political will to back these up. Environmental taxes are a powerful tool to help with climate change.

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Grist

JULY 24, 2019

Natural gas has been touted as a green energy source by some because, when burned for fuel, it emits less CO2 than coal. So all the political and policy understanding about our emissions are linked to these inventories.” That’s especially bad news, since methane is roughly 25 times more potent a greenhouse gas than CO2.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

The announcement of the policy package is part of a new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy that will be published later today, the government revealed. It also announced a new goal to ensure roughly 40 per cent energy used by industrial players by the same date is powered by lower carbon fossil fuels.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources will take place on November 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy. The theme is "Renewable Energy for a Better Future" and the it will include: Keynote talks, Plenary sessions, Discussion Panels, B2B Meetings, Poster symposia, Video Presentations, and Workshops.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 14, 2023

From revealing the changing wheat fields of Ukraine to generating new AI-enhanced models to monitor natural disaster risk, Planet, our customers, and our partners are pushing into new arenas, embracing both the space renaissance and the data revolution. space – an ode to the power of the force.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 15, 2015

But what if solving the global climate crisis wasn’t about political willpower or technical know-how? That includes the company I co-founded, UtilityAPI , which gets data out of utilities and into the hands of companies that can use it, such as solar, energy storage, and energy management companies. By Elena Lucas.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

All the top reaction from leading figures across business, politics, academia, think tanks and green groups to the CCC's latest assessment of the UK's preparedness for climate change. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the top comments from business, politics, academia, think tanks and civil society.

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