A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

The combination of offshore wind turbines, floating solar panels and green hydrogen are some of the hybrid clean energy technologies currently under development off the Dutch coast. . gigawatt (GW) wind farm, Hollandse Kust Zuid, which is scheduled for completion next year. Photo credit: Vattenfall / Ties van der Horst.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

On 15 October, the port in Shandong was certified as carbon-neutral by the China Classification Society Quality Certification Company, according to a government statement. Weifang Port’s “zero-carbon” certification was primarily achieved by transitioning away from fossil fuel use, according to China Electric Power News (CEPN).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Energy from the sun and wind never runs out and is used again and again. Rechargeable large-scale batteries can be charged with solar or wind power and cycled thousands of times in their lifetime. Across all mining sectors, government and industry commitments to just mining policy and a transparent circular economy is critical.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is prompted in large part by low gas storage capacity, the COVID-19 pandemic, a power plant coming offline and low wind speeds responsible for a downturn in wind power output. Despite the government`s big talk on climate action , the country has hardly made a dent in easing its reliance on gas in recent years.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

Ontario has a large potential supply of wind and solar energy that could be developed to help phase-out dirty gas plants. It estimated that we would need an additional 843 MW of solar and an additional 4,545 MW of wind capacity (along with a basket of other sources) to ensure the province’s energy needs are met. . The Path Forward .

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A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. In 2021 alone, the global installed capacity of offshore wind plants tripled, reaching record figures, as 21.1 Photo credit: Tho Ge / Pixabay.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

We now know that gas power plant owners will vociferously deny responsibility for their failings. Utility companies, as well as state and federal government regulatory agencies, made a series of questionable decisions that together created the situation we find ourselves in today.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production. Global demand for neodymium for wind turbines is estimated to increase 48% by 2050. Our modern technological world wouldn’t function without rare earth elements. It is used to make luminous paint.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

In Canada, the federal government is pledging more money to provide clean water to Indigenous peoples. The Canadian government had pledged to resolve all boil-water advisories on First Nations reserves by March, but it did not meet that deadline. The market for this technology is still nascent in the U.S. It also includes $1.5

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A Greener Life

JULY 26, 2021

Puranik further explained: “Traditionally, renewable power projects had a significant cost disadvantage over coal- and gas-fired power plants. However, in recent years, their economic competitiveness has improved significantly due to government policies and incentives, as well as technological advances.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 21, 2022

Photo credit: Karwai Tang / UK Government via Flickr. When planning for the future, governments, businesses, and even individuals know it is both planetary and economic suicide not to ease reliance on fossil fuels and other heavy carbon products. By Anders Lorenzen.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Above, wind turbines turn in Sidenreng Rappang, Indonesia. By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. © Zul Kifli / AFP / Getty Images. So after returning home, he launched Dat Bike in 2019. © Dita Alangkara/AP.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The oft-repeated argument is that wind and solar can’t be counted on during periods of high demand. But this position fails to take into account the many storage technologies for wind and solar that allow energy to be stored and used during peak demand. . Tell the Ontario government to stop expanding dirty gas!

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A Greener Life

JUNE 18, 2024

Some argue that their system of direct democracy with frequent referendums is one of the most democratic models of government. The government had grown concerned that as the demand for electricity in Switzerland was increasing, supply was not. The government wanted more emphasis on producing more home-grown clean energy.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

GW of wind capacity in September 2016, which produced 21 TWh in 2015. Wind power currently employs a little less than 15,000 people. So four to six percent of wind, solar and so on looks pretty miserable… And instead of working seriously on fixing this, the French government seems to be working on diversion.

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Cresforum

JANUARY 16, 2024

Increased electrification in both the industrialized and the developing world is projected to help meet emissions reduction goals, and nuclear power could provide much of the future needs for electricity. electricity generation, nuclear power produces more than half of the nation’s emissions-free electricity. Title I of H.R.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

By Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Postdoctoral researcher at GCELS and City Council member for GroenLinks On 17 March 2021 the people of the Netherlands will elect a new House of Representatives ( Tweede Kamer) , which also kickstarts the formation process for a new government ( regering). This blog consists of three parts.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Support the safe and equitable deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) for high-intensity and hard-to-abate emissions: Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is a suite of technologies that can play a significant role in GHG emission reduction. Noteworthy actions include: ACTION 5.6

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A Greener Life

JUNE 6, 2021

In addition, the German government has pledged nine billion euros for the development of a green hydrogen economy prompted by forecasts suggesting that hydrogen in Europe could create 5.4 The operations were terminated after the power plant won a bid in the auction for the nationwide coal phase-out in December 2020.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2023

Many studies, including ones from the David Suzuki Foundation and Toronto Atmospheric Fund have shown that Ontario can easily meet its growing electricity demand with renewable sources like wind and solar. When paired with existing long-term storage technologies, these renewable sources can provide electricity during peak times.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The region will need to change its industrial structure and energy mix to meet national carbon targets, requiring policy and financial support from central government. Energy authorities in Inner Mongolia are aiming to connect 50 gigawatts of renewable power to the grid by 2025. By Gao Baiyu. The Kubuqi desert. Photo credit: Alamy.

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

Recent publications include When Governments Fail: Covid-19 and the Economy , Informal Women Workers in the Global South , and Demonetisation Decoded. In the case of climate change, there is unequal access to the knowledge, technology, and finances that would help to combat it.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

Offshore wind is a hot topic these days for a lot of good reasons. While the benefits of the technology are clear to many, its worth considering the fuller range from time to time. Here are five reasons offshore wind is a good thing for all of us. But offshore wind doesnt just happen. Support good decision making.

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A Greener Life

JULY 4, 2024

Editorial Today (4th of July) the British public heads to the polls to decide who will govern the country that has been through several political earthquakes for the past decade, for the next five years. The Green Party and the Lib Dems play an important role in pushing the next government to raise the ambition in tackling climate change.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 23, 2023

Tidal energy is emerging as another clean energy source alongside offshore wind farms and wave energy technology. Ocean tides are governed by the regular rises and falls of the Earth’s ocean waters caused by the gravitational forces between Earth, the moon and the sun. What is tidal energy?

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm. By Anders Lorenzen The UK government has said that the UK’s sixth renewable energy auction has delivered a record 131 clean energy projects. Under current projections and with no change to the scale, the 2024 record auction would power 11 million British homes. Photo credit: Orsted.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This week, the country moved forward with plans to construct its first offshore wind farms. In a draft plan, the government of Greece Identified areas for private development, with the long-term intention of lessening dependence on fossil fuels. The majority of zones are suitable for floating technology, HEREMA said.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Hydrogen could power trucks, ships and planes and be used to produce everything from cement to steel and fertiliser. Saehoon Kim, the head of Hyundai’s fuel cell division told a British trade association webinar last year: “In the past, our technology and industry was all about collecting oil, delivering oil and using oil.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, it’s crucial that we shift energy production away from the unsustainable fossil fuels that cause climate change and towards those that release little to no greenhouse gases (GHG), such as solar and wind power. Clean energy is key to national security. degrees Celsius.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 15, 2022

A Green Spur wind turbine. Renewable energy technologies such as wind and solar continue to grow. These technologies are very reliant on rare earth minerals, many of which are mined in conflict areas and countries such as China , where workers rights are often overlooked. Photo credit: Green Spur. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 22, 2020

The Act empowered the federal government to make cheap loans to non-profit cooperatives of rural farmers in order to electrify rural America. [18]. So, could the federal government do something like that again, but to upgrade the system? the inventors are still working some kinks out, but this is promising technology). [4].

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Data from the agency shows that requests have accelerated since 2022 when a decree was issued regulating the transfer of marine areas from the government to the sector. In October 2023, the Colombian government launched Latin America’s first auction for offshore wind projects, the deadline for which has been extended to this September.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 23, 2023

The project will cement EDF’s dominance in the French offshore wind sector as the company is now involved in five of eight French offshore wind projects. Floating technology The wind farm is to be constructed in northern France more than 32 km off the coast of Manche and Calvados in the region of Normandy, France.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2024

We also acknowledged that their ambition could be higher when it comes to tackling climate change and unleashing the potential of clean energy and technology. It sets a different tone to that of the party of the outgoing government – who have dithered back and forward on energy and climate policies, lacking a clear and consistent vision.

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Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

Records were broken for renewable power, battery storage and sustainable transportation. In 2021, solar and wind power were built at a record pace due to surging demand by companies, households and sound economics. Wind added 13 gigawatts of new power. power generated. gigawatts in 2020. More than 4.1

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Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

Bill Gates hailed Bitcoin as a “technological tour de force” while Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, said that it “has the potential to do something like change the world.”. This is down to the governments and local authorities that choose coal-powered plants and other fossil fuel powered electricity production.

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A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2024

There is therefore an urgent need for technological and pricing mechanisms that encourage owners to avoid charging at peak times. This will become increasingly important as solar and wind power expands because these energy flows are more difficult to adjust than, say, coal power.

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