By Fiona Harvey and Jillian Ambrose Some say proposed public funding is too little while others say key is galvanising private capitalThe government’s 10-point plan for putting the UK on track to reach net zero carbon emissions has been welcomed by experts as a good start, but many fear that the £12bn of public investment…
By Alfa Energy Group The UK government is to introduce new climate change reporting rules, which starting next year shall require the most prominent listed companies to make better disclosures about how climate change affects their business. Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more great articles: The Energy Collective – The…
By Sara UK appoints net zero business ‘champion’ Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
By Alfa Energy Group Equinor (formerly Statoil) made an announcement last week that it aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, joining just a few other oil and gas companies in making such a commitment.At a time when the climate crisis is regularly front-page news and when fossil fuel producers are under heavy scrutiny…
By Alfa Energy Group Asia’s three largest economies have all made commitments to achieve net zero, South Korea and Japan by 2050 and China by 2060, with the most recent announcement on October 28 when South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, pledged to carbon neutrality by 2050. Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here…
By Alfa Energy Group The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has made the adoption of science-based targets part of new criteria for companies seeking membership of the organisation, which includes having a science-informed plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here…
By WPED Staff The world is on an “unsustainable path” in its energy consumption. This is the core thesis that is driving bp, the world’s fifth largest oil company, to radically shrink its carbon footprint to net zero by 2050 and increase its production of low and no carbon energy. In its 2020 Energy Outlook,…
By [email protected] Net-zero carbon pledges are heating up. Japan just committed to reaching net zero, only four weeks after China did the same. In total, seven of the 10 largest economies in the world (not including America, India and Brazil) have made such commitments. And that’s on top of all the subnational players, the corporates…
By Alfa Energy Group The City of London Corporation has announced plans as part of its Climate Action Strategy to make the Square Mile net zero carbon emission by 2040 in line with science-based targets, 10 years earlier than UK government goals. Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Kelly Pickerel New Jersey-based contractors Suntuity Solar and Suntuity Home have begun construction on a unique LEED Platinum-Certified home, the first of many planned under Suntuity Home’s Net Zero brand. The 100% solar-powered structure will become the first self-sustaining residential net zero energy project in central New Jersey to be built with cost-effective and…
Suga administration to accelerate R&D of next-gen solar cells and other clean technologies as part of 2050 net zero bid Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Robin Lancaster Ofgem ‘must deliver on net zero’ Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
By Ketan Joshi Japan joins China in announcing a net zero emissions target. This is a big deal for Australia, which depends on fossil fuel exports, but its political leaders are not listening. The post Australia’s biggest carbon customers plan their escape from fossil fuels, but Morrison isn’t listening appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full…
By Peter Poptchev I have prepared a presentation which I delivered at the first international conference (turned on-line at the last moment) on the European Green Deal, held in Sofia last week. It is my pleasure to send the presentation to your attention. I have deliberately omitted in it any comments on U.S. energy and…
By Alfa Energy Group The UK’s concrete and cement industry is aiming to become net negative by 2050 by adopting a variety of methods, including decarbonised electricity and transport networks, fuel switching, greater use of low-carbon cements and concretes, and the use of Carbon Capture, Use or Storage (CCUS) technology for cement manufacture. Click headline…