Most recent 40 articles: Guardian - Energy
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Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 8) |
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Mar 8 · The oil industry has fought against government support for clean technologies for more than half a century, the Guardian can reveal, even as vast subsidies have propped up its polluting business model. It lobbied lawmakers to block support for low-carbon technologies such as solar panels, electric cars and heat pumps as far back as the 1960s, analysis shows. Trade associations in the US and Europe stymied green innovations under the guise of supporting a “technology neutral” approach to avoiding the damage done by burning their fuels. The same incumbents were happy to lobby for government support when they were getting started, and had continued to benefit from it since, ... Read more ... |
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The Coalition wants nuclear power. Could it work – or would it be an economic and logistical disaster? - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 7) |
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Mar 7 · The prospect of Australia trying to build nuclear reactors at soon-to-be-closed coal plants raises many questions. Here’s what we know The prospect of Australia turning to nuclear power has been little more than a politically radioactive thought bubble – until the Coalition this week confirmed it wants to put reactors at the sites of soon-to-be-closed coal plants. Energy experts have previously derided the idea, saying some of the technologies being touted did not exist, and that nuclear would be too slow, too expensive and unnecessary in a country with so much free solar and wind available to harness. But as the Coalition promises to take a pro-nuclear policy to ... Read more ... |
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UK’s green power industry receives surprise £10bn pledge - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 7) |
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Mar 7 · Potential investment by NatPower would create largest portfolio of battery storage projects in Britain Britain’s under-pressure green power industry has received a surprise fillip after a renewables developer pledged to plough £10bn into what would become the largest portfolio of battery storage projects in the country. NatPower, a UK startup that is part of a larger European energy group, is poised to submit planning applications for three “gigaparks”, with a further 10 to follow next year. Battery storage projects are seen as a key part of the jigsaw to decarbonise Britain’s power grid, allowing electricity generated by wind turbines and solar panels to be stored ... Read more ... |
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Hunt faces Scottish MPs’ revolt over energy firm windfall tax extension - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 6) |
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Mar 6 · Scottish Conservatives leader vows to vote against chancellor’s decision to lengthen levy to 2029 Jeremy Hunt is facing a revolt by the Scottish Conservative leader and at least one junior minister after he ignored their pleas and extended the windfall tax on energy companies. Douglas Ross, who is also the MP for Moray, near Aberdeen, said he would vote against the chancellor’s “deeply disappointing” decision to prolong the tax until 2029 because it damaged Tory claims to champion North Sea oil and gas jobs. It was “a step in the wrong direction”, Ross said, winning support from Andrew Bowie, a junior energy minister who holds the neighbouring seat of West ... Read more ... |
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Campaigners get go-ahead to challenge plans for oilfield in Lincolnshire Wolds - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 4) |
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Mar 4 · Permission granted for judicial review after Planning Inspectorate overturned local council’s decision to reject plan Campaigners have been given permission to challenge plans for a new oilfield in an area of outstanding natural beauty – which they say threatens one of England’s “hidden rural treasures”. The proposed oil-drilling operation is in Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an important habitat for nature and wildlife that has been officially designated an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB). The plans were rejected by the local council in 2021 but the oil company Egdon appealed against the decision and in November it was overturned by the ... Read more ... |
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Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 4) |
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Mar 4 · The world is off track to meet its climate goals and the public is to blame, Darren Woods, chief executive of oil giant ExxonMobil, has claimed – prompting a backlash from climate experts. As the world’s largest investor-owned oil company, Exxon is among the top contributors to global planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions. But in an interview, published on Tuesday, Woods argued that big oil is not primarily responsible for the climate crisis. The real issue, Woods said, is that the clean-energy transition may prove too expensive for consumers’ liking. “The dirty secret nobody talks about is how much all this is going to cost and who’s willing to pay for it,” he ... Read more ... |
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Seascape: the state of our oceans - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 4) |
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Mar 4 · To a visitor driving through Polesine in north-east Italy on a winter morning, the area might seem blessed with an abundance of wildlife. The biodiversity is among the richest in Italy, with 400 species of bird, lagoons, marshes and reed beds that have created a true natural labyrinth. Yet, it soon becomes obvious that something is not right: houses and fields are all lower than the road, visibly sunken, protected by embankments about four metres high. The reason? Without those barriers, they would be under water. The entire area of Polesine, a strip of land between the Po delta and the Adriatic Sea, has long suffered the consequences of subsidence, but it was aggravated by ... Read more ... |
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'It’ll be a shortlist of one!’ Villagers in England fear nuclear dump proposal - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 3) |
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Mar 3 · Plans for a new wave of atomic power have not factored in local concerns over the safety of the waste sites the schemes entail When Ian Harrison returned to the Lincolnshire coast to care for his parents a decade ago, he didn’t expect to spend his own retirement fighting plans to dig a £50bn nuclear waste dump near the beaches of his childhood. Harrison, 67, lives a mile from the village of Theddlethorpe, one of three sites in England being examined for a possible geological disposal facility (GDF) to handle decades of nuclear waste from the power and defence industries. The cavernous dump will feature a series of tunnels and vaults dug 200-1,000 metres underground, ... Read more ... |
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AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energy - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · The computing power for AI models requires immense – and increasing – amounts of natural resources. Legislation is required to prevent environmental crisis One of the most pernicious myths about digital technology is that it is somehow weightless or immaterial. Remember all that early talk about the “paperless” office and “frictionless” transactions? And of course, while our personal electronic devices do use some electricity, compared with the washing machine or the dishwasher, it’s trivial. Belief in this comforting story, however, might not survive an encounter with Kate Crawford’s seminal book, Atlas of AI, or the striking Anatomy of an AI System graphic she composed ... Read more ... |
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Government documents 'blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not Previously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new coalmine in Cumbria. When Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, approved plans to build the Woodhouse Colliery near Whitehaven in December 2022, he said the UK would need the coal in order to carry on making steel. But the newly revealed documents, drafted around the same time at the then Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), say the opposite. According to these papers, officials predict with “high certainty” that ... Read more ... |
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'Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth in Europe is speeding climate crisis, say activists - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Just 2% of continent’s gas capacity has planned retirement date despite pledges to decarbonise, study shows Europe’s “tone-deaf” expansion of fossil gas is accelerating climate breakdown and increasing reliance on hostile regimes, campaigners have warned. Just four of Europe’s gas-fired power plants have a retirement plan and new projects will increase the continent’s gas generation capacity by 27%, according to analysis from the campaign group Beyond Fossil Fuels. It argues that the dash for gas contradicts the International Energy Agency’s recommendation that rich countries decarbonise their electricity grids in the next 10 years to stop the planet from heating 1.5C. Read more ... |
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A nuclear plant’s closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Shuttering of New York facility raises awkward climate crisis questions as gas – not renewables – fills gap in power generation When New York’s deteriorating and unloved Indian Point nuclear plant finally shuttered in 2021, its demise was met with delight from environmentalists who had long demanded it be scrapped. But there has been a sting in the tail – since the closure, New York’s greenhouse gas emissions have gone up. Castigated for its impact upon the surrounding environment and feared for its potential to unleash disaster close to the heart of New York City, Indian Point nevertheless supplied a large chunk of the state’s carbon-free electricity. Since ... Read more ... |
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Calls for international criminal court to end 'impunity’ for environmental crimes - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Campaigners say activities leading to severe environmental harm usually also violate human rights The international criminal court (ICC) has been urged to start investigating and prosecuting individuals who harm the environment. Academics, lawyers and campaigners from around the world have sent expert opinions to the court outlining what they call its current regime of “impunity” for serious environmental crimes. The comments were made in response to an invitation by the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, who announced in February that his office was developing a new policy paper on environmental crimes. Khan said the paper, due to be published by the end of ... Read more ... |
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Climate-conscious investors put nuclear dead last on list of desirable Australian ventures - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Fewer than one in 10 investors exploring new investments in the technology, with most preferring renewables Nuclear energy ranks last on the list of climate technologies that big institutional investors want exposure to, according to a survey of climate conscious investors with $37tn under management. Fewer than one in 10 investors were exploring new investments in nuclear technology in the survey of the Investor Group on Climate Change, whose 100 members include super funds and asset managers looking after the funds of 15 million Australians. The survey found a rebound in confidence in Australia’s climate policy but a growing appetite for clear timelines for the ... Read more ... |
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Earth Hour 2024 – in pictures - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Major landmarks, businesses and households in cities around the world turned their lights off for one hour at 8.30pm local time on Saturday 23 March to raise awareness of the climate crisis and show support for renewable energy Lizzie Tucker Read more ... |
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Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Global witness analysis suggests 11.5 million deaths could be caused by burning of fuel produced by 2050 The emissions from burning oil and gas produced by the world’s leading fossil fuel companies could cause millions of excess heat deaths before the end of the century, according to a new analysis. The study from Global Witness found that the combined emissions from fossil fuels produced by Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Chevron up to 2050 could result in 11.5 million excess deaths from heat by 2100. The findings represent the first attempt to quantify heat deaths resulting from planned oil production by big oil and add weight to calls to drastically ... Read more ... |
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Here’s why there is no nuclear option for Australia to reach net zero - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Any call to go directly from coal to nuclear is effectively a call to delay decarbonisation of our electricity system by 20 years The battle lines have been drawn over Australia’s energy future. With the nation signed up to net zero emissions by 2050, the Albanese Labor government is committed to renewables. The Coalition wants nuclear. The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has a vision for meeting Australia’s energy needs that would include large-scale nuclear power plants and small modular reactors, a technology that is not yet proven, but which the shadow minister for energy, Ted O’Brien, says could be “up and running within a 10-year period.” While nuclear ... Read more ... |
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Is Science Museum’s green power gallery tainted by fossil-fuel cash? - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Museum’s funding by Indian energy group sparks controversy – with activists calling for boycott of 'tainted’ partnership but others in full support It is intended to be an exploration of humanity’s past and future efforts to decarbonise the way we live. Historical objects mixed with interactive displays will show how environmentally friendly energy systems are shaped by imagination and innovation. But the new Science Museum gallery, Energy Revolution, the Adani Green Energy Gallery, has gone down badly – with environmentalists. Last week they picketed the gallery’s private opening party and confronted guests with banners denouncing the London museum’s decision ... Read more ... |
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Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled 'window dressing’ - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · First Nations activists call legislation 'a betrayal’ while Greens leader tells parliament Labor are 'climate con artists’ The Albanese government and the Coalition have voted to cut short debate on Labor’s offshore gas bill, which the crossbench and environment groups have labelled “window dressing” that fails to prevent new rules watering down First Nations consultation. Seeking to clear the decks before Easter, the government is expected to reveal tweaks to its proposed vehicle efficiency standards this week. And on Monday Labor introduced amendments to add safeguards to the offshore gas bill after widespread concerns, including from within it own ranks. After ... Read more ... |
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MPs and activists challenge claim North Sea oil and gas supports 200,000 jobs - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Government has repeatedly used figure to justify more fossil fuel developments despite climate crisis Are 200,000 jobs really supported by the oil and gas industry in the North Sea? Campaigners and MPs are questioning the longstanding government claim. Ministers have repeatedly used the 200,000 jobs figure as justification for pushing ahead with more fossil fuel developments despite the escalating climate crisis and widespread opposition from scientists and energy experts. But campaigners say the figure, which includes indirect employment and comes from the oil and gas industry, has not been scrutinised by the government. They point out that the most recent Office ... Read more ... |
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Starmer: Labour plan for state-backed offshore windfarms a 'gamechanger’ - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Plan follows slashing of £28bn green pledge, which Ed Miliband denies having considered resigning over Labour’s plan for state-backed offshore windfarms will be a “gamechanger”, Keir Starmer has said, as the party seeks to regain the initiative on green policy after the slow-motion ditching of its £28bn investment pledge. Speaking to broadcasters after a visit to Holyhead port in north Wales alongside Vaughan Gething, the country’s new first minister, Starmer insisted that a transition to sustainable power was still “one of my central missions”. In a separate interview the shadow climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, who also took part in the visit, insisted that ... Read more ... |
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Surge in WA emissions puts Australia’s net zero targets in doubt - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Exclusive: State’s 2024 total on track to reach about 20% above 2005 levels, modelling obtained by Guardian Australia shows Western Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising with little sign that the main power grid can decarbonise rapidly, leaving other states to make bigger cuts if Australia’s legislated carbon reduction goals are to be met. Modelling results presented to the state government late last year and obtained by Guardian Australia showed that the state’s carbon emissions in 2024 are on track to reach 91.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent, or about 20% above 2005 levels. Australia’s emissions reached 459m tonnes CO2-e in the year to December ... Read more ... |
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Surge of new oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds The world’s fossil-fuel producers are on track to nearly quadruple the amount of extracted oil and gas from newly approved projects by the end of this decade, with the US leading the way in a surge of activity that threatens to blow apart agreed climate goals, a new report has found. There can be no new oil and gas infrastructure if the planet is to avoid careering past 1.5C (2.7F) of global heating, above pre-industrial times, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has previously stated. Breaching this warming threshold, agreed to by governments in ... Read more ... |
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US to spend $6bn to reduce carbon footprint of steel, ice cream and mac and cheese - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Funding will go to recipients in more than 20 states in industrial sector, which is responsible for roughly 25% of US emissions The Biden administration announced a record $6bn in funding Monday to decarbonize US industry facilities including plants that make cement and concrete, iron and steel, and food production plants including ones which make mac and cheese, and ice cream. The industrial sector is responsible for roughly 25% of all the nation’s emissions, and has proven difficult to decarbonize due to its energy-intense, large-scale operations. Recipients of the funding, which is coming from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, ... Read more ... |
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World’s top fossil-fuel bosses deride efforts to move away from oil and gas - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Executives at Texas summit claim clean-energy transition is failing and say world should 'abandon the fantasy’ of fossil-fuel phaseout The bosses of the world’s leading oil and gas companies have poured scorn on efforts to move away from fossil fuels, complaining that a “visibly failing” transition to clean energy was being pushed forward at an “unrealistic pace”. The oil executives, gathered at the industry’s annual Cera Week conference in Houston, Texas, have taken turns this week to denounce calls for a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, despite widespread acknowledgment within the industry, as well as scientists and governments, of the need to radically reduce ... Read more ... |
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'Stop insuring fossil fuel’: activists target London insurers in week of action - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · Marches, protests and sabotage attacks as City at forefront of global campaign against industry Traffic petered out on Gracechurch Street, in the heart of London’s financial district, as hundreds marched down the road, in step with samba drummers beating a military tattoo. “Climate activists for a free Palestine,” said the banner that led them. Their target was No 20, an office housing the UK headquarters of Axa insurance group, which, as well as being the world’s sixth biggest underwriter of fossil fuel projects, has been singled out as a facilitator of Israel’s illegal settlements. All week, London has been at the forefront of a global campaign of actions against ... Read more ... |
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'Tell him he’s dreaming’: Bowen rubbishes Coalition claim Australia could have nuclear power in a decade - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · Energy minister says average build time for a nuclear plant in US is 19 years and giving up on renewables would be a 'massive economic own goal’ The federal energy minister, Chris Bowen, has dismissed Coalition MP Ted O’Brien’s claim that Australia could develop a nuclear power industry within a decade, stating: “Tell him he’s dreaming.” The mocking comment on Sunday came as the government continued to pour scorn on the opposition’s speculative alternative plan to renewable energy. O’Brien said the Coalition was in the “advanced stages” of finalising its policy, which is not expected to be unveiled for several weeks. Bowen also told ABC TV that the government was ... Read more ... |
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£58bn plan to rewire Great Britain expected to spark tensions along route - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · 'High-capacity electrical spine’ to run onshore from north-east Scotland to north-west England A £58bn plan to rewire Great Britain’s electricity grid to connect up new windfarms off the coast of Scotland is expected to trigger tensions with communities along the route. National Grid’s electricity system operator (ESO) has mapped out power “motorways” across Great Britain to allow for the biggest investment since the 1960s. The new “blueprint” recommends a “high-capacity electrical spine” running onshore from the north-east of Scotland through to the north-west of England, alongside a complex collection of cables stretching along coastlines. Four onshore ... Read more ... |
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As Cop29 president, I will build bridges between the diverging north and south to keep 1.5C in reach - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · Re-establishing trust between developed and developing nations is essential if our goals are to be achieved Last year was a double first: in 2o23, both electric vehicle usage and worldwide electricity generation from coal reached new heights. Increased electricity demand and energy-disrupting conflicts in Europe and the Middle East played their part. But it is a stark reminder that meeting 1.5C obligations requires clean energy consumption and production to shift together, and that we must find mechanisms to guard against further interruption of both by future geopolitical events. This can start at Cop29 in Azerbaijan. We must break for good the stop-start of Cop ... Read more ... |
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Australia’s big electricity generators say nuclear not viable for at least a decade - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · AGL Energy, Alinta, EnergyAustralia and Origin Energy say they will remain focused on renewables despite Coalition support for nuclear reactors Australia’s big private electricity generators have dismissed nuclear energy as a viable source of power for their customers for at least a decade. They say they will remain focused on developing renewable sources as coal and gas plants exit the grid. The comments – from AGL Energy, Alinta, EnergyAustralia and Origin Energy – follow an announcement by the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, that the Coalition would back both large-scale and small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) as a way to cut electricity prices and increase ... Read more ... |
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Climate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · Blockades at facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, with protests in Scotland and action expected in Denmark Climate activists in four countries are blocking access to North Sea oil infrastructure as part of a coordinated pan-European civil disobedience protest. Blockades have been taking place at oil and gas terminals, refineries and ports in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, in protest at the continued exploitation of North Sea fossil fuel deposits. Further actions were expected in Denmark, while in Scotland activists staged banner drops calling for an end to the exploitation of North Sea oil and gas. The protest comes in the ... Read more ... |
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CSIRO claims new record for energy efficiency in lightweight printed solar cells - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · Flexible, thin solar cells that are lightweight and portable may be a step closer to reality after Australian researchers claimed a new record for the amount of sunlight they can capture and turn into energy. While traditional solar panels are rigid and heavy, the lightweight solar cells are made by printing ink on to thin plastic films. “It’s the best demonstration that this is a viable method of making the solar cells,” CSIRO’s renewable energy systems group leader, said Dr Anthony Chesman, said. The scientists, working in collaboration with researchers from four universities, claimed an efficiency record for fully roll-to-roll printed cells, in which all of the ... Read more ... |
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Dutton’s blast of radioactive rhetoric on nuclear power leaves facts in the dust - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · Coalition’s claim of cheap power and quickly built reactors is at odds with real world experience of other countries We may not yet be entering a nuclear age in Australia, but we would all be best advised to handle the rhetoric around the issue as carefully as we would radioactive waste. This week opposition leader Peter Dutton said an annual CSIRO report that had included estimates of costs for small modular reactors – which are not yet available commercially – was “discredited” because it “doesn’t take into account some of the transmission costs, the costs around subsidies for the renewables”. Dutton is referring to a report known as GenCost, which calculates the ... Read more ... |
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Failure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · Analysis finds 58 people have died due to cold homes every winter day since 2013 Tory pledge to 'cut the green crap’ The government’s failure to insulate the UK’s cold and leaky homes is costing thousands of lives a year, according to analysis. The report from Greenpeace reveals 58 people have died due to cold homes every day on average during the winter since David Cameron’s Conservative government decided to “cut the green crap” in 2013 – drastically slashing support for home insulation. Paul Morozzo, Greenpeace UK’s fuel poverty campaigner, said: “Thousands of people are literally freezing to death in their own homes during winter. And not only have successive ... Read more ... |
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Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis? - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · We should focus on rooftop solar – Australians love it A missing element from much of the debate about whether Australia should embrace nuclear power is that – unless the Labor rank-and-file have an extraordinary change of heart – the issue is already dead on arrival. John Howard and Scott Morrison knew the score on this. Unless there is bipartisan support, a nuclear industry has virtually no chance of being developed. And as things stand there is no chance of the ALP changing its position. Why would it? There is no significant view within Labor that the ban on nuclear power should be lifted but, even if there were, the internal fight over it would be savage and ... Read more ... |
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Fossil fuel firms must plug methane leaks to meet climate targets, warns watchdog - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · Spending to clean up their operations would be equivalent to only 5% of profits made last year, IEA estimates Fossil fuel companies must pay tens of billions to reduce the emissions of methane from their operations or it will be almost impossible to meet global climate targets, the world’s energy watchdog has warned. The US is now the biggest source of methane emissions from oil and gas extraction, as a result of the massive expansion of its oil and gas sector, while China is the biggest emitter of methane from coal mining. Russia also continues to be a major emitter as its fossil fuel operations are poorly run. Leaks from coalmines and oil and gas wells are the ... Read more ... |
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No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goal - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · UK, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Denmark have failed to align oil and gas policies with Paris pledges, say campaigners None of the big oil and gas producers surrounding the North Sea plan to stop drilling soon enough to meet the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating target, a report has found. The five countries – the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark – have failed to align their oil and gas policies with their climate promises under the Paris agreement, according to the campaign group Oil Change International. North Sea governments must act urgently, said Silje Ask Lundberg from Oil Change International, who co-wrote the report. “Failure to address these ... Read more ... |
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NSW lags on rollout of renewables, putting Australia’s 2030 clean energy target at risk - Guardian - Energy  (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · State less than halfway to goal, report suggests, adding to challenges for federal government’s 82% renewable energy target for grid by end of decade New South Wales has the largest gap between its 2030 emissions reduction goals and the present pace of renewables rollout among the states, a performance that will make it harder for Australia to meet national goals unless addressed, a new report argues. The report, by Green Energy Markets, said NSW’s legislated electricity infrastructure roadmap indicates the state would need to generate 33,600 gigawatt hours of renewable energy from projects in place by the end of 2029. On this score, NSW was less than halfway to ... Read more ... |
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