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EU and Spain wants a shift to wind power by 2030
The EU and Spain wants a shift to wind power by 2030 and European Commission has tabled the Fit-for-55 package, a series of legislative proposals to deliver the EU’s increased climate target of 55 per cent emissions reduction by the end of the decade. The package includes a higher renewables target and new rules to support the expansion of renewables and is in line with Spain’s green ambitions.
read more... 17/08/2021
EU funded research seeks to speed up drilling for deep geothermal
Deep geothermal reservoirs are being targeted for renewable energy supply worldwide. However, while international research efforts are stepping up to the challenge of overcoming the low efficiency of heat recovery from depth to the surface, the showstopper remains the slow drilling speed provided by the conventional rotary system in deep hard rocks (> 4 km). Deep drilling requires long drilling times, often resulting in unacceptably high initial investment.
read more... 16/08/2021
Swiss government rejects post-2050 fossil fuel ban
The government suggested toning down the demands made in an environmentalists' petition for referendum, the so-called glacier initiative. The initiative calls for a ban on marketing fossil fuels in the country after 2050 to be enshrined in Switzerland's constitution, and for carbon storage counting towards Switzerland's climate target to be restricted to its domestic territory.
read more... 13/08/2021
Senate Democrats target climate in $3.5 trillion plan
The budget resolution, released today, would allow "the most significant investment in tackling the climate crisis in US history" and create a path to reach President Joe Biden's goal for a 50pc cut in domestic greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) wrote in a letter to his colleagues. The Senate plans to start consideration of the budget soon, after holding a final vote in the next day on a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package.
read more... 10/08/2021
UK must double hydrogen output to reach net zero carbon target
Boris Johnson must act with the dual goal of “more urgency” to produce so-called low-carbon hydrogen by 2030 in order for the UK to reach its net zero emissions target. Warns the industry group.
read more... 09/08/2021