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MassLive: The dispute is over a 145-mile transmission line, which would cost nearly $1 billion and is being financed by Massachusetts electric ratepayers, which would eventually bring hydropower from Canada to Massachusetts. The two energy companies, NextEra Energy and Avangrid rival complaints are risking the state’s ability to comply with its new climate law signed […]
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Canada’s National Observer: Investment in carbon capture technology will hinder Canada’s transition away from fossil fuels and exacerbate the effects of climate change, says a new letter co-signed by hundreds of organizations. Over 500 environmental groups and other organizations from Canada and the U.S. put the piece together, which ran as a full-page ad in […]
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Bloomberg ($): BHP Group is considering getting out of oil and gas in a multibillion-dollar exit that would accelerate its retreat from fossil fuels, according to people familiar with the matter. The world’s biggest miner is reviewing its petroleum business and considering options including a trade sale, said the people, who asked not to be […]
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Top debt and equity investors committed over $300 billion in 2020 into building renewable energy capacity
19 July 2021 (IEEFA Australia): Despite the economic disruption from COVID-19, top global debt and equity investors are continuing to drive capital into the renewable energy infrastructure sector due to its consistency in providing investment opportunities, finds a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). “Global investors are accelerating their […]
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The Guardian: Australia is facing growing pressure over its climate policies as the US edges closer to following the European Union in imposing new charges on imports of emissions-intensive products. The trade minister, Dan Tehan, has criticised the EU’s new carbon tariffs, saying they are revenue raising and will undermine free trade. But Labor declared […]
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Argus Media: US utility AES is accelerating the shutdown of 1,097MW of coal-fired power generating units in Chile, in line with the greening of its corporate strategy and the country’s decarbonization plan. Ventanas units 3 and 4 in the central coastal city of Puchuncavi and Angamos 1 and 2 in the northern port city of […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Amazon.com Inc. announced a new wave of contracts to buy electricity from 14 new renewable energy projects in the U.S., Canada, Finland and Spain in a bid to advance its goal to power 100% of the company’s activities with renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of its original target […]
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PV Magazine: Canada-based power company Hydro-Quebec has announced the completion of two solar parks with a combined capacity of 10 MW. Construction on the two facilities, which are Quebec’s first operational PV plants, had started in the summer of 2019. The plants have capacities of 7.5 MW and 2.5 MW and are planned to help […]
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Miami Herald: As a flash storm poured over San Juan on June 1, leaders and members of labor unions huddled under a yellow tent in front of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to denounce LUMA Energy, the new private operator of the island’s power grid. “There won’t be peace, there won’t be peace, if […]
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Bloomberg ($): Here’s a bit of good news from ESG land, a place all too often marked by overly-enthused press releases, limited oversight and a patchwork of regional rules and incentives that can sometimes result in worse outcomes for the planet. ESG concerns finally seem to be showing up in the funding costs for oil […]
IEEFA: Carbon capture goals miss the mark at Boundary Dam 3 coal plant
Carbon capture at SaskPower’s Boundary Dam 3 facility falls far short of projectionsApril 20, 2021 (IEEFA) — An announcement by a Canadian power company that it’s met carbon capture goals shouldn’t be taken at face value, according to a briefing note released today by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. SaskPower, the operator of the Boundary Dam 3 coal plant, said March 31 that its […]