The following is a contributed article by Paul Schuster, CEO of The Trimountaine Group.
As the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses will be at the forefront of any economic recovery. And while the Biden Administration contemplates ways to support small businesses in their recovery, they should consider the opportunity to align these recovery efforts with the broader imperative of reducing the nation s impact on climate change. With 30.7 million small businesses located in the U.S., any efforts toward reducing emissions are going to need to include this market.
The current administration has promoted a massive investment into climate change initiatives, including shifting the entire federal fleet to electric vehicles, accelerating research into battery technology and domestic production, and negotiating ambitious fuel economy standards. Harnessing this clean energy ambition to help small businesses emerge healthier from the pandemic should be a top priorit
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Solar growth in Ireland could provide an annual saving of €21 (£18) per citizen, according to a new report from international advisory firm, AFRY.
It modelled three scenarios with different levels of solar and wind, to establish the most effective way of meeting the Government’s target of 70% renewable electricity by 2030.
Within these, the highest solar scenario saw a total €106 million (£91.5 million) annual saving, as there are significant benefits from a diversified portfolio of generation assets.
If Ireland is to install enough solar to power 1.2 million households as shown in this high penetration scenario, fewer less efficient fossil fuel generators will be required during the daytime, when operational demand is at its highest. This also leads to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, which fall 8% in the high solar scenario.
Italyâs Eni begins construction of solar power station in Turkestan region 4 March 2021 17:02 Share in:
TURKESTAN. KAZINFORM â Construction of a solar power station with a capacity of 50 megawatts by Italyâs Eni has kicked off in Turkestan region today, Kazinform has learnt from the press service of the regional administration. Related news
Deputy akim (governor) of Turkestan region Meirzhan Myrzaliyev and a delegation from Italy attended the ground breaking ceremony of the new solar power station.
This is Eniâs first large investment into Kazakhstanâs solar power sector. Total cost of the investment project amounts to some 12 billion tenge.
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Xcel Energy on Tuesday announced plans to invest $1.7 billion in transmission in order to unlock 5,500 MW of largely new renewables projects in its Colorado footprint.
The proposal includes five new segments of high voltage transmission lines to connect more rural, renewables-heavy areas with more urban regions of the state. In total, the proposal would comprise a 560 mile, 345 kV transmission line that will allow the utility to reduce emissions in its Colorado territory by an estimated 85% below 2005 levels by 2030.
Xcel executives in the company s most recent earnings call had said the utility would be able to reduce emissions across its entire footprint 80% by 2030, in line with its current carbon reduction targets.