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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / France
France Limits Power Prices
The French Government makes pledges against surging electricity prices in 2022.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / Europe
Key EU Climate Change Policies from 2021
This article highlights the key climate change and environmental policies put forward by the EU this past year.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / France
Final Capacity Bids for 2022
The results of the last capacity auction of the 2021 calendar year, which occurred on December 9th, are out.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / France
ARENH Demand for CY2022
The Committee for Energy Regulation (CRE) published on December 1st the total ARENH Demand for 2022.
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Energy Insights & Analysis / United Kingdom
ESOS: UK Compliance Targeting Improvement
With challenging climate change targets being set in place by the UK Government to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels, acting now has never been more important for UK organisations in a bid to ready themselves for the work required.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / United Kingdom
Industrial Decarbonisation - A Roadmap for British Industry
In March of this year, the UK government published its Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy – the first of its kind to be issued by a major economy. This will see the introduction of a package of new policy, technical and financial support mechanisms to kickstart the route to net-zero.
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Webinars, Videos, and Podcasts / South Africa
Is South Africa's Carbon Tax Working?
Watch NUS Consulting's Kevin Tarr-Graham discuss South Africa's carbon tax on Business Day TV's Covid-19 Business Watch segment.
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Energy Insights & Analysis / United Kingdom
UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) - Where Are We Now?
May 2021 stands apart from May in previous years - it brings with it the long-awaited start of the UK's own Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), following the UK's withdrawal from the equivalent European scheme after Brexit.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / Italy
Italy's Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNNRR)
The winds of change are blowing in Italy – the economy, innovation, and sustainability will all be affected. The Green Revolution has the potential to change much of the country.
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Energy Insights & Analysis / United Kingdom
SECR: UK Legislation Focused on the Future
As the UK is committed to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, it becomes the first major economy to pass net zero laws. Large organisations in the UK are now tasked to lower their carbon emissions in line with net-zero targets; therefore, collating and understanding energy data will be a vital starting point.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / United States
Virginia Clean Energy Act (VCEA) and Its Impact on Major Local Utilities
In April 2020, the Virginia General Assembly instituted a mandatory Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard program, also known as Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The new regulation mandates utilities to generate 73% or more of electricity from clean energy resources by 2035 and 100% by 2050.
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Energy Insights & Analysis / Italy
Sustainability: The Ecological Transition in Italy
On 26 February 2021, the Italian Council of Ministers decreed the creation of the Ministry of Ecological Transition (MiTE). This is the first time that Italy fully embraced the notion of environmentalism as a top-level and inter-ministerial priority.
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