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Soaring fossil gas costs responsible for EU electricity price increase

Fossil gas is to blame for soaring electricity prices around Europe, not EU climate policy

  • Europe
  • European Union
  • Gas
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IEA WEO shows COP pledges need to address electricity decarbonisation head-on

IEA WEO shows COP pledges need to address electricity decarbonisation head-on

  • World
  • Wind
  • Solar
  • Coal
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Gas price spike to add £29 billion to UK electricity bills next year

Ember forecasts an extraordinary increase in electricity prices when compared to government projections.

  • United Kingdom
  • Europe
  • Gas
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UK biomass emits more CO2 than coal

Analysis by Ember finds that burning wood is the electricity sector’s second largest CO2 emitter after fossil gas.

  • United Kingdom
  • Europe
  • Bioenergy
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NGO letter on fossil fuels to the European Commission on Climate, Energy and Environmental State Aid Guidelines (CEEAG)

The CEEAG must pave the way for rapidly ending fossil fuels subsidies and investments and for enforcing the polluter pays principle.

  • European Union
  • Coal
  • Gas
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No New Coal Factbook

Data insights on 70+ economies that could commit to No New Coal.

  • World
  • Coal
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Solar Power Can Help Solve China’s Coal Power Dilemma

A rapid scale-up of solar power in China provides an alternative for redressing the dilemma of meeting rising electricity needs and loss-making coal power plants.

  • Asia
  • China
  • G20
  • Coal
  • Solar
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Response to National Grid’s FES2022 call for evidence

The assumption that burning biomass is carbon neutral and that the addition of CCS means that BECCS generates negative emissions is highly problematic.

  • United Kingdom
  • Bioenergy
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An easy win for Turkey: leaving behind imported coal

It's now cheaper to build new wind or solar for power generation in Turkey than running even the most efficient hard coal power plant that relies on coal imports.

  • Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Europe
  • Solar
  • Wind
  • Coal