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Energy Capital Partners Raises $6.7 Billion for Energy Transition Infrastructure Buyout Fund

ESG Today

Energy transition and decarbonization-focused infrastructure investor Energy Capital Partners (ECP), announced that it has raised $6.7 Founded in 2005, ECP invests across energy transition, electrification and decarbonization infrastructure assets. billion, and an additional $2.3 billion of co-investment capital.

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Applied Materials Receives SBTi Validation of its Science-based Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions Reductions Targets

3BL Media

Semiconductors are the foundation of technology advancements that are transforming the global economy and can improve peoples’ lives in so many ways. Applied Materials has been reporting on social responsibility and environmental matters since 2005. By setting a 1.5°C-aligned

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GWEC and UN Global Compact launch global roadmap for offshore wind

Renewable Energy World

One carefully planned and sited offshore wind farm has the potential to create 10,000 full-time jobs over the 25-year project lifetime of a 500MW offshore wind farm, states GWEC and it holds great potential to decarbonize the global economy, as well as improve access to energy to disadvantaged communities in coastal areas.

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Here we go again: Ontario’s reckless nuclear gamble

Corporate Knights

It was 2005. The Ontario Power Authority has been absorbed by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), and it is forecasting an eye-watering 60,000 MW of peak demand by 2050 for Ontario to successfully decarbonize the provincial economy. Peak demand in 2014 was lower than it was in 1989.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. million people find jobs since 2005. LinkedIn | Twitter.