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Japan looks to reboot nuclear power to decarbonize its grid

Corporate Knights

Decarbonizing the grid will be a large part of reaching that 2050 target while cutting national emissions by 46% by 2030. Japan’s fossil fuel use increased after the 2011 Fukushima disaster soured public opinion against nuclear power, leading the government to decommission dozens of nuclear plants. DOWNLOAD EARTH INDEX REPORT.

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Decarbonization Strategy at Novelis

3BL Media

The following sections describe our decarbonization strategy and our implementation progress over the last fiscal year on our journey to achieve our 2026 targets. Lever 1: Decarbonizing the Melting Process and Energy Sources Lever 1 covers our Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions. Read full report here

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3M Achieves Science Based Targets initiative Validation, Strengthening Commitment to Decarbonization and Customer Innovation

3BL Media

This milestone reaffirms 3M’s ongoing commitment to climate action, decarbonization of its operations and portfolio of products and continual innovation on behalf of customers around the world.  “3M C trajectory of the Paris Agreement.

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Iberdrola Acquires Decarbonization Solutions Provider Balantia

ESG Today

Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced today the acquisition of decarbonization solution provider Balantia, purchasing the 80% stake in the company that it did not already control, alongside plans to co-launch a new platform to help companies accelerate their emissions reduction initiatives.

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

It is the missing part of the puzzle to a fully decarbonized economy," the European Commission wrote in a July strategy document. In Japan, a new green hydrogen plant, one of the world’s largest, just opened near Fukishima — an intentionally symbolic location given the plant’s proximity to the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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KKR Invests $400 Million in India-Based Industrial Decarbonization Platform Serentica Renewables

ESG Today

Global alternative asset and private equity investor KKR announced today an agreement to invest $400 million in India’s Serentica Renewables, a decarbonization platform focused on providing clean energy solutions for energy-intensive, hard-to-abate industries.

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Renewables could meet US energy needs by 2035, study finds

Renewable Energy World

This in turn would help the US to achieve its decarbonization and energy transition goals. Today, the US produces over 23 times as much solar power as in 2011, enough to power more than 12 million average American homes. America’s battery storage capacity expanded more than 18-fold from 2011 to 2020 and grew by 67% in 2020 alone.