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Microsoft Signs Deal to Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Help Decarbonize Data Centers

ESG Today

Microsoft has also put in place a “ 100/100/0 clean energy goal ,” with the company targeting having 100% of its electricity consumption, 100% percent of the time, matched by purchases from zero carbon energy sources by 2030.

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Microsoft to Source Clean Energy from World’s First Fusion Power Plant

ESG Today

Tech giant Microsoft announced an agreement to source energy from the clean energy startup Helion’ planned fusion power plant, anticipated to be the world’s first, coming online by 2028. Its first plant, slated to open in 2028 is expected to generate at least 50 MW of power one year after rollout.

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Operational clean hydrogen production projects set to double globally within the next five years

Envirotec Magazine

The number of operational clean hydrogen production projects worldwide is set to at least double in the next five years, according to research published on 23 October by law firm Pillsbury , with 108 set to start producing the gas by the end of 2028. The hydrogen hubs program will be a significant moment in the hydrogen race.

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Non-combustible commitments? The Heat and Buildings Strategy unpacked

Envirotec Magazine

Any attempt at gaining traction on this long-standing problem has always relied on making difficult trade-offs, and striking a sensitive balance between incentivising decarbonization, on the one hand, and protecting families from immediate energy poverty, on the other. billion commitment to support decarbonizing heat and buildings.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. The toymaker seeks to cut normalized carbon emissions in half by 2028.

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Canada's new green buildings strategy funds low-income retrofits but 'falls short' on role of 'natural' gas

Corporate Knights

The document appears to contain no references to the phrase “natural gas”, prompting some speculation that Ottawa was wary of the criticism it could run into for a more robust approach to decarbonizing buildings, the country’s third-largest source of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.

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