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In Green Investments

Pope Francis’ Powerful Call for Climate Action

After watching Pope Francis’s funeral, as I’m quite new to the area, I decided to go for a wonder. I soon found myself looking at the towering fells and lush green valley surrounding St. Mary’s Church in Longsleddale. Feeling a bit awestruck, I thought about the Pope’s remarkable legacy and some of his words came to mind:“The world is a…
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In Community Energy, Community Finance, Net Zero, Offshore wind, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Finance

Cumbria’s Offshore Wind Potential

Reaching net zero by 2050 is “narrow but still achievable” because of the staggering growth in clean energy technologies, so says the IEA. IEA’s recent updated Net Zero Pathway calls for a tripling of global renewable power capacity (in particular, solar and offshore wind), a doubling of energy efficiency improvements, a steep rise in EV cars and heat pumps and large reductions of methane in…
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In Green Investments, Hydrogen, Net Zero

Harnessing Low Carbon Hydrogen

This week, it’s been exciting to see the first-ever UK Hydrogen Week celebrate some of the many hydrogen projects in the pipeline. The buzz is testament to the growing momentum of hydrogen’s potential to decarbonise a range of hard-to-abate sectors such as long-haul transport, chemicals, fertilisers, iron and steel. To be clear, though, right now, most hydrogen production is fossil-fuel…
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In Green Investments, Net Zero, Offshore wind, Renewable Energy

Cumbria is One Place that Could Really Benefit from a Green Recovery Plan

By Nick Robins, professor in practice for sustainable finance at the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, and Ciara Shannon, director of EdenWorksGreen. Originally posted on March 21, 2021. The Walney Extension is one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms and is 15 km or so off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Photo Credit: BBC/ PA Cumbria is a county with a…
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In Green Investments, Sustainable Finance

The Bulbous £28 Billion Distraction

Originally written as a guest blog for Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster (BECBC). Image source: COP26 Banner In February, it was hard to ignore the flurry of commentary about Labour’s U-turn on their £28 billion Green Investment Pledge, first announced in 2021. £28 billion a year in green capital investment, every year, until 2030 was going to turbocharge the green industrial revolution…
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