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Hey, Europe: You Can’t Get to 100% Renewables Without Demand Side Flexibility

AutoGrid

Hey, Europe: You Can’t Get to 100% Renewables Without Demand Side Flexibility. Europe has inspired the world with its ambitious renewables integration, smart energy trading, and grid balancing. An important new study from Smart Energy Europe (SmartEn) makes the case for increased DSF in Europe to meet aggressive climate action targets.

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Inside Hewlett Foundation’s plan to electrify all road transportation by 2050

GreenBiz

The foundation hopes that by accomplishing this in four regions — the United States, China, India and Europe — enough global momentum will be achieved to stop the heating of the atmosphere. and in Europe. and Europe. The goal: eliminate the use of the combustion engine in personal vehicles and the trucking industry by 2050.

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Car emissions in Europe spike for the third year running

Business Green

Europe's average car and van emissions increased in 2019 for the third year running, according to provisional findings published on Friday by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Zero and low emission vehicles must be deployed much faster across Europe to achieve the stricter targets that apply from 2020," the EEA warned.

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Rare leech recorded in Dumfries and Galloway

Envirotec Magazine

The sighting came from local naturalist, Bob Merritt, and follows unverified records from 2005 and 2008. In the late 18th to early 19th century, millions of these leeches were used in hospitals across Europe for bloodletting treatment.

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Brominated flame retardants are not hindering the recycling of WEEE plastics says new study

Envirotec Magazine

Undertaken by the sustainability consultancy firm SOFIES, the report looks at plastics flows and recycling efforts in Europe, and presents the successes and overarching challenges in making WEEE plastic streams more circular. Electronic and electrical equipment uses plastics to make products lighter, more innovative, and cost effective. .

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Why The U.S. Has A Diesel Shortage

R-Squared Energy

Last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that distillate inventories were at their lowest levels since 2008. However, in 2008 distillate levels were low coming out of spring. That’s far worse than the situation in 2008. The primary distillates are diesel, jet fuel ,and heating oil).

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The Year In Energy Prices

R-Squared Energy

Russia’s invasion is the primary reason for prices shooting up above $120/bbl, a price level that has only ever been seen once before, in 2008. Russia’s invasion curtailed natural gas imports into Europe, and the U.S. tried to make up for as much of that shortfall as possible by exporting natural gas to Europe. MMBtu by August.