GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

Tue, 04/20/2021 - 02:11. It’s a shockingly heady time for electricity. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Joel Makower.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2022

The number of battery electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the UK is likely to double in 2022, potentially taking a 15 per cent share of the total new car market by the end of the year, analysts have predicted. The industry body has yet to publish sales figures covering all 12 months of 2021.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

Electric vehicle market goes from strength to strength even despite Covid-19 pandemic, with UK sales making up more than one in ten new car registrations in 2020. Together, battery and plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for more than one in 10 new car sales in the UK last year, a huge leap from around one in 30 in 2019.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Achieving a rapid transition from fossil fuels is a key part of the solution.". The IEA has released its World Energy Outlook 2021 which details a global rebound in coal and oil use in 2021, as well as the second-largest annual increase in CO2 emissions in history.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 14, 2022

Commercial rents in downtown Calgary are on the rise, and long-thought dead fossil-fuel export projects have zombified. Previous high oil and gas price cycles have driven consumers to purchase more efficient cars and better insulate their homes, while the business community found ways to use less fossil fuel. And the U.S.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Volvo Trucks plans to offer a complete range of all-electric heavy-duty trucks in Europe, starting in 2021. The company is now running tests of the electric heavy-duty Volvo FH, FM and FMX trucks, which are aimed at regional transport and urban construction applications.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Government claims UK's transition from fossil fuel vehicles is 'accelerating at speed', despite slight dip in EV sales in April in wake of cut to payments from popular grant programme. However, monthly BEV uptake was down compared with the first couple months of 2021, when they had been running 7.5 per cent of the market.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The world's biggest firms driving the development of clean energy, electric vehicles, sustainable forestry, and other crucial green solutions continue to outperform the broader global market, "leaving fossil fuel companies in the dust", according to fresh investor research released today.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2022

But trade body SMMT warns pace of chargepoint rollout continues to lag behind growing demand from EVs. Electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to go from strength to strength in the UK, hoovering up a near 18 per cent share of the entire car market last month, according to the latest figures released today by trade association SMMT show.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Innovate UK has added an additional £295,000 ($400,000) in a pilot programme that aims to develop a virtual power plant using electric vehicles. The pilot launched on the 1 st of December in 2021 and includes utility UK Power Networks (UKPN) and consumers and EV owners in Norfolk and Essex. Have you read?

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

None of this equates with actual action to reduce emissions or tackle inequality, but it’s clearly not fringe anymore (which fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil found out when activist investors forced it to take on sustainability-friendly board members). The Big Stories of 2021. Auto industry goes all-in on electric vehicles.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

Overview The newest Review shows the world remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels for energy needs, even as renewables like solar and wind continue rapid growth. While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption. growth in 2021.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Listen very carefully and you can hear a quiet revolution taking place on roads across the UK, led by a growing fleet of plug-in vehicles. According to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) , electric vehicles have made up 13.8% of total new car registrations so far in 2021 – almost double the 7.2%

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Investment in clean energy from fossil fuel majors saw a marked uptick during the pandemic in 2020, research suggests. The fall in prices further compounded and accelerated wider trends that are serving to dampen long term demand projections for oil and gas industry. This rapid growth needs to be placed in context.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Electric vehicles (EVs) are already £600 a year cheaper to own and run than petrol or diesel cars in the UK, offering savings of up to £8,300 over the average 14-year lifespan of a battery-powered car, according to new analysis released today by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The UK car market has ended five months of decline largely thanks to soaring sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs), which accounted for almost one in seven new cars to hit the road during August, the latest official industry figures have confirmed. per cent compared to August 2021.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As the focus at COP26 in Glasgow shifts to greening the world’s transportation systems, electric vehicles (EVs) are in the spotlight. By reducing overall demand for new minerals and investing in mineral recycling and reuse, we can greatly improve environmental and social outcomes of the mining industry.”.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2022

As the electric vehicle (EV) transition gathers momentum, rethinking the way vehicles are built is fast emerging as the next frontier for the decarbonisation of transport. Sandström predicts the commercial case for fossil-free steel is also set to solidify over the coming years.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 18, 2021

Canada must plan for and invest in industries that will be growing in the coming decades, such as battery manufacturing, zero-emission vehicles, and hydrogen. ” Below are some of its key findings: FOSSIL FUELS. Fossil fuels fall from around 80% of total energy supply to around 20% by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Streets of the Future insight outlines a range of opportunities for communities, including: Smart technology helping people to use less energy and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. A critical component to transforming our streets is a national effort to improve the energy efficiency and reduce energy demand across the UK’s homes.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A slew of initiatives designed to accelerate the electric vehicle (EVs) transition in emerging and developing markets has been launched this morning by the UK, as fresh figures have highlighted the transition away from polluting cars and trucks is occurring at drastically different rates around the world.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

The companies said the jet fuel will be made from agricultural waste fats and oils (such as used cooking oil and inedible fats from beef processing). That commitment also includes buying 100,000 electric delivery vehicles, and using 100 percent clean energy by 2025. . Amazon began growing its fleet of 20 airplanes in 2015.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

Policymakers in the UK and Europe are under growing pressure to take action now that can rapidly expand the electric vehicle (EV) market, as bans on new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles draw closer.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Partnership will implement “the UK’s biggest Virtual Power Plant” Energy company SSE and electric vehicle (EV) smart charging service provider Jedlix have signed a deal that they say will deliver grid balancing services from EVs, harnessing smart charging technology to better manage grid supply and demand.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

UK electric vehicle sales reached record heights in 2021, but global demand for gas-guzzling SUVs continues to undermine climate goals. On the one hand, electric vehicle (EV) sales are positively soaring, having sent yet more records tumbling in the UK last year, with no sign of slowing up in 2022.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In order for Europe to wean itself off of Russian and fossil fuel imports, electrification across the sector is key, states Eurelectric’s Power Barometer 2022. To keep up with power demand, annual investments in both generation and distribution grids need to rise above €135 billion ($135.2 Electrify now. Strengthen grids.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

As global effort to fight climate change intensifies, the challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find ways to meet the rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global sales of new electric vehicles (EV) grew from 3 million in 2020 to 6.6

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Produced locally, the company says it will provide security of supply for European and US-based battery manufacturers in the face of increasing supply chain instability, while also on-shoring production of a critical material to meet rapidly growing demand. You could well argue that they should instead be called Nickel-Graphite batteries.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 23, 2021

Budget 2021 recognizes Canada’s economic future relies less on fossil fuels and more on exports aligned with this net-zero world. This is largely because Canada has a secret weapon: its 83 per cent emissions-free electricity grid, meaning a number of operations are competitively clean when connected to it.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Electric vehicles could reach cost-parity with petrol and diesel cars within three years, but immediate commodity supply risks pose challenges, according to latest BNEF report. Although battery prices fell overall across 2021, in the second half of the year prices have been rising," he explained.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

New report reveals heat pump sales globally rose 15 per cent in 2021 and are now doubling year on year in some markets. Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

All homes and office buildings built in England will soon be equipped with electric car charge points, under proposals designed to ramp up the number of chargers across the country ahead of the 2030 phase out of new fossil fuel vehicles. All new homes in England to include electric car chargers.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 1, 2021

Last year was hard on Big Oil, with demand dropping due to worldwide pandemic lockdowns. People are thinking more about climate change and emissions from burning fossil fuels. Electric vehicles are on the upswing. Big Oil is in big trouble as courts, shareholders demand accountability. See the rest here:Â

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

However, the Canada Energy Regulator projects that this would rise to between 33% and 37% of electricity generation in 2050 in a net-zero 2050. Regionally, the EU-wide average share of electricity generated from wind and solar in 2022 was 22%. These options can enable relatively high shares of wind and solar on a grid.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 28, 2022

A new report published by Research and Markets states that the global smart meters market will expand by 9% between 2021 and 2026 and highlights factors driving the market. The report states that revenue generation will increase from $19.6 billion to $30.2 Have you read ?

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Bukaty/AP A bad omen for the future: fossil fuel plant owners bankrolled a referendum in Maine to try and pass a ballot measure to kill a transmission line that would bring in zero-carbon hydropower from Canada. Other News Credit: Robert F.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Green hydrogen - made by splitting water's hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources - is a small fish in the "energies pond." Today, more than 95 per cent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables. Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles.

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