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2023 EV registrations in Europe surpass two million units, setting new record

Charged

In 2023, Europe’s auto market achieved its best sales since the pandemic, spurred partly by strong demand for EVs. New passenger vehicle registrations totaled almost 13 million units, up 14% compared to 2022. Europe’s automotive market appears to be normalizing,” said Felipe Munoz, Global Analyst at JATO Dynamics.

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Fossil fuels are losing ground to renewable energy in Europe

The Verge: Energy

Wind turbines and power lines can be seen against the evening sky near Leuna, Germany on October 4th, 2022. What’s encouraging is it’s just continuing that structural decline in fossil fuels,” says Sarah Brown, Ember’s Europe program director. Electricity demand actually fell by 3.4 Electricity demand actually fell by 3.4

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'Europe has avoided the worst of the crisis': EU renewables overtake gas power in 2022

Business Green

The findings, published by energy think tank Ember, suggest Europe weathered a "triple crisis" in the energy sector last year, as the industry faced soaring costs, a scramble to wean the continent off Russian gas supplies, and the lowest levels of hydro and nuclear generation in two decades. Any fears of a coal rebound are now dead."

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2022 – green hydrogen tipping point predicted

Smart Energy International

Research and consultancy organisation Delta-EE anticipates 2022 as the tipping point year that policy support will create a viable business case for green hydrogen. However, only a little over one-third (794 MW) of these projects have reached final investment decision or been awarded public funding in Europe and the UK. Have you read?

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Photon Energy wins 315MW demand response capacity in Polish auction

Smart Energy International

Renewable energy group Photon Energy has announced that its subsidiary Lerta JRM has succeeded in the additional 2025 Polish capacity auction with 315MW of demand side response capacity and 1.088MW of renewable generation. Have you read?

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Sweden remains Europe’s largest net power exporter

Envirotec Magazine

EU Interconnector map for H2 2022 (image credit: EnAppSys). Sweden retained its position as the biggest net exporter of power in Europe during the second half of last year. The report describes the value of imports and exports in Europe during the last six months of 2022.

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Dutch demand continues to outstrip supply despite record grid investments

Smart Energy International

Despite record investments into power grid expansion to accommodate demand, grid operators Alliander, Enexis and Stedin have reported inefficient capacity to prevent increasing network congestion. billion) in 2023 on 2,207 transformers, 2,518km of new medium-voltage and low-voltage cables and 304km (2022: 255km) of gas pipelines.

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