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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.

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Investment needed to keep grid fit for purpose says Enel Grids boss

Smart Energy International

With 2023 coming to a close, the impact of climate change and rapidly increasing electricity demand have illustrated the crucial importance of grid investment to ensure the grid is fit for purpose. Not investing in the grid is like accumulating cholesterol – you find out you are in bad shape.” Join Enlit Europe in Paris.

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Ford says it will launch 7 new EVs in Europe by 2024

Charged

Ford plans to invest some $2 billion in its new Cologne Electrification Centre in Cologne, Germany. The investment includes a new battery assembly facility scheduled to start operations in 2024. Ford says it will give the new EV a name, and reveal more details, later in 2022, and expects to begin production in 2023.

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104,000 panel solar farm set to power The University of Manchester

Envirotec Magazine

The contract that secures this investment, known as a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA), commits the University to purchase 80% of Medebridge’s total annual generation capacity (58 GWh) for the next decade, reducing University carbon emissions by 12,000 t/co2 every year – enough to power 21,000 homes.

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Greenpeace: Car makers showing slow progress on decarbonizing supply chains

Envirotec Magazine

Toyota is the world’s largest automaker, yet fewer than one in 400 vehicles sold by Toyota in 2022 were battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Suzuki sold zero BEVs in 2022. In 2022, three out of ten vehicles sold by SAIC were EVs. In 2022, the share of SUVs in Hyundai-Kia’s total sales surpassed 50% for the first time.

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WindEurope - Europe invested 17bn in new wind in 2022, the lowest since 2009

Global Renewable News

Europe invested just 17bn in new wind farms in.

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