Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The European Commission has adopted two final pillars under its Fit for 55 legislative package, setting in place legally binding climate targets across sectors and prioritising the shift away from polluting vehicles as soon as possible. It is also agreed that Europe will aim to reach 45% of renewables in the EU energy mix by 2030.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

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. In the EU the RED II delegated act and Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Package are expected to be key policy drivers. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The package, originally secured to finance the construction and operation of TagEnergy’s Lakeside BESS project in October 2023, included an uncommitted accordion facility, enabling TagEnergy to incorporate Pitkevy into the funding structure. Construction has commenced and the energy park is scheduled to be operational at the end of 2024.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Also on the radar are findings from the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook , which forecasts that energy prices will drop by 11% in 2023, and an interesting strategic investment from Volvo Cars into an APAC virtual power plant startup. billion) of new investment by 2027. billion) of new investment by 2027.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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Charged

MAY 26, 2020

France has announced an auto industry bailout package worth some 8 billion euros ($8.8 Speaking at a factory owned by French automotive supplier Valeo, President Emmanuel Macron said he wants France to become the leading producer of clean cars in Europe. billion), and it includes substantial support for electrification.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 10, 2022

As part of the Fit for 55 package, European parliamentarians have supported revision of CO2 emission performance standards for new vehicles. In other words, by 2035 all new passenger vehicles and vans in Europe would be required to be zero emission, i.e. electric or hydrogen powered. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 13, 2020

The California Air Resources Board (CARB), the state's powerful air quality regulator, voted last month to require that every new truck sold in the state by 2045 be zero-emission, with truck makers forced to begin the transition in 2024. And then we’ve got pretty strong drivers in Europe and California.". We have a vital U.S.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Leading finance and investment figures hail EU Commission's latest sustainable finance rules as crucial to net zero and fighting greenwashing. Secondly, meanwhile, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) aims to improve the flow of sustainability information in the corporate world.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 9, 2024

UK-based Star Energy Group plc (Star Energy) has announced the closing of a new €25 million secured facility that will provide funding for both its transition to geothermal energy and continued investment in its oil and gas business. The unique, tailored package of the secured facility has two components – Facility A and Facility B.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 1, 2024

While unmanaged electric vehicle (EV) charging would require significant grid and power generation investments, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) can enhance network flexibility, lower system costs and reduce system emissions, all while simultaneously delivering benefits to consumers. billion) of grid investment savings per year in the UK.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Grid impact of hydrogen is a system architecture matter – ETIP SNET Energy Transitions Podcast: How to build a viable green hydrogen economy This will be based on evidence from wider research, development and testing and the H100 Fife neighbourhood trial, as well as similar trials across Europe.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 3, 2023

Following a tendering process last year to deliver these strategic investment schemes and unlock over 122MW of additional capacity, SSEN has appointed the Freedom Group of Companies Ltd – which provides facilities and power engineering services – as design and build contractor. . In Dorset, SSEN is investing £2.2 million ($3.2

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

This Global Recycling Day (18 March), Robert Lockyer, CEO and founder of Delta Global, a sustainable packaging solutions provider for luxury fashion brands, discusses some of the ways in which he believes the industry is making great headway in terms of recyclability, as well as where more can still be done. Image courtesy of MATCHESFASHION.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Spain has delivered the lowest prices ever seen for onshore wind in Europe," said Giles Dickson, CEO at trade body WindEurope, highlighting bids from onshore wind developers that ranged from €20/MWh to €28.89/MWh. The European wind industry continues to reduce costs through innovation, scale and learning effects.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Hydrogen Europe. One of the key groups behind this success is Hydrogen Europe, whose Secretary General spoke at the Hydrogen Transition Summit during COP26 alongside government ministers from countries such as Chile, India and Portugal. Credit: Gaia Lamperti.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

With its unparalleled purchasing power and exacting demands, fast food has long shaped agricultural systems in the United States, Europe, and China. A review of press accounts, financial disclosures, and the companies’ websites shows this support aided these firms’ KFC-linked operations in up to 13 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Across the UK and Europe, government strategies for heating and energy supply aim to drive decarbonisation. The policies needed to drive 'greener' heating across Europe. The move away from fossil fuels and the promise to generate one of the biggest heat pump markets in Europe is indeed a major contribution to net zero (2050).

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

A group of more than 100 CEOs from many of Europe's top businesses have this week written to European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, urging her to accelerate the bloc's green transition plan in response to the energy security posed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 14, 2022

million) fund, focusing on investments in solar and wind energy, energy storage technologies, and other technologies that enable and advance decarbonisation and the energy transition. Have you read: Romania secures €420m+ for massive grid overhaul Investing in green energy innovation in Rotterdam. billion sustainability bonds.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

Continental Europe's first floating wind farm is now fully operational, capable of generating enough electricity to supply the equivalent of 60,000 users per year, its developers announced today. WindFloat Atlantic project off the coast of Portugal is the world's first semi-submersible floating wind farm, according to its developers.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Announcing the Bill, Kwarteng hailed the sweeping package of new policy measures as "the biggest reform of our energy system in a decade". "To We're going to slash red tape, get investment into the UK, and grab as much global market share as possible in new technologies to make this plan a reality. "The

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 25, 2023

gigatons of savings between 2024 and 2030. The report cites an example of a company that was able to remove an entire packaging line, saving $1 million a year. Join Enlit Europe in Paris. This could deliver between 593 and 901 MtCO2 emissions savings a year. Taking a mid-point estimate, this could create almost 3.5

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

The move towards easier-to-recycle packaging formats seems well underway, but the issue of funding for waste and recycling is still up in the air, without the investment the EPR policy was intended to provide. Charges under the existing PRN regulations will carry on into 2024. The good news?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Also on the radar are a $15 million Series A funding round in the US for autonomous inspection tech of power lines and utility assets, as well as an ‘innovative’ financing package for the Lakeside battery system in the UK, with backers such as Tesla leading the way. Onward to next-gen products & manufacturing expansion!

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Policy and investment to boost domestic manufacturing and skills training are urgently required to support the heat pump rollout, explains Dr Richard Lowes from the Regulatory Assistance Project. With the global market for heat pumps set to rapidly expand, investment opportunities for heat pump manufacturing are clear.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

A 6GW pipeline of green hydrogen projects is being primed in the UK and Europe over the next two years, but experts fear key pieces of the policy puzzle still need putting in place. Could 2022 be the year in which green hydrogen produced using renewable power moves from 'nice idea' towards a mainstream, bankable investment proposition?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

But on Tuesday the country's climate ministry gave an update on its energy strategy to 2040, including plans to invest $40bn in building its 69GW of nuclear power capacity, with its first plant earmarked to be up and running in 2033, alongside 8-10GW of offshore wind, according to Reuters.

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Grist

MAY 14, 2024

Russia, and Europe. Scientist Shoba Sivasankar, right, receives a package of seeds that journeyed from the International Space Station to the FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory in Seibersdorf, Austria, in 2023. on May 14, 2024.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2024

Funding to deploy the first version of the European energy data space is now available under the European Commission’s Digital Europe programme for 2023-2024. Based on common data infrastructures and governance frameworks, their evolution is being driven by users within their respective sectors. Have you read?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Set against a 1990 baseline, the new target marks a slight uptick in ambition from the EU's current 55 per cent goal, and is a further sign of the bloc's accelerated shift towards cleaner sources of energy in the wake the war in Ukraine which has exposed Europe's reliance on Russian fossil gas. Europe is staying the course.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

Just this week, the German government announced an 'Easter Package' promising to pump billions of Euros into energy efficiency improvements and a surge in renewables development, as it looks to end Russian coal and oil imports this year and halt gas imports by mid-2024. Prices would still surge if supplies are restricted further.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 21, 2020

Meanwhile, in Europe, we see a number of companies taking the lead in EV sales in various countries, including market EV sales leaders Norway and Germany. BloombergNEF predicts that prices will fall below $100/kWh by around 2024, at which point EVs will start to reach upfront price parity with internal combustion vehicles.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

But, rather than continuing to inflict damage to the planet, what if the millions of tonnes of plastics used to make bottles, food packaging, carrier bags, clothes, carpets, and much more every year, were actually made from a sustainable, plant-based, fossil fuel-free polymer that was both fully recyclable and degradable?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Because, after years of being classified as a "hard-to-abate" sector, steel decarbonisation is now occurring at pace across Europe. Swedish start-up H2 Green Steel is aiming to open the "world's largest" green steel plant up by 2024. It is planning to deliver commercial production in 2026. Two technological pathways.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

EU agrees sweeping reform package for its emissions trading scheme fuelling hopes it could help accelerate decarbonisation efforts globally. The European Parliament and European Council finalised an agreement on the proposed package early on Sunday morning, paving the way for new targets and rules to be passed into law in the coming weeks.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Now more than ever, investors are considering climate-related issues when making their investment decisions," Lee said. "It Production is slated to begin in 2024 and the company hopes to deliver an annual production capacity of five million tons of steel by 2030. EU beverage packaging industry aims to be fully circular by 2030.

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