Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Analysts have predicted that electric cars and vans will be cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives by 2027 as battery costs continue to fall, production ramps up, and new vehicle designs are developed. Electric vehicles are not only better for the climate and Europe's industrial leadership, but for the economy too.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 12, 2023

The law, which enters into force in the Spring of 2023, enables large scale smart metering rollout to start immediately before becoming mandatory from 2025 and provides a roadmap with binding deadlines to achieve an essentially full rollout by 2030.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2022

In 2018, fossil fuel-based gas covered 71 per cent of residential demand in the country and the reliance has left Dutch citizens particularly exposed to record increases in gas prices in recent months. The cabinet wants to make this change together with installers and suppliers.".

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Hydrogen, an energy carrier proposed for helping transition the world away from fossil fuels, is well-suited for the oil and gas industry’s public relations machine. billion in funding. Signs of this are evident in some of the funding to support hydrogen projects.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

In its latest forecast today, BNEF said fossil fuel car sales likely already peaked in 2017. It also stresses, however, that this 'cross-over' date will vary significantly, potentially coming as early as 2022 for large cars in Europe, but as late as 2030 or after for small cars in India and Japan. million barrels a day by 2040.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

Confidence is rapidly growing that fully decarbonising the power system across the UK and Europe can be achieved at no additional cost by 2035. It therefore argues such a vision should be at the core of government's policy plans as they strive to deliver on their goal of building a net zero emission continent by mid-century.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Policies such as California's Advanced Clean Truck rule are forcing organizations in the state to phase in zero-emission trucks and phase out fossil fuel-based ones. Progressive cities, many in Europe, are building zones in downtown centers that are banning fossil-fuel vehicles and incentivizing zero-emission models.

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Charged

MAY 11, 2022

The fossil fuel industry’s takeover of public charging infrastructure continues. This week, Volkswagen and bp announced plans to build a new network of fast chargers across Europe, and ABB agreed to supply charging stations to Shell.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

As such, it sets out how the UK could accelerate its transition away from fossil fuels, secure its energy supplies, and tackle the looming affordability, security, and sustainability 'trilemma' through a raft of new policies. Britain will continue to need to access fossil fuel supplies during the Net Zero transition.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Analyst cautions that demand for fossil fuel from automotive market will only drop by 24 per cent by 2050, despite bullish predictions for EV market. Meanwhile, fuel cell vehicles will comprise three per cent of sales and plug-in hybrid vehicles five per cent, it said.

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Charged

AUGUST 24, 2023

John Deere plans to break ground in fall 2023, and production is expected to begin in 2025. The Kernersville facility will have “a non-fossil-fuel-consuming design,” and will feature sustainable energy features in its HVAC, energy recovery, lighting and irrigation systems.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Now, the Dutch NGO that successfully sued Shell over its climate plans is taking those financial backers to court in a case that could help reverse the global banking sector’s support of fossil fuel firms and their activities. billion Euros in bonds to the fossil fuel industry, Milieudefensie says. “We

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Business Green

MAY 31, 2022

Plug-in electrified vehicles are on track to make up over fifth of the new passenger vehicle market in 2025, with global sales expected to rise from 6.6 But it warns of a "widening gap" between wealthy and emerging economies on EV adoption, predicting that China and Europe will account for as much as 80 per cent of EV sales by 2025.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The dawn of electrified trucking: Routes to decarbonising commercial vehicles forecasts that by 2030, zero-emission vehicles (battery-electric or fuel cell) will account for a third of all trucks in Europe, North America and China, and 70 percent by 2035.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

. “This represents the largest number of commercial scale green hydrogen production projects announced at once anywhere in Europe, helping to place the country at the forefront of this emerging industry.” Ministers have decided not to proceed with a hydrogen trial in Redcar, as the main source of hydrogen will not be available.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

Drax Power wants to build gas turbines at its plant in Selby, North Yorkshire to replace its existing coal-fired units ahead of the government's coal phase-out in 2025. If the company installs the 3.6GW capacity that the government has given planning permission for, Drax's conversion would create Europe's largest gas power plant.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

Moreover, the technology results in more air pollution than EVs or fuel cell vehicles and environmental campaigners are fearful that allowing manufacturers to continue to produce ICE vehicles could leave the door open for the continued use of fossil fuels.

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Charged

JUNE 27, 2023

Vlaskamp estimates that green hydrogen (which is produced by electrolysis, unlike grey hydrogen, which is produced from fossil fuels) currently costs between four and five times what customers are willing to pay. It’s unclear whether this project will continue.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 19, 2022

“When Europe acts together, it has more clout.” ” So said European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in a press briefing today about the urgent need to end Europe’s dependence on Russian gas while simultaneously ensuring energy security. — Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) May 18, 2022.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Europe’s TSOs set out vision roadmap to 2025 Greening the grid is vital for energy transition says Schneider’s Lawrence “This concept is totally unique,” says Salla Saastamoinen, JRC Deputy Director-General. It will help them gauge the future impact of energy policies in every community across Europe.” Have you read?

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While the fuel is barely on the radar in the United States, around the world a green hydrogen rush is underway, and many companies, investors, governments and environmentalists believe it is an energy source that could help end the reign of fossil fuels and slow the world’s warming trajectory. "It Green hydrogen can do that.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Renewable power sources are expected to dominate almost all the growth in the world's electricity supplies through to 2025, according to the IEA, and together with nuclear power they are set to meet the vast majority of the increase in global power demand over the period.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

The document sets out G7 countries' ambition to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035, citing the need to respond to climate scientists' calls for a drastic reduction in fossil fuel demand so as to stabilise global temperatures. We also have the G7's first coal phase-out goal and endorsement of the Glasgow Breakthroughs.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

There is further progress to be made however, and alongside renewables investment, divestment from fossil fuels also remains key," he added. "As He also argued that specialist energy fund managers needed to take steps to "make investments more accessible and encourage greater investment in renewables and divestment of fossil fuels".

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The firm, previously known as Danish Oil and Natural Gas, sold its upstream fossil fuels business to Ineos in 2017 and is phasing coal out of its generation mix by 2023. The company’s recent history has been dominated by the deployment of offshore wind in Europe and the build-out of an extensive global project pipeline.

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Charged

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Stellantis Group has signed a binding agreement with lithium producer Vulcan Energy to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Europe for the automaker’s electrified vehicles. Stellantis plans to invest more than €30 billion through 2025 in electrification and software development. Shipments are to begin in 2026.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 29, 2024

A fossil fuel funded think tank with close ties to the Hungarian government hosted a meeting of climate science critics in Brussels last Thursday (23 May), to challenge the EU “consensus” on the environment. Panellists from across Europe and the U.S. The deal will expire in January 2025.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

Siemens Gas and Power has teamed up with Uniper to drive decarbonisation projects across the latter's gas and power portfolio, with a particular focus on the production of hydrogen from both renewable energy as well as fossil fuel facilities, they announced yesterday.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Russia eyes fossil fuel growth as it unveils 2030 climate goal. We believe this to apply not only to Europe, but globally too.". The paper published in the journal Science reveals that while reducing fossil fuel use is essential for the world to stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

G20 leaders may have resisted calls this weekend for a firm target date for ending the use of coal power, but pressure on coal operators is still set to intensify with the launch today of a major new global campaign that is aiming to ensure a quarter of the world's remaining coal power plants are closed by 2025.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 29, 2021

” Now its next milestone could be as one of the first 100-megawatt scale green hydrogen sites in Europe. gigawatts, the hard coal plant will likely prove to be one of the final five new coal plants built in Western Europe, according to data from Beyond Coal. In Europe, the EU has a 40 GW electrolyzer target for 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

gigawatts of electrolyzer capacity to increase the production capacity of the various sustainable fuels by 2030. At that point, it is estimated that 30 percent of the fossil fuel use at Copenhagen airport could be displaced. The Belgian Port of Ostend is also targeting a commercial operation by 2025.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

As demand for fossil-fuel free heating grows, policymakers and industry need to work together to prep the installation workforce for a major roll out of electric heat pumps, writes Panasonic's Enrique Vilamitjana. Across the UK and Europe, government strategies for heating and energy supply aim to drive decarbonisation.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2021

The merger will establish Statkraft as one of the most prolific solar developers in Europe, giving the firm access to a 6GW pipeline of solar assets across the continent, as well as an expanding portfolio in South America. As part of Statkraft, our position in the market is stronger than ever as Europe's largest renewable energy producer.".

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

New research has found that solid state batteries can reduce the carbon footprint of electric vehicle (EV) batteries by almost two-fifths – further increasing EVs’ advantage over fossil fuel vehicles. When the batteries are made using the most sustainably sourced materials, this figure increases to 39%.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The replacement of fossil fuel generation in Spain, Italy and Chile will account for 5.4 Many of Europe’s utilities and network operators are laying the foundations for decarbonized grids at a faster rate than policy dictates. Between 2020 and 2022, the Italian group will invest €11.5 billion ($12.6 billion in 2022.

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