GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

The European Union is planning a 15-gigawatt renewable energy tender and auctions for green hydrogen projects as part of a trillion-dollar Green Deal package, according to draft proposals leaked this week. Focusing first on converting that grey hydrogen to green creates an immediate demand — and immediate emissions reductions.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The EPP is vociferously opposing two major pieces of legislation from the EU’s Green Deal, a historic package by the bloc to reduce its emissions in line with global climate targets. It includes key reforms that are currently making their passage through Europe’s lawmaking bodies. The meetings were held during key negotiating moments.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A wide-ranging package of legislative measures designed to curb emissions from the gas industry unveiled by the European Commission has come under fire from campaigners and energy analysts, who have warned they could 'lock in' fossil gas infrastructure across Europe for the years to come.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 16, 2024

With that energy efficiency would deliver almost half of the emissions savings needed by 2030, up to one-third in savings on energy bills in many countries and 4.5 Brian Motherway did an exclusive interview at Enlit Europe highlighting the key takeaways of the Energy Efficiency Report from the IEA.

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GreenBiz

JULY 14, 2020

The findings reveal that while still most common in Europe and in U.S. Below are some key findings of the study: Employers recognize that demand for charging will only grow; in many cities such as Portland and San Francisco EV charging in workplace parking lots is already both an expectation of employees and a city mandate.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

Mercedez-Benz has announced plans to go "all electric" by 2030, as it unveiled plans for eight new 'gigafactories' to make electric batteries for its zero emission fleet as part of a €40bn investment programme.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 2, 2022

There’s never been a greater urgency to accelerate and complete the large-scale roll-out of smart meters across Europe, says Tomás Llobet of ESMIG. Europe’s unprecedented price and supply crisis means making smart energy savings and securing affordable energy for consumers will remain a key political priority in 2023.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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. The report said some countries in Europe saw heat pump sales double in the first half of 2022 compared with the same period last year.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

As MEPs enter talks over EU Council's €1.8tr recovery package and budget deal, many key green questions remain. And most importantly, this is the right deal for Europe, right now.". We did it," hailed European Council President Charles Michel at the conclusion of five days of talks in Brussels. This is a strong deal.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts. As the world's largest drinks producer, the Coca-Cola Company's decarbonisation and sustainability efforts have to be supersized.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With 2030 climate targets up for renewal, a new set of European commissioners in place, and the post-Brexit relationship to negotiate, this year was always going to be a big one for Europe’s energy transition. By the end of 2020, all of Europe’s oil majors had made long-term climate commitments. billion ($1.71

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

EU set to push for more stretching 2030 climate target. The European Commission is expected to push for a more ambitious 2030 climate target next Wednesday, raising the bar to cut emissions by "at least 55 per cent" from 1990 levels by the end of the decade, according to a draft document seen by the Financial Times.

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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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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Wallbox expects to manufacture a total of 290,000 units annually at this facility by 2027, and reach its full capacity of 500,000 units by 2030. The Arlington facility will be Wallbox’s fourth manufacturing site, joining two facilities in Europe and one in China.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

Regulation, consumer demand and shareholders are pushing for more recycled textiles. That's part of the vision for the base-case and upside-case scenarios laid out in a recent report on textile recycling in Europe from the consulting giant McKinsey. And that's just for the industry in Europe.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

Over 50 leading companies call on member states to deliver green recovery package that boosts market for power purchase agreements. Under the banner Re-source, the group notes that "the market for corporate demand for renewable energy is both a large and dynamic driver of positive change in global energy markets". "In

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The European Commission proposed a 60-gigawatt offshore wind target for 2030 on Thursday, a highly ambitious goal that would require an additional 48 GW of installed capacity in just under a decade. trillion) economic recovery package. Germany has a 2030 target of 20 GW, France is looking to tender 8.75 trillion ($2.08

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Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

MEPs have warned that the landmark €1.8tr EU recovery package and budget deal brokered by the European Council this week risks undermining the bloc's long-term priorities, including its Green Deal ambition to become the world's first net zero emissions continent by 2050.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

A sweeping €1.85tr stimulus strategy to rebuild Europe's economy from the wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been unveiled by the European Commission today, promising a green infrastructure spending blitz to help put the continent on a path towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is Europe's moment," she said.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

ubitricity, a UK-based EV charge point operator with a network of more than 7,000 public charge points, is partnering with UK Power Networks (UKPN), the UK’s largest electricity distribution network, to shift charging demand away from periods of peak demand on the power grid.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

for 2030 – based on 2021 levels. Demand for aluminium in Europe is anticipated to grow to around 18 million tonnes by 2050 – an increase of more than 40% compared to 2018, and this will include significant growth in demand in the automotive, construction and packaging sectors.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In part two of a series looking at Icelandic clean energy innovation, BusinessGreen explores mooted plans to turn emissions produced by plants across Europe into Iceland's bedrock. It's like an Amazon pick-up package service," explains Carbfix's head of research and innovation Kari Helgason.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

UK-based plastic recycling innovator Mura Technology has secured a further "multi-million-dollar" injection from global chemicals giant Dow to support the firms' plans to construct multiple advanced recycling facilities across the US and Europe.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Ford has announced it will spend £230m on transforming its Halewood plant on Merseyside into its first electric vehicle (EV) component assembly factory in Europe. This is an important step, marking Ford's first in-house investment in all-electric vehicle component manufacturing in Europe," he said. "It

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Advocates of vertical farming argue it can slash land use impacts while also reducing water use and fertiliser demand, providing a route to drastically cut agriculture's climate impact. However, critics question the energy in-puts required to produce crops indoors and the scalability of the nascent industry.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Embedded in the price you pay for goods are things such as vehicle maintenance, insurance, driver labor, warehouse labor, packaging labor, fuel energy, transport tolls, packaging disposal and, of course, profit margin. Profit is the whole reason a business exists in the first place.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 25, 2023

According to the Movement – a global forum of more than 400 organisations, such as Switzerland’s ABB, Sweden’s Alfa Laval, and Microsoft – these are three of 10 key energy efficiency actions which, when applied across industry, have the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by 11% to 2030. Join Enlit Europe in Paris.

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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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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

The shift to electric passenger cars could deliver a £24bn boost to the UK economy over the next five years, but the automotive industry and its supply chains must ramp up capacity 10-fold in order to meet growing demand, a joint government and industry backed report today estimates.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Standout announcements included a national pledge to reduce the energy consumption from buildings and industry by 15% by 2030. Jeremy Hunt also unveiled a £6 billion extra package of support for initiatives like retrofitting to insulate homes and upgrade heating systems, from 2025 – although it wasn’t clear if this was new money or not.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

However, the challenge is in the lead times as the demand has increased and for some passenger models as well as vans can be up to 18 months. By 2030 we expect about 40 million EVs and if just 10 million of those give energy back to the grid, it could power the whole of the UK at peak times. Have you read? Role of data.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In mid-January, PepsiCo joined that club with a strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent across its entire value chain by 2030 and to reach the elusive net-zero emissions status 10 years before it’s called for by the Paris Agreement. And what steps are you taking to increase the use of recycled content in your packaging?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Documents obtained by DeSmog show Copa-Cogeca, a powerful trade body for Europe’s farmers, demanded revisions to the EU’s sustainable farming plan at a private meeting with the European Commission in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Brussels has come under intense pressure from agribusiness ever since. Sustained Pressure.

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Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

But GB and Ireland arm of Lucozade and Ribena manufacturer warns of shortages and soaring costs of rPET in Europe. The European price of rPET currently stands at 39 per cent more expensive compared to virgin PET, it said.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

The changes come amidst soaring demand for EVs, which has seen plug-in vehicles provide the one bright spot for an auto industry that has seen demand slump in response to the pandemic. A number of countries across Europe have also increased EV grants in recent months as part of covid-related stimulus packages.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2020

New research reveals UK could source two thirds of its power from renewables by 2030, as calls grow for government to accelerate clean energy auction pipeline and introduce green tax breaks.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Now, with the global pandemic leading a hige drop in demand, the report predicts sales for conventional cars are set to drop 23 per cent worldwide in 2020, with major implications for the global oil market. per cent to global electricity demand by 2040, BNEF added. million barrels a day by 2040. million barrels a day by 2040.

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