GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

German auto giant Mercedes-Benz announced its largest order of electric vehicles to date Friday: 1,800 electric delivery vans for retail giant Amazon to use across Europe. Mercedes-Benz says it will become net carbon-neutral by 2040. . Its vehicle and battery production also will be carbon-neutral, using clean energy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

Global drinks giant doubles interim emissions goal and pledges to become net zero emission business by 2040. PepsiCo has become the latest global brand to sign up to an ambitious net zero emissions target, pledging to fully decarbonise its business by 2040 and announcing it has strengthened its near-term emissions targets.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2021

AB InBev has become the latest multinational to announce plans to achieve net zero emissions across its entire value chain, pledging to deliver net zero for its supply chain and product use and disposal by 2040. We have always relied on natural resources to brew our beer," said Bart Grieten, VP Supply at AB InBev Europe.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Political leaders and businesses from across North West England have unveiled their vision for the region to transition to net zero by 2040 bolstered by a "green recovery" from the coronavirus crisis, as they yesterday announced plans to launch a decarbonisation roadmap later this year.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

It has been designed to test and improve methods of seaweed farming, while researching the potential of seaweed to sequester carbon. If seaweed farming were to expand to occupy the entire space occupied by wind farms, expected to be approximately 1 million hectares by 2040, it could reduce millions of tonnes of CO 2 annually.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 3, 2020

Europe's power system will look very different in 2030, with energy storage supporting the “dominance” of wind and solar generation, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. By 2040, Europe is expected to add another 169 gigawatts of wind and 172 gigawatts of solar. New-build projects in the U.K.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Prospects for carbon capture received a boost in September when the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the emerging technology is “ critical ” to a clean-energy transition. Both technologies could mitigate climate change by removing emissions from existing fossil fuel generation or even pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. As pesticide trade body CropLife Europe says: “let’s focus on transition, not just targets”.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

Banking giant commits to ending support for coal by 2040 after reaching compromise with shareholders. The board-backed proposal commits the bank to phasing out all project finance, corporate finance, and underwriting of coal-fired power and thermal coal mining by 2030 in the EU and OECD, and by 2040 globally.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

European fossil fuel giant pledges to ramp up investment in hydrogen and end sale of carbon-based products by 2040. European oil refinery giant Varo Energy has today announced a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2040, unveiling plans to invest $3.5bn in sustainable solutions such as hydrogen over the next four years.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

A new report from power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research suggests that increased deployment of (and continued improvements in) virtualisation technology could reduce potential future European computing emissions 55% by 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The innovative project is the first of its kind to secure GHNF support and will provide low carbon heating captured from data centres into buildings. This substantial scheme is expected to deliver 95GWh of heat across 5 phases between 2026 and 2040. It forms part of a wider £65m award from the GHNF to five projects across the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The hydro energy generation scheme is fed by a siphon and is believed to be the first of its type in Europe. This is a real win for us and we are delighted to be leading with such innovative projects to lower the carbon footprint of the local water supply and make Scotland’s grid greener.”

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Augustin Becquet, CEO Recommerce said: “We are very proud to launch this partnership together with Vodafone who are launching the largest and most advanced device lifecycle management program in Europe. Carbon emissions and energy efficiency. Keeping a phone handset for an extra year can reduce its lifetime CO2e impact by up to 29%.[1]

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The project could be expanded to 10 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2040 dedicated to green hydrogen production. A Dutch carbon tax, that would cover emissions from producing hydrogen using methane, is expected to reach €125 ($137) per ton of CO2 equivalent emissions by 2030. The market for green hydrogen.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2022

Intel Corporation has set its sights on achieving net zero emissions within its own operations by 2040, in addition to slashing emissions and energy use across its products and value chain, as the IT semiconductor giant unveiled details of its decarbonisation strategy yesterday. With leadership comes responsibility.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

Carbon capture is becoming big business. Carbon capture will have to accelerate rapidly, then, if we are to avoid a catastrophe induced by climate change. not co-located to sites of emission) to capture 1M tons of carbon a year, equivalent to 40 million trees. We all know why. First things first, there’s CO2 levels.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

And at Accelerate this year, you will hear from entrepreneurs who are based in cities across Europe, Africa, and the U.S. . Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste. Tammy Hsu and Michelle Zhu.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

An estimated 70GW of floating wind could be installed across the globe by 2040, according to forecasts contained in the Carbon Trust's new Floating Wind Joint Industry Project's (JIP's) second phase summary report. Its latest report covers the second phase of its research, alongside market projections for the next 20 years.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. Media Authorship. Anheuser-Busch. Anheuser-Busch.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2023

Eight dedicated charging stations promise to give electric HGVs 200km of range in just 45 minutes The zero emission truck sector passed another major milestone yesterday, with the launch of Europe's first dedicated electric truck charging corridor in Germany. With today's opening, Aral is taking an important step in this direction."

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Online retailer publishes sustainability update, confirming carbon intensity fell 16 per cent last year as efforts to decarbonise fleets and shift to renewable energy gathered pace. As such, Amazon's absolute carbon emissions increased by 19 per cent in 2020, from 51.2 million metric tonnes or CO2e in 2019 to 60.6

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

Major truck manufacturers in Europe have accelerated the target date for their diesel engine phase-out from 2050 to 2040. Hydrogen and electrification are the low-carbon technology options of choice. Biofuels offer immediate carbon savings as a drop-in fuel for conventional marine and aviation uses.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Most people seem to believe some form of carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be necessary, although many are stil sceptical of an arguably “unproven” and ambitious technology. The same report said the number of facilities must “increase 100-fold by 2040, and scaling efforts are just not happening fast enough.”.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Project aims to develop Europe's largest joint hydrogen production and carbon capture project by 2026, according to partners. The Zero Carbon Humber bid demonstrates the ambitious action needed to drive a low carbon recovery and reach net zero," he explained.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

Green hydrogen is considered by many to be a vital component of any credible net-zero carbon plan, and it can be used to decarbonize a number of industrial processes and heavy transport. And Wood Mackenzie's research indicates that the cost of green hydrogen will fall by 64 percent by 2040 as the market scales up.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Amazon has announced plans to funnel €20m towards nature-based projects to support tree planting, biodiversity restoration and urban green projects across Europe, starting with a major urban reforestation programme in Italy. The company did not immediately respond to queries from BusinessGreen at the time of going to press.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The key stakeholders in the initiative are the local network operator Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, the Isle of Wight Energy Hub, which is developing a low-carbon local energy system and the Isle of Wight Council. The island is targeting electricity self-sufficiency with renewables by 2030 and net zero by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Yet just as efforts toward that goal are finally scaling up — via the EU’s amplified climate targets, China’s new carbon-neutral target for 2060, and other examples — the coronavirus pandemic has introduced a massive dose of uncertainty. China takes a big step. can get to net-zero emissions by 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Going forward, Repsol's senior management will see a portion of their bonuses linked to the decarbonization effort, which may include carbon offsets. The company believes it can achieve at least 70 percent of its mid-century target with technologies currently on the horizon, including carbon capture, utilization and storage.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Offshore renewables are proposed to become the third most important energy resource in the European power system, providing 18% of the dispatched energy by 2040 and 2050 – sufficient to supply up to 55 million households in 2040. Moreover, the size of this task and the speed required is huge.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply. The sooner that the costs of carbon control are included in the costs of doing business, the sooner new technologies will be developed.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

French TSO RTE has proposed investments prioritising developments of its network of the order of €100 billion by 2040. However, since then, the state has redefined its energy policy, including a revival of nuclear power, the acceleration of renewables and reindustrialisation through the development of low-carbon industrial zones.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

The research is based on anonymised and aggregated driving data from around 100,000 connected vehicles, operated by more than 5,000 fleet customers across Europe. of customers in Europe could replace at least one of their vehicles with an electric model. 57% of customers in Europe could replace at least half of their vehicles with EVs.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

New report sets out how policymakers could help accelerate the adoption of low carbon building technologies and practices. It is the first of its kind at EU scale to address the whole life carbon impact of the built environment, across multiple policy routes, WorldGBC said. The safe and sustainable future of Europe depends upon it.".

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In all, the scheme is expected to deliver 95GWh of heat across five phases between 2026 and 2040. We are excited to be leading the way in developing low carbon infrastructure, supporting current and future generations of Londoners in Old Oak and Park Royal to live more sustainably. Join Enlit Europe in Paris. Have you read?

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Charged

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Furthermore, Ukraine is one of the largest markets for trucks in Europe. The signatory countries (26 at last count, including the US) aim to phase out sales of fossil-fueled medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2040, and to eliminate carbon emissions from these vehicle classes by 2050.

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