Michigan aims to meet 100% of energy demand with renewables by 2040
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Michigan has announced plans to meet 100% of its energy demand with renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, by 2040.
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Renewable Energy World
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
As a result of an increase in electric vehicle use across Britain, electricity demand from the transport sector will increase by 31 times by 2040 from the current levels, according to a new report released by research firm Cornwall Insights. This is a 25% increase of current annual demand which stands at 299TWh (excluding losses).
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Envirotec Magazine
JULY 20, 2022
A new “Jet Zero Strategy” seemingly commits UK domestic aviation to achieving net zero emissions by 2040, and for all airports in England to be zero-emission by the same year. Image credit: Tea N Bickie Photography / Shutterstock.com. in 2022/23 to support airports to modernise their airspace.”.
ThinkGeoEnergy
MARCH 25, 2024
Munich city utility Stadtwerke München (SWM) has laid out a plan for the heating transition in Munich, Germany that aims to establish CO2-neutral heating by 2040 at the latest, ahead of the 2045 target set by the federal government. The network is expected to grow by a further 600 kilometers by 2040.
Financial Times: Energy
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Switch from coal by China and other Asian countries will drive increase, says report
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 5, 2021
announced this week that it wants to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040. By 2040, the entire FedEx parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet will be zero-emission electric vehicles. The post FedEx says it will be carbon-neutral by 2040 appeared first on Renewable Energy World. FedEx Corp. Indy” Burke, the Carl W.
Charged
MAY 23, 2022
EVs are playing an increasingly important role in the transition to a net-zero emissions world and are expected to comprise at least two-thirds of global car sales by 2040. But even as EVs are becoming more widely available and affordable, the demand for fast, convenient charging is nowhere near to being met.
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
trillion could deliver savings of $3 trillion in the net zero transition by 2040, new analysis based on the Future Energy Outlook shows. With Europe’s power network already highly connected, only modest expansions are foreseen by 2040 but strengthened Euro-African links would help to decouple Europe from Russia.
altenergymag
MARCH 17, 2022
ESS Appoints European Leadership and Initiates Deployment of Safe Iron-Flow Batteries to Fulfill European Energy Storage Requirement of up to 20 TWh, to Achieve Grid Net-Zero by 2040
Charged
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed an executive order that sets the city on a path to electrifying its entire municipal vehicle fleet by 2040. EV manufacturers need the demand push that large cities can provide. The Big Apple is already a leader in electrification.
Business Green
JANUARY 12, 2022
Global logistics giant becomes latest major firm to pull forward its net zero emission target to 2040. Moller - Maersk has today announced it is to pull forward its net zero emissions target by 10 years, making it the latest global company to commit to delivering net zero emissions by 2040.
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
One of the big questions is around demand response, and who will oversee a market that has only started emerging in Australia. Australia lags behind most of Europe and North America in the provision of demand response, which means grid operators have to ensure generation matches consumption at all times.
Renewable Energy World
OCTOBER 22, 2021
The report, by The Brattle Group and Oracle Utilities, found that by 2040 actions by utility customers can reduce nearly two times more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the residential and light-duty vehicle sectors than would result from current policies to promote investments in clean energy supply alone.
Renew Economy
MARCH 20, 2024
Complete with the "perennial forecast of shortfalls," AEMO's latest Gas Statement of Opportunities has analysts scratching their heads on why the market operator sees gas power demand soaring in 2040. The post AEMO issues another gas shortage warning, but analysts question why appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Bidgely
JUNE 22, 2021
Hear Portland General Electric’s Larry Bekkedahl in a fireside chat, as we discuss the role that data is playing in helping the utility achieve “Net Zero by 2040” in the on-demand session from UA Summit 2021 called “ Unlocking Operational Outcomes: Digital Transformation and Clean Energy Initiatives with AMI Data.”. Data can help. “If
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 17, 2022
The study anticipates a shift from polymer-based to fibre-based packaging (pictured) by 2040. While, fibre-based packaging is widely recycled in non-food uses, the industry believes that by 2040 fibre-based packaging will approach circularity as technical development broadens its suitability for food packaging.
Business Green
APRIL 8, 2021
A major UN-backed initiative aimed at tackling the growing climate impact of the burgeoning crypto currency industry has been launched today, in bid to encourage all of the world's energy-intensive fintech blockchains to run on 100 per cent renewable power by 2025 and achieve net zero by 2040.
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.
Business Green
JULY 19, 2022
Unveiled today, the long-awaited Jet Zero Strategy reiterates the government's commitment for all UK aviation and airports to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 through a proposed decarbonisation trajectory that aims to ensure the sector's emissions continue to fall from the pre-pandemic peak recorded in 2019.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 9, 2023
Regarding Scope 3 emissions, members will work with value chain partners to reduce emissions 10 percent by 2030, 30-40 percent by 2040, and 60-70 percent by 2050, said a statement. Described as “ the cornerstone material for a net-zero future ” by ICA president Anthony Lea, global demand for copper is expected to double by 2050.
Charged
JULY 27, 2022
In an update to its 2020 study, the Faraday Institution examines the UK EV market and forecasts future demand for battery production. By 2040, demand rises to nearly 200 GWh and the equivalent of ten gigafactories. By 2040, demand rises to nearly 200 GWh and the equivalent of ten gigafactories.
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
But a global shortage of components and skills means efforts to meet climate targets will go down to the wire From next year, engineers will need to roll out more than 100km (62 miles) of electric cabling every day until 2040 if the government hopes to power the UK towards its climate goals, according to new data.
Renew Economy
JULY 6, 2022
As solar PV waste grows to tens of millions tonnes a year by 2040, researchers say the recycling market will boom – as will demand for recycled components. The post Solar panel recycling market to be worth billions by 2030, say researchers appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
GreenBiz
MARCH 31, 2021
Most recently the company committed to powering global operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025 as part of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. Back in 2014, Amazon started making major investments in renewable energy. taylor flores. Wed, 03/31/2021 - 11:12. Heather Clancy.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 19, 2023
The document assesses demand for hydrogen across the aviation supply chain, with a particular regional focus. Hydrogen in Aviation’ takes a closer look at the future demand for hydrogen across South Wales and South West England.
Charged
JANUARY 26, 2024
The company also says it plans to electrify its entire fleet of 1,800 refuse collection vehicles in the UK by 2040. Veolia says it intends to expand the trial to a real-world pilot program using Westminster Council waste collection vehicles. This would allow it to provide the grid with a daily flexible power capacity of about 200 MW.
GreenBiz
JULY 8, 2020
The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.
Business Green
MARCH 4, 2021
The company said it was targeting a fully zero emission parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet by 2040, a push that will be accomplished by gradually phasing out its existing fossil fuel fleet. By 2025, half of all FedEx Express global PUD vehicle purchases would be electric, rising to 100 per cent by 2030, it said. Knobloch, Jr.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 28, 2020
The world's largest automakers have been relatively slow to build and market electric trucks and buses, citing a lack of demand from customers and technology that isn't ready for prime time. Mercedes-Benz says it will become net carbon-neutral by 2040. . However, those were internal combustion vehicles.
Solar Industry
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
million, the allocation was increased to $110 million due to ongoing demand by customers seeking to utilize solar to reduce their costs as well as take advantage of opportunities created through the Inflation Reduction Act. At the same time, these projects help achieve the governor’s goal to achieve a zero-carbon electric grid by 2040.”
Charged
MARCH 23, 2023
Countries and regions around the world have set sunset dates for the sale of fossil vehicles, most of them in the 2030-2040 timeframe. Only 11% called all regional targets for EV adoption by 2030-2040 realistic. Are these deadlines achievable?
Business Green
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
With many forecasts signalling declining oil and gas demand by 2030, Carbon Tracker warns petrostates face $8tr drop in revenues by 2040
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
It brings together an intensive cluster of hydrogen demand forecasts from around 70 industrial sites in the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and northern Leicestershire regions, who are asking for more than 10TWh of hydrogen by 2040 in total.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 22, 2022
The study, published in the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) journal The Geographical Journal , highlights that global demand for sulphuric acid is set to rise significantly from ‘246 to 400 million tonnes’ by 2040 – a result of more intensive agriculture and the world moving away from fossil fuels.
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 2, 2023
The scheme is well underway and is being led by Scottish Water’s commercial subsidiary Scottish Water Horizons and the group says it is expected to generate 0.42GWh of green electricity each year – the equivalent of boiling around 1,800,000 kettles a year – and offset 13 per cent of the treatment works’ annual electricity demand.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 27, 2021
Amazon Vice President of Worldwide Sustainability Kara Hurst released a statement about the investment: Amazon created The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of technologies and services that will enable Amazon and other companies to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement 10 years early — achieving net-zero carbon by 2040.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
Investment in clean energy such as solar, hydropower and wind to meet Africa’s energy demand which is expected to double by 2040. The researchers call for urgent collaboration on: • Continuous air monitoring via a network of sensors in order to build a detailed picture of air pollution variations and track progress.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 7, 2021
There are more opportunities to expand impact through developing new projects and providing a more robust renewable generation match for load demand. By 2025, the company will be the first major energy company to achieve carbon neutral energy generation and operations and by 2040, the entire supply chain will be carbon neutral.
The Verge: Energy
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Wind energy in particular soared in 2023, which generated 18 percent of electricity — or the equivalent of France’s entire power demand — and surpassed gas for the first time. Electricity demand actually fell by 3.4 Electricity demand actually fell by 3.4 Image: Ember An often unsung hero in this story is energy efficiency.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 17, 2022
g/m 3 by 2040, in addition to a 35% reduction in population exposure to PM2.5 by 2040, compared to levels in 2018. The target proposals to improve water quality and availability address pollution from abandoned mines, nutrient pollution and water demand. particulate pollution in the air from 20 ?g/m g/m 3 to 10 ?g/m
GreenBiz
AUGUST 20, 2020
Join us for a conversation about the power of companies (big and small) coming together to tackle the climate crisis, and hear why Global Optimism and Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge—a bold commitment to become net zero carbon by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. . Kara Hurst, Head of Worldwide Sustainability, Amazon.
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. RTE estimates that by 2040 the new connections could include up to 100GW of onshore wind and solar, 25GW of offshore wind, 6.5GW of new nuclear, 15GW of industrials, 5GW of data centres and several GW of energy storage.
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