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Tech Talk | Extreme E – off-road racing as a promotion for net zero

Smart Energy International

The Extreme E off-road racing platform has energy sustainability and emissions reductions as one of its key pillars. Extreme E was built on five pillars – environment, equality, energy, entertainment and emobility – and as its latest sustainability report seeks to show, it is achieving impacts in all of these areas. Have you read?

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!    Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The picture was less rosy for new wind and heat pumps, both of which have suffered from high interest rates. .

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Clean energy for Native American communities. As the North American program manager for the Climate Group’s EV100 program, Badalian works to get large companies to commit to 100 percent electric mobility by 2030, then helps them replace global fleets with electric vehicles, deploy charging stations and affect government policy.

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How Fossil Fuels Are Being Used To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

R-Squared Energy

Today, we discuss the logistics of integrating LPG for cooking into the developing world, talk a bit about government programs that are pursuing this goal, and finally discuss some success stories around the world. What are the logistics of moving LPG into a developing country in central Africa, for example?

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How Fossil Fuels Are Saving Lives In Developing Countries

R-Squared Energy

Over the past 20 years, renewable energy usage has exploded around the world. I learnt that most of the developing world uses wood as a primary source of energy, especially for cooking. In general, there is a widespread belief that renewable is better for the planet. That is often true. But not always. Can you address that?

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SDG17, coronavirus, and the battle for a collaborative future

Business Green

Dubbed Partnership for the Goals, the wide-ranging targets covering everything from technology to trade, capacity-building to multi-stakeholder partnerships, and data and monitoring to accountability, were developed in the same year as the Paris Agreement amply demonstrated the merits of multilateralism.

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Keeping 1.5C alive: Is COP26 on track to deliver on its goals?

Business Green

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. With just a few days to go until COP26 kicks off, her pessimism is widely shared. goal within grasp.