Business Green

MARCH 27, 2024

UK emissions are down 52 per cent since 1990 and fossil fuels last year provided just a third of UK power - change is happening Some good news for the Bank Holiday weekend. per cent of the UK's electricity - a record low. per cent compared to 1990 levels. Coal, gas, and oil together generated just 34.3

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. The last 15 percent of the economy is hard to clean up — aviation, shipping, manufacturing, long-distance trucking," Fakhry said in an interview.

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Solar Energy Monitor Hydrogen Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 538

Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

Electric vehicles (EVs) have so far weathered the worst slump in car sales recorded in living memory far better than their combustion engine counterparts, accounting for more than 30 per cent of sales in April's drastically reduced market, industry figures released today show. While sales of diesel cars collapsed by 97.6 Source: SMMT.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2022

This low-carbon image is out of step with the reality of fleet production figures – both current and projected – which reveal a business model out of step wedded to sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles. These sales fall far below the 70 percent of car adverts that promoted lower-carbon electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles.

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Aviation Fossil fuels Electric vehicle Carbon-neutral 98

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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Pollution Fossil fuels Aviation Carbon 72

Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

Electric air taxis primed for take-off in 2024 as Bristol-based start-up secures investment and pre-orders from host of major airlines. A host of companies have also placed conditional orders for 1,000 of the electric air taxis in total - altogether worth around $4bn - Vertical Aerospace revealed today.

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Electricity Aviation Fossil fuels Investment 86

GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the "energies pond." Today, more than 95 percent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables. Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Phill Davies, Co-Founder of Magway, a UK firm behind a new form of e-commerce and freight delivery system, believes the transition to electric vehicles won’t be enough to secure needed emissions reductions for sectors such as logistics, and offers a few thoughts on alternative approaches. Sustainable aviation fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The report released Friday underscores the role that transportation in emerging economies will play in future oil demand, and how quickly falling battery costs and increasingly aggressive decarbonization policies are accelerating the shift from fossil-fueled to electric vehicles. That's never going to work.”

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Reduce fossil fuel use. Reduce Fossil Fuel Use. Fishing is one of the most energy-intensive industries and almost entirely relies on fossil fuels. of total global fuel consumption. That’s more than the annual emissions from aviation. Adhere to the “Good Fish Guide”. Use lead-free fishing gear.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

In addition, Ministers today launched the £381m Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund alongside an additional £15m for the On-Street Residential Charging Scheme (ORCS). "As The wheels for the EV revolution are firmly in motion," said Fiona Howarth, CEO of Octopus Electric Vehicles.

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Government Aviation Electric vehicle Transportation 41

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.

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Carbon-neutral Energy Monitor Carbon Packaging 74

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

By almost fully switching to such low carbon technologies across buildings, transport, and industry - as is required for the UK and others thanks to legally-binding net zero targets - and harnessing cheap renewable electricity from solar and wind, these sectors could cut their emissions by 60 per cent between 2020 and 2050, the report indicates.

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Transportation Electricity Policy Fossil fuels 80

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

The analysis apparently finds that: Just 12 industries – which include aviation, agriculture, steel, manufacturing and construction – make up 62% of all UK carbon emissions. Two thirds (66%) of jobs in aviation are in Labour held constituencies and 64% of oil and gas jobs are in SNP held seats.

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Carbon Aviation Government Electric vehicle 147

Charged

JANUARY 21, 2021

Most automakers may have rejected hydrogen as an energy storage medium for passenger vehicles ( Toyota is the notable exception), but the technology may yet find applications for industrial processes, and in other forms of transportation such as aviation and shipping.

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Hydrogen Government Fossil fuels Natural gas 144

Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

A rapid shift away from fossil fuels is also needed alongside a major ramp up in renewable electricity capacity - largely provided by wind and solar projects - which will form the backbone of the future energy system, while development of hydrogen, carbon capture and new modular nuclear technologies is also crucial, the report warned.

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Fossil fuels Energy Energy Aviation 69

Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

That commitment also includes buying 100,000 electric delivery vehicles, and using 100 percent clean energy by 2025. But the business of biofuels is a bit messier and - for bio jet fuel - at an earlier stage than procuring solar and wind energy or even purchasing electric vehicles.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Logistics Retail 61

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 3, 2023

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has reached an important stage in delivering 12 low carbon tech projects, worth a total £41 million ($49 million), across the north of Scotland and central southern England, aiding a green recovery. SSEN’s 12 green recovery projects include: A £2.7 million ($3.2

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Carbon Home Energy Monitoring 52

Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The energy transition involves shifting from a system based on fossil fuels - oil, gas and coal - to one dominated by clean, renewable electricity. As well as renewable energy generation, these are energy storage, electric transport infrastructure, and transmission & distribution networks.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Meanwhile, the huge clean tech buying signals from coalitions of large corporates focused on electric vehicles, green steel, renewables, green shipping, and sustainable aviation fuels, all point to how these markets could quickly reach tipping points that trigger the rapid adoption that obliterates fossil fuel demand.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The report also predicts that a "huge" build-out of wind and solar power, a major increase in the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs), and improved energy efficiency across industry will spur a significant and sustained decline in energy emissions over the next three decades. years' worth of emissions. The @IEA says solar is king.

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Energy Energy Electric vehicle Hydrogen 65

Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

billion for EV charging infrastructure, and billions more for transitioning school buses and transit vehicles to electric. The First Movers Coalition is committing to buying volumes of climate friendly solutions in steel, trucking, shipping, and aviation. we’ve probably seen this the most in sustainable aviation fuels so far.

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Natural gas Aviation Electric vehicle COP 52

Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

More than $500 million to support the construction of charging stations for electric vehicles, as the government looks to bring the number of electric vehicles on Québec roads to two million. It typically supplies about 21 million megawatthours of electricity annually to 8 western states and parts of Canada.”

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Natural gas Electric vehicle Transportation Electricity 52

Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

How to decarbonise aviation and shipping. That means wind and solar capacity, batteries, energy efficiency upgrades, and electric vehicles (which we now know are cheaper than petrol and diesel vehicles ). They need to throw everything possible at destroying fossil fuel demand. How to phase out gas boilers.

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Fossil fuels Investment Aviation Government 81

Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

The rhetoric has been hugely welcome and has contrasted positively with the months and years following the financial crash of 2008, during which proposals for green stimulus packages struggled to secure meaningful traction and a wave of new fossil fuel investment locked in another decade of rising global emissions.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 93

Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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Carbon-negative Energy Energy Fossil fuels 85

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Wind power contributed 25% of electricity generation, with bioenergy providing 13% and nuclear 16%. Meanwhile, the number of miles driven by small commercial vehicles, such as delivery vans, has shot up by 23% in the decade to the end of 2019, and probably more in 2020, corresponding to a 20% rise in CO2 emissions.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Carbon Energy Monitor 130

Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Department for Transport revs up automotive transportation plans and unveils new EV charge point concept, as governments prepare wave of new initiatives to tackle auto, aviation, and shipping emissions. The report also details how global sales of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) have more than doubled since 2019 from 2.1 million to 5.3

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Government Aviation Transportation COP 69

Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

One Nation Conservatives group of more than 100 MPs call for 2030 fossil fuel car ban, carbon tax and tree planting funding.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

The difficulty of arguing against new domestic energy projects at a time when energy security has suddenly become a real and present threat and there is a moral imperative to end imports of Russian fossil fuels. Such an economy would be more productive, more competitive, and less exposed to volatile fossil fuel prices than its peers.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Instead, the government moved to double the subsidy for electric vehicles to €6,000. Meanwhile, in a bid to curb electricity prices for households and businesses the government announced it would cap the renewables levy on bills at 6.5ct/kWh in 2021 and 6ct/kWh in 2022.

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Packaging Government Transportation Carbon-neutral 91

Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Under the mooted system, fossil fuel suppliers would have to purchase permits from the government to compensate for the carbon dioxide and other emissions their products release, with these costs expected to be passed on to consumers, according to the report. However, the plans are in no way finalised.

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Carbon Policy Government Electric vehicle 81

Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

Upfront investments in low carbon infrastructure deliver much faster paybacks than they did a year ago, because the fossil fuels they displace are orders of magnitude more expensive. per cent gain, almost entirely as a result of higher fossil fuel prices. per cent loss of GDP to a 0.5

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

However, today's announcements, while including a host of measures impacting renewables, nuclear, carbon capture, hydrogen, and energy efficiency, extend far beyond energy, stretching into green finance, electric vehicles, carbon border adjustment mechanisms, and nature markets.

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Government Hydrogen Carbon Investment 80

R-Squared Energy

MAY 23, 2021

Those can be accomplished by strict fuel-economy standards and global bans on internal combustion engines (ICEs) after 2035. This should increase the number of electric vehicles on the road from 1% today to 20% in 2030 and 60% in 2040, and it makes a major dent in the carbon emissions from the transportation sector. Bioenergy.

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Hydrogen Transportation Demand Carbon 60

Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The move follows a raft of climate commitments from oil and gas companies over the past year, although these have largely come from Europe where the likes of BP, Shell, and Repsol have set longer term net zero targets for 2050, backed by growing efforts to diversify their activities beyond fossil fuels.

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Methane Demand Carbon-negative Climate change 99

AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

That commitment also includes buying 100,000 electric delivery vehicles, and using 100 percent clean energy by 2025. But the business of biofuels is a bit messier and — for bio jet fuel — at an earlier stage than procuring solar and wind energy or even purchasing electric vehicles.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Carbon Retail 28