AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The race to mainstream electric vehicles by 2030 Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 12/02/2020 – 00:30 The world’s leading companies and policymakers are coalescing around setting targets for adopting zero-emission vehicles around a 2030 time frame. See the rest here: The race to mainstream electric vehicles by 2030.

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Charged

AUGUST 19, 2022

Battery innovator Northvolt has issued a $1.1-billion billion convertible note to finance its expansion of battery cell and cathode material production in Europe. We will continue to work hard to deliver on the promise we have made to them to build the world’s greenest battery.”.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

BNEF downgrades growth forecasts for global solar and battery sectors this year, as markets suffer fallout from escalating pandemic. Moreover, the analyst expects Covid-19 headwinds to hit both the global car market as well as the burgeoning battery market, together spelling a potentially bumpy year of growth for EVs.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

The report by the CEWASTE consortium – led by the Switzerland-based World Resources Forum – says this requirement should apply to certain e-waste categories, including: End-of-life circuit boards, certain magnets in disc drives and electric vehicles, EV and other special battery types, and fluorescent lamps.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 5, 2021

And a favorable political environment will help. Installers must be savvy with building electrical wiring, CAT5/6 communication wiring, various wireless communications protocols, desktop and cellphone applications, and dozens of inverter/battery configuration options. So here are my predictions for solar and storage for 2021.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2024

s clean energy sector could grow six per cent a year out to 2050, if our political leaders seize the opportunity. Heat pumps, electric vehicles, energy efficiency upgrades and even small installs like smart thermostats can save British Columbians money, all while reducing emissions. families to make ends meet. The difference?

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

With the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in place in the UK by 2030, sales of electric cars are expected to surge. Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles accounted for more than 1 in 10 vehicle registrations in 2020, up from 1 in 30 in 2019, according to data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

As energy policy and politics shift globally, business flexibility will be a necessity for the success of the energy transition. Well, not quite, because anyone who has even briefly scanned the news over the last few months will have noted the shift in the political mood music around energy policy across the world.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The findings present a picture of a world that has made significant progress on climate action, powered by the rapid roll-out of clean energy technologies, the acceleration of the electric vehicle (EV) transition, and a growing understanding of the economic and geopolitical benefits ending reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 27, 2021

Today, 44 member-owned electric co-ops serve about 1.7 million rural and suburban customers and supply almost a quarter of the state’s electricity. Many still rely on electricity from coal-fired power plants. MiEnergy Cooperative’s electric vehicle chargers. Credit: MiEnergy Cooperative / Courtesy.

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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. Credit: Carbon Tracker). In 2018-2019, 3.38

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

batteries, pumped hydro). Political resistance to transitioning away from traditional energy sources. The Challenge: Limited Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EVs) Inadequate charging infrastructure for electric cars. Insufficient support for electric vehicle adoption.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Back when BusinessGreen launched we wrote about electric vehicles that were glorified golf buggies and distant dreams that renewables might one day account for 20 per cent of the grid. Now electric vehicles are transforming the global auto market and clean power dominates the energy market.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

Proposals to create a new 'gigafactory' for electric vehicle (EV) batteries at Coventry Airport took a major step forward today, after the venture's joint partners, Coventry City Council and Coventry Airport Ltd, confirmed a planning application has been submitted for the ambitious project.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

Sweden's state-owned mining firm locates large deposits of rare earth elements critical for manufacture of wind turbines and electric vehicles. The EU predicts a five-fold increase in demand for rare earths to support electric vehicles and the planned increase in renewable power by 2030. We face a supply problem.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 14, 2023

. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2023 will see solar and battery grow faster than all generation types by MW, in terms of both consents and installed capacity. Read more: 2023 predictions: Electric vehicle trends and challenges. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In UK politics, climate change policies cut across party lines. Take it from me, automakers will base themselves where the batteries are made,” said Palmer. “We Chief Executive Mike Hawes pointed out that the industry has invested billions of pounds in EVs, batteries and related technologies, largely thanks to government support. “So

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Uber pledges to ensure all its drivers have fully electric vehicles in Europe, the US, and Canada by 2030, and across the rest of the world by 2040. It plans to expand its Uber Green programme to more than 65 cities globally, enabling users to specifically request a hybrid or electric vehicle for an extra US$1.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

This has moved these issues up the political priority list and bolstered a massive effort to diversify India’s economy away from coal and other polluting technologies and practices. Submissions could include solutions on the customer side of the meter, including rooftop solar, demand response and battery energy storage.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. But at the same time, he added, “batteries can only do so much. In Minnesota, Gov.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

Tesla Closes Its Factories in California and New York : As calls for people to stay home grew increasingly urgent, Tesla announced plans to close two plants making electric vehicles and products for the solar and energy storage markets. This week's podcast episode of Political Climate takes a look. Will other U.S.

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Gridlock is still a problem, but there is optimism as climate has risen in the US to become a top-tier political issue (as it is already in western Europe). A $200 million investment in an autonomous electric vehicle is not that relevant for someone trying to raise a million to develop sustainable plastics.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Britishvolt had been planning a £300m battery manufacturing plant at the site of a former coal power plant near Cambois, Northumberland, which was expected to be the UK's first "gigafactory", a source of more than 3,000 jobs, and a catalyst for the development of the UK's EV manufacturing supply chain.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It said the approach would “make rooftop solar and customer-owned batteries more expensive and therefore out of reach of working- and middle-class consumers.”. The statement said the proposal “represents California politics at its worst” and favors “propping up failed and stodgy incumbents.”

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Ed Miliband is to unveil sweeping plans for an electric vehicle revolution, as opposition accuses government of delivering a badly 'underpowered' green industrial strategy. The next election may be the best part of four years away, but the green political dividing lines are already being drawn.

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Charged

AUGUST 7, 2022

The Bolt is back—after a months-long production pause due to battery problems, the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV sold almost 7,000 units in Q2 to take a respectable 3.5% in Q2, double the year-ago figure (electrified vehicles as a whole accounted for 12.6%). Electric vehicle demand is well beyond what we can supply.”.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 13, 2023

Stationary battery storage also grows rapidly, with capacity rising from 108GWh today to 3,100GWh by 2030 mainly owing to the increasing need for system flexibility. Dwarfing this is Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries, which register global capacity of 5.5TWh in 2030.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

To be a true leader on electric vehicles, the government must plump the market by requiring manufacturers to produce a set percentage of low-carbon vehicles, writes Energy UK's Yumann Siddiq. Meanwhile, 80 per cent of vehicles produced in the UK are exported. Today, EVs make up 14 per cent of the new car market.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Meanwhile, in the UK specifically, there's significant potential to see the EV transition accelerate, movement on offshore wind projects and steps forward in areas such as hydrogen and battery plants in the next year. Delivering on the summit outcome means that political will needs to remain strong. Eyes will be on the US and China.

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AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

Thanks to data and modeling provided by Guidehouse Insights, the apparent answer “yes” in two of the largest states often viewed as being on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Traditional peaking plants have been relied upon for decades to prop up regional power systems during spikes in demand throughout the U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

Political opponents branded the move as further evidence that a government with laissez faire instincts remained temperamentally opposed to proactive industrial strategy. Business groups lamented a "frustrating" and "harsh" decision.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 31, 2022

While research shows climate action actually lowers energy bills, it was clear that people’s perceptions might not align with reality — and that these perceptions could heavily impact the next few years of political discourse. Especially as the Conservative Party of Canada’s leadership front-runner (whose fate will be confirmed on Sept.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 27, 2023

If you have noticed a lot more electric vehicles on the roads lately, your eyes are not deceiving you. One in five vehicles sold in B.C. is now electric, a milestone that makes B.C. With its pre-existing EV advantage, population density, abundant clean electricity, and political environment (B.C.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2021

New report from Tony Blair Institute warns failure to prepare for the accelerating shift to electric vehicles could hit Treasury coffers and trigger a new wave of congestion on the roads. Changes to fuel pricing are seen as politically toxic," he acknowledges. "[But]

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 8, 2023

This may fall on deaf ears in the throes of a provincial election, but political leaders aren’t judged by their talking points of the day. We should use it to make batteries at home, developing our own domestic expertise, research and development outputs, and intellectual property. And this one is very foreseeable.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 12, 2022

It said the approach would “make rooftop solar and customer-owned batteries more expensive and therefore out of reach of working- and middle-class consumers.”. The statement said the proposal “represents California politics at its worst” and favors “propping up failed and stodgy incumbents.”.

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