Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

An energy-intensive process largely reliant on fossil fuels, concrete production is estimated to account for around eight per cent of global carbon emissions - more than both shipping and air travel combined. ConcreteZero is signalling to the industry that the biggest buyers want the industry to innovate and act now on emissions.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The myth of the “long tailpipe”—the notion that EVs generate just as much carbon emissions as ICE vehicles do—has been debunked by dozens of scientific studies (see below for a partial list). These results are based on today’s electricity generation mix in Europe. “If

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 20, 2023

which has reaffirmed its march into the Electric Vehicle (EV) arena with the acquisition of EV network developer Volta Inc. AI and digitisation According to investors, AI and digitisation is recognised as the number one megatrend across all regions surveyed – Europe, Middle East and the US.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2020

In a post-pandemic world, Gore says we have the opportunity to make some dramatic changes in solar and wind electricity generation, moving away from the internal combustion engine to electric vehicles, and retrofitting inefficient buildings. In addition to cheap sources of green energy, Gore says we need to price carbon.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Chinese government has provided the first evidence that its recent unveiling of a net zero emissions target will trigger a new wave of low carbon infrastructure deployment. A new report from trade body WindEurope has calculated that the wind energy is delivering 300,000 jobs across Europe, contributing €37bn to EU GDP every year.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 16, 2020

as well as a surge of renewable capacity aided by legislation aimed at curbing carbon dioxide emissions. Nevertheless, it seemed likely that the industry would enjoy at least another decade of dominance before renewables and electric vehicles combined to put the industry into permanent decline. Victims of Their Own Success.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report from the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) argues that contrary to popular opinion the CCUS sector already comprises a "vast portfolio of existing technologies that are economically viable".

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2022

The electric vehicle (EV) market may be surging across major economies worldwide, but there are plenty of bumps in the road lie ahead on the journey to mass market adoption, and as a result some of the world's leading auto firms are starting to lag behind the leaders in the pack.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Company unveils raft of new sustainability commitments as it announces plan to collaborate on low carbon transport and air pollution advocacy and awareness programmes with WWF. It also said it plans to phase out its fossil fuelled operations fleet in Europe in early 2021 and worldwide by "2023 at the latest".

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

Lithium is widely used in batteries in applications from small personal electronic devices up to electric vehicles and large-scale utility energy storage. Out with lithium, in with magnesium. But there are constant concerns about whether the supply can keep up with the growing demand as these technologies proliferate.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. Energy expert Professor Martin Freer puts the UK’s ‘glacial’ uptake of heat pumps – the lowest in Europe – in part down to a lack of clarity for consumers.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

ExxonMobil has unveiled several short term targets to tackle its carbon intensity, methane emissions, and flaring activity in a new climate plan it claims is "projected to be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement", despite the oil and gas giant's continuing refusal to set a long-term net zero emissions goal.

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Business Green

JUNE 26, 2020

IETA sets out net zero carbon trading vision. The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) has unveiled its plan to lobby governments, companies and carbon markets to set net zero emissions targets in line with the Paris Agreement's 1.5C Denmark agrees 'landmark' climate action law.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. Still, there is potential for clean - low- or zero-carbon - hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

The government must now address the market for all the low carbon energy technologies of the future, including hydrogen and CCUS, argues Siemens UK & Ireland CEO Steve Scrimshaw. The public want to see the government take even bolder steps to move the UK towards net zero carbon. I n the energy transition, there is no one silver bullet.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2022

What would be your message to the businesses currently planning to ramp up investment in job-creating and cost competitive low carbon projects to help deliver on the UK's net zero targets? If no, are you concerned that changing the target could undermine planned investment in the electric vehicle supply chain?

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . The companies analyzed were selected to represent a range of scale and location across Europe. A Focus on ‘Net Zero’.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 16, 2022

And as the world moves toward electric vehicles (EVs), the industry has a real opportunity to align agendas and create partnerships with companies in the home charging market, factoring that appliance into overall energy costs and decisions. billion ($5.47

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

This bill authored by Senator Nancy Skinner is called SB 233 , and it would require electric vehicles to have bidirectional capabilities by 2027. The idea is that having vehicles with bidirectional capabilities creates an environment where innovators like Nuvve can develop business models. That’s our product.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. Company profile. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

The coronavirus lockdown may have led to a fall in emissions, but assumptions that home-working automatically cuts carbon could prove to be wide of the mark. The potential to avoid a return to pre-crisis levels of air pollution, congestion, and carbon emissions is obvious. warming trajectory.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2020

electric vehicles), stationary energy storage and microgrids. Non-utility markets are showing up with six types of services: demand response; energy efficiency; distributed solar; electric vehicles (or mobile energy storage); and stationary energy storage. What types of challenges might VGI face in the near term?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Such concerns remain widespread, but there is also a recognition that nearly a year on from Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Russia's weaponisation of energy supplies, the UK government is very belatedly starting to mirror some of the energy security measures that have been rapidly deployed across much of Europe in recent months.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

In particular, the plan adopts a technology-neutral Clean Electricity Standard, which puts us on the path to achieving 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. That is, it allows the market to determine the best way to meet the Clean Electricity Standard. It supports electric vehicle manufacturing and adoption.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

On the government side, the European Union last week unveiled its Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, a central piece of the EU’s Green Deal , which aims to mobilize at least €1 trillion in sustainable investments over the next decade. “There is an equity issue here.". strong part of the energy mix,” he said.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

As many commentators have noted, there is no silver bullet for tackling carbon emissions. So it stands to reason that, focusing decarbonisation efforts on just a handful of these carbon intensive sectors could make an outsized impact to the global transition to net zero.

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Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 14, 2022

Proponents of fossil fuel use have implied that climate policies, like carbon pricing or other regulations, will have a negative impact on household spending, including home heating and gas for vehicles. Many climate solutions involve technologies that will save Canadians money overall, even if they cost more upfront.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Italy announces ban on new petrol and diesel cars, EU carbon prices hit record levels, and all the green business news from around the world this week. RUSAL opens new low carbon aluminium smelter. Our smelter in Taishet will help to address the high global demand for low carbon aluminium.".

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Clean Energy Trust

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

January Cleantech Roundup: Corporations Claim Their Carbon | How Public Chargers Influence Electric Vehicle Adoption | Investor Climate Initiatives Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. Their takeaways?

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

The WindH2 system is a central component of the SALCOS - Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking technology project, which Salzgitter AG expects to deliver significant carbon emission reductions from the steelmaking process and could the long term even achieve almost CO2-free steel production. In Europe, 12.GW

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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Life Expectancy vs. Income in the United States 1 Many factors negatively influence average life expectancy. Particularly egregious are so-called peaker power plants , which run only when demand for electricity is high. He has a BA in business administration from the University of Lincoln, U.K.,

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

An electricity grid almost entirely powered by zero carbon energy sources is not only technically feasible based on existing technologies; it is also more secure and cost-effective that that which is in operation today. The CCC's analysis tested the resilience of a zero carbon grid very strenuously indeed.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

acquisition is the largest single carbon-management investment since the passage of the IRA and has implications for the carbon capture, utilization, and storage ecosystem. Regulators miss another deadline on deep-sea mining rules, and the US is digging into the carbon removal benefits of regenerative agriculture.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

It is possible that the joint commitment to co-operation on climate matters could provide the foundations for co-ordinated action to one day impose carbon tariffs on those countries that fail to honour the goals of the Paris Agreement. Electric vehicles. Carbon pricing and energy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

While Alok Sharma and his colleagues at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) had favoured the ETS, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his team at the Treasury had reportedly preferred some form of new carbon tax. The UK is to deliver the 'world's first' net zero emissions trading scheme.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Scores of leading global corporates across Europe and America are calling for it , as well as investors managing trillions of dollars of assets. Meanwhile, public polling suggests bailing out high carbon companies without attaching carbon reduction targets would be an unpopular move.

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