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Reducing The Risk Of Investing In Electric Vehicles For Low-Income Consumers

Energy Innovation

By Rebecca Rasch , Social Scientist at Aspen Global Change Institute Electric vehicle charging by Zaptec via Unsplash. While electric vehicles (EVs) are not a panacea for reducing emissions from the transportation sector, widespread adoption can be a significant step toward meeting CO2 reduction targets.

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5 circular economy startups we've got our eyes on

GreenBiz

Climate tech startups, and investments into them, are growing. In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. Electric vehicles are projected to reach 58 percent of global passenger vehicle sales by 2040.

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The transition to EVs cannot come at the expense of the ocean

Envirotec Magazine

As the focus at COP26 in Glasgow shifts to greening the world’s transportation systems, electric vehicles (EVs) are in the spotlight. The deep sea also plays a crucial role in carbon storage as one our planet’s biggest carbon sinks.

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FedEx says it will be carbon-neutral by 2040

Renewable Energy World

Company is going all-electric and funding a new Yale center for applied research focused on carbon-negative technologies. announced this week that it wants to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040. Key steps toward reaching the FedEx carbon neutral goal include: Vehicle Electrification.

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Smart Energy Finances: Shell’s EV network acquisition and energy investment megatrends

Smart Energy International

which has reaffirmed its march into the Electric Vehicle (EV) arena with the acquisition of EV network developer Volta Inc. This M&A announcement came in as Investcorp, partnering with IMB Business School, announced the results of its latest survey concerning top investment trends.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

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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Seoul, South Korea aiming for 1 GW geothermal development

ThinkGeoEnergy

With the push to increase this capacity to 1 GW, the city expect CO2 emissions to be reduced by 518,000 tons by 2030, equivalent to supplying about 320,000 electric vehicles. For geothermal heating and cooling projects, the city will provide partial support for the initial investment costs.