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Europe’s Energy Storage Market Is Fading, Right When It’s Needed Most

GreenTechMedia

Europe is still plotting the course towards being net-zero by 2050, but no matter the shape it takes, it will surely involve hundreds of gigawatts of new renewable power capacity. In 2014, EMEA, dominated by Europe, represented 44 percent of global energy storage deployment. In the U.S., These have become an important part of U.S.

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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

From its source in the Pindos Mountains in north-west Greece to its meeting with the Adriatic Sea in Albania, the Vjosa river flows uninterrupted for more than 270 kilometres, making it the longest free-flowing river in Europe outside of Russia. But the campaign of resistance appears to have paid off.

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How steel might finally kick its coal habit

Grist

Coal’s grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities and companies invest in renewable energy. As a result, the industry accounts for roughly 8 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, as well as a toxic soup of air pollutants. The furnaces that melt iron ore to make steel consume vast amounts of coal.

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Global Covid stimulus packages 'doing more harm than good' to planet, researchers warn

Business Green

Those are the stark findings of two separate report published today, which - less than 100 days ahead of the crucial COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow - together provide a stark assessment of the potentially carbon intensive nature of the global economic recovery. Only around 10.6 Only around 10.6 per cent this year and by 2.5

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NorthVolt’s Battle Plan to Win the Upcoming Battery-Wars

Mr. Sustainability

An interview with CEO Peter Carlsson, who urges Europe to quickly build on its own battery knowledge. That battery factory, with a planned capacity of 40 gigawatt hours, will run on clean and cheap hydropower starting next year. Our estimate is that Europe will need 800 gigawatts of battery power within ten years.

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Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’

DeSmogBlog

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. . Green investments, however, make up just 12 percent of these companies’ portfolios on average based on publicly available figures. A Focus on ‘Net Zero’.

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Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future

GreenBiz

How will families, cities and businesses secure long-term financing for mortgages and investments? . We recognize the importance of public sector investment, particularly in green infrastructure, to facilitate the transition to net-zero emissions. Infrastructure and innovation at home. First, the public sector. .