Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2022

Volkswagen and bp have partnered to boost the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) across Europe, unveiling the first charger in Dusseldorf, Germany. Their aim is to transform access to EV charging in key European markets by rapidly building a fast charging network across Europe by 2024. Image courtesy of bp.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Germany’s goal of putting 15 million battery electric vehicles (BEVs) on the road by 2030 is currently behind schedule as the global automotive industry struggles to procure key components such as microchips and the basic raw materials used in the manufacture of high voltage batteries including the elements lithium, nickel and cobalt.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. Media Authorship. Anheuser-Busch. Anheuser-Busch.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

Ford has this week reiterated its goal to build two million electric vehicles (EVs) a year by 2026, with a view to ensuring half its annual sales come from electric models by the end of the decade.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

billion in a US facility that will manufacture batteries for both hybrid and electric vehicles. The web site of Toyota Europe states: “The internal combustion engine continues to be the most popular means of powering vehicles and it will continue to play a role for the next 20 to 30 years.”.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 2, 2020

GreenCom Networks, the Internet-of-things platform provider that’s become a go-to for major European utilities to control solar panels, batteries, electric vehicle chargers and smart home energy loads, has landed another funding round with two new strategic investors that could open new markets.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The hydrogen fuel cell waste truck is one of seven which will be deployed across seven pilot sites in northwest Europe, including the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Germany. It is our mission to drive sustainability.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

General Motors’ war isn’t directed at the Norwegian people but at beating them for global leadership in electric vehicles sales. The commercial is part of GM’s “Everyone In” ad campaign designed to bring electric vehicles into the mainstream and increase North American sales. More here:Â .

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GreenBiz

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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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is looking to open new ways to responsibly acquire raw materials to rapidly scale up electric vehicle production,” said Mercedes-Benz Board Member and CTO Markus Schaefer. The plan is to refine the lithium in a carbon-neutral manner in Guben, Germany, where Rock Tech is currently building a lithium hydroxide converter. “To

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Across Europe electric vehicle sales are continuing to climb rapidly, and more and more manufacturers are responding to the growing demand. The market share for plug-in vehicles last month, including plug-in hybrids, hit 15 per cent in Belgium, 12 per cent in the UK, and 17.5 per cent in the Germany.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date Katie Fehrenbacher Fri, 08/28/2020 – 00:00 German auto giant Mercedes-Benz announced its largest order of electric vehicles to date Friday: 1,800 electric delivery vans for retail giant Amazon to use across Europe.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Yet just as efforts toward that goal are finally scaling up — via the EU’s amplified climate targets, China’s new carbon-neutral target for 2060, and other examples — the coronavirus pandemic has introduced a massive dose of uncertainty. China takes a big step. can get to net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 28, 2022

Switch Mobility, an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, has announced that it will be investing €100 million ($112 million) to construct a new manufacturing facility in Spain. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

million) to provide battery supply of 9GWh to power 200,000 electric vehicles produced by Renault annually from 2025. To meet the EU’s objectives for a green transition and carbon neutrality by 2050, there is a need to significantly boost battery production within the EU. The investment involves €337.2

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

Nissan said the proposed solar farm would result in 20 per cent of the plant's energy coming from on-site renewables and would move it one step closer to a company-wide goal of achieving carbon neutrality by mid-century.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

The focus for the Horizon Europe climate, energy and mobility ‘cluster’ for its forthcoming three years is on the green and digital transitions and EU resilience. The 2025-2027 strategic plan for Horizon Europe-supported research and innovation (R&I) in the energy sector identifies four specific areas: 1.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Hybrid cars manufactured by Toyota in the Midlands are to be transported to market in Europe on a novel train fuelled by used vegetable oil, in a "pioneering" initiative announced yesterday. We are boosting British business while cutting carbon," he said. This is what building back greener is all about.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Move aligns with Honda's commitment to reaching full electrification across Europe by 2025. Honda has revved up its commitment to a carbon neutral future by announcing it will leave Formula 1 before 2022, citing the need to accelerate the auto industry's move away from the internal combustion engine (ICE).

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

According to the survey of over 1,000 senior business decisionmakers, 29 per cent said UK businesses have a strategy for achieving carbon net zero. We need to see more industries commit to a robust strategy to reduce their environmental impact, whether that be through use of electric vehicles, cleaner energy supplies or reduced packaging.".

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Specifically, the proof-of-concept used EDF’s MASERA Microgrid demonstrator in Singapore to demonstrate the automatic redemption of tokenised RECs at electric vehicle charging stations. Large energy consumers typically report their carbon emission s based on their annual energy consumption. Have you read?

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. The German-headquartered company first started collecting carbon data in 2020, and as such the data unveiled yesterday provides the first year-on-year comparison of its climate impact.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2022

US carmaker aiming to end fossil fuel van sales and achieve 'carbon neutrality' across entire European operations and supply chain by 2035. Stuart Rowley, chair of Ford's European business, said yesterday's announcements "signal what is nothing less than the total transformation of our brand in Europe".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As part of its new electric vehicle hub at its north of England plant, Nissan could build as many as ten new solar farms. Nissan has been granted planning permission to install an additional 20MW solar farm at its UK plant in Sunderland, delivering the next stage in its £1bn electric vehicle hub project.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? 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. As Europe intensifies its decarbonization drive, it, too, is betting big on the fuel.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Many of Europe's biggest companies now appear to be recognising both the necessity of the low carbon transition and the opportunities that should arise from deep decarbonisation, as they mobilised capital investment to the tune of €124bn behind clean technologies and R&D initiatives last year.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Aviation like every other sector must keep its carbon lower.". The comments come amid growing calls for state bailout packages for struggling high carbon industries to be contingent on companies agreeing to ambitious decarbonisation goals and stringent climate disclosure rules. we need to entrench those gains," Johnson said. "I

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Spoof adverts have appeared across Europe, accusing the auto giants of being among the worst perpetrators of greenwash. The spoof ads are part of a wider campaign calling on regulators to ban adverts from polluters in public spaces, which hopes to build on policies in Amsterdam and France to restrict advertising of high carbon activities.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

It would therefore appear to be the first UK government support package to come with green conditions attached, following months of appeals from green groups for climate-conditional bailouts to help steer high-carbon industries towards a greener, net zero future. Germany are proven climate leaders.

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CleanTech San Diego

MARCH 13, 2023

According to Co-CEO Chris Anthony, “Working with the CEC enables us to produce grid-free, carbon neutral solar mobility, while creating new jobs for all Californians (targeting 10% in underserved communities).

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

The car maker has this week unveiled a new arm of its business which will be solely focused on EV production and strategy Japanese auto giant Honda has announced it is creating a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) division to help drive efforts to deliver on its ambition to become carbon neutral by 2050.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2022

The Itron Inspire EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) 2022 virtual event highlighted the important work being done within the water and energy sectors in the face of pressing challenges. Electric vehicle charging impacts the power grid The EV industry has been experiencing a surge of interest and investment.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2021

The future-proofing of the UK automotive industry took a considerable step forward today with the unveiling of plans by Nissan to create Nissan EV36Zero, a new £1bn flagship Electric Vehicle (EV) Hub and battery gigafactory centred on the auto giant's site in Sunderland.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

Reducing the high costs of connecting electric vehicle charging networks to the grid. A report supported by Ofgem by Energy Systems Catapult found that local area planning “can provide sound foundations for effective and sustained local action to cut carbon emissions”.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

So, in 2016, we set an ambition to have global climate neutral manufacturing operations by 2025. This was followed by announcements that we would phase-out pure internal combustion engine vehicles and commit to electrification, with the aim for 50 per cent of our sales to be from fully electric vehicles (BEVs) by 2025.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 9, 2022

Drawing on IRENA’s existing, technology-focused studies, the report – China’s Route to Carbon Neutrality: Perspectives and the Role of Renewables – offers key insights and identifies priority actions together with 13 recommendations. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

But while solar and wind have an obvious role to play in helping miners control their carbon emissions, the mining industry faces steep decarbonization challenges, analysts say. Cutting mining’s carbon footprint to zero is complicated by the fact that electricity use only accounts for around 40 percent of direct emissions.

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