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. Moreover, many challenges in the energy and transport sectors are closely interlinked and must be addressed in a holistic, inclusive and mission-driven approach.

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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. . locations in 2021. Above photo courtesy of Ways2H.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

By 2030 BP hopes to have 10 percent of the clean hydrogen market in “core hydrogen markets” as it chases carbon neutrality by 2050. That term incorporates hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture technology in place, or so-called blue hydrogen. BP uses the terminology clean, rather than green hydrogen.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

Call for powers and resources to shape local energy markets, decarbonise transport, and tackle emissions from homes and offices. The call was for new powers and resources to be devolved from Whitehall to shape local energy markets, decarbonise transport and tackle emissions from homes and offices. Addressing energy market failure.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 19, 2024

  Indeed, plans within the country are so far advanced that Germany is set to become the biggest importer of hydrogen in Europe and the third biggest in the world, behind global leaders China and Japan.  These shows act as catalysts for partnerships and investments, further propelling the growth of the hydrogen transport sector. 

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

At the same time, Brussels signaled that it will also encourage the development of "blue" hydrogen produced from fossil fuels paired with carbon capture, at least for the time being. The Global CCS Institute, a carbon capture think tank based in London, called the EU's strategy ambitious, but warned against picking winners.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020, including 13.2 million from burning biomass, according to environmental law charity ClientEarth – is sponsoring an event called “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Drax – which emitted 19.4 at the Labour conference in Brighton on Monday.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Wide-ranging proposals for a new Industrial Strategy to help the EU lead "twin transitions towards climate neutrality and digital leadership" have been unveiled in Brussels, as the European Commission pushes forward with its flagship Green Deal vision.

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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

MARCH 24, 2022

The 37-tonne DAF CF Electric HGVs are to operate from Amazon's fulfilment centres in Tilbury and Milton Keynes, enabling the company to transport goods with zero tailpipe emissions. This is one of the biggest deals ever made to make transportation sustainable, and it comes at a critical time," said Robert Falck, CEO of Einride.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

EU economic and energy modelling could be overestimating the cost of achieving the Europe's 2030 climate goals, which risks undermining the scale and pace of green investment and decarbonisation required, fresh research by the European Corporate Leaders Group today warns.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2021

Internal combustion engines sales will be overwhelmingly concentrated in Africa, Middle East, Latin America, and Russia, report predicts, as electrification abounds in Europe, US and China. Net zero is the new mantra and road transport is one of the low-hanging fruits," he said. "A

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Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

It found that patents are increasingly focused on low carbon and green solutions, with Europe and Japan leading the market and the United States losing ground. Harnessing the potential of hydrogen is a key part of Europe's strategy to achieve climate neutrality by 2050," said EPO president António Campinos.

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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. “We need more policy support than is available today.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

Collaboration will investigate uses for hydrogen at Uniper's retiring coal plants as it takes aim at becoming carbon neutral by 2035. The decarbonisation of the gas industry, including gas-fired power generation, is essential if Germany and Europe are to achieve their climate targets.".

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Salmon might seem like a good alternative to meat, in a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle — at least the fish farming industry would have you see it that way. In 2023, DeSmog will be looking more into the aquaculture industry, its impacts, and where it seeks to influence policy. Aquaculture.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

Some of the strongest opposition is coming from European transportation companies and their trade groups. InfluenceMap said two of the most egregious examples are the Airlines for Europe, an aviation trade group, and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), a lobby for the maritime shipping industry. CC BY-ND 2.0.

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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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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The fund will support projects within the renewable energy and low-carbon hydrogen generation, storage, and transportation sectors in the Americas, Asia, and Europe as a partner or finance provider. The three companies seek to use clean hydrogen to achieve their 2050 carbon-neutral targets, as well as help fight climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu Produced using the butane and propane derived as a by-product of oil refining, LPG is used to heat about four percent of Europe’s 197 million homes, according to Liquid Gas Europe.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

MEPs have called on the European Commission deliver a "massive" €2tr coronavirus recovery fund next week that prioritises the proposed Green Deal agenda to transform Europe into the world's first net zero continent by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

ING’s climate policy is miles away from what is necessary to achieve the 1.5°C Akin to that demand, Milieudefensie now seeks to compel ING to cut its CO2 emissions roughly in half by 2030 and align its policy with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C Since that agreement’s adoption in December 2015, ING has issued 83.2 Credit: Sabrina Bedford.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The thesis: The most successful climate-tech startups will be those with early access to economic analysis, policy resources, financing and technical support. Chrysalix and Emerald Technology Partners from Europe; Factor[e] and Social Alpha from Africa/India; and Tsing Capital and CRCM from China. "It

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Business Green

MAY 31, 2022

Internal combustion engine sales now in 'permanent decline' worldwide, but aggressive policy action still needed to hit climate goals, warns BloombergNEF. But it warns of a "widening gap" between wealthy and emerging economies on EV adoption, predicting that China and Europe will account for as much as 80 per cent of EV sales by 2025.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Strong, clear climate policies across power, transport and heavy industry, would help to support businesses to achieve climate goals, argues Volvo Car's. So, in 2016, we set an ambition to have global climate neutral manufacturing operations by 2025. It has been easier in Europe but more challenging in the US and China.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Another airport investor, Spanish transport giant Ferrovial, owns a 25 percent stake in Heathrow, already the second most polluting airport in the world , despite having had its business plans approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, another UN-backed scheme. carbon budget if left unchecked.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Velux Group's sustainability team had been plotting a 'lifetime carbon neutral' decarbonsiation concept for more than a year when, some 5,000 miles away, Microsoft garnered headlines around the world last January by dropping a similar plan to compensate for all its historic emissions. million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2041.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 2, 2020

But big utilities in Europe and North America, increasingly large actors on the global energy stage, are not staying on the sidelines. The economics are a long way from stacking up, and there's still an absence of detailed policy support to underpin early projects. In the U.S., “Who's going to be buying this hydrogen?

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Climate change is directly caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity and heat production, buildings, transportation, land use and degradation, and most importantly, industry. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The move comes as governments across Europe continue to work on their own green recovery packages.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

A sweeping €1.85tr stimulus strategy to rebuild Europe's economy from the wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been unveiled by the European Commission today, promising a green infrastructure spending blitz to help put the continent on a path towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is Europe's moment," she said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This partnership forms a roadmap in how we design a regionally Integrated Transportation Ecosystem that pulls together components like EVs, charging infrastructure and digital mobility services, to enable more cities to achieve their zero-emission goals, connect local communities and future-proof transportation networks.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Strategy, although still lacking details on policy and financial support in certain areas - more of that is now expected in another related policy document next year - envisages hydrogen supporting 9,000 jobs and attracting £4bn investment by 2030, rising to 100,000 jobs by 2050 in an industry potentially worh £13bn.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

Coronavirus shutdown across key EV markets such as China, US and Europe will lead to major sales slowdown Wood Mackenzie forecasts. At present Wood Mackenzie expects China - the world's largest market for EVs - to catch up to 2019 demand levels by only November at the earliest, with Europe likely to reach that point a month later.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

The task force was established by the state’s House of Representatives last November to explore prospects for shipping regionally produced shale gas to Europe in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. LNG companies shipped to Europe at soaring premiums. Texas and Louisiana produced record amounts of shale gas last year, which U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2020

Similar trials have already taken place in other parts of Europe, while in the UK electric car charging tech firm Char.gy It is far from Nottingham's only green transport initiative. And it is right into these wider carbon neutrality efforts from the Council that the wireless taxi driving trial slots in.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Climate change is directly caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity and heat production, buildings, transportation, land use and degradation, and most importantly, industry. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors.

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