Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

And with COP26 underway, now more than ever, we at Dow must decisively act to demonstrate our passion around environmental sustainability. We have an urgent responsibility and an imperative to ensure that everything we do as a company, is seen through the lens of sustainability. And by 2050, Dow intends to be carbon neutral.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 22, 2022

Australian blockchain pioneer Powerledger’s Montreal Commons project is set to be one of the world’s first carbon neutral apartment buildings. One Planet Living developed with the WWF provides a 10-point framework of sustainability indicators for “living happily with the Earth’s resources”. Have you read?

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2021

Lidl GB this morning became the latest supermarket to announce ambitious new decarbonisation goals, pledging to make its operations 'carbon neutral' by 2022 before slashing its direct emissions by 80 per cent against 2019 levels by 2030. warming trajectory.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2020

BMW, Ford, other automakers rev up carbon commitments. The world's biggest automakers are ramping up their carbon commitments even as they struggle to build back in the wake of the pandemic. . This week, Germany's BMW took the plunge and set a goal to reduce its carbon emissions per car by at least one-third by 2030.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 25, 2022

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has supplied German grid operator EWE NETZ GmbH with Clean Air, its latest environmentally-friendly switchgear technology. The aim is to expedite EWE’s transition to carbon neutrality. This includes seven fluorine gas-free NXPLUS C 24 circuit-breaker panels from Siemens’ green blue GIS portfolio.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

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. Mercedes-Benz says it will become net carbon-neutral by 2040. . Its vehicle and battery production also will be carbon-neutral, using clean energy.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future. buildings to be more sustainable, clean energy manufacturing and climate research and development. . 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.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

EDF leads a proof-of-concept on automating renewable energy transactions and Eurelectric’s study on the benefits of matching energy consumption with clean energy on a (near) real-time basis are on the week’s technology radar. Large energy consumers typically report their carbon emission s based on their annual energy consumption.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

Military alliance announces target to cut emissions 45 per cent by 2030, Australia explores carbon pricing plans, and all the big green stories from around the world this week. However, military emissions are often exempted from countries' official carbon targets. NATO confirms plan to deliver net zero emissions by 2050.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 30, 2022

Technology fund Andromeda – launched last May in Spain by Iberdrola, the ICO Next Tech Fund, Nortia Capital and Seaya – has begun to seed with an investment in construction company 011h, which designs and constructs carbon neutral buildings, becoming Andromeda’s first investment.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In landmark pledge for climate action President Xi announces China will aim to peak CO2 before 2030 and deliver climate neutrality before 2060. The Chinese premier then called on all countries to adopt innovative, green and shared development pathways, and to grasp the historic opportunity brought by low carbon technological innovation.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The European Commission’s review of the competitiveness of clean energy technologies finds that while remaining highly cost competitive, market shares are falling. Likewise innovative solutions and continuous technological advances are key to boost competitiveness of solar thermal. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In this week’s Smart Energy Finances, successfully issued green and sustainability bonds for German TSO 50Hertz and power management company Eaton take the lead within a challenging market environment. Eaton closes offering of sustainability-linked and senior notes. also acted as sustainability structuring agent for the offering.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

European consortium says project marks a major milestone for the key decarbonisation technology. Shell this afternoon began operations of Europe's largest PEM hydrogen electrolyser at its Energy and Chemicals Park in south west Germany, pledging to deliver up to 1,300 tonnes of green hydrogen a year from the trail-blazing facility.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

Green hydrogen may get all the headlines, but the prospect of it fueling Europe's future hydrogen economy on its own looks increasingly questionable. Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology scooping up the resulting CO2. Meanwhile, the U.K.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 29, 2024

Multi-industry technology company ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vulcan Energy to jointly establish design, engineering, execution, and operations plans for the latter’s Zero Carbon Lithium project in the Upper Rhine Region in Germany.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The world is facing unprecedented challenges when it comes to energy distribution and environmental sustainability. It is essential, therefore, to adopt a forward-thinking approach that balances economic viability, operational efficiency and sustainability, Stuart Thompson, President of ABB Electrification Service, writes.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The breakthrough of narrowband powerline communications (PLC) technology in smart metering applications happened a few decades ago. Meanwhile, PLC was established as a de facto standard in Europe with more than 100 million smart meters installed using this technology in its different “flavours”. Smart Lighting.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 11, 2024

In a significant advancement for renewable energy technology and sustainability within the energy sector, Worley, a leader in global energy engineering services, has announced collaboration with Shell to establish what will be Europe’s largest commercial renewable hydrogen project to date.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The EU Green Deal , Europe’s ambitious strategy to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, is now working to transform the agriculture sector from a carbon emitter to a promising carbon sink. CEO and Co-Founder of Gilab.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Tech giant Microsoft has this week formally joined the European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe), building on its recent commitment to become a net negative emission company. CLG Europe brings together influential European businesses which share the aim of delivering climate neutrality through "progressive public policy".

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 24, 2024

The investments will gradually expand the company’s global transformer capacity by 2027 and will be spread across their operations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. We are developing our global footprint and capacity and progressing in digitalisation and technology to deliver even more sustainable and reliable solutions.”

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 6, 2024

Photo: Getty Images Microsoft is doubling down on a controversial plan to capture carbon dioxide emissions from wood-burning power plants. Since that fuel comes from trees that can theoretically regrow to capture as much carbon dioxide as the power plant releases by burning wood, proponents see it as a carbon-neutral source of energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

Making FMCG manufacturing more sustainable using intelligent energy management. By Patricia Torres, Industry Marketing Manager Food and Commodities Solutions, OMRON Industrial Automation Europe Some factory managers take the view that ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. However, this is not easy as it requires complex programming.

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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. Can a company that helps produce clean technologies harness those same technologies to meet its own climate goals?

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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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Charged

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

ABB is partnering with truck manufacturer PACCAR to provide its dealers and their customers with a range of charging solutions across its fleet operations in North America and Europe. ABB’s charging systems are designed to optimize fleet charging, offering both high-power, quick-charge breaks and lower-power, load-managed overnight charging.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Toyota Motor Europe has announced that it intends to build a Hydrogen Factory in Europe to give it the ability to align its efforts to commercialize H2 tech and systems. Hydrogen Factory Europe will be used for the production of a growing number of H2 fuel cell systems.

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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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Planet Pulse

MAY 4, 2021

Planet has joined the newly formed European Carbon+ Farming Coalition to accelerate progress toward European Green Deal carbon neutrality goals. Earth observation data is a powerful tool for monitoring and assigning value to these natural resources in order to edge closer to carbon neutrality.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2021

The UK is lagging far behind the rest of Europe in the race to decarbonise the steel industry, a study by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has warned. Decarbonising steel is a particularly pressing challenge for the UK as steel is the greatest industrial emitter due to the carbon-intensity of its production.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 4, 2024

Hydrogen is gaining attention as a potential future energy source, offering a cleaner alternative to traditional fuels and playing a role in moving towards a more sustainable energy future. Its potential to reduce carbon emissions and versatility across various sectors makes it an area of interest for development and investment.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Processes developed by Carbon Upcycling Technologies promise to reduce emissions by up to 30 per cent. in Carbon Upcycling Technologies, a Canadian start-up whose innovative processes could reduce the emissions associated with cement making by up to 30 per cent. Global cement giant CEMEX has invested $6.5m

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 23, 2024

Hype’s Strategic Market Entry and Brussels’ Path to Cleaner Mobility In a strategic maneuver that underscores the shifting dynamics of Europe’s transportation sector, French taxi firm Hype has unveiled its ambitious plan to broaden its hydrogen-powered taxi operations into Brussels.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

A new report from power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research suggests that increased deployment of (and continued improvements in) virtualisation technology could reduce potential future European computing emissions 55% by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 14, 2020

Late last year, the European Union introduced a $1 trillion plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and achieve a just transition away from polluting technologies. Europe’s Green Deal enjoys strong backing from many of the EU’s top political figures. But it faces pushback from coal-heavy member states.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Since then, leading industry associations and agrochemical companies have used their lobbying might to push back against core European measures aiming to lead the transition to a more sustainable way of farming. The European Biodiversity strategy, which is another core plank of the Green Deal, includes similar goals.

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