Business Green

JUNE 28, 2020

European Environment Agency notes that growing SUV segment and a slow pick up of electric vehicles has pushed carbon dioxide emissions up. Europe's average car and van emissions increased in 2019 for the third year running, according to provisional findings published on Friday by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Europe overtook China for government and industry investment in electric cars and batteries last year, analysis suggests. The green NGO's EV investment report today indicates interest in Europe's rapidly growing battery car market continues to surge, with investment in the sector 19 times higher than in 2018, and 3.5

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The City Fix

JUNE 2, 2020

EU officials have said that 25% of the stimulus package will be set. On May 27, the European Union unveiled a €750 billion ($826 billion) recovery proposal as a centerpiece of its economic response to the coronavirus crisis, while also increasing its existing budget. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The report - titled The Future of Heat Pumps - details how the heat pump market has been growing strongly in recent years, driven by falling technology costs, policy support, and growing confidence the technology can work in a wide range of climates. The technology is tried and tested, even in the coldest of climates.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The package of new, targeted financing approved by the EIB’s board of directors is expected to mobilise up to €115 billion ($114.6 Energy markets face an array of supply concerns as worries about the availability of energy during the upcoming winter intensify in Europe. billion) in loans and equity financing over the next five years.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Prime Minister says commitment to net zero transition is 'undiminished' and tells MPs the aviation sector should look to curb CO2 emissions once flights resume, as pressure mounts on EU for green stimulus package. To date, more than 1.2

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The European Commission has adopted two final pillars under its Fit for 55 legislative package, setting in place legally binding climate targets across sectors and prioritising the shift away from polluting vehicles as soon as possible. It is also agreed that Europe will aim to reach 45% of renewables in the EU energy mix by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Chancellor’s Autumn statement seemed to bring focus and clarity to efforts to advance the UK’s energy efficiency – a policy area whose vagueness to date has puzzled many sustainability observers. ” The government will also introduce a windfall tax of 45% on renewable electricity generators from January. About time?

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 13, 2020

In that realm, things are advancing: By 2023, there will be 19 all-electric or hydrogen fuel cell versions of heavy-duty trucks in production in North America, up from five Class 8 models available today, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute. And then we’ve got pretty strong drivers in Europe and California.".

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2020

Dutch fast charging company delivered nearly 8GWh of electricity to 42,800 customers in 2019, as financial results were overshadowed by coronavirus concerns. last year, according to results posted yesterday by the leading electric vehicle infrastructure specialist. Despite total revenues soaring to €6.4m

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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 German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

In its most comprehensive assessment of the global energy transition to date, the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) today set out a compelling case for ensuring post-Covid-19 economic stimulus packages align with long-term climate and sustainable development objectives.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

The government has today announced it is to cut payments through the Plug-in Car Grant scheme from £3,000 to £2,500, arguing the move will allow the popular scheme to support more motorists in making the switch to electric vehicles (EVs). For example, last summer Germany doubled EV grants to up to €9,000.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The first Fit for 55 deal has been signed between the European Council and the European Parliament on a 100% CO2 emission reduction target for all EU vehicles by 2035, signalling a strong market forecast for electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid vehicles as internal combustion engines (ICEs) come off the road. The agreement.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Maria Mendiluce and Eliot Whittington warn it would be an 'act of economic suicide' were Europe to fail to seize the opportunity offered by a green recovery. As one of the world's largest economies, such a move would also be enormously influential on the rest of the world as all governments consider their stimulus spending packages.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The sweeping plan features a raft of new policies and spending commitments designed to mobilise multibillion pound investment in new carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen, renewables, nuclear, and energy efficiency projects, among other areas.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Thousands of green projects are raring to go across Europe to help build resilient Covid-19 recovery, study suggests. Moreover, as the research was carried out over just four recent weeks, it likely only encompasses a fraction of all the potential shovel-ready green projects EY believes are currently under development in Europe.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At the same time, governments and multilateral institutions have been working on methodologies, policies and approaches to improve the implementation of climate finance targets and scale up the effectiveness of climate finance from all sources globally. The financial package, of which $2.5 The financial package, of which $2.5

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

A 2035 ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars and vans in Europe now looks inevitable, after long talks led to EU Council agreement on a host of crucial green policies. It's been a big week for European climate policy, and the implications are likely to ripple far beyond the EU itself.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

The government has today scrapped its flagship plug-in car grant scheme in a surprise move, pledging to refocus electric vehicle (EV) incentives and funding towards taxis, vans, trucks, and motorcycles, as well as the expansion of the public chargepoint network. Last month, battery electric vehicles represented 12.4

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

We need a General Election now so people can vote for the policies they want to see that will turn this mess around.". The change in leadership leaves the UK's net zero agenda, environmental policy plans, and COP27 Presidency facing another chaotic period with huge uncertainty over the future direction of a host of crucial policies.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

Next week's Budget will feature a wide-ranging new clean energy package designed to mobilise £20bn of investment in the UK, Treasury confirms The Chancellor will next week promise to "reset" the UK's decarbonisation and energy security plans through an "unprecedented" £20bn investment in carbon capture and clean energy infrastructure.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

APC said it had released the report to coincide with UK government's promises to deliver a green recovery from the current economic crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, with the Treasury expected to unveil a major economic stimulus package next month.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2035 had originally been envisaged as a means of driving the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) or potentially hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and as such would ban the sale of all new ICE vehicles. Our asks are simple.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Major new report urges policy-makers to embrace demand- and supply-side incentives to drive EV innovation and manufacturing in the UK, or risk trade frictions driving economic and environmental opportunities overseas. Opportunities follow a two-track story," Sam Unsworth, one of the report's authors, told BusinessGreen.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Utilities and other businesses across the spectrum all have a role to play in advancing the electric vehicle (EV) transition. As individuals and companies discover going electric they need to think not just about the vehicle but also all the associated aspects.”. “By Role of data.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

But several major new reports in recent days have stressed that longer-term policy stability, incentive programmes, and reforms crafted and enacted by the UK government over the coming weeks and months could prove just as important - if not more important - to the country reaching its 2050 climate goal that the much-debated stimulus packages.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The implication of the report is clear - electric vehicles are so beset by problems they're not worth bothering with. Earlier this week its analysis was shot down by a wealth of experts including Dutch electric vehicles researcher Auke Hoekstra. Another example closer to my home is packaging recycling.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2020

Euractiv this week reported on a leaked EU policy document, which suggests the bloc is preparing to prioritise the development of 'green' hydrogen produced using renewable power over 'grey' hydrogen made using natural gas steam reforming. EU preps green hydrogen plan.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

Steel makes up 85 per cent of a wind turbine, is the predominant material in our rail infrastructure, enables electric vehicles, energy-efficient housing, and the supply of low-carbon heat. Uncompetitive industrial electricity prices have long constituted an obstacle to attracting investment into the UK.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

A group of Europe's largest truckmakers have this week pledged to stop selling vehicles that produce emissions by 2040, a decade earlier than originally planned. It also called for a higher tax on carbon across Europe to help drive the change. "If All the green business news from around the world this week.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 19, 2021

In Europe, studies estimate that by 2050 half of all citizens across the European Union could be producing their own energy and about 45% of Europe’s renewable generation assets could be owned by collective projects including small businesses, households, and public entities (JRC 2020).

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Have you read Energy efficiency needs priority in Hungary’s energy policy – IEA BSES looks to AI for efficiency improvements in Delhi. These advances might not matter as much in rain-soaked Europe but in much of Africa, South America, Central and Southeast Asia they are vital to continuity of life.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Even if the government does finalise its support package before October, a task complicated by the suspension of Parliament for the period of mourning for the Queen, business leaders remain concerned that the proposed six-month duration of the support package gives them little long-term visibility.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Announcing the Bill, Kwarteng hailed the sweeping package of new policy measures as "the biggest reform of our energy system in a decade". "To The sweeping package of proposals was broadly welcomed by energy industry groups.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

That is the core conclusion from DNV GL's 2020 Energy Transition Outlook, one of the first comprehensive assessments of the short and long-term impacts of the coronavirus crisis on fossil fuels, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and decarbonisation targets.

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