Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

With the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in place in the UK by 2030, sales of electric cars are expected to surge. Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles accounted for more than 1 in 10 vehicle registrations in 2020, up from 1 in 30 in 2019, according to data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

stays on track, there will be 11 million electric vehicles on U.K. Adding more wind, solar and electric vehicles seems achievable, if challenging. The country will also need to get at least 21 percent of its end-user energy from green hydrogen, and perhaps much more, the report says. A year ago the U.K. If the U.K.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It would be easy at this point to simply list the litany of policy failures and the paucity of political leadership documented by the CCC's almost satirically titled progress report. And the development of genuinely low carbon industrial hubs based on cutting edge carbon capture and hydrogen technologies.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The report released Friday underscores the role that transportation in emerging economies will play in future oil demand, and how quickly falling battery costs and increasingly aggressive decarbonization policies are accelerating the shift from fossil-fueled to electric vehicles. Credit: Carbon Tracker). That's never going to work.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Cross-party political support has driven the 'meteoric rise' of UK offshore wind industry, an approach that should be taken for other critical technologies, Tony Blair Institute contends. An efficient transition also depends on "strategic systems thinking", it adds. Reflection and learning are essential if we are to succeed," it states.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She sees no question that electric vehicles are the wave of the future, and we just need to work to get the technology up to critical mass by expanding the relevant infrastructure via public-private partnerships and other mechanisms. The same applies to hydrogen technologies for heavy vehicles and more. “If

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Political resistance to transitioning away from traditional energy sources. The Challenge: Limited Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EVs) Inadequate charging infrastructure for electric cars. Insufficient support for electric vehicle adoption. Offer incentives for electric vehicle purchases.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

These industries are likely to be politically harder to decarbonise too. The authors say the research underlines the political and economic challenges of delivering net zero, and the wholesale transformation of the UK’s industrial base it will require. This comprises between 900,000 and 1.3

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 29, 2020

The announcement came after political leaders and European Commission officials voiced intentions to adopt clean stimulus measures in line with the EU’s Green Deal climate plan. This would include investments in clean energy, sustainable transportation systems, green buildings, and hydrogen technology. Other countries.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Develop carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) technology and develop hydrogen networks. Install approximately 60,000 charging points to power nearly 11 million electric vehicles. There is a lot of work to be done but it is encouraging to see viable technologies emerging, alongside political commitment and investment.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The system will be more decentralised and more digitalised and flexible, with millions of rooftop solar panels, heat pumps and electric vehicles, local energy communities sharing their resources, more offshore renewables coming online and growing hydrogen production needs. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. EVs, green hydrogen and energy storage.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 23, 2020

In our Accelerated Energy Transition, we state that global carbon prices of around $40/ton CO2e are in the zone of what’s politically palatable. The hydrogen economy is taking off. and finally, fuel-cell vehicles. The shift in power sector investment is so important because it increases zero-carbon electricity supply.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

Tom Burke, a co-founder of the E3G thinktank, told the Guardian : "This is Fawlty Towers politics - don't mention the environment! "It is not Green Day," one insider told the paper. Green commentators responded angrily to the news. It's a sop to the right wing.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Ed Miliband is to unveil sweeping plans for an electric vehicle revolution, as opposition accuses government of delivering a badly 'underpowered' green industrial strategy. Labour would back our manufacturers and the communities with proud histories in the industry, but the government is asleep at the wheel.".

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

Political opponents branded the move as further evidence that a government with laissez faire instincts remained temperamentally opposed to proactive industrial strategy. Business groups lamented a "frustrating" and "harsh" decision.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Meanwhile, in the UK specifically, there's significant potential to see the EV transition accelerate, movement on offshore wind projects and steps forward in areas such as hydrogen and battery plants in the next year. Delivering on the summit outcome means that political will needs to remain strong. Eyes will be on the US and China.

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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. But in the long term We Know This Industry Is Dying, even if the political class in Australia refuse to face up to it. Canada joins global hydrogen push.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

Onshore wind, solar energy, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, improving the grid - these all represent the front line in the UK's quest for green growth. Take two examples, electric vehicle and hydrogen electrolyser production - both huge green opportunities. That's leaving serious money on the table.

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Gridlock is still a problem, but there is optimism as climate has risen in the US to become a top-tier political issue (as it is already in western Europe). A $200 million investment in an autonomous electric vehicle is not that relevant for someone trying to raise a million to develop sustainable plastics.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Electric vehicles are making huge inroads in the market. Electric heat pumps can replace furnaces and, despite their name, they can actually heat and cool. Promote new technologies like hydrogen.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

” Getting there will require “aggressive collaboration,” within the solar industry and adjacent industries like energy storage, microgrids, wind, electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells. That coalition is reflected in the rebranding of SPI this year as North America Smart Energy Week.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

A new California program will be providing 15% of a massive billion dollar climate fund to hydrogen fuel stations , even though there are only about 12,000 H2-powered cars in the state. The money is intended for use to support companies constructing hydrogen fuel stations for cars and trucks.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The recent Canada-EU summit has come to an end, and one of the announcements made on its heels was that renewable hydrogen was not just a topic of discussion but was also a central component of a decarbonization roadmap between the country and the bloc. A central component of the renewable hydrogen agreement involves trans-Atlantic trade.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Canadian hydrogen companies are waiting to hear about the regulations that will be applied to billions of federal government dollars regarding which ones will qualify for a substantial tax credit. ” Hydrogen companies are concerned with time-matching, deliverability and additionality. Take our fun and engaging Hydrogen Quiz now!

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

At the same time, the EU, US, China, and others are all doubling down on their attempts to attract green investment, adopting policy packages that aim to drastically accelerate the roll out of renewables projects, energy efficiency upgrades, electric vehicles, and other forms of low carbon infrastructure. What will regulations be?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Germany is striving to make the switch to clean energy and developing hydrogen infrastructure as quickly as possible is one of its goals to make the transition as fast as possible. The country is working on making a “hydrogen acceleration law” a reality. Most of Germany’s existing grid can transport hydrogen.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In road transport, France and Spain have joined 39 other countries and 14 vehicle manufacturers in committing to making all new car sales zero emission by 2035, under the Accelerating to Zero Coalition, a joint effort that will shift investment more quickly towards electric vehicles, bringing their costs down more quickly.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, EVs, and renewables all set to benefit from £12bn government stimulus plan, but critics warn funding falls well short of the level required to trigger a green recovery.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As a result of a delay in consultations for gas- and hydrogen-ready boilers to be installed in new constructions in England as of 2025, those units could be banned and heat pumps may become the new standard. The consultation for hydrogen-ready boilers and other systems had been scheduled for last March.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Yet despite myriad proven replacements for carbon intensive gas heating - district heating, hydrogen, and heat pumps could all arguably play a key role - around 1.6 million gas boilers are still installed in the UK each year. Moreover, new homes are today being built with fossil fuel heating installed as standard.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2022

In 2020 we identified policy incoherence as a key barrier to progress on climate change: progress on electric vehicles, for instance, has often been undermined by unsupportive tax policies and stop-start subsidies, progress on decarbonising homes by weak building standards and lack of investment in energy efficiency.". "So

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2022

La Camera said governments that continued to back the expansion of coal, oil, and gas were making a "political choice" to bet against the clean energy transition. But it's a political choice to put policies in place that comply with Paris Agreement and the [International Energy Agency's (IEA's)] Sustainable Development Agenda.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

The centre-right think tank also predicted that an additional 367,000 new jobs could be created in the electric vehicle (EV) sector, while 36,000 new roles are set to emerge in the low carbon power industry over the same period. million jobs in the low carbon heating and energy efficiency sectors alone by 2030.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2020

SSE has set a target to cut the carbon intensity of the electricity it generates in half by 2030, by trebling its renewable energy output and focusing on hydrogen technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, and "super-efficient" gas fired plants.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The pace at which climate action has slipped down the political and media agenda, even as polling continues to show that it is a top priority for an overwhelming majority of the public , has been genuinely dizzying. The auto industry is finally leaning in to the electric vehicle transition.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Civil servants then dutifully run off to try and find anything on the statute book that is genuinely outdated or counter productive, only to return several months later having found next to nothing that can be cut without serious economic, environmental, and/or legal consequences, as well as likely political uproar.

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