Smart Energy International

JANUARY 6, 2024

As the energy transition continues at pace, one core component in 2023 gained renewed attention as a crucial element – electric vehicles. Government policy supportive of EVs provides tailwinds in many markets too. Specifically in the UK, a change in political leadership could accelerate EV sales growth.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Promote research into advanced energy storage technologies. Implement smart grid technologies for real-time monitoring and demand response. Costs associated with energy-efficient technologies. The Challenge: Limited Public Awareness and Education Lack of understanding about sustainable energy technologies.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The findings present a picture of a world that has made significant progress on climate action, powered by the rapid roll-out of clean energy technologies, the acceleration of the electric vehicle (EV) transition, and a growing understanding of the economic and geopolitical benefits ending reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The race to mainstream electric vehicles by 2030 Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 12/02/2020 – 00:30 The world’s leading companies and policymakers are coalescing around setting targets for adopting zero-emission vehicles around a 2030 time frame. Technology advances, for one. In 2019, they dropped 13 percent more.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 14, 2023

Welcome to the second in our series of articles featuring industry insiders highlighting the trends and technologies we can expect to see in 2023. Until now, there has been an absence of inter-department communication and leadership, with BEIS and Defra creating inconsistent and ineffective policy.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Akielly Hu, Grist’s news and politics fellow, discussed the growing popularity of degrowth with Kohei Saito — a Marxist author whose 2020 degrowth manifesto quickly turned into a bestseller in Japan and beyond. . In your free time, you play sports, spend time with loved ones, garden, and engage with local politics.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus crisis gripping the global economy has forced clean energy analyst BloombergNEF (BNEF) to downgrade its expectations for the solar, battery, and electric vehicle (EV) markets, in one of the first signals that the escalating pandemic could undermine urgent efforts to combat climate change.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor driving climate technology for social change, announced today the expansion of its climate coaching team to encompass experts in project and carbon finance, policy and equity and access. “Prior to participation in Elemental, CarbonCure did not have a defined public policy strategy.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In a decade’s time, a battery will likely power your car or the electricity grid that lights your home. Perhaps the biggest opportunity lies in electric vehicles. Leonardo Paoli is an Energy Analyst working in the Energy Technology Policy division of the International Energy Agency. Merran Smith.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The investment round, which was led by East Innovate, the venture capital arm of quantitative commodity, technology and research company East Alpha, is intended to support the growth of Electron’s team and further product development as well as enable expansion in the UK, Europe and North America.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Anti-net zero campaigners and climate science deniers are claiming credit for the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s weakening of UK green policies, as a senior official told DeSmog that civil servants were left “scratching their heads” after being ignored by Sunak this week. Household energy efficiency standards would also be dropped.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2022

Such findings underscore the scale of support among Conservative Party members for ambitious green policies that can help curb the huge hike in energy bills expected this winter, just as postal ballot papers for choosing Britain's next PM are sent out to the membership from next week.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 15, 2021

We hope that political disagreements going forward can now focus on how we do better, rather than on doing less. We were pleasantly surprised to see the Conservative climate plan has its own version of a carbon price and acknowledges the economic efficiency of the policy. s Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Solar panels and other clean technologies slash energy and fuel bills for households, while minimising exposure to future energy price hikes and air pollution. Which is great, but like Pratchett's boots you can only access those savings if you can afford to deploy the technologies in the first place.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. There is no sign of the market slowing down as more grant schemes and policy measures such as bans on the installation of gas boilers in new homes come into effect.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The report was also shared by leading climate science denial groups, including Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. It claims that the development of electric vehicles could cost 114,000 jobs, yet quoted a study that said the electric car market could support 246,000 jobs by 2040.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

We already have the tools and the technology we need to tackle climate change," said Rebecca Williams, director of COP26 at the GWEC. "We We already have the tools and the technology we need to tackle climate change," said Rebecca Williams, director of COP26 at the GWEC.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 1, 2023

Canada’s clean energy sector is made up of companies and workers that help reduce carbon pollution, whether by generating clean energy, helping move it, reducing energy consumption, or developing low-carbon technologies. Stefan Pauer , Manager of Technology and Economic Analysis at Clean Energy Canada.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

As such, the report calculates that the slower roll out of new EVs would reduce the number of vehicles reaching the second-hand market, leaving drivers unable to afford new models paying between £500 and £800 a year more in fuel costs as they persevere with petrol alternatives. The carmakers need to catch up with us," he said.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Darren Jones, chair of the BEIS Committee in the House of Commons, condemned the decision to delay the policy document, arguing the Treasury needed to act faster to enable crucial climate policies. This and many other net zero policies are stuck in the Treasury until the net zero spending review in September.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In UK politics, climate change policies cut across party lines. This translated to a wide range of pro-EV policies, and the results can be plainly seen in London, which has become one of the world’s most charged cities. Boris Johnson’s Tory government set an official goal of reaching “net zero” emissions by 2030.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The government must act now to prevent the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) burning a major hole in UK tax revenues that could see public services defunded and road congestion soar, MPs have warned. New taxes, which rely on new technology, take years to introduce," he said. "A We need to talk about road pricing," he said.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The rest is here: Why a measured shift to electric vehicles would benefit the US. There is no point in putting forward an EV plan that is so aggressive that it cannot be implemented.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

s new electric vehicle tax credit requiring that EVs and their batteries be made in North America, Canada’s EV battery supply chain is in the spotlight. Grow the North American market: Canada must support and expand policies to increase domestic EV demand and uptake. LONDON / VICTORIA — With the U.S.’s billion to its economy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Zero emission technologies can "outcompete" older carbon-intensive industries across multiple sectors worldwide within a decade, as investors, businesses, governments, and consumers demand a shift towards cleaner, greener solutions throughout the 2020s, a fresh analysis has today suggested.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

We must keep pressing ahead - and bring more of our fellow citizens with us - from our own political tradition and right across the spectrum. A predictable policy framework is vital to attract investment over the long term. "The environment doesn't divide people in this country. What they do want, however, is to know where they stand.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Assess market development, including conducting research on electric vehicle charging infrastructure evolution, electric vehicle development across all vehicle segments, research on other infrastructure development entities (i.e., SDG&E is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE).

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Boris Johnson's conference speech contained some encouraging rhetoric for the green economy, but the lack of tangible policies and strange silence on the net zero will leave business leaders feeling nervous. No one comes to a Boris Johnson speech for in-depth policy analysis - and good job too.

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The City Fix

APRIL 6, 2023

Political landscapes, regulations, industry interests, market set-ups, financial resources and social considerations all. The momentum towards low-carbon and sustainable transport is growing globally, but the sector still lags behind many others and each country faces a unique path to travel.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fighting carbon taxes at both the provincial and federal level is a de facto policy of conservative parties throughout Canada. ” Brendan Haley, director of policy research with Efficiency Canada To begin with, heat pumps are indeed an energy efficient and low-cost way to both heat and cool homes.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

To be a true leader on electric vehicles, the government must plump the market by requiring manufacturers to produce a set percentage of low-carbon vehicles, writes Energy UK's Yumann Siddiq. Meanwhile, 80 per cent of vehicles produced in the UK are exported. Today, EVs make up 14 per cent of the new car market.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The government is widely expected to unveil a wave of decarbonisation and energy policies on Thursday as part of a package that had been badged as 'Green Day' by Whitehall insiders. Tom Burke, a co-founder of the E3G thinktank, told the Guardian : "This is Fawlty Towers politics - don't mention the environment!

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Green businesses contend the social media giant's policies are treating their adverts in the same way as campaigns from 'dark money' funded lobbyists, undermining the timeliness and effectiveness of their marketing messages in the process. But, as Fidler points out, she was trying to advertise a careers event, not make a political point.

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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But the support for decarbonisation came alongside a sweeping package of tax increases and spending cuts, including new taxes on electric vehicles, an extended windfall tax on renewables and nuclear power generators as well as oil and gas firms, and confirmation the Overseas Development Aid budget will not be returned to its 0.7

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Credit: Stripe eadership from corporations to be committed first customers for products that can decarbonize the economy Several announcements around COP 26 highlighted corporates who had made commitments to be early customers for new technology solutions, in order to help create market pull?—?this

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