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Solar powered football and carbon captured Coca-Cola: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

Business Green

National Grid to unveil plans for UK 'electrical spine' Grid operator this week published its blueprint for connecting up to 86GW of offshore wind power to the grid by 2035. -

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Could The U.S. Automobile Fleet Run On Wind And Solar Power?

R-Squared Energy

with electricity from solar photovoltaic (PV) power. on solar power would require a substantial amount of backup power or storage for when the sun isn’t shining. I also knew that my solar PV calculation was subject to many assumptions, and the answer could therefore be 50% too large or 50% too small.

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Public art electric vehicle charging stations merge design and function

AGreenLiving

The Public Art Electric Charging Stations set out to meld all these elements together, combining design, art and innovation for the function and viewing pleasure of the community. The Public Art Electric Vehicle Charging Stations are a series of concept pieces that provide more than just a place to charge up electric vehicles.

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World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds

The Guardian: Energy

Countries are falling behind on almost every policy required to cut greenhouse gas emissions, despite progress on renewable energy and the uptake of electric vehicles. Retire about 240 average-sized coal-fired power plants a year, every year between now and 2030.

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Renewables could meet US energy needs by 2035, study finds

Renewable Energy World

The study, Renewables on the Rise 2021: The rapid growth of renewables, electric vehicles, and other building blocks of a clean energy future , states that the progress made in the past six years will be key to transforming the US economy to a renewables-based. In 2020, wind accounted for 8.4% of the nation’s electricity.

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Top Predictions For The Renewable Energy Market in 2021

The Environmental Blog

Solar and Wind Set to Dominate . Solar power is predicted to dominate the global market, with key stakeholders including SunPower (US), Canadian Solar (Canada), Jinko Solar (China), and Tina Solar (China). The UK is aiming to create 40GW of offshore wind by 2030, as per the Energy White Paper.

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7-Eleven Taiwan and TCC launch new generation EV charging

Smart Energy International

The New Energy, New Lifestyle plan, announced by TCC subsidiary, NHOS, and 7-Eleven, sees the partners building a new generation of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. The project plans to integrate wind power and transform the infrastructure into a totally green energy EV charging station.