Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The impact of electric transportation on pollution and reduced carbon emissions and fossil-fuel consumption is complicated. On the one hand, well-designed electric vehicles (EVs) use much less energy per mile than conventionally-fueled vehicles. One is to assign fuel based on the local overall utility resource mix.

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Andrew Winston

MARCH 28, 2024

” He posited that people make the case that… A huge majority of energy is still fossil-fuel based There are some things “that electricity simply can’t do at the moment” (e.g., There’s been huge progress lately — e.g., 43% of new steel capacity is planned to use electric arc furnaces.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, located in Göteborg, Sweden, have performed the first life-cycle assessment of a commercially available two-seater all-electric aircraft—the Pipistrel Alpha Electro, manufactured in Slovenia—directly comparing it to the fossil fuel-powered version of the same plane.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

Materials from Scottish-grown seaweed could help to improve the life-span and charge time of lithium-ion batteries used for the likes of electric vehicles, with a new first-of-its-kind prototype already being tested by expert researchers. million per year by 2040, using a combination of both wild and cultivated seaweed.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Influential analyst firm predicts all new car sales in EU could be electric by 2035, provided that tougher emissions regulations are enacted now. Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles and e-mobility at Transport and Environment, urged EU lawmakers to establish a phase out date for fossil fuel vehicles.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

As global effort to fight climate change intensifies, the challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find ways to meet the rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global sales of new electric vehicles (EV) grew from 3 million in 2020 to 6.6

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% of the total electricity supply in 2023. It also looks at the persistence of fossil fuels in its energy mix. On the other hand, DNV forecasts fossil fuels will still account for 40% of its energy mix in 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As policymakers and leaders around the world prepare for pivotal climate discussions at COP28, the sector must seize the momentum to create more renewable energy, enabling other sectors to decarbonise, and shifting demand away from fossil fuels. Vicky Sins, Decarbonisation and Energy Transformation Lead, said: “We cannot keep 1.5

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 6, 2019

So the EIB's confirmation last month that it would effectively end support for fossil fuels garnered widespread attention — as much for the signal it sends as for the additional impact the bank can make with the freed-up funds. The technology is still evolving. Since 2013 the EIB has invested €13.4 billion ($14.9

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 16, 2021

VANCOUVER — As jobs in fossil fuels decline amid a shifting global landscape, rapid growth in Canada’s clean energy sector will more than make up the difference. At the same time, Canada’s fossil fuel sector will see a 9% drop in employment. The clean energy sector’s GDP is forecast to grow 58% by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are the source of just over 80% of the world’s energy. To avert catastrophic warming, the global community must rapidly reduce how much of these fuels it extracts and burns. target because it was already at its limit, given our projections of fossil fuel demand in the near future.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 31, 2020

A new study of 3,000 power companies across the globe has found that only a handful have been cutting their fossil fuel capacity over the last two decades. Even utilities with aggressive renewables programs still have large portfolios of fossil fuel assets.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Green” hydrogen is created using electricity generated from renewables and could play a key role in decarbonising heavy industry such as steel and cement production. DeSmog has mapped the sprawling network of fossil fuel companies, trade associations, PR firms and other organisations behind the push for hydrogen, which offers some clues.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2023

BNEF reports that global investment in the clean energy transition rose 30 per cent last year to record levels Global investment in the clean energy transition soared to record levels last year, surpassing $1tr as the sector matched the level of investment in fossil fuels for the first time.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Taxis in Austria are going electric. The eTaxi Austria project has been testing Matrix Charging technology, developed by the Austrian company Easelink. The eTaxi Austria project has been testing Matrix Charging technology, developed by the Austrian company Easelink. In Graz, 2 stands and 10 vehicles are getting wired up.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 27, 2020

Abandoning fossil fuels for electricity generation by 2030 would save money for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to new research into renewable energy in the area. and €52.80 ($43.53 and $57.04) per megawatt-hour, depending on the scenario. and €52.80 ($43.53

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

However, the UK currently relies on biomass energy generation to transition from burning fossil fuels, and new understanding around bioenergy has cast a very different light on this powerhouse of the energy transition. As it stands, electricity generation from renewable sources continues to increase year on year.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

Fossil fuel companies could face legal challenges over their misleading advertising, after a DeSmog investigation uncovered the extent of their “greenwashing” Environmental lawyers ClientEarth have put companies on notice with the publication of the Greenwashing Files. ExxonMobil – “Powering Progress”.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Scottish government has announced it plans to ban the installation of fossil fuel powered boilers in all new homes in Scotland from 2024. Instead, properties would have to be heated with low carbon alternatives, such as heat pumps, solar, and electric boiler systems.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In an apparent UK first, Veolia is now managing projects which incorporate electrolyser technology to derive hydrogen from water, and powering these using the low carbon electricity from its Energy Recovery Facilities (ERF). As a result currently 85% of homes and 40% of the UK’s electricity rely on gas.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . We urge all leaders to put people and the planet over the profit of the fossil fuel industry.”.

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

We talk so much about the supreme challenge of reducing emissions — something that already requires transitioning our entire economy away from the burning of fossil fuels, adapting to existing climate threats, and doing all that in a way that at the very least doesn’t add to the burdens of already marginalized communities.

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Renew Economy

MAY 25, 2022

Queensland - home to most of the LNP climate deniers and technology troglodytes - is paying the very high price of fossil fuel dependence. The post How expensive coal and gas blew up the Queensland electricity market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid. Wind and solar alone generated around 30 per cent of Britain's electricity in 2020, while biomass provided seven per cent, and hydropower made up 1.6

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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. We are shaping a future where renewable energy adoption is streamlined, transparent and accessible to all.”

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2020

The Guardian has today become the first major global news organisation to announce a ban on advertising from oil and gas companies, despite the fossil fuels industry's role as a major advertiser and the media outlet admitting it faces a "precarious" financial future.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 24, 2020

climate and labor movements to create an equitable and decarbonized economy and move away from fossil fuels to address the climate crisis. Unlike those calling for a Green New Deal, though, this alliance supports increased fracking for oil and gas, as well as other controversial technologies that critics say prop up fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2021

Volvo has become the latest auto giant to sound the death knell for fossil fuel vehicles as it announced this morning it will axe all its internal combustion engine (ICE) car lines over the next 10 years, arguing there is "no long term future for cars with an internal combustion engine".

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TechXplore

MARCH 15, 2024

High metal prices can drive up the costs of electric car batteries, which will reduce their adoption. Car manufacturers are already responding to this by shifting to different technologies.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 27, 2022

Heating and cooling are often some of the biggest power consumers in a house, and more than 80% of energy sources worldwide are fossil fuels. Thankfully, new technologies can help reduce emissions from these systems. Here are 10 ways to make HVAC […].

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Charged

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Intelligent Power Generation (IPG) has secured a £1-million contract from Highways England (HE) to demonstrate its turbine technology for EV charging infrastructure. IPG’s Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology is designed to support EV charging in high-use and remote locations by using fossil fuels for grid-independent power generation.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2023

Imperial College London analysis for 2022 points to record breaking year for green energy, but stresses need to 'break our addiction to fossil fuels'. per cent of power to the grid at one stage during May, when wind farms generated a landmark 20GW of electricity for the first time ever.

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Charged

MAY 16, 2023

Motiv Power Systems , a manufacturer of medium-duty electric trucks and buses, has unveiled a pilot of a fully integrated electric refrigerated truck featuring Carrier Transicold’s Pulsor eCool unit , a new refrigeration solution for electric vehicles. Cintas will deploy the new e-trucks on existing routes.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 19, 2022

However, during the period when declining fossil fuel and expanding clean energy systems co-exist, a new energy security paradigm is needed to maintain reliability and affordability. Policy makers and network operators now need to focus on the market structures and technologies required to eventually phase fossil fuel out completely.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Solar and wind power could push fossil fuels out of the electricity sector by the mid-2030s and out of the energy supply system altogether by 2050, as clean energy costs continue to plummet and governments pursue policies designed to ditch fossil fuels for cheap, home-grown renewables. per cent of solar and 0.16

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In a world where maximizing every drop of fuel is crucial, the automotive industry is undergoing a remarkable transformation thanks to cutting-edge technology. From sleek aerodynamics to intelligent engine systems, the ways in which semi-truck fuel economy is being revolutionized are both captivating and impactful.

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