Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

Cars, buses, trucks, scooters and even planes are going electric, and Britain needs an electricity grid able to cope with it, writes Onward's Ted Christie-Miller. That hope was reiterated in the Prime Minister's Ten Point Plan late last year, with an investment of half a billion in hydrogen technology.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Electric bike and scooter company Lime has unveiled plans to achieve net zero emissions across its business and value chain by 2030 by transitioning its operations to clean energy, investing in sustainable manufacturing and technologies, and switching its operations fleet to electric vehicles (EVs).

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Scooters Carbon-negative Transportation Pollution 36

Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

  In deals, ~$400M for electric scooters and 3 mega $100M+ rounds for geothermal, solid flow batteries, and rural minigrids.    In recent weeks, the US and China have been facing off in a metals tug of war through a series of policy jabs.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Britain's biggest business group the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called on the government to switch gears in its transport and infrastructure investment, in a new report today which outlines a range of recommendations on delivering low-carbon commutes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Government Transportation Scooters Investment 56

Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 30, 2019

August Cleantech Roundup: Energy Storage is Growing, Cleantech Startup are Fundraising, and Scooters are Driving Themselves Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology policy, and investing. Link If the Scooter Rides Itself, What Am I Here For?

Home Energy Monitoring 40

Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 40

Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

October Cleantech Roundup: Fires, Autonomous Shuttle Buses, Long-Duration Energy Storage Investments, and More! Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights cleantech news and offers perspective on industry, technology, policy, and investing.

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Energy Energy Scooters Investment 40

Business Green

MAY 11, 2020

The government this weekend announced plans to fast track £250m of funding and accompanying policy reforms to deliver a "new era for cycling and walking" as the UK begins to ease to lockdown that has seen transport emissions plummet in recent weeks.

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Transportation Pollution Government Scooters 49

Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Middling government action Also, one crosscutting theme that is hard to avoid is the significant increase in new climate tech investment funds. Credit: The Economist One other trend that is sure to be clear to folks following the space is the incredible surge in climate tech investment over the year (really over the last couple of years).

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Electric vehicle Aviation 52

Business Green

MAY 11, 2020

The AA's head of road policy Jack Cousens confirmed to BusinessGreen today that the group expects an increase in car, motorcycle, and bicycle usage as workers avoid public transport - a spike he said would prompt more traffic jams. The government's recent funding pledge indicates that it wants the public to embrace active travel," she said.

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Sustainability Transportation Government Scooters 80

Business Green

AUGUST 22, 2022

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss must therefore commit to long-term funding for walking and cycling, and to embed the principle of 20-minute neighbourhoods into planning policy, so that new homes are only built if they're within a 20-minute walking round trip, of amenities like GPs, shops and primary schools.

Scooters 36

Scooters Health Pollution Politics 36

Clean Energy Trust

JULY 31, 2019

Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, from policy changes to technology updates and investment news. Link Scooter companies continue to receive large investments , with European companies Wind and Dott both raising at least $30 million in Series A rounds.

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Scooters Climate change Natural gas Investment 40

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

Johnson was most convincing, as is so often the case, when he departed from policy detail and provided a hymn to the UK's "world-leading" clean technologies and innovations. A combination of old news, tiny sums of investment, low ambition on climate and false solutions to nature protection.". Because they are. "We

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Government Packaging Aviation Climate change 87

Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Only through collective investment in and commitment to circular practices can we shape a more sustainable, resilient future.". However, for many countries and industries a combination of market failures and flawed policy regimes has long undermined efforts to boost recycling capacity and encourage re-use.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

Sales continue to surge in key markets, while scores of producers and users of cars, buses, trucks, and even scooters are now pushing towards ridding their operations of fossil fuel vehicles altogether. Investments and public policy should therefore reflect that - and urgently.

Transportation 51

Transportation Electric vehicle Electricity Demand 51

Business Green

APRIL 28, 2022

And a new Transport Bill is expected to offer fresh legislation to boost e-scooter safety, delayed legislation on HS2, and plans to establish a new railway supervisory body called Great British Railways. A major economic storm is brewing, yet still Sunak warned against borrowing more to fund public spending, according to The Times.

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Government Investment Hydrogen Energy 40

GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

For the privileged, who have the ability to shelter-in-place and are supported by flexible work-from-home policies, trips have become more concentrated near their homes and rarely reach beyond neighborhood amenities. As a fundamental public service, public transit should be conceived as a scalable, resilient and adaptive system.

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Scooters Resilience Transportation Demand 270

AGreenLiving

JUNE 17, 2020

The decade-long goal could result in millions of electric vehicles purchased for ride-hailing operations, encourage greater electric vehicle charging deployments and motivate stronger city, state and federal policies that could make EVs more economical. Aggressive policies around the world are helping spur this electric transition.

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Electric vehicle Policy Electricity Scooters 28

AGreenLiving

JUNE 17, 2020

The decade-long goal could result in millions of electric vehicles purchased for ride-hailing operations, encourage greater electric vehicle charging deployments and motivate stronger city, state and federal policies that could make EVs more economical. Aggressive policies around the world are helping spur this electric transition.

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Electric vehicle Policy Electricity Scooters 28

Business Green

JULY 13, 2022

Use of zero emissions vehicles such as buses, cars, bikes, and scooters need to be accelerated across the UK's cities in order to meet national decarbonisation targets, a new report has warned. The government has made decarbonising vehicle fleets a policy priority and made significant funding available for this task," the report states.

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Transportation Policy Electric vehicle Scooters 40

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 27, 2022

Shared transportation has also expanded across the US and other countries, from bikes to scooters to electric shuttles to autonomous closed loop systems, but is it enough? This event will be co-hosted by Circuit Transit, a recent awardee of both California and New York climate investment funding.

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Transportation Electric vehicle Smart Cities Scooters 52

Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Leaders sought to position the continent’s renewables potential and mineral resources as climate investment opportunities and get nations on the same page ahead of COP28. World Bank reforms that would funnel hundreds of billions of dollars toward climate investments in the Global South. Disproportionate impacts: Home to 1.3

Energy Monitor 61

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 61

Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Sometimes you wait all year for a net zero policy strategy, and then several arrive at once. As recommended by the Climate Change Committee, such a mandate would require car manufacturers to ensure a minimum proportion of their vehicles sold are zero emission, mirroring a similar policy currently in place in California.

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Transportation Government Aviation Fossil fuels 87

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 5, 2022

Orlandi is proud of being an Italian company with Italy having a phenomenal number of motorcycle and scooter riders. GPR offers exhaust systems for more than 1200 models of scooters and motorcycles. We had a great response from the media during the EICMA fair,” said Orlandi.

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Recycling Recycling Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 9, 2020

May Cleantech Roundup: COVID & EVs | Enormous Storage Investments | Scooter Consolidation | Insanely Cheap Solar Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. Note: There is a lot happening in the world.

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Scooters Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

EDF + Business

JUNE 18, 2020

That’s why automotive manufacturers are investing billions to develop electric vehicles and have scores of models either already on the market or on track to be introduced in the next few years. Today’s announcement from Lyft makes it clear that fleets, too, are ready to invest in the transition to a zero-emission future.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Pollution Health 124

Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 11, 2020

Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing Top Topics Large oil and gas and utility companies are making net-zero pledges , as they look to get ahead of consumer and regulatory trends. One thing is clear: Bezos is a polarizing figure.

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Carbon-neutral Politics Carbon Building Energy Monitoring 52

Business Green

JUNE 17, 2021

Similarly, the report bemoans the UK's "historically cautious approach to UK energy infrastructure", which it claims is "rarely conducive to innovation", as it calls for reforms to accelerate innovation in zero emission trains, planes, and automobiles - including e-scooters and autonomous vehicles.

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Government Biodiversity Energy Energy 56

Clean Energy Trust

APRIL 9, 2020

March Cleantech Roundup: Electric Delivery Vehicles | Data Center Efficiency | Coronavirus Emission Impacts Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. I don’t think that undercuts the point the study is making though?—?namely

Electricity 52

Electricity Scooters Electric vehicle Policy 52

Clean Energy Trust

JULY 8, 2021

Without comprehensive policy supporting carbon removal solutions, these companies are performing a vital service?—?I Interesting chart of scooter hardware: Who uses which model, and who makes them. Of course, some of the policies have multiple goals, although the point is to show the cost-effectiveness of different policies.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Scooters 52

Clean Energy Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Carbon Tax Proposal Competition Despite the lack of legislative action on climate, 2019 was still an interesting year for carbon tax policy. Numerous groups issued or tweaked policy proposals, from political candidates and conservative think tanks to large oil companies and corporate trade groups.

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Scooters Policy Climate change Electric vehicle 52

CleanTechnica

APRIL 11, 2024

Today I presented again to a large Indian audience, hosted by the India Smart Grid Forum. The theme was Electrify Everything Everywhere All At Once. This was within the frame of the presentation I gave at the India Smart Utility Week on March 14th. In honor of the start of.

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 15, 2024

For several years I’ve been iterating The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. The work of organizations like Mark Z. Jacobson’s Stanford team around energy and Carbon Drawdown’s around everything are excellent in different ways, but also indigestible to most people. The short list really is that. It’s.

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CleanTechnica

JUNE 22, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, offers U.S. states and cities the chance to invest in transportation systems that modernize infrastructure, expand access and mobility for all people in a community, improve public health and safety, and boost local economies.

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Transportation Investment Law Health 0

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 13, 2021

Much of industry is responding well to the biggest issue of this century, one we've jointly created over the past 300 years. But there is still much work to be done.

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CleanTechnica

APRIL 8, 2021

While record market shares in developed nations such as Norway, Germany, and the United Kingdom have been catalyzed by generous incentives and progressive policy, the transition in Africa will most likely be driven by the unit economics in key sectors. The transition to electromobility is now well underway across the globe.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The three-hour per day conference, with convenient hours for most time zones, will feature industry experts from three continents. Michael Barnard will be speaking about innovative disruption to transportation and cities due to electric bikes.

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Transportation Innovation Electricity Scooters 0

CleanTechnica

APRIL 23, 2020

Both Norway and Alberta, Canada are economies that gain huge profits from selling oil. They have huge natural reserves of it and make ginormous profits from feeding our "need" for oil powered transportation.

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Climate change Transportation Fossil fuels Scooters 0