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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The world’s first net zero emissions McDonald’s opens in Florida.
• Construction work has begun in the UK on the world’s longest subsea power cable, to run between the UK and Denmark.
• Houston issues an RFI for a public EV support equipment and city fleets strategy.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Rooftop solar is taking a big hit during the 2020 pandemic, but solar energy companies are adapting.
• Is the Democrats’ climate-crisis action plan any good?
• China’s largest wind turbine is now on the grid.

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• Washington’s Metro agrees to a huge community solar deal with SunPower and Goldman Sachs Renewable Power.
• UN chief: ‘Coal has no place in Covid-19 recovery plans.’
• Mid-Atlantic US supermarket chain Giant Food is installing Volta EV chargers for customers.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Joe Biden’s unity task force has proposed broad environmental recommendations to aid his presidential bid.
• Energy Transfer LP says it’s not going to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline, defying a court ruling.
• Edmonton International Airport in Alberta, Canada, is to get the largest solar farm out of any airport in the world.

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• Denmark’s Orsted and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. sign the world’s largest corporate renewable deal.
• The British government has announced its mini-budget economic update today. Here’s what’s in it for green energy.
• This Dutch e-bike company’s TV ad got banned in France for creating a “climate of anxiety.”

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• More than 350,000 UK homes will be fitted with an EV home charger by 2025 as EV popularity surges.
• British Gas makes the largest EV order for a commercial fleet in the UK with Vauxhall.
• If you live in the US and you think your home electricity bill is higher, you’re not imagining things.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The City of Sydney, the central borough of the larger Australian metropolis, is now entirely on green energy.
• Duke Energy’s and Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline is dead.
• ARC Marine’s reef cubes protect both offshore wind turbines and encourage marine biodiversity.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Japan’s new bullet train, with a lithium-ion battery self-propulsion system, is one of the fastest trains in the world.
• The British government’s development bank will (mostly) end fossil-fuel financing abroad.
• EV charging infrastructure alliance ChargeUp Europe gains its seventh member, eMobility software provider has·to·be.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Chile orders 150 BYD e-buses, bringing the total number of BYD e-buses in the country to 455.
• France closed its oldest nuclear power plant on Tuesday, June 30.
• Nevada launched new incentives yesterday from Nevada Energy’s annual EV Infrastructure Demonstration program.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• US cities have played a big part in growing the use of solar energy — who are the trailblazers?
• Spain closes half its coal-fired power stations.
• The US’ second offshore wind farm has been completed.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• McDonald’s UK will install InstaVolt EV rapid charging points at drive-thru restaurants.
• US House Democrats have unveiled a net zero by 2050 plan for the economy.
• US solar farms are now expected to have a life span of more than 30 years.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Fracking giant Chesapeake Energy Corporation has filed for bankruptcy.
• A new Harvard study provides strong evidence that air pollution causes premature death.
• Hundreds of Dutch farmers have signed a $561 million repowering onshore wind farm deal.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The BLM wants to extend drilling to two-thirds of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
• The current US administration has approved around half the wind and solar as the previous one.
• Here are highlights from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy’s Solar in the Southeast report.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The UK’s Committee on Climate Change wants to phase out ICE cars eight years early.
• Minnesota files a lawsuit against fossil fuels for being deceptive about climate change.
• The US’ largest offshore wind farm, off Virginia, installs its first wind turbine.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• A new Pew Research Center survey shares findings on bipartisan beliefs about renewables.
• Amazon announces a $2 Billion Climate Pledge Fund to invest in green energy.
• Amesbury, Massachusetts, puts a solar farm on top of a landfill cap site.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The Florida Municipal Solar Project opens two new solar farms.
• Applications for solar in Hawaii are up 40% in 2020.
• Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in St. Paul gets a new solar energy project.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• PepsiCo has released its Sustainability Report 2019, and it’s making good headway.
• Small local banks are selling off coastal mortgages due to sea rise and flood risk.
• Santa Monica and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator will pilot a zero emissions delivery zone.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Electric vehicle drivers are increasing — this woman explains why driving an EV works for her.
• The Vatican urges Catholics to stop investing in fossil fuels.
• The UK’s biggest onshore wind farm will go forward, in Shetland.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Gothenburg debuts one of Europe’s largest office/warehouse facilities — and it’s made of wood.
• The IEA and IMF give governments a how-to guide on sustainable economic recovery.
• Green energy spending to exceed oil and gas for the first time in 2021, says Goldman Sachs.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• NODE’s carbon-negative house can be put together in two weeks.
• The largest community solar project in New Jersey will sit on four industrial buildings.
• The US’ largest green energy incubator opens a second office in Houston.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Green license plates for EVs will be rolled out in the UK, the DoT announced today.
• Energy storage technology company Fluence launches a new integrated grid storage product.
• Building new net zero ships won’t offset the old polluting ships’ emissions, says new study.

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