Electrek Green Energy Brief

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

• Japan aims to abolish gas-powered vehicles in the next 15 years.
• Massachusetts reaches a deal to make 40% of its electric power green by 2030.
• South Korea will replace all diesel trains with an electric bullet train by 2029.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The New York Times digs into how Trump tried but failed to bury the US’ top climate report.
• Utility-scale solar and wind projects are expected to add 172.5 GW of US energy capacity through 2024.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia proves thermal energy storage’s great potential.
• Illinois is getting a new 185 MW wind farm.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Al-Dhafra will depose its sister site in Abu Dhabi when it becomes the world’s largest solar farm in 2022.
• Virginia’s Dominion Energy files plans with federal regulators for the largest US offshore wind farm to date.
• A Missouri utility acquires its first wind farm — the state’s largest — in its journey from coal to net zero.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Considering installing rooftop solar panels? You now have more time to get the current tax credit.
• Here are some of the big green energy and climate change wins that came out of US Congress.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The size of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge land to be auctioned for gas and oil exploration is slashed by 30%.
• Xos partners with DLL to finance electric trucks so companies can more easily stop driving diesel trucks.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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

• Vermont’s Public Utilities Commission slashes solar net metering rates by 3 cents.
• Québec’s public utility Hydro-Québec launches EVLO, an energy storage system subsidiary.
• The UK breaks a green energy power generation record with high winds.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Arizona’s Navajo Generating Station coal plant’s smokestacks have been toppled — VIDEO.
• The Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance releases principles to accelerate US commercial fleet electrification.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• FIA says Formula One will be carbon neutral in 2021 and net zero by 2030.
• A zero-carbon emission hydrogen fuel cell developer wins the 2020 NASA iTech Initiative Cycle II award.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• After a nine-year vacancy, Joe Biden names the NRDC’s Gina McCarthy domestic climate czar.
• A 9-year-old girl has become the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death.
• Australia’s newest coal-fired power plant has been written off as worthless.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The US solar industry surged in 2020 despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• ExxonMobil’s investors pressure the oil giant to cut emissions, and it underwhelmingly responded.
• Plans have been submitted for North Carolina’s first offshore wind farm.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• China says at the UN virtual climate summit that it will triple its wind and solar in 10 years.
• The US didn’t attend the UN virtual climate summit. What’s its green energy plan?
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Global emissions are expected to drop around 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020 (7%), a record.
• Amazon declares that it’s now the largest corporate purchaser of green energy in the world.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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

• New York State’s retirement fund is the first US public pension fund to set a net zero goal by that date.
• NRG Energy has announced North America’s first Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB).
• Rhode Island’s largest single rooftop solar project is now under construction.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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

• Royal Dutch Shell executives quit due to discord over the oil giant’s green energy timeframe.
• As electric trucks gain popularity in the US, they’ll need maintenance and repair — Dickinson is preparing.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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

• Irish telecoms company Eir and EasyGo will replace 180 phone boxes with EV rapid charge points.
• Denmark and Norway team up to build the world’s largest green hydrogen ferry.
• Norway’s plugin vehicle market share jumped from 60% to 80% in just one year, to November 2020.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The Danish parliament approved a plan for at least 1 million electric or hybrid cars on Danish roads by 2030.
• Boise, Idaho, will now require all new homes to provide a circuit for electric car charging.
• IRENA urges governments to prioritize renewable energy on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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

• US offshore wind workers will complete VR training at Maryland’s Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies.
• The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative releases its 2020 Progress Report. Does it make any difference?
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• 42 corporations release a letter to the US government urging ambitious climate policies.
• The US would save billions if local solar powered 25% of homes, according to a new study.
• Japan may ban sales of ICE cars by the mid-2030s.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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

• New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern makes EVs part of its climate emergency solution.
• Scottish households will be the first in the world to use 100% green hydrogen.
• Ford is building Michigan Central, a 30-acre mobility innovation center, in Detroit.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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

• Alstom’s Coradia iLint has completed test operation in Austria and is ready for production.
• A huge cash investment at Aurora Solar enables the growth of remote, accurate installations.
• It’s #GivingTuesday — here are three ways to give that benefit our environment.
• UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.