Electrek Green Energy Brief

• The United Nations has suggestions for making religious buildings more green-energy friendly.
• An Indiana county is launching a first-ever solar farm that requires pollinator-friendly fields.
• Green energy projects are approved for First Nations communities in British Columbia, Canada.
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• Senator Tammy Duckworth introduces a bill to support communities hurt by the loss of coal.
• Mothers Rise Up and Parents for Future UK want the UK government to invest in green energy.
• NextEra Energy wants to pilot a green hydrogen plant in Florida.
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• Congress passed the Great American Outdoors Act, which will fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
• Coronavirus pandemic shutdowns led to increased solar output, finds new MIT study.
• Oxford, UK, is trialing an e-refuse collection vehicle, with the aim of having all electric bin lorries.
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• The US EPA rehashes “new” airplane emissions standards that were already set in 2016.
• The demise of coal in Europe is happening a lot faster than originally anticipated.
• New York has announced the largest renewable energy procurement efforts in US history.
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• China produced 59 gigawatts’ worth of solar panels in the first half of the year.
• A Dutch government advisory board declares that burning biomass is not sustainable.
• BP boosts its investment in wind energy by acquiring full ownership of an Indiana wind farm.
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• Tech giant Apple says it will bring its entire carbon footprint to net zero 20 years sooner than Paris Agreement targets.
• The EU has agreed to a €1 trillion, seven-year coronavirus stimulus package. How green is it?
• US households’ high energy use is causing one-fifth of the country’s total emissions.
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• The London Underground could be entirely powered by green energy and become net zero by 2030.
• A new UN report says that a switch to efficient air conditioning could make a huge dent in emissions.
• UK telecoms giant Vodafone says it will shift its European mobile network to 100% green electricity by July 2021.
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• Rockefeller oil heir David Kaiser, an ardent climate change activist, dies at 50.
• Governor Andrew Cuomo announces initiatives to expand electric vehicle use in New York State.
• Court rejects Trump administration attempt to roll back methane rule.
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• Portugal phases out coal two years early.
• Trump rolls back the US’ vital environmental law the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
• Germany puts 40 more hydrogen buses on the road — the largest order for hydrogen buses in Europe.
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• South Korea’s pandemic stimulus plan is anchored in electric vehicle and hydrogen car investment.
• Joe Biden announced his climate crisis plan that boosts green energy and infrastructure.
• Biden vs. Trump: Where they stand on climate change and green energy issues.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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