Green Energy

• One in four cars produced in Europe will be fully electric by 2025, according to a new study.
• The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Environment makes the Green Alliance its secretariat.
• Scotland makes its interest-free Low Carbon Transport Loan available for used electric vehicles.
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BP stated in a forecast published today that oil may have reached its peak due to the pandemic and that renewables will take the place of fossil fuels.

• The European Commission will propose that the EU further tighten its auto emissions.
• BP: Green energy is growing faster than any fuel in history.
• Google is aiming to run entirely on green energy by 2030.
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• Oil giant BP buys 50% stakes in offshore wind company Equinor for $1.1 billion.
• Zimbabwe bans mining in all of its national parks.
• The world’s biggest rooftop greenhouse is in Montreal and can feed 2% of the city.
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The Polish government announced on Tuesday that it would be making a major pivot away from coal and toward green and nuclear energy. Here’s why.

• The number of connected charging points in the two regions is expected to reach 4.4 million in 2024.
• Greece will spend $5.9 billion to phase out coal by 2028.
• Poland, the most coal-dependent EU country, will spend billions on green and nuclear energy.
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• The US has spent the most stimulus money compared to other major economies — and the least on green energy.
• The UK government marks World EV Day today with a £12 million funding tech competition package.
• Big Mattress company Tempur Sealy embraces 100% green energy in the US and Europe.
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• Researchers discover an eco-friendly way to recycle silicon — used in solar panels — into nanoparticles.
• South Korea will increase the number of EVs from the current 110,000 to 1.13 million by 2025.
• A Scottish distillery has designed a “climate-positive” vodka made of peas.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced virtually, at the first International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, that in a $17 billion investment, the country will boost the number of electric cars from the current 110,000 to 1.13 million by 2025, and increase the number of hydrogen vehicles from 8,000 to 200,000.

• Nearly half of polled Generation Z’ers think climate change can be slowed — and want to help.
• New research suggests Biden’s green energy plan could get the US to decarbonize by 2035.
• Nestlé is on track to reach its 100% sustainable goal by 2025.
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• Volta Trucks launches the Volta Zero, a fully electric 16-tonne commercial truck.
• Investment firm The Carlyle Group acquires Maine’s largest solar portfolio under construction.
• France will spend €30 billion in its stimulus package on green energy policies.
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• Which companies are leading the way in green energy innovation?
• A new battery electric vehicle survey offers EV charger insights for utilities and EV owners.
• Offshore wind giant Ørsted is pushing into solar in 2021 in a big way.
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The UK’s government has raised the 5p charge on plastic bags in England to 10p, which will be effective from April 2021. It will be extended to all retailers in order to curb plastic waste pollution. So why can’t the US work to ban bags at a national level?

• Scientists have figured out how solar windows can be more transparent and still provide energy.
• Only 1 in 10 of the world’s electric utility companies are prioritizing green energy over fossil fuels.
• England will double its plastic bag charge from 5p to 10p per bag from April 2021.
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• Google and Candela agree to a 140 MW solar power purchase agreement in Texas.
• Alberta, Canada, signs a multibillion-dollar hyperloop development deal with TransPod.
• A human wastewater converter, NEWgenerator, wins the 2020 Patents for Humanity award.
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• The world’s first fossil-free hydrogen-powered steel plant began operations today in Sweden.
• A New England coalition of 40 groups has asked the states to cooperate on offshore wind.
• A Vermont whiskey distillery has branded their solar panels using Sistine Solar’s “Solar Skin.”
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• The Dutch require greenhouses to be climate neutral from 2020. Here’s how they’re doing that.
• California apartment buildings are getting virtual power plants.
• This free calculator estimates the electricity cost and carbon footprint for nearly every home in the US.
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• McLaren’s CEO says it will stop developing petrol engines in a decade as it shifts toward EVs.
• EV charging startup Xeal, which generates passive income, closes its seed investment round.
• A parachutist makes the world’s first jump from a solar-powered plane.
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California had an energy crisis last week, and they’re not out of the woods (not to mention the awful wildfires that continue to burn). Residents on a stressed power grid can do what electric vehicle drivers already know: Energy consumption during off-peak hours saves money. It also reduces strain on the grid, which can help prevent rolling blackouts.

• Dandelion Energy expands into Connecticut with geothermal heating and cooling.
• How California residents can tweak their energy usage to prevent rolling blackouts.
• CS Energy achieves 1 gigawatt of installed solar projects.
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• Greene King will install electric vehicle charging points at all of its suitable pubs.
• Amazon announces its third wind farm in Ireland.
• Green energy dominated new US electrical generating capacity additions in the first half of 2020.
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