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China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ethiopia and the United Kingdom are further along than many others. Energy production and use accounts for about three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions. Three main strategies can help countries meet energy needs with zero-carbon emissions: optimize, electrify and decarbonize. Some countries have improved in energy intensity, degree of electrification of energy use, and portion of their electricity that comes from zero-Carbon sources. Greenpeace: Three main strategies are needed in all the major energy-using sectors—buildings, transportation and industry—as well as in the power system. Greene: Some countries have made significant progress over the past few decades on these three strategies but some have made little progress on two or more indicators. The United Kingdom has made some of the best scores on these indicators in recent decades on the three strategies, but some countries need to improve efficiency, electrifying, electrification, decarbonizing, electric vehicles, transportation, transport and power system.
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World's largest offshore wind farm will power 4.5 million homes
UK renewable energy developer SSE announced construction of Dogger Bank Wind Farm. With a capacity of 3.6 gigawatts, it will be three times bigger than the world's biggest existing wind farm. Hornsea One, which is still under construction.
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EEIP - Strategical partnership with EUSEW2020
EEIP has been selected as a ‘strategical partner for EUSEW 2020’ 2020 has been a mythical year for energy efficiency since 2009. EEIP commitment has since stretched beyond the ‘third pillar, energy efficiency’.
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Europe's one trillion climate finance plan
The European Green Deal Investment Plan is designed to attract at least one trillion euros of public and private investment over the next decade. Turning the EU into a climate neutral economy by 2050 will require massive investment in clean energy technologies. Only achieving an interim greenhouse.
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Microsoft details long-term plan for becoming carbon negative
Microsoft executives announced plans today for the company to become carbon negative by 2030 and then by 2050 to remove all the carbon from the environment that Microsoft has emitted directly or through electrical consumption since it was founded in 1975. The compny hs been working for months on .
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'A Massive Victory': BlackRock CEO Promises to Center Climate Change in Investment Strategy
Larry Fink, CEO of money management firm BlackRock, announced the company would prioritize the climate crisis in deciding on investments and strategies going forward. The new direction for BlackRock is the result of a hard-fought effort by a group of dedicated activists.
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Virtual Power Plants: former sci-fi technology is now a reality
There are multiple options on how to manage distributed energy resources (DER) A virtual power plant aggregates the capacities of multiple DER of various types. This makes the production of energy more coherent and allows for efficient energy trading on the electricity market.
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Report: Solar Installations to spike 14% in 2020
Global solar installations will continue double-digit growth rates into the new decade. New annual installations in 2020 will reach 142 gigawatts (GW), a 14% rise over the previous year. installations outside of China, the world leading market, grew by.
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In and out with 10-minute electrical vehicle recharge
Penn State engineers have demonstrated that they can charge an electrical vehicle in ten minutes. Lithium-ion batteries degrade when rapidly charged at ambient temperatures under 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The rapid cooling of battery would be accomplished using cooling system designed into .
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China faces 4 big risks if it continues building more coal plants
Chinas coal fleet is over capacity; most plants only operating at about 50% of capacity. Health and air pollution costs could grow substantially by 2030 if coal plants continue to operate at current rates. China is the world leader on clean energy.
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