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Will New Zealand Become the Norway of the Pacific?

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When I drove around New Zealand in 2005, I was impressed by how well they looked after their own cars, and how British they were. Well, things have been changing radically as New Zealand aims to become the Norway of the Pacific. Every yard seemed to be adorned by an old Morris. New Zealand does […].

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US submits target to cut GHGs by 26-28% from 2005 levels to UNFCCC; doubling the rate of reduction

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The submission—an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)—is a formal statement of the US target, announced in China last year, to reduce emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, and to make best efforts to reduce by 28%. per year on average during the 2005-2020 period to 2.3-2.8%

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China’s 2005 Carbon Emissions Almost Twice As Much As 2002 Emissions

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Carbon emissions associated with increased exports from China (left), as part of a more systematic view of increased national emissions (right), 2002 to 2005. Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, estimated in the study that China’s 2005 carbon emissions were 80.59% or more higher than 2002 emissions. “

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FREYR Battery in license & services agreement with Aleees for LFP cathode active material

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FREYR anticipates that the agreement will enable FREYR to meet the future LFP cathode material needs of the Giga Arctic battery production facility in Mo i Rana, Norway. Volumes could furthermore be deployed to FREYR’s planned Giga America project in the US. —Tom Einar Jensen, REYR’s Co-Founder and CEO.

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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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In 2005, electric cars were still measured in hundreds. Six countries more than over 1% electric car market share in 2016: Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom and China. The electric car stock shown here is primarily estimated on the basis of cumulative sales since 2005.

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Number of electric buses in Europe has increased from around 200 to 2,200 in 5 years

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Since 2005, Van Hool has built 130 hydrogen fuel cell buses. A large order of double articulated Van Hool Exqui.City tram buses was delivered to Trondheim, in Norway. There are now some 800 electric-powered Solaris circulating in 72 cities, including Berlin (90), Milan (250) and Warsaw (130).

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Study suggests neither cap-and-trade nor carbon tax have made significant impact on reducing GHG emissions

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The European Union implemented a cap and trade scheme in 2005 for reducing carbon emissions; Scandinavian nations (including the non-EU state of. Norway) had independently imposed a carbon tax in the 1990s as part of their effort to reduce carbon emissions.

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