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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008/9, the COVID19 pandemic, and now the Ukrainian War, economic stimulus packages were meant to put the world on a cleaner and greener path, but this is not at all evident in the CO 2 emissions data. —Glen Peters, a Research Director at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research.

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Worldwatch Institute report finds global energy intensity increased in 2010 for second year in a row

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Between 2004 and 2008, global energy intensity experienced its sharpest decline in 30 years, with an average annual growth rate of 1.87%. Starting in 2008-09, however, energy intensity again bumped up, experiencing the first rise in three decades.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Ed Feo is a partner with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and was voted one of the “Five Most Influential People in Renewable Energy” in 2008 by Euromoney / Institutional Investor. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008). Billion vs. $28.3

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GE to Open Sodium-Metal Halide Battery Plant in New York

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At the AABC 2008 conference, Robert King from GE Global Research outlined requirements and challenges for hybrid locomotive batteries, including: 1,300 kW continuous chare/discharge power. The announcement coincides with GE’s submission this week for federal stimulus dollars from the US Department of Energy. Earlier post.).

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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

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ZAP chose the Jonway partnership in part because last year Jonway produced one of the first vehicles made in China to meet international standards of quality, including ISO 9000, China Compulsory Certification (CCC) and most recently passing certification for import to the European Union. Better World International, Ltd.,

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ITF study finds limited environmental and safety impacts of car fleet renewal schemes in US, France and Germany

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Car fleet renewal schemes introduced in the US, France and Germany to stimulate consumer spending on cars in the wake of the 2008. potential to deliver on environmental and safety objectives, according to a new report prepared by Dutch research and consultancy organization TNO and published by the International Transport Forum.

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Research Suggests Renewables Could Generate 40% of Global Power by 2050

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Renewable energy technologies could generate 40% of the world’s electricity by 2050, according to research presented at the International Scientific Congress “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”. More specifically, Germany has more than doubled its share of renewable energy since 2000.