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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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In France, renewable energy consumption will be 20 percent by 2020. mpg by 2016. Or an RPS program that is non-voluntary with a common goal and timing objective such as those found in China, Germany or France? In contrast, China’s 12 th five-year plan, March 5, 2011, requires 11.4 EIA projections of renewables penetration.

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Pike Research forecasts 37% CAGR for EV charging equipment, with 2.4 million units sold in 2020; wireless charging to show strong growth

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Although EVSE sales have been driven by federal stimulus dollars in 2011–2012, these projects are winding down, so sales will shift to non-publicly funded units. Five European countries will be in the top 10 countries globally in terms of EVSE sales: Germany; France; the United. Kingdom; the Netherlands; and Italy.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. Claim to fame: Peugeot-Citroen jumps into the fray — but Zoe takes the cake.

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