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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. The first call for large-scale projects awarded grants of €1.1

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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe. The three countries that do not apply CO2-based taxation are Estonia, Lithuania and Poland. Most countries grant only tax reductions or exemptions.

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Solaris wins $106M contract for supply of 130 articulated electric buses to Warsaw

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The articulated Urbino 18 electrics will be delivered to the capital of Poland in 2020. The order for 130 articulated electric buses is the biggest tender of its kind in Europe yet. Our project to purchase 130 electric articulated buses, supported by European funds, is one of the largest e-mobility investments in Europe.

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EC approves €3.2B public support by 7 Member States for a pan-European battery push

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The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in the common European priority area of batteries. billion in funding.

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EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

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The “Trends and Projections in Europe” package includes an assessment of progress towards the EU’s climate targets, preliminary EU greenhouse gas emissions estimates for 2017, a specific analysis of trends and projections in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and briefing summarizing the recent GHG trends and projections in Europe.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. If just one out of five urban residents in Europe permanently changed from driving to cycling, emissions from automobiles would be cut by 8 percent, the study reports. For instance, recent U.S.

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Ascend Elements, Elemental Strategic Metals form European EV battery recycling venture – ET Auto

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” The jointly developed plant in Zawiercie in southern Poland has the capacity to recycle up to 12,000 metric tons of batteries annually, equivalent to approximately 28,000 EVs. Department of Energy grants as part of Biden administration efforts to boost EV battery production. “That’s what we’re doing together.”

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