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China Hits EV Target 10 Years Early, Still Hasn’t Reached 2020 Nuclear Target

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On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric.

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

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Last November , w hen Azerbaijan hosted COP29 , the United Nations annual climate summit , i t was a sort of coming-out party for the country. But i n a side room away from media attention, a different climate discussion concluded more auspiciously. In November, Baku hosted the 29th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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IEEE Recognizes Itaipu Dam’s Engineering Achievements

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TWh in 2016 (surpassed in 2020 by Three Gorges 111.8-TWh By harnessing 62,200 cubic meters of river water per second, Itaipu prevents the release of nearly 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. Although Chinas 22.5-GW On average, Itaipu generates around 90 terawatt-hours of electricity annually. TWh output).

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Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang

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Between 2018 and 2020, Trumps tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy.

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Taxing the Distance

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His fields of expertise are environmental and energy economics, with a specific focus on the impacts and regulation of climate change and air pollution. Saint Professor at the University of California Berkeley.

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Study estimates California’s GHG reductions since 2003 could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires

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In an open-access report in the journal Environmental Pollution , researchers from UCLA and the University of Chicago estimate that California’s wildfire carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from 2020 (~127 mmt CO 2 e ) are approximately two times higher than California’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions since 2003.

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BNEF: global investment in low-carbon energy transition hit $755B in 2021; up 27% from 2020; electrified transport grew the fastest

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In 2021, global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $755 billion, up 27% from $595 billion in 2020 and just $264 billion in 2011, according to Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). from the year prior.