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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

Baua Electric

Germany’s solar support has been in peril due to a budget crisis, while Spain hasn’t ruled out tariffs on solar panel imports. A government official from the Netherlands told Reuters that the country “wants to cover solar PV imports with the EU’s carbon border tax.” FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Deloitte study concludes mass adoption of EVs in Europe is some distance away

Green Car Congress

According to the survey of 4,760 European consumers, 16% see themselves as potential first movers to buy or lease an electric vehicle, while 53% say they might be willing to consider it, and 31% say they are not likely to consider purchasing or leasing an EV. There is no doubt that electric vehicles are the future of the automotive industry.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Spain / 148 / 153 / 6. League table results: Ranking 2008. Portugal / 138 / 144 / 1.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

You pay your taxes on-line. You pay your corporate taxes on-line. Why don’t you look at your bill and see the Nuclear Decommissioning taxes on your electric bill. We’re behind Spain! And I get a lot of people who say, “Well you say I need a five Kw system but if I buy that electric car wouldn’t I need a 7.6…”

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