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

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. European local solar panel manufacturers have reached a crisis in that they say they can’t compete with cheap imports and oversupply.

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BMW is Willing to Pay to Attract Customers from Other EV Brands

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That said, BMW’s EVs are not cheap, so the incentives should be a welcome move for hopeful buyers. While not currently eligible for federal tax credits, BMW’s EVs can be leased to receive the $7,500 discount others get. Cars Direct noted that the iX also comes with a significant discount of up to $9,900 in lease cash.

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EVs reach 90% market share in Norway as the overall auto market falters – Charged EVs

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Battery EVs took a 90% share, as recent tax changes make PHEVs less appealing. The trade group OFV (Norwegian Road Federation) ascribes the ailing auto market to weakness in the broader economy—interest rates are up, and so are prices for food and electricity. In the month of February, plug-in vehicles took 92.1% year-on-year.

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US tire manufacturers urge Congress to implement policies for more sustainable transportation and infrastructure

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Despite these advantages, retreading of commercial tires has steadily decreased over the last 25 years, due primarily to cheap foreign alternatives, which are 65% less likely to be retreaded because of their design and construction. Incentives for the use of low rolling resistance tires for public and private use.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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Even better news during a time of recession in California (which is where I found this car) is the fuel economy it delivered with a five-speed manual transmission: 40 miles per gallon on the highway, 38 miles per gallon in the city. The good news is that it has electronic fuel injection and an overhead camshaft. Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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The report “Decarbonizing Steel: A Net-Zero Pathway” outlines the path to making profitable, low-emissions steel and describes how a combination of falling hydrogen costs, cheap clean power, and increased recycling could reduce emissions to net zero, even while total output increases. Today’s new plants are tomorrow’s retrofits.

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Baker Institute expert suggests assumptions about oil’s influence on politics in the Middle East should be reversed

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Finally, in many MENA countries, government policies that made available low-priced fuel and electricity contributed to an ‘entitlement mentality’ among citizens toward cheap energy. Key research programs include energy, health, conflict resolution, science and technology, tax and expenditure policy, and Latin America and China studies.

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