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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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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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“Electric cars will not save the climate. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. Behavioral change is hard How willing are people to break their car dependency and other energy-related behaviors to address climate change? The answer is perhaps some, but maybe not too much.

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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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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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With the conclusion of the 14 th Congress in Poznań, Poland a year later and little progress made, member delegates, some of who had been showing signs of pessimism and fatigue in their statements to the press, were left with just four second-level meetings at which to resolve major outstanding differences. by Jack Rosebro.

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

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Mentoring the next generation of engineers When Zakrzewska was growing up in Poland, she and her family often listened to the radio. She has been granted several patents, which have been commercialized. Receiving the award, Zakrzewska says, motivates her to continue her volunteerism, mentoring, and technical career.

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EC awards €1.2B from NER300 “Robin Hood” mechanism for 23 renewable energy projects; 5 advanced biofuel projects targeted for €516.8M

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This year Christmas has come early—today’s decision is a major milestone in EU climate policy. billion of grants—paid by the polluters—will leverage a further €2 billion [US$2.66 billion of grants—paid by the polluters—will leverage a further €2 billion [US$2.66 million (US$836.5 The CEG Plant Go?winowice

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