Remove Climate Remove Guidelines Remove Parts Remove Renewable
article thumbnail

Polestar reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by 6% per car in 2021

Green Car Congress

Polestar has released its second Annual Review and Sustainability report , highlighting progress towards its ambitious climate goals. In 2021, Polestar reduced greenhouse gas-emissions per car sold by 6% through its focus on increased efficiency and use of renewable energy. In addition, Polestar is committed to the UN’s Race to Zero.

Emissions 199
article thumbnail

Germany launches call for funding for construction and operation of a development platform for power-to-liquid fuels

Green Car Congress

To do this, however, we need a large amount of climate-neutral fuel by 2030—especially for aircraft and ships. billion euros in renewable fuels in the coming years. The funding of the PtL development platform is part of the BMVI’s overall funding concept for renewable fuels, which provides a total of €1.54

Fuel 186
article thumbnail

Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

article thumbnail

European Commission approves €4.7B public support scheme for advanced biomethane and biofuels in Italy

Green Car Congress

The measure will contribute to reaching EU energy and climate change goals while limiting distortions of competition. As part of the EU 2020 strategy, the Renewable Energy Directive requires all Member States to ensure that at least 10% of all energy consumed in transport come from renewable sources by 2020.

Italy 296
article thumbnail

Sunfire partners with Total on highly efficient hydrogen technology; E-CO2MET

Green Car Congress

Sunfire will provide a megawatt-scale high temperature electrolyzer for use in industrial environments as part of the E-CO2MET research and development project. The production of green methanol and hydrogen from renewable energies offers opportunities for the global energy and transport transition.

Hydrogen 199
article thumbnail

We Need to Decarbonize Software

Cars That Think

s climate-change conference, to discuss the urgent need to lower emissions. The W3C’s Sustainable Web Design Community Group released a draft of its Web sustainability guidelines , with both tactical and technical recommendations for business and product strategy, user-experience design, Web development, and hosting and infrastructure.

Green 138
article thumbnail

News: Hyundai Lays Out An Electric Future

Clean Fleet Report

As part of this, the group announced in May 2022 an all-new dedicated EV plant and battery manufacturing facility will be built in the U.S. Sustainability will begin with the plant relying on renewable energy for its power source, using emission-reduction technologies to meet the RE100 requirements. Financial Commitment.

Hyundai 87