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Renewables to overtake coal as largest global electricity source in 2025

Teslarati

During the COP28 climate conference held in Dubai last month, world leaders from over 130 national governments agreed to set a goal to triple world renewable energy installations by 2030. There are still some big hurdles to overcome, including the difficult global macroeconomic environment.” “For In the U.S.,

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Volkswagen to rebrand used car biz, plans future investments – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Introduced in India in 2012, Gupta said, its used car business Das WeltAuto is a very strong driver as a standalone business. New Delhi: Volkswagen India is looking to rebrand its used car business ‘ Das WeltAuto ’ to ‘ Volkswagen Certified Pre-Owned ’ in the upcoming months. It operates two plants in India– Aurangabad and Pune.

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Role of Batteries in Clean Energy Transitions – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The alliance, including India, aims to secure 5 GW of battery energy storage by 2024, aligning with the long-term goal of developing 90 GW of storage capacity worldwide. The alliance, including India, aims to secure 5 GW of battery energy storage by 2024, aligning with the long-term goal of developing 90 GW of storage capacity worldwide.

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Centre, Maharashtra govt plan to expand PM Suryoday scheme in the state | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

We’ve decided to expand the focus of the PM Suryodaya Yojna by integrating electric mobility and solar power as part of our prime minister’s plan to decarbonise the economy and move towards our net-zero target,” Athawale said, at a press conference following the meeting. and MahaPreit, the state’s renewable energy wing.

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USDA awards Cooper Tire & Rubber and partners $6.9M for research on guayule as source for tire rubber and biofuel

Green Car Congress

million grant to support research efforts to develop enhanced manufacturing processes, testing and utilizing of guayule natural rubber as a strategic source of raw material in tires, and evaluating the remaining biomass of the guayule plant as a source of biofuel for the transportation industry. Earlier post.). Resources.

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

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The accord calls for action to hold mean warming of the Earth’s surface to no more than 2 ºC above pre-industrial levels, but does not define reductions in greenhouse gases that might be employed to achieve that goal. degrees Celsius.

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

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

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