Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World War, according to IEA data, but the overall decline of about 6% masks wide variations depending on the region and the time of year. Many economies are now seeing emissions climbing above pre-crisis levels.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

Canada has released a list of 31 minerals considered critical for the sustainable economic success of Canada and its allies—minerals that can be produced in Canada, are essential to domestic industry and security and have the potential to support secure and resilient supply chains to meet global demand. —Seamus O’Regan Jr.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Heliogen and Bloom Energy have successfully demonstrated the production of green hydrogen by integrating the companies’ technologies: Heliogen’s concentrated solar energy system and the Bloom Electrolyzer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

a division of GCL Poly, in China to make the final modifications to the solar cells required to manufacture the Gen 1 hydrogen production panels to be used in demonstration pilot plants. We have evaluated many suppliers globally and have found that our connection to Suzhou GH has been our best and most reliable option. HyperSolar, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Kia Motors and Hyundai Motor plan to introduce solar roof charging technology on selected Hyundai Motor Group vehicles. The solar charging technology is being developed to support the vehicle’s main power source, improving mileage and reducing CO 2 emissions. The third-generation system is currently in testing.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

The CO 2 -free electricity from solar, wind and hydro sources is generated in various power plants, most of which are located in Germany. These include a part of a solar park with the size of 60 football pitches near Ingolstadt and 24 wind farms with a total of more than 200 wind turbines.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2022

In 2021, global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $755 billion, up 27% from $595 billion in 2020 and just $264 billion in 2011, according to Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). degrees of global warming. from the year prior.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Octillion Energy, a global supplier of advanced high-density lithium-ion battery packs for passenger cars, trucks, buses, and energy-storage systems, has achieved the milestone of shipping more than 1,500 battery packs a day and expects to hit 2,000 packs per day this month. billion kilometers driven on its systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

High-tech mobility innovator Lightyear and Royal DSM will jointly scale the commercialization of Lightyear’s unique solar-powered roof for the electric vehicle market. With this solution, both companies aim to accelerate the global adoption of a broad range of Electric Vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Electrify America, the nation’s largest public ultra-fast charging network, has added 30 solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with two Level 2 chargers each to its network in the state of California. Twenty of the 30 solar-powered charging stations are located at health care centers.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 19, 2025

But within minutes, he and local NGO partners were able to set up a full-featured digital classroom using nothing more than a solar panel and a yellow device the size of a soup can. And even then, according to Unesco s Global Education Monitoring Report, keeping schools in low-income countries online could run up to a billion dollars a day.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this year—from fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency—the International Energy Agency said in a new report.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2020

WiTricity’s technology for wireless power transfer over distance was central to a next-generation electric mobility demonstration in Osaka, Japan, led by DAIHEN Corporation, a global leader in electric power transmission. DAIHEN recently launched a demonstration with Kansai Electric Power Co.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 The rebound of global CO 2 emissions above pre-pandemic levels has largely been driven by China, where they increased by 750 million tonnes between 2019 and 2021. billion tonnes, accounting for 33% of the global total. billion tonnes. billion tonnes.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 11, 2025

Unfortunately, CO2 surged globally in 2024, and it’s not even clear why aside from the long understood fact that burning fossil fuels leads to more. continued] The post Surging Solar Power, Booming EV Sales, & Robotaxi Safety Top 12 Stories of the Week appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research ( DIFFER ) is partnering with Toyota Motor Europe (TME) to develop a device that absorbs water vapor, and splits it into hydrogen and oxygen directly using solar energy. In this project, DIFFER and TME are exploring an innovative way to produce hydrogen directly out of humid air.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

Other industrial applications, such as general-purpose switched mode power supplies (SMPS), will also be able to take advantage of the many benefits of the new 650V silicon carbide MOSFETs from the largest, global and vertically integrated supplier of silicon carbide technologies.

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Cars That Think

MAY 6, 2025

When British solar manufacturer Oxford PV shipped the first commercial order of perovskite-silicon solar cells last September, it was touted as a breakthrough in the industry. The news marked a milestone in a 15-year global effort to develop this lightweight, versatile material that could outperform traditional silicon solar cells.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Hybrid systems of floating solar panels and hydropower plants may hold the technical potential to produce a significant portion of the electricity generated annually across the globe, according to an analysis by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). 2020.08.080.

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Electrek

JULY 18, 2024

Global electricity demand is rising at its fastest rate in two decades, but solar is on course to meet half of demand growth, says the IEA.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A California-based company aims to add curbside EV charging and solar and wind power to streetlights. Beam Global's BeamSpot incorporates solar panels and small wind turbines to generate some of its own energy, with built-in battery storage to maximize use of it.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Global solar installations are set to beat most industry forecasts, with 593 gigawatts (GW) expected to be added by the end of 2024, according to a new report by energy think tank Ember.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. Global investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) tripled to $3 billion, and that in hydrogen was $1.5 billion, level with 2019 despite falling unit prices.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2020

This development is part of the company’s strategy to future-proof its engine technology in line with the global trend towards decarbonization of the energy and marine markets. During the energy sector’s transition to carbon neutrality, wind, solar, and battery storage will form an increasing share of power systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

The global auto market is very sensitive to macroeconomic conditions and will be hit hard by the coronavirus and any economic contraction that accompanies it, BNEF says. Other elements of the note: BNEF cut the global solar demand forecast for 2020 from 121-152GW to 108-143GW. Chart: BloombergNEF.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Africa can produce 50 million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2035, according to a new study by the European Investment Bank (EIB), International Solar Alliance and the African Union, with the support of the Government of Mauritania, HyDeal and UCLG Africa. This is equivalent to energy costs of US$60 a barrel.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 4, 2025

Pakistan isnt the first country youd expect to crash the global solar party. But by the end of 2024, it quietly rocketed into the top tier of solar adopters, importing a jaw-dropping 22 gigawatts worth of solar panels in a single year. Thats not a typo or a spreadsheet rounding.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 19, 2025

Clearly, in the US, there’s some big backwards movement on electric vehicles, solar power, and wind power. continued] The post “The Biggest Transformation in the Global Economy Since the Industrial Revolution” appeared first on CleanTechnica. The Fossil Fuel Party is doing its thing and trying.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100% renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80%. Until recently, the Chengdu plant already sourced 70% of its electricity from renewable sources.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In its International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021), EIA projects that strong economic growth, particularly with developing economies in Asia, will drive global increases in energy consumption despite pandemic-related declines and long-term improvements in energy efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

In Australia, BHP Nickel West has increased its offtake from 20 MW to 50 MW from the Risen Energy solar farm Merredin Solar Farm in a new 10-year renewable power purchase agreement (PPA). 85% of BHP’s nickel is now sold to global battery material suppliers. The Northern Goldfields Solar Project will include a 27.4

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Heliogen, a company that is transforming sunlight to create and replace fuels, recently announced its launch and also said that it has—for the first time commercially—concentrated solar energy to exceed temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius. But electricity accounts for less than a quarter of global energy demand.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2021

The Review captures the significant impact the global pandemic had on energy markets and how it may shape future global energy trends. Wind, solar and hydroelectricity generation all grew despite the fall in overall energy demand. Global oil demand fell 9.3%, with the largest falls seen in the US (-2.3 Source: bp.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

These countries accounted for one-third of global GDP in 2019. BNEF expects the average levelized cost of solar PV to be 40% lower by 2050 than it did two years ago, driven by more automatic manufacturing, less silicon and silver consumption, higher photovoltaic efficiency of solar cells, and greater yields using bifacial panels.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2022

An estimated 387GW/1,143GWh of new energy storage capacity will be added globally from 2022 to 2030, according to the forecast—more than Japan’s entire power generation capacity in 2020. The US and China are set to remain the two largest markets, representing more than half of global storage installations by the end of the decade.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2021

Globally, renewables will make up two-thirds of all additions to global power generation capacity in the next 20 years, and solar PV will become the largest source of installed capacity in the next 15 years. These trends will drive a significant increase in the use of battery storage.

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Electrek

MARCH 14, 2025

If the world covered every suitable roof with solar panels, it could supply 2/3 of humanitys total electricity consumption allowing the globe to transition completely off of fossil electricity generation, according to a new study out of the University of Sussex.

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