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Lithium from German geothermal plants could supply a million electric vehicles a year from 2025
Batteries made with zero-emission lithium from geothermal plants in Germany could power one million vehicles per year by the mid-2020s, according to Vulcan Energy, a company setting out to produce climate neutral lithium in Europe.
read more... 02/12/2021
Europe’s energy price hike fuelled by speculators
In the face of rising energy prices, Spain and Poland have called for trading limits to be placed on the world’s largest carbon market, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Market analysts, however, say speculative positions are currently too small to be statistically significant.
read more... 26/11/2021
Nations strike deal on international carbon markets at Glasgow summit
Negotiators from almost 200 governments have reached a final deal on the rules governing the international trade of emissions reduction units after six years of haggling that had held up the Paris Agreement rulebook.
read more... 15/11/2021
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France Bets On Nuclear Power To Reach Net-Zero Goal
France will re-launch the construction of nuclear reactors in a bid to decarbonize its electricity mix, reach net-zero emissions by 2050, and guarantee the country’s energy independence, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation on Tuesday.
read more... 12/11/2021
All new UK HGVs to be zero-emission by 2040
The UK government has announced that all new heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK will be zero-emission by 2040, as part of Transport Day at COP26.
read more... 11/11/2021