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Japan adopts green growth plan to go carbon free by 2050
“Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in about 15 years, the government said Friday in a plan to achieve Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s ambitious pledge to go carbon free by 2050 and generate nearly $2 trillion growth in green business and investment.”
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Green Energy Will Need More Storage Space
“Governments around the world greatly raised their decarbonization ambitions this year. There is great uncertainty about how their promises will be delivered, but almost all scenarios involve massive building of solar and wind farms. As their share of power production grows, it will become crucial to bridge the times when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine.”
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Mercedes-Benz’s EV Expansion Will Include Two Models To Be Built In Alabama
George Gardner on Forbes reports that Mercedes-Benz is launching an electric vehicle expansion.
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Solar Soars As Emerging Markets Renewables Investment Hits Record High
Felicia Jackson writes on Forbes that emerging economies have set a record in renewable energy investments.
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Amazon To Become World’s Largest Corporate Renewables Investor
“Amazon has announced plans to invest in 26 utility scale wind and solar plants generating 3.4GW of electricity. That will bring its renewables capacity to 4GW of renewables, making it the world’s largest corporate buyer of clean energy, outstripping Facebook and Google.”
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Apex Clean Energy Expands Partnership with McDonald’s
BusinessWire reports that McDonald’s has partnered with Apex Clean Energy to buy renewable energy.
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Germany Rejected Nuclear Power—and Deadly Emissions Spiked
The study found that this dwarfs the cost of keeping nuclear power plants online by billions of dollars, even when the risks of a meltdown and the cost of nuclear waste storage are considered.
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PGE and NextEra advance innovative hybrid project that combines wind, solar and batteries
As Renewable Energy World writes, Portland General Electric and NextEra Energy Resources are working together to develop a commercial power generation facility in eastern Oregon.
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How to Talk to Your Relatives About Nuclear Energy During the Holidays
“When your great-aunt talks about how dangerous nuclear energy is, you can allay her fears. Nuclear energy is actually one of the safest industrial professions, for workers and the larger local communities.”
