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Clean Energy Is on a Roll: a US$1.7 Trillion BankRoll

PARIS, France, June 25, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – US$ 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023 – a record amount. And US$ 1.7 trillion of that, more than half the total, is expected to go into clean energy technologies, with solar power set to eclipse oil production for the first time, finds the latest World Energy Investment report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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Powering Smart Grid Resilience With Batteries on Wheels 

LONDON, UK, January 25, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – Trials started this week for Inflexion, a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) bidirectional charging program built by a UK energy software company to secure a stronger electricity grid. Inflexion allows charged electric vehicles to send power to consumers’ homes or offices in off-peak hours, when costs and carbon levels are low and sell the clean energy back into the grid during peak use when costs and carbon emissions are higher.

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Circular Cars of the Future: 100% Recyclable

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A global, multi-stakeholder effort to completely decarbonize the automotive manufacturing sector is underway. The Circular Cars Initiative enlists a consortium of private and public-sector stakeholders all along the automotive value chain who are committed to eliminating manufacturing emissions.

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Riding Electric Vehicles Into the Hi-tech Future

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Imagine the joy of driving your zero-emissions electric car for 1,500 miles (2,414 km) without stopping to recharge the battery. Until now that has been impossible for any type of vehicle anywhere in the world, but late last month an ex-British naval officer signed a multi-million pound deal…

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What Makes a City Smart?

By 2050 cities are forecast to be inhabited by 6.5 billion people, and making cities smarter to accommodate the population boom is on the minds of transportation experts around the world.

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Climate-Neutral COP23 Aims for Sustainability

This year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, which opened Monday and continues through November 17 under the presidency of Fiji, gives nations an opportunity to showcase their own climate actions at this “climate-neutral” event.

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China Leads the New Clean Energy Reality

Now that President Donald Trump has announced that he will exit the Paris Agreement on climate, the world’s major emerging economies, including China and India, are replacing the United States at the center stage of the clean energy transition.

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Demand for Electric Cars Hits New Highs

Luxury electric automaker Tesla unveiled its latest model at a March 31 event, and demand was so strong for the $35,000 Tesla Model 3 that within the week 325,000 would-be customers purchased preorders at US$1,000 each.

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