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12. April 2021

2020, the Year of… Renewables!

According to a new report, renewable energy sources hit an all-time high in 2020, with more than 80% of new electricity-generated projects being renewables - and the growth of green energy doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.

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Environment Netherlands

26. February 2021

Oil Giant Shifts Its Focus to Renewable Energy

The Dutch oil and gas multinational Shell announced that its production peaked in 2019 and will likely decline gradually from now on, encouraging it to look towards green sources of energy to add to its production.

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Environment Australia

18. February 2021

South Australia Has Cheapest Electricity, with Big Goals for Renewables

Dubbed as the world leader in share of wind and solar energy, South Australia has the cheapest electricity prices, and aims to use only renewable energy sources by 2030 - even exporting its clean energy by 2050.

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Environment Germany

13. February 2021

Major Car Supplier Waves Goodbye to Combustion Engines

Germany’s third largest car supplier has decided to stop developing combustion engines in favor of new technologies such as electric, hydrogen fuel cells, and synthetic fuels made from renewable hydrogen.

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Environment USA

6. February 2021

Federal Vehicles Could Soon Be All-Electric

By proposing to replace the United States government fleet with electric vehicles, President Biden plans on reducing the country’s carbon emissions and creating jobs for American autoworkers.

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Environment Germany

25. January 2021

Renewable Energy Wins Against Fossils – a First for This Country!

In 2020, for the very first time in its history, Germany saw renewable sources of energy overtake fossil fuels by a whopping 45% in electricity production, reducing its emission of greenhouse gas and achieving its 2020 climate target.

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Environment Saudi Arabia

26. November 2020

This Brand New City in the Desert Will Run on Green Energy Only

As green hydrogen is a promising fuel alternative, Saudi Arabia intends to open a new plant, completed with a carbon-neutral city of a million residents.

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Environment Lithuania

13. November 2020

These Solar Panels Create Power on Ice

A Lithuanian firm will install solar panels on a lake at a hydroelectric plant as part of a renewable energy experiment that combines sun, water and ice, the first of its kind in the Baltic region.

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Environment USA

24. October 2020

How Solar Panels Get Recycled – and Then Last for 1,200 Years (Yes, 1,200!)

An American solar panel manufacturer has developed its own technology to disassemble and recycle old panels, recovering up to 90% of the material inside, thus focusing on a circular approach to the waste problem.

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Environment New Zealand

21. September 2020

“Re-elect Me, and There Will Be Only Green Energy Within Ten Years”, New Zealand’s Leader Promises

New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern has pledged to achieve 100% renewable energy by the year 2030 on one condition: she wants to be re-elected in October.