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Affordable €25k EVs by 2025: Europe’s carmakers can do it. Instead they’re making more profitable SUVs

September 22, 2023 by Transport & Environment

T&E present a summary of their study which shows that European carmakers can produce affordable EVs (40 kWh LFP battery, 250-300 km range) priced at €25k by 2025 with a reasonable 4% profit margin. Priced for the mass market, this would add a million extra EV sales annually, accelerate the removal of combustion engines, and counter China’s dominance of the EV market. The obstacle is the insistence by Europe’s leading manufacturers - BMW, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: BEVs, BMW, carmakers, emissions, EU, Europe, EVs, Mercedes, profits, Renault, Stellantis, SUV, transport, Volkswagen, Volvo

Europe’s grid bottlenecks are delaying its energy transition

September 6, 2023 by Eurelectric

***While you're here... REGISTER NOW for "REPowering the grid for Solar PV" with the Vice-President of Tauron, DG ENER C, Eurelectric and SolarPowerEurope - Online Wednesday September 20 from 11:00 to 12:15 CEST*** No amount of record sales and deployment in Europe of heat pumps, EVs, solar farms, wind turbines and all the rest will guarantee the region meeting its electrification targets if the grids aren’t ready to integrate them. As … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Grids Tagged With: capacity, congestion, Digitalisation, Distribution, efficiency, electricity, EVs, flexibility, grids, HeatPumps, investment, permitting, power, smartgrids, solar, wind

Draft EU rules on Battery lifecycle decarbonisation: close the loopholes!

July 17, 2023 by Transport & Environment

Draft rules mean battery manufacturers selling into Europe will have to report the product’s entire carbon footprint, from mining to production to recycling, as early as July 2024. That data will then be used to set a maximum CO2 limit for batteries to apply from the end of 2027. This is a big step forward, says T&E, addressing concerns over battery carbon footprint and recycling, and it also covers environment and human rights. But T&E … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Storage, Transport and energy Tagged With: batteries, carbon, EU, Europe, EVs, footprint, greenwashing, manufacturing, PPAs, recycling

“Battery Passports”: ensuring environmental sustainability, decarbonisation and mining labour rights

July 13, 2023 by Benedikt Sobotka and Robin Zeng

With battery production taking off, concerns are focussed on environmental sustainability, carbon footprint and labour rights where the raw materials are mined. Benedikt Sobotka, Co-Chair at the Global Battery Alliance and Robin Zeng, CEO at Chinese manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology, writing for WEF, describe the concept of the digital “battery passport” where compliance with the rules is certified and monitored throughout the life … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Storage Tagged With: batteries, certification, China, cobalt, copper, digital, EU, EVs, industry, JustTransition, lithium, mining, sustainability, transport

France plans the social leasing of EVs at €100/month. Can it jump start affordable electric cars?

July 7, 2023 by William Todts

Social leasing of EVs could become the breakthrough example of climate action done right, explains William Todts at T&E. And France’s president Macron has promised to do it, aimed at low-income households to counter criticism that even with subsidies EVs are still out of reach for many. Todts quotes T&E analysis that shows that between 2024 and 2030 around 900,000 low-income households could benefit from monthly leasing costs of €70 to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: automobiles, emobility, EVs, France, leasing, subsidies, transport

EU’s 40% domestic Cleantech ambition: same target for Wind (easy) and Solar (hard) doesn’t make sense

June 12, 2023 by Giovanni Sgaravatti, Simone Tagliapietra and Cecilia Trasi

The proposed Net Zero Industry Act includes a target for the EU to manufacture domestically at least 40% of its cleantech deployment needs by 2030. That includes the key technologies of solar PV panels, wind turbines (onshore and offshore), EV batteries, heat pumps and hydrogen electrolysers. But it doesn’t make sense to have the same 40% target for all, explain Giovanni Sgaravatti, Simone Tagliapietra and Cecilia Trasi at Bruegel. The main … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, HVAC, Hydrogen, Renewables, Storage Tagged With: batteries, cleantech, electrolysers, EU, EVs, GreenDeal, HeatPumps, hydrogen, NetZeroIndustryAct, offshore, onshore, panels, PV, solar, turbines, wind

Community Batteries: when they’re the best option for overcoming grid constraints. And when they’re not

June 5, 2023 by Bjorn Sturmberg, Alice Wendy Russell, Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Louise Bardwell and Marnie Shaw

Community batteries are a shared asset in neighbourhoods with rooftop solar, avoiding the need for every household to have its own battery. Even people unable to have rooftop solar can use it. It’s taking off in Australia, supported at both the state and federal level. But Bjorn Sturmberg, Alice Wendy Russell, Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Louise Bardwell and Marnie Shaw at the Australian National University summarise their research which warns that it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Grids Tagged With: australia, batteries, community, EVs, PumpedHydro, rooftop, solar, suburbs, transformers

Five charts on the Energy Transition: the 2020s is the decade of maximum disruption. By 2030 the endgame will be clear

May 25, 2023 by Sam Butler-Sloss and Kingsmill Bond

Sam Butler-Sloss and Kingsmill Bond at RMI present a succinct summary of why the energy transition matters, how the 2020s is the era of maximum disruption, and how by 2030 the transition’s endgame will be apparent (though far from complete). Four key technologies are already entering the exponential growth stage: solar, wind, EVs and heat pumps. As early as 2030 their cheapness will flush away the fossil equivalents in succeeding decades, say the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Renewables Tagged With: China, costs, EU, Europe, EVs, fossils, HeatPumps, India, prices, solar, US, wind

Global “explosive” growth means 1 in 3 new cars will be electric by 2030. But SUV emissions could wipe out those gains

May 19, 2023 by Josh Gabbatiss

More than a third of all new vehicles sold globally in 2030 will be electric, according to the IEA. That’s a doubling of its prediction made only two years ago. Josh Gabbatiss at Carbon Brief summarises the report. The IEA describes the growth as “explosive”: from just 1% of global car sales in 2017, to 14% last year, and now 18% expected by the end of 2023. China has consistently dominated those sales while new policies in the U.S. and EU are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: automobile, car, China, diesel, electrification, EU, EVs, IEA, India, oil, petrol, SUVs, transport, US, vehicle

How can Europe stop U.S. and China dominance of cars and batteries without being protectionist?

May 18, 2023 by William Todts

European and Chinese car and battery makers are making plans to set up plants in the U.S. to take advantage of their big new “made in the USA” subsidies. They can then ship their vehicles to Europe to sell into its very large and generously subsidised company car market. This puts electric vehicle production in Europe at a serious disadvantage. As William Todts at T&E explains, the EU must respond, instead of effectively assisting the U.S. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: automobile, batteries, car, China, EU, Europe, EVs, industry, subsidies, transport, US

Can Phytomining deliver Critical Minerals at scale: farming plants that accumulate high metal concentrations

May 10, 2023 by Maria Krol-Sinclair and Thomas Hale

Both Europe and the U.S. are making plans to secure supplies of critical minerals as the transition gains pace. Domestic mining or securing import deals with close allies is the main focus. Here, Maria Krol-Sinclair and Thomas Hale at CSIS review the prospects for a new method that will require neither: phytomining. Some plants, called hyperaccumulators, soak up high concentrations of metals into their leaves, bark, and roots. These plants can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Innovations Tagged With: agriculture, batteries, cobalt, CriticalMinerals, EVs, farming, hyperaccumulators, metals, nickel, phytomining, RareEarthElements, regulations, selenium, US

LIBRA: modelling sustainable Battery supply chains as Grids and EVs scale up

May 3, 2023 by Rebecca Martineau

Sustainable battery manufacture needs supply chains that minimise gaps and maximise resilience. Rebecca Martineau at NREL describes their Lithium-Ion Battery Resource Assessment Model (LIBRA) that guides investments and research to make sure the growth of grid storage and EV batteries continues uninterrupted. LIBRA tracks the movement of lithium, cobalt, nickel and other elements through the supply chain, and is designed to adapt to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Storage Tagged With: batteries, cobalt, EVs, investment, lithium, nickel, recycling, storage, SupplyChains, sustainability

4 CEOs explain their innovations: EV charging, aviation fuel, hydrogen fuel cells, nuclear waste-to-energy

April 26, 2023 by Robin Pomeroy and Kate Whiting

To meet our global climate targets, new solutions, technologies and pathways will be needed. Existing technologies, on their own, can’t be scaled up fast enough to do it. Robin Pomeroy and Kate Whiting at the World Economic Forum pick out highlights from their podcast that hears from four CEOs of innovative companies, covering EV charging, aviation, hydrogen fuel cells, and new nuclear. Today’s millions of EV charging points needs to rise to 450m … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Innovations Tagged With: aviation, charging, costs, EVs, fuel, fuelcells, hydrogen, innovation, Nuclear, SAF, waste

IEA’s global “CO2 Emissions in 2022” report: by sector, fuel, region, heating +more

April 13, 2023 by IEA

The IEA has published “CO2 Emissions in 2022”, giving estimates of CO2 emissions from all energy sources and industrial processes globally. Emissions from energy combustion increased by 423 Mt, while emissions from industrial processes decreased by 102 Mt. Emissions from various sources (sector, fuel, region, heating, etc.) are broken down, with reasons for why the change happened. The report is part of the IEA’s first global stocktake of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: Asia, aviation, buildings, China, CO2, coal, cooling, electricity, emissions, Europe, EVs, gas, heating, HVAC, IEA, industry, Nuclear, oil, transport, US, winter

EU: no CO2-emitting car sales from 2035. But beware of the small exemption for e-fuels

April 6, 2023 by William Todts

At the end of March, EU countries gave final approval to end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in 2035. It came after Germany argued for and won an exemption for cars running on e-fuels. William Todts at T&E celebrates the landmark decision, but warns that this lifeline for e-fuels will be used by its supporters and the oil lobby to obstruct the rapid transition to EVs. He quotes T&E research that shows e-fuels are far less efficient than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: cars, EC, efuels, EU, EVs, Germany, mobility, transport

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