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California agencies release report charting path to 100% clean electricity; need to triple grid capacity by 2045

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The report is the initial analysis called for in Senate Bill 100 (SB 100, De León, Chapter 312, Statutes of 2018), the state’s policy requiring that renewable and zero-carbon energy resources supply 100% of electric retail sales to customers by 2045. About 36% of that comes from renewable sources, predominantly wind and solar.

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Government of Canada to work with provinces, territories, and stakeholders to develop a clean fuel standard

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The standard would require reductions in the carbon footprint of the fuels supplied in Canada, based on lifecycle analysis. The provinces of Ontario and Saskatchewan have been Canadian leaders with effective renewable-fuels requirements, since 2007. Some jurisdictions (e.g., Some jurisdictions (e.g., petroleum coke). petroleum coke).

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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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As electric cars are more energy-intensive to manufacture than models with combustion engines, Audi has set itself the long-term goal of decarbonizing the supply chain. Since the end of 2018, the company has been conducting CO 2 workshops together with its suppliers to agree on effective measures.

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Tesla and PG&E invite customers to create world’s largest distributed battery to support grid reliability

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In collaborating with Tesla, we are further integrating behind-the-meter battery-based VPPs on the largest scale yet, helping to make customer resiliency technologies more accessible and continuing a long tradition at PG&E of actively integrating VPP resources into our energy supply portfolio.” .

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California Air Resources Board adopts GHG cap-and-trade program; first auctions slated for Aug/Nov 2012

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The cap-and-trade joins a suite of other major climate program measures including standards for ultra-clean cars (Advanced Clean Cars, earlier post ), low-carbon fuels (Low Carbon Fuel Standard, earlier post ) and renewable electricity. —ARB Chairman Mary D. business-as-usual.

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DOE Seeking Comments on Report on Research Strategy for Developing Unconventional Fossil Energy Resources

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The report was developed based on the assumptions that: Energy consumption will continue to grow and in particular, liquid fossil fuels will remain a significant part of the US energy supply for the next quarter century and more. Demand for liquid fossil fuels will require the US.

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

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I bring a passion that’s driven by my sense of urgency over our climate change crisis. And what it takes is a week of reviewing the six hours of taped presentations and all the PowerPoints and related links from the April 29 California Energy Commission’s AB 811 Staff Workshop.

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