Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. We need to be talking about trillions per year if we are to meet climate goals. Overall, solar capacity investment was up 12% at $148.6 billion (down 11%).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

However, emissions do not just remain in conurbations; particles and gaseous pollutants can be transported thousands of kilometers by the wind. HALO in-hangar in Taiwan. In Asia, in particular, high temperatures, humidity, solar radiation and the frequency of storms play a major role.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

One day soon, a platform 50 times as large may float in the deep waters of the North Sea, buoying up a massive wind turbine to harvest the steady, strong breezes there. About an hour’s ride up the coast, full-scale 3,000-tonne behemoths already float in Aberdeen Bay, capturing enough wind energy to electrify nearly 35,000 Scottish households.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The wind blowing in from the Taiwan Strait regularly blasts across Changhua Coastal Industrial Park. On this expanse of reclaimed land outside Taichung, Taiwan’s second largest city, 80 wind turbines, a pair of gas-fired power plants, and 4.3 square kilometers of solar farms generate electricity for Taiwan ’ s grid.

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