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Who is buying EVs in the UK? — New AutoMotive
Explainer: Who is buying the UK’s electric cars?
Ending the UK’s dependence on Russian diesel — New AutoMotive
Appalled at the Russian atrocities in Ukraine, many western leaders are talking about embargoing Russian oil. In light of this, the UK has announced that it intends to phase-out imports of Russian oil by the end of 2022. The UK does not consume much Russian gas, but we do have a little-known reliance on Russian diesel. This blog examines our dependency on Russian diesel, alongside possible mitigations.
Electric Car Count: September 2021 — New AutoMotive
Twice as many people bought electric cars as bought diesels in September, according to new figures from Electric Car Count, which tracks new car registrations in the UK. September’s new car registration data showed a 30% jump in electric car sales while other fuel types all suffered declining or stagnating sales figures. Ben Nelmes, Head of Policy and Research at New AutoMotive, said: “September is often a bumper month for EV sales, but even these statistics surprised us.
Electric Car Count: July 2021 New Car Registrations — New AutoMotive
Sales of petrol cars are declining fast in the UK, according to the latest data from Electric Car Count, which tracks new car registrations in the UK. Petrol’s share of the market has fallen from around two-thirds of all new cars in July 2020 to just 53% in July 2021. New AutoMotive predicts that petrol’s market share will sink below 50% by the end of 2021, as consumers snub old polluting technologies.
How has the refendum result impacted the UK's electricity transition?
There has been some evidence that the UK’s energy transition will continue largely unchanged, but – unsurprisingly – there is some uncertainty. On Wednesday, both energy and climate ministers – Amber Rudd and Andrea Leadsom – made speeches, with varying degrees of passion, to reassure us that life goes on. Both reiterated commitments to the Climate Change Act, coal phase-out, renewables investment, and new nuclear.
EU must walk the talk on climate ambition and Paris
Tomorrow the European Union, alongside over 150 states, will sign the Paris agreement at a ceremony in New York. But can we really live up to the promise of keeping the world below 1.5 degrees warming with the current low level of ambition in the European 2030 climate and energy framework? In a letter to the EU leaders, together with a Coalition for Higher Ambition, Sandbag asks the European leaders to “walk the talk” and boost Europe’s carbon reduction targets.
We must close the loopholes in Britain's carbon budget
This piece is reprinted from a piece written for The Guardian. Please folow this link for original This is our opportunity to fix the accounting rules and keep national emissions within UK carbon budgets Last month the government made a landmark decision to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions to zero sometime this century. This makes Britain the first country to commit to one of the key pledges in the Paris Climate Change Agreement reached last December.
Top 10 European polluters still dominated by German lignite
Today, the European Commission published the preliminary 2015 emissions data for all ~12,000 industrial installations covered under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Four out of five of the biggest polluters in Europe are still German lignite plants. Three of these are owned by RWE. There are two new entrants to the list – a Polish hard coal plant, and a Bulgarian lignite plant. The biggest riser was RWE’s Weisweiler, which increased its emissions by 8% to 18.1 million tonnes of CO2.
Cement - The Final Carbon Fatcat
Sandbag’s new report reveals European climate laws are increasing emissions in the cement sector, whilst multinational cement companies reap huge financial windfalls. The cement sector must be the final Carbon Fatcat; real reform to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is urgent to tackle climate change.[1] Perverse incentives in the design of the EU’s ‘flagship’ climate change policy, the Emissions Trading Scheme, have increased cement sector emissions.
Capacity Mechanism reform: The final hurrah for unabated gas?
Today, DECC has launched a consultation on some big changes to the UK’s Capacity Market. The Government needs to be sure it can keep the lights on, especially as 8.4GW of coal has decided in the last 12 months that it will close this year. The aim of the capacity market changes is to build more gas generation, and the changes will almost certainly ensure that happens.
Green taxes are not killing UK steel
The primary reason for the raft of steel plant closures over the past month is the slowdown in construction in China, not the small increases in electricity costs caused by green levies. Electricity costs are only ~6% of the costs of steel production,[1] and the government compensates companies for any rise in bills caused by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), and from the UK Carbon Price Support.
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