Government pledges £20 million to on-street EV charger scheme
The UK government has confirmed that it will provide £20 million to help local authorities install on-street electric chargers in the next two years. The funding, which is double the investment made last year and quadruple that made in 2019, can be used by local authorities to pay for up to 75% of the cost of installing
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The road to 2030: How the UK must prepare for an EV revolution
Last year, one in 10 new cars offered for sale in the UK was electrified. This represented a mighty jump from the previous year’s one in 30 and dwarfed the 2015 figure of one in 200. Green car advocates were delighted. However, a landmark decision reached by the government during 2020 – to ban sales of
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In EU electricity first, renewables overtook fossil fuels in 2020
In this weeks’ Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Renewable energy overtook fossil fuels as the EU’s main source of electricity for the first time in 2020. These are the top 10 most sustainable companies in the world, according to the 2021 Global 100 index. Renewables break EU record in 2020 In 2020, renewables overtook fossil
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