🔋🇨🇦 As a smaller country, we need to be smart about the energy transition so we can "benefit from the world as it is—not the world as we want it to be," says Clean Energy Canada's @racheldoran.bsky.social. #cdnpoli

ANALYSIS | Are there climate benefits to Canada's new relationship with China? | CBC News

When Canada announced earlier this year that it would allow a token number of Chinese-made electric vehicles into the country, the gesture didn't seem so much about climate action as a sop to ease Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola. Now, it very much appears like the opening gambit in a deeper engagement with China on clean energy.

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☀️📈🇬🇧 Solar, reaching a record 14.4% share of the power supply last month, has become a "major player" in the UK electricity mix. The nation "is firmly in its second #solar boom... as households and governments look to it as a low-cost and local alternative to oil and gas," says one analyst.

Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in July

Farms and rooftop panels contribute 14.4% to the grid – and figures reveal a surge in new installations

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🔌🇨🇦 In this week's Clean Energy Review: Why even the best-case scenario for a new pipeline is risky, how clean tech is driving down power costs in Australia and beyond, and an affordable EV to look forward to. #cdnpoli #energytransition #EV

Canada's poorly timed bet

Why even the best-case scenario for a new pipeline is risky, how clean tech is driving down power costs in Australia and beyond, and an affordable EV to look forward to

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📈 Global #EV sales are up a whopping 35% over the last quarter and set quarterly records in 50 countries, according to a new @iea.org analysis.

IEA: Global EV sales jump 35% in Q2 and 50 countries set records

Global EV sales jumped 35% in Q2 and set records in 50 countries, fueled by rapid growth across several emerging markets.

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🇨🇦⚡️ Canada could soon get one of its most affordable EVs yet, with enough range—517 kilometres on most trims—to say goodbye to range anxiety. #cdnpoli #EV

Kia’s little EV3 to exceed 500-km range on most trims

Natural Resources Canada posted the official estimated range of the 2027 Kia EV3 ahead of the electric vehicle’s arrival.

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⚡️⚡️ Walmart is now rapidly adding EV chargers to its U.S. stores, yet another sign EVs are going mainstream. "All told, there are now EV chargers at about 326 of Walmart’s 4,600 or so US stores." #energytransition #EV #uspoli

Walmart Leapfrogs EV Charging Competitors With Rapid Buildout

In a matter of months, the retailer has become a major player in the business of fueling electric cars.

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🔌💰 "Before the (heat pumps), her gas bill, which covered her furnace, water heater and stove, was $40 to $50 per month. It is now just $10. Her electricity bill went from $150 to around $80. The savings are meaningful given her monthly social security benefits of $1000," writes @kqednews.kqed.org.

‘A Blessing from Heaven’: How Free Heat Pumps Are Saving Low-Income Californians From Extreme Heat | KQED

One LA contractor found a greener, cheaper way to keep mobile home residents safe from dangerous summer heat.

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⚡️ Electric, pollution-free versions of a popular North American-made yard truck are now helping move shipping containers in Metro Vancouver. #bcpoli #EV #cdnpoli

Kalmar Ottawa electric yard truck gets to work in Canada

Kalmar is out to prove their T2 EV can deliver the same durability and productivity that made the original T2 a fixture at ports for years.

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🇦🇺🔋💰The rapid uptake of batteries in Australia has helped lower the cost of generating power in the country by 12% this year, with consumer set to see a "significant reduction" in their electricity bills starting this month. #energytransition #cleanenergy #energysky

Australians ‘going gangbusters’ on Chinese batteries in renewable energy shift

Clean energy, backed by storage, now makes up about half of the country’s energy supply

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📈 In this week's Clean Energy Review: The growing cost of climate change, a major EV milestone hit in the birthplace of the automobile, and how a Vancouver project is making clean mobility more equitable. #cdnpoli #energytransition #greensky

The cost of a hotter world

The growing cost of climate change, a major EV milestone hit in the birthplace of the automobile, and how a Vancouver project is making clean mobility more equitable

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🇬🇧💸 Europe's most severe heat wave ever recorded caused significant losses to the UK economy due to lost work hours, according to new figures published today.

Heat Wave in June Cost the UK Economy $1.5 Billion

Scorching temperatures exposed shortcomings in Britain’s homes, workplaces and public transport.

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🇨🇦📈📉 Fleet emissions intensity improvements are increasingly correlated with EV sales—when they go up, emissions intensity goes down—but more stringent standards are needed to achieve Canada's stated EV adoption goals, according to @climateinstitute.bsky.social. See their chart👇 #cdnpoli

Electric vehicle adoption will be critical for Canada to meet its new automotive strategy goals

Passenger vehicle emissions intensities have been declining in Canada due to electric vehicles and better fuel efficiency standards, but ...

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🇨🇦🔌 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and P.E.I. have taken a first step toward a more interconnected electricity system by signing a new MOU. #cdnpoli #nspoli #nbpoli #peipoli

Maritime provinces to explore regional co-operation on electricity systems

The three Maritime provinces have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore regional co-operation on electricity systems.

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🚙💨😷 Switching to EVs, retiring older heavy-duty diesel trucks, and reducing overall traffic could prevent more than 3,600 premature deaths in Montreal and Toronto alone by 2040, according to a new study from @mcgill.ca. #onpoli #qcpoli #cdnpoli #climateaction #EV

Study shows clean transportation could prevent deaths in Toronto, Montreal

McGill University models how EV adoption, retiring older diesel trucks and reducing traffic could lower exposure to ultrafine particles.

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🔋📈 BEVs have crossed a major threshold in Germany, outselling each of the hybrid, gasoline, diesel, and plug-in hybrid segments in June for the first time. #energytransition #EVs

EVs Just Beat Gas And Diesel In Europe’s Biggest Car Market For The First Time

EVs and hybrids were neck and neck, but all-electric cars emerged as the top choice in Germany last month.

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🍁🔌🚙 B.C. has announced plans to more than triple the number of EV charging ports across the province by 2035. This is "one of the best ways the government can unlock EV ownership for more households," says Clean Energy Canada's @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. #bcpoli

💰🔋 “People, and particularly younger Canadians, are interested in adopting electric vehicles, but the price has to be right," Clean Energy Canada's @racheldoran.bsky.social told @thewalrus.ca. Chinese competition, and a price cap on the federal rebate, both reduce upfront cost—the biggest barrier.

I Set Out to Test-Drive a Chinese EV. Here’s What It Taught Me about Carney’s New Deal | The Walrus

49,000 imported cars may remake our entire auto industry

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🔋🔌🏠 BC Hydro has announced the province's first-ever utility-scale battery project, calling the project a "strategic" investment for affordable, clean power. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

B.C. announces 1st battery energy storage project, to be housed on Vancouver Island | CBC News

B.C. Hydro says the project will be housed near Duncan and will allow energy to be saved up and used during peak times.

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In this week's Clean Energy Review: The staggering costs of wildfires, B.C.’s critical heat pump window, and how a Canadian company is helping to power homes in Poland. #cdnpoli #climateaction #bcpoli

The worst air in the world

The staggering costs of wildfires, B.C.’s critical heat pump window, and how a Canadian company is helping to power homes in Poland

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🌡️ "On sweltering summer days when it’s too hot to think, sometimes what we need is a no-brainer... If you’re the provincial government, it’s making sure households get the better (cooling) solution by default," writes Clean Energy Canada's @janaelbrecht.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social.👇

Opinion: Need to cool down this summer? Get a heat pump

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🛻🔋🔌 In Comox, B.C., this year's summer movie night will be powered by a quiet EV battery instead of noisy and unhealthy gas generators. “As more British Columbians adopt EVs, these vehicles represent a flexible and increasingly powerful energy resource," says BC Hydro. #bcpoli #EV #climateaction

Comox to host Island’s first EV-powered movie night - Nanaimo News Bulletin

Comox is going to be the first community on Vancouver Island to host a fully electric vehicle-powered movie night.

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🇨🇦🇨🇳🔌💰 Two new Chinese-brand EV models—one a compact car and the other an SUV—both affordably priced under $35,000, could soon be sold in Canada, according to CBC. #cdnpoli #EV

Chinese EV makers have sights set on Quebec market | CBC News

Dongfeng is China's latest automaker to unveil its electric vehicle offering in Montreal’s Old Port, as Chinese EV manufacturers look to make their entry into the Canadian market.

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🇨🇦🔋📈 Canadian EV sales "soared" by nearly 20% this May compared to last, according to new Statistics Canada data out today. May's EV sales share rose to 9.6% of the vehicle market.

Zero-emission vehicle sales spiked nearly 20% in May, says StatCan - National | Globalnews.ca

Sales of zero-emission vehicles soared almost 20 per cent in May, according to Statistics Canada, with more than 18,000 sold across the country.

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🌏🔌📈 Renewables generation grew by a record 9.8% in 2024, accounting for 31.7% of global electricity generation, according to a new @irena-official.bsky.social report. Non-renewables grew by 1.4%.

🍁☀️🔌💰 A 2,500-person town in Nova Scotia is now more than halfway to being powered by 100% renewable energy. "Right now for residents, (town power rates are) probably 3.5% lower (than the province's)," says Berwick Electric Commission director Adam King. #nspoli #cdnpoli #energytransition

This N.S. town wants to use 100% renewable energy. It’s more than halfway there | CBC News

Berwick, N.S., is using solar, hydroelectric and wind power in effort to become a zero-emissions community.

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🌡️ In this week's Clean Energy Review: Thousands of heat-related deaths after Europe’s hottest ever June, why Trump’s power policies are doing the opposite of what he promised, and floating solar panels for Canada’s chilly winters. #cdnpoli #energytransition #energysky

Why your tailpipe matters at the gas pump

Thousands of heat-related deaths after Europe’s hottest ever June, why Trump’s power policies are doing the opposite of what he promised, and floating solar panels for Canada’s chilly winters

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🇵🇱🇨🇦🔌 Poland has received "first power" from its first Baltic Sea offshore wind farm jointly built with Canada's Northland Power. Once fully online, the massive 1.14-gigawatt farm will be capable of powering 1.5 million homes. #cdnpoli #energytransition #cleantech

Poland Connects First Baltic Offshore Wind Farm as It Shifts Away From Coal

Poland’s power grid received electricity from its first Baltic Sea offshore wind farm as the country accelerates its shift away from coal.

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🇨🇦🚙 Canada's upcoming tailpipe emissions standard for light-duty vehicles could either attract $21 billion or $14 billion in private EV charging investments between now and 2035. "The $7 billion difference... hinges on a single factor, the strength and durability of the regulatory signal." #cdnpoli

CCIC Media Release: New Standard, New Investment: Strong Vehicle Emissions Rules Will Help Unlock More Than $20 Billion in Charging Infrastructure Investment Across Canada - CCIC CCIR

Canadian Charging Infrastructure Council (CCIC) Releases Report Illustrating Potential 62% drop in public charging if EVAS overly reduced, potential loss of $500M in Investment.

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🇺🇸❄️⚡️ Despite Trump's removal of federal incentives, heat pump sales are up 1% year over year in the U.S., while AC sales are down almost 8%. "Soon, the efficient two-way tech will overtake the old-school systems." #uspoli #energytransition #climateaction #cleantech

Heat pumps may soon outsell air conditioners in US

For years, heat pumps have outsold gas furnaces in the U.S. — and now the superefficient appliances are coming for conventional ACs, too.

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"Fewer than half of Canadians know a heat pump can heat a home in cold weather, and just over half don’t realize it can cool one too. Clean Energy Canada’s answer to the awareness problem: get Canadians talking about it at summer barbecues."

New Campaign Bets on Backyard Barbecues to Close Canada's Heat Pump Knowledge Gap

Fewer than half of Canadians know a heat pump can heat a home in cold weather, and just over half don't realize it can cool one too. Clean Energy Canada's answer to the awareness problem: get Canadian...

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