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ASIAELEC: Bangladesh approves plans for 100-MW, state-owned solar plant
The Bangladeshi government has finalised plans to build a 100-MW, state-owned solar plant in Jamalpur, the largest yet in the country.
The Sheikh Hasina Solar Park is planned to serve local needs and supply surplus power to the national grid.
REM: President Biden sets target that half of all new vehicles sold in the US by 2030 will be zero-emission
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order setting a target that half of all new vehi- cles sold in the US by 2030 should be electric. Plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles were also included in the mandate. The 50% target is not legally binding.
“There’s a vision of the future that is now
beginning to happen, a future of the automo- bile industry that is electric — battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, fuel cell electric,” said Biden, who announced the plan at the White House surrounded by leaders from the US car industry. “The question is whether we’ll lead or fall behind in the future.”
ENERGO: Russian utilities go green as Rus- sia’s Atomenergopromsbyt to start trading carbon certificates
Moscow-based power distribution company Atomenergopromsbyt, which is part of No- vaWind (the renewables arm of RosAtom in wind) and I-REC Services BV had signed an agreement allowing Atomenergopromsbyt to offer services to trade and redeem I-REC green certificates, BigPower News reported on Mon- day 9 August, as cited by VTB Capital.
The signing of the contract allows Atomen- ergopromsbyt to secure and trade green energy supplies. I-REC are international renewable energy certificates that allow a company to iden- tify how its power was made.
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