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Currently just one company has the contract to provide charging provision along the motorway network. The move is aimed at updating the existing infrastructure and optimising reliability and the predictability of longer journeys for EV drivers.
Speaking exclusively to Electrifying.com, the Transport Minister Rachel Maclean said new chargers would arrive before 2023, with at least six at each service area on motorways and legal powers used to ensure they were reliable and accessible.
In an interview with Electrifying.com’s founder Ginny Buckley, Maclean answered questions set by the website’s readers on topics ranging from disabled access to charging points to how the public can access government funds for infrastructure.
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According to a new report from GCube Insurance Services (GCube), the leading insurer for renewable energy projects, over 70 percent of solar losses in the last ten years have occurred since 2017. Across both wind and solar, the average Nat Cat or Extreme Weather-related loss in the latter half of the decade was over 300 percent higher than before 2015.
Whilst solar projects have most frequently been damaged by wildfire, compared to flooding for wind projects, both technologies have also seen substantial claims from windstorms and hailstorms, with the largest single solar loss in history resulting from a hailstorm in 2019.
These losses have exposed the weaknesses of a ‘soft’ insurance market, particularly in the US. Recent entrants to the market offering low deductibles, low premiums and broad terms to gain market share have faced considerable losses, forcing a number of insurers to exit the space over the last decade. However, current market conditions are n
Wednesday, 10 March 2021 A new report launched today by the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) finds that EU Member States continue to underplay the role of the building sector in delivering a climate-neutral Europe.
Based on detailed analysis of eight Long Term Renovation Strategies (LTRS) accounting for over 50 percent of the EU population, the report highlights that most LTRS miss the EPBD target of a highly efficient and decarbonised building stock, and none of the strategies are in line the EU’s objective of achieving climate-neutrality by 2050.
This means that the substantial increase in renovation activity to 3 percent annual deep renovation that is required to meet the EU’s 2030 Targets, is unlikely to be achieved.
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To finance the acquisition of the 53 MWp Oita Hiji-machi and 8 MWp Miyagi Ogawara projects, CSIF recently completed an international public offering and raised over $166 million on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Canadian Solar participated in this transaction and continues to own approximately 15% of CSIF. Additionally, CSIF issued over $175 million of long-term debt to maintain its capital structure. These transactions affirmed CSIF as one of the largest listed infrastructure funds in Japan with over $740 million of operational solar assets under management. I am pleased to report that we have surpassed $1 billion of asset sales in the Japanese solar market, helped by significant growth in the Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund which Canadian Solar continues to sponsor both as the asset manager and the largest investor. Since CSIF s listing in October 2017, it has grown over 2.5 times and now owns 25 solar power plants totaling 184 MWp across Japan. A f