Biden’s biggest clean-energy partner: China
With help from Jesse Naranjo and Lorraine Woellert
THE BIG IDEA
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening of the 73rd World Health Assembly in May 2020. | Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP
THE GEOPOLITICS OF RENEWABLES It’s a dirty truth. The U.S path to clean energy goes straight through China.
President Joe Biden’s plan to green the economy by 2035 will require cooperation from America’s largest trading partner, which controls a vast share of the minerals used in electric batteries, the cheap materials that make up solar panels and the guts of wind turbines.
Leading U.S. Energy Buyers Support National Unity - On Clean Power, That Is
Jan 25, 2021
In the aftermath of the failed insurrection of January 6, Republican leaders have rallied around the idea that the nation must unify. As a matter of fact, the nation is already unified - only not around policies typically associated with the Republican brand. Clean power, for example, is an area in which unity has been emerging among business leaders as well as the general public, contrary to Republican policies that favor fossil fuels. In the latest development, some of the largest corporate clean power buyers in the U.S. have called upon President Joe Biden to prioritize the transition to a zero-carbon energy system.
on data centers and sustainability by taking a look at the role of green data centers in a future hazy with the inevitable impacts of climate change. Below, we take a step further by exploring the evolution of data center efficiency, as well as how the data center industry is looking to source renewable energy.
Electricity is the lifeblood of any data center, which is why the industry consumes enormous amounts of power.
The global data center industry used approximately 205 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2018, representing about 1% of the world’s electricity use that year, according to a paper by leading energy researchers.
PepsiCo Accelerates Climate Goal
The food & beverage giant now plans to slash GHG emissions 40 percent by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2040.
Jan 19th, 2021
PURCHASE, NY PepsiCo announced Jan. 15 plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030. In addition, the company has pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, one decade earlier than called for in the Paris Agreement.
Specifically, PepsiCo plans to reduce absolute GHG emissions across its direct operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 75% and its indirect value chain (Scope 3) by 40% by 2030 (2015 baseline). This action is expected to result in the reduction of more than 26 million metric tons of GHG emissions or the equivalent of taking more than five million cars off the road for a full year.
PepsiCo has announced plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 40 percent by 2030, including renewable energy plans in the US, Mexico and Australia.
Specifically, PepsiCo plans to reduce absolute GHG emissions across its direct operations by 75 percent and its indirect value chain by 40 percent by 2030. This action is expected to result in the reduction of more than 26 million metric tons of GHG emissions or the equivalent of taking more than five million cars off the road for a full year.
“The severe impacts from climate change are worsening, and we must accelerate the urgent systemic changes needed to address it” said PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta. “Climate action is core to our business as a global food and beverage leader and propels our PepsiCo Positive journey to deliver positive outcomes for the planet and people. Our ambitious climate goal