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Carl’s Jr Upgrades Its Menu With Beyond Beef Patties

Carl's Jr is beefing up its lineup of flame broiled sandwiches with a new patty that promises to take its sandwiches Beyond Beef. The fast food chain is adding the Beyond Beef burger to its menu by upgrading its flagship Famous Star burger to what they are calling the Beyond Famous Star source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/02/carls-jr-upgrades-its-menu-with-beyond-beef-patties/

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Ørsted Finally Commits To 900 MW Taiwanese Changhua Offshore Wind Farm

Danish offshore wind energy giant Ørsted announced at the end of April that it had finally taken the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan after several months of delay caused by the country's indecision and delays regarding the Feed-in Tariff for offshore wind source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/02/orsted-finally-commits-to-900-mw-taiwanese-changhua-offshore-wind-farm/

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Ørsted’s Lincoln Clean Energy Acquires Coronal Energy’s Solar & Storage Development Business

Leading developer of US renewables Lincoln Clean Energy, a subsidiary of Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted, announced on Wednesday it had acquired the development business of Coronal Energy, a US-based developer focused on utility-scale solar and energy storage projects source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/02/orsteds-lincoln-clean-energy-acquires-coronal-energys-solar-storage-development-business/

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Scottish Government Commits To Net-Zero By 2045

Within hours of the UK's Committee on Climate Change publishing its long-awaited review into the feasibility of setting a new net-zero emission target, Scotland's Government announced it had lodged amendments to its Climate Change Bill to set a legally binding target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 at the latest with Scotland becoming carbon neutral by source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/02/scottish-government-commits-to-net-zero-by-2045/

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ENGIE’s Livin’ OS Serves As A Centralized Management Platform For Cities

ENGIE has been a world leader in providing energy and is ramping up its efforts to help companies around the world understand how to clean up the environmental footprint of their fleets and to save money at the same time. CleanTechnica spoke with Ovarith Troeung, ENGIE's Director of Green Mobility, about the transition to the new energy economy and why it has become such a core focus for source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/02/engies-livin-os-serves-as-a-centralized-management-platform-for-cities/

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UK Declares “Climate Emergency” As Committee On Climate Change Urges Net-Zero

The UK Parliament has taken the unprecedented step of declaring an "environment and climate emergency" this week at the same time as it was urged by the country's Committee on Climate Change to adopt a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target for 2050 "as soon as possible."  source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/02/uk-declares-climate-emergency-as-committee-on-climate-change-urges-net-zero/

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Carbon Capture Or Not, Coal Goes Under Energy Storage Bus

Energy Secretary Rick Perry won't pick sides, but it sure looks like he's banking on anything but coal to power the green grid of the future source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/02/carbon-capture-or-not-coal-goes-under-energy-storage-bus/

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Tesla Raises ~$2 Billion

Doing what Ross Gerber (and others) expected, Tesla has announced it is raising approximately $2 billion dollars to boost its balance sheet. Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemed to hint recently that the company would do that. Some of our others may comment on this topic further in the coming hours and days, but in the interest of covering the news in a timely manner, below is Tesla's press release on this topic source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/02/tesla-raises-2-billion/

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6 Signs Of Hope For The Ocean

It’s easy to lose sight of good news amid the barrage of negative stories about the threats facing the ocean—everything from growing plastic pollution to dying coral reefs. However, there is a lot to celebrate when you look more closely at ocean-related developments source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/02/6-signs-of-hope-for-the-ocean/

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Green Mountain Power Plans 100% Renewables By 2030 With Help From Tesla

Green Mountain Power is ramping up its plans to get to 100% renewable energy by 2030. A collaboration with Tesla for Powerwall residential batteries is part of that plan. source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/01/green-mountain-power-plans-100-renewables-by-2030-with-help-from-tesla/

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Bill Introduced To Reinstate Georgia EV Tax Credit

Recently, Georgia State Representative Todd Jones (R – South Forsyth) introduced HB 732, which would reinstate the state's tax credit for electric vehicles. If the bill is made law, the tax credit would be $2,500 for new electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and zero-emission vehicles. The state of Georgia had an EV tax credit of $5,000 but it was ended in 2015. Representative Jones answered some questions about his proposed legislation for CleanTechnica source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/01/bill-introduced-to-reinstate-georgia-ev-tax-credit/

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ABB Technology Supports TriMet’s Wind-Powered All-Electric Buses In Portland, Oregon Area

E-bus charging solutions from ABB, a global leader in electrification, will support TriMet's objective to make Portland an even more environmentally friendly city source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/01/abb-technology-supports-trimets-wind-powered-all-electric-buses-in-portland-oregon-area/

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Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory — Structure Nearing Completion (Flyover Video)

The latest flyover video of the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory, courtesy of Jason Yang, clearly shows the construction progress accelerating towards completion of the external structures source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/01/tesla-shanghai-gigafactory-structure-nearing-completion-flyover-video/

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Eviation Chooses magniX magni250 To Power Alice, 9-Seat Electric Airplane

We have good news to report from Eviation. It released the news ahead of the Paris Le Bourget air show. The company has chosen the magniX magni250 propulsion system for its 9-seat electric airplane, Alice source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/01/eviation-chooses-magnix-magni250-to-power-alice-9-seat-electric-airplane/

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California Aggregators To Seek 10 GW Of Clean Power By 2030

California’s Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) are slowly assuming the traditional utility role of acquiring renewable energy generation for customers. While the role is fairly new, the CCAs nonetheless are now faced with the massive task of securing 9 to 10 gigawatts of new clean energy to meet the state’s 2030 ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/01/california-aggregators-to-seek-10-gw-of-clean-power-by-2030/

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China Installs 5.2 Gigawatts Of Solar As Government Unveils 2019 Feed-in Tariffs

China’s National Energy Administration announced Monday that a total of 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of solar was installed during the first quarter while, at the same time, the Price Bureau of China’s National Development and Reform Commission finally published its solar Feed-in Tariff policy for 2019 on Tuesday.  source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/01/china-installs-5-2-gigawatts-solar-as-government-unveils-2019-feed-in-tariffs/

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Hedge Fund Manager: Tesla The “Clear Winner” In Electric Cars, Elon Musk The Thomas Edison Of Our Generation

The founder of hedge fund Social Capital and one of Facebook's first executives, Chamath Palihapitiya, gushed to CNBC today about how Tesla is the "clear winner in electrification." Palihapitiya cited Tesla's first-mover advantage, as the company that truly defined the modern electric vehicle and is the current sales leader in the market segment. Palihapitiya also called Tesla CEO Elon Musk the Thomas Edison of our generation source https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/01/hedge-fund-manager-tesla-the-clear-winner-in-electric-cars-elon-musk-the-thomas-edison-of-our-generation/