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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

Envirotec Magazine

Importantly while daily levels have reduced in Europe and North America in the two decades to 2019, levels have increased in Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean, with more than 70% of days globally seeing levels above what is safe. “In concentrations in 2019. The highest PM 2.5

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What Other Countries Can Learn From Australia’s Roaring Rooftop Solar Market

GreenTechMedia

A RenewEconomy analysis of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) figures for 2019 shows Australia’s per-capita deployment rate was also four times higher than fast-developing renewable markets such as China, Europe, Japan and the U.S. But it added 6.2 gigawatts of capacity last year, growing more than 18 percent.

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World adds record new renewable energy capacity in 2020

Renewable Energy World

The world added more than 260 GW of renewable energy capacity last year, exceeding expansion in 2019 by close to 50%, despite the economic slowdown that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Total fossil fuel additions fell to 60 GW in 2020 from 64 GW the previous year.

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Counting the microns

Envirotec Magazine

exposure, for which the upper limit is 500 µg/m 3 – which adds perspective to New Delhi’s lung-rupturing 900 µg/m3 levels recorded in late 2019. levels in the two decades up until 2019. µg/m³), other regions in Oceania (12.6 µg/m³), and southern America (15.6 Daily levels of PM2.5 The highest PM2.5

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Building the Digital Energy Retailer: Lessons From IDC’s Worldwide Utilities 2020 Predictions

Bidgely

For IDC Energy Insights, this effort rests on an analyst team that stretches from Europe to Asia, Oceania and North America. In fact, in the UK, switching rates reached a record high of over 20% in the year ending April 2019. Key Challenges to Getting CX Done.