French water and waste group Veolia has opened what it says is Europe’s first recycling plant for solar panels as thousands of tonnes of ageing solar panels are set to reach the end of their life.
Renault will invest more than €1bn into four plants in France to increase its electric car production in the country.
The one-year pilot program gives drivers of electric vehicles in a handful of cities extra pay and incentives to drive an electric vehicle.
“We’re going big on renewable energy. It’s a clean, abundant, renewable source of home-grown power,” said Joe Taylor, vice president of global tech optimization and implementation, AT&T
At least 25 percent of the plastics used in new Volvo car models from 2025 will be from recycled materials.
Wind XII consists of 591 MW of new wind capacity in Iowa and has propelled the company to be the first investor-owned electric utility in the U.S. to generate renewable energy equal to 100% of its customers usage each year.
IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture retailer, plans to use only renewable and recycled materials in its products by 2030.
The retail chain, second only to Walmart Inc. in terms of U.S. sales, said it would increase its starting hourly wages by $1 to $14 or $14.50 an hour.
Vodafone and Iron Mountain have announced 100% renewable energy targets and committed to joining RE100, an initiative spurring corporate renewable energy targets around the world.
Disney says that marks the largest increase to starting wages it’s ever offered.
