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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. When it comes to understanding the carbon footprint of these aircraft, the primary culprit is the engine.

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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

According to Dan Ervin , Professor of Finance at Salisbury University, wind and solar energy account for around 12% of US energy production, but if total energy consumption doubles, these two sources will not be able to keep up. Smart Grid: Global Markets to 2026. Ricky Hollenbach is a third year Ph.D. Wood Mackenzie.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

The European Union will start to demand carbon footprint data from 2023 and introduce a carbon border tax from January 2026. One famous example is Volvo announcing in 2021 that from 2030 on, they would only sell fully-electric cars (phasing out combustion engines, including hybrids). . The tax will be implemented in stages.