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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 2h

🚗🇨🇦📝 Over 40 senior executives from across Canada’s EV sector are urging the federal government to stay the course on the EV sales mandate—and to bring back consumer purchase incentives.

#cdnpoli #EV

Executives pen open letter urging to maintain EV sales mandate

The letter warns that retreating from EV sales targets risks undermining over 130,000 Canadian jobs and billions in investments

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 2h

☀️🔌📈 “According to long-time climate journalist and activist Bill McKibben, humanity has reached the point where it is installing more than a gigawatt-worth of solar panels every day.”

That's enough new solar each day to provide electricity for several hundred thousand homes.

#energytransition

Our friendly neighbourhood fireball

Solar and wind are growing so quickly that they outpaced all the growth in electricity demand this year. Which means they started eating into fossil fuelled power, leading to a modest but significant ...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 1d

🇬🇧⚡️📈 The U.K. is set to welcome its largest-ever solar farm—a 700-megawatt project that could generate enough clean electricity to power 300,000 homes. #solar #energytransition

Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site

Tillbridge solar farm will be built in county where Reform UK’s anti-renewables agenda has rising support

www.theguardian.com

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 1d

☀️🔌 In this week's Clean Energy Review: Global renewables surpass coal for the first time, Manitoba charts a path to net zero, and Canadian communities are embracing solar. #cdnpoli #energytransition

A turning point—but not everywhere

Global renewables surpass coal for the first time, Manitoba charts a path to net zero, and Canadian communities are embracing solar

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 4d

⚡️⚡️⚡️ A major new EV fast-charging network is headed to B.C. and Alberta.

Each of the 96 new Supernova fast chargers can add up to 100 kilometres of range in just 15 minutes—that’s enough in about 18 minutes to drive the entire Sea-to-Sky Highway from Vancouver to Whistler. #bcpoli #EV #climateaction

96 DC fast chargers are coming to Western Canada’s highways

Wallbox Supernova 180 kW fast chargers will power SureCharge’s new network with 24 sites and 96 fast chargers across Western Canada.

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 6d

☀️🔌 Solar could power more than 1,500 Kitchener homes by 2030 if all three projects are approved.

#onpoli #solar

Rooftop solar panels look to power hundreds of Kitchener homes

Each project would produce enough energy to power between 530 and 730 homes, or charge electric vehicles for millions of kilometres.

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Electric Autonomy @electricautonomy.com · 6d

NEW: Most Canadians want an EV mandate and better prices: poll. A new Abacus poll for @cleanenergycanada.org finds 66 per cent of respondents support a version of the federal EV Availability Standard.

View all the findings: shorturl.at/i8Poc

#EVPolicy #EVMandate #EVAccessibility

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 6d

🇨🇦🧑‍🔧🚗🔋 NextStar Energy has hired its 1000th employee to work at its newly constructed EV battery plant in Windsor.

NextStar promised to hire 2,500 people at its Windsor EV battery plant. The company says it's halfway there | CBC News

The company says its 1,000th employee is a quality inspector moving to Windsor from Ottawa.

www.cbc.ca

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 7d

🔌☀️📈 While revised down from previous estimates, global renewable energy capacity is still set to more than double by 2030—with solar accounting for 80% of the increase over the next five years, finds a new @iea.org report.

#energytransition #solar

Global renewable capacity is set to grow strongly, driven by solar PV - News - IEA

Global renewable capacity is set to grow strongly, driven by solar PV - News from the International Energy Agency

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 7d

🔋♻️🪨 Montreal-based recycler Lithion could soon be recovering up to 95% of critical battery materials and 98% of critical minerals from end-of-life Nissan EV batteries. #cdnpoli #ev #cleantech #energytransition #qcpoli

Nissan and Lithion partner to recycle EV batteries

The partnership between Nissan and Lithion advances battery circularity and reduces the environmental footprint of EV production

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 8d

🌏⚡️ In the first half of 2025, the world generated more electricity from renewables than from coal—a global first, according to @ember-energy.org.

"This is a turning point when we see emissions plateauing," says report author Małgorzata Wiatros-Motyka.

#energytransition

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 8d

🇨🇦📦⚡️ In August, 72% of IKEA Canada’s home deliveries were made by electric vehicles—marking the first month zero-emission deliveries surpassed those made by gas vehicles.

72 per cent of Ikea Canada's home deliveries are made with EVs

With 72 per cent of its home deliveries with EVs, Ikea has a goal of having 90 per cent of its global home deliveries be zero-emission by 2028

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 9d

🔌📈 In this week's Clean Energy Review: Canada’s first EV battery plant officially completes construction, used EV sales surge in the U.S., and one First Nation’s move toward rooftop solar. #cdnpoli #energytransition #Indigenous #EV

The beginning of Canada’s EV-making era

Plus: Used EVs sales surge in the U.S., one First Nation’s move toward rooftop solar, and how Canadian wildfires are driving up home ownership costs for those in their way

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 12d

☀️🔌📈The EU has hit yet another solar milestone.

Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%

In Q2 2025, renewables powered 54% of EU electricity, with solar leading the mix and topping all sources in June for the first time.

electrek.co

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 13d

🔌🚗📈 The used #EV market in the U.S. "has never been hotter."

Relatively low prices—a trend likely to moderate over time as drivers realize how durable and relevant current models have become—have made EVs a realistic option for people who never previously even considered them, says one analyst.

The Fastest-Selling Cars in America Are Used EVs

There’s arguably never been a better time to buy a slightly worn electric car or truck.

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 13d

🇨🇦🚗🔋 “Our polling from this year shows that 45% of Canadians still lean towards an electric vehicle for their next purchase... but upfront cost remains a top barrier," says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. #cdnpoli #EV

Economists say Ottawa should rethink tariffs on Chinese EVs | Corporate Knights

A TD report recommends that partnerships between Canadian and Chinese car companies could improve Canada’s EV ecosystem

www.corporateknights.com

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 14d

☀️🔌 Onion Lake Creek Nation is pioneering a $1.28-million solar project to lower residents' power bills and make the community more sustainable. #Indigenous #energytransition #cdnpoli

Onion Lake Cree Nation aims to be solar power 'pioneer' | CBC News

The First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, is installing rooftop solar panels on 123 homes in the community of about 7,000 people.

www.cbc.ca

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 14d

🇨🇦🚗🔋 Windsorites could soon be making EV batteries at NextStar Energy's newly completed $5-billion plant.

"There’s a lot of excitement in the air," says COO Brett Hillock. #onpoli #cdnpoli #auto

Canada’s first large-scale EV battery plant gets occupancy permit, mass production targeted by year-end

NextStar Energy is marking the official end of construction of its $5-billion electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Windsor.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 19d

🇨🇦📈 Canadian EV sales have hit a snag even as the global transition accelerates. This policy was designed to address some of the issues facing our market, but was recently paused for review.

Our new media brief explores common questions about the standard, and how we could improve it👇 #cdnpoli

What is the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard and why does Canada need one? - Clean Energy Canada

Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. Please use this as a resource, and let us know if there are any topics th...

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 19d

🇨🇦🔌💰 "There are great EVs for sale today, and they are fairly priced relative to their fossil fuel equivalents, but the economy category doesn’t even exist in Canada," finds a recent Clean Energy Canada analysis.

#cdnpoli

Canada has just one new EV model for sale under $40,000, Europe has 21: Report

The analysis from Clean Energy Canada follows evidence of plunging electric vehicle sales in Canada.

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 19d

🇨🇦💰🔌 "The next federal budget should provide clarity that zero-interest loans will be available for years to come, so that businesses can invest in staff and equipment stock and households can plan,” says Clean Energy Canada's @janaelbrecht.bsky.social.

#cdnpoli #energytransition #climateaction

Ottawa’s closing of green-homes loan program leaves homeowners, businesses in lurch

The abrupt end of $3.2-billion program could push renovation costs out of reach and put sector jobs at risk, program proponents say

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 20d

🇨🇳🇪🇺🌍 From China to the EU, today's summit saw over 120 countries and economies deliver a message "very different" from Mr. Trump’s.

“We’re doing the exact opposite of what the U.S. is doing, which... I find concerning and problematic," said EU commissioner Wopke Hoekstra. #ClimateWeekNYC

At Global Climate Summit This Week, U.S. Isolation Was on Full Display

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 21d

⚡️🍁 Nova Scotians could soon be plugging into clean electricity from a new wind project developed in partnership with 13 Mi’kmaq First Nations. #nspoli #energytransition

New wind farms nearing completion will nudge N.S. closer to renewable energy goal | CBC News

With the final blades installed, the Benjamins Mill Wind Project is expected to start generating electricity for the grid this year. Three other onshore wind projects are supposed to come online by th...

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 22d

📉🍁 “The full impact of EVs taking over is very significant... It starts to bend the curve of oil production," says Clean Energy Canada's @trevormelanson.bsky.social.

#bcpoli #energytransition #EV

Canadian gasoline sales level off as EV adoption rises

Flattening gasoline sales could pick up again as governments eliminated carbon taxes and paused policies to boost electric vehicle sales, warns expert

www.biv.com

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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 23d

🔌🇨🇦💰 In this week's Clean Energy Review: A new report spotlights the ‘smorgasbord’ of affordable EVs available in Europe but not Canada, why the real debate is how to adapt the EV mandate (not whether it should exist), and one country is on track to soar past its rooftop solar target👇 #cdnpoli #EV

21 (European) EVs you can afford

Plus: New polling on the EV mandate, the Canadian Climate Institute's early emissions estimate, and one country is on track to soar past its rooftop solar target

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