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40 Tesla Megapacks replace WW2 turbojet generator in Belgium

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A total of 40 Tesla Megapack battery storage systems replaced a World War II turbojet generator in Lessines, Belgium, Tesla announced. A pioneer in energy storage in France, Corsica Sole has been operating this type of plant in the French islands since 2015. Teslarati reached out to Innovent, Corsica Sole, and Yuso for a comment.

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First public hydrogen station in Belgium to be located on Toyota land leased to Air Liquide

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Construction has started on the first public hydrogen station in Belgium, to be operated by Air Liquide. Two regions of Europe are taking part in this project: the Brussels region in Belgium, and the Wer-Ems region in Germany. In the first half of 2016, Toyota will also bring the Mirai to Belgium, a fourth European market.

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Neste Jacobs to build SunPine’s Tall Oil Rosin production facility; feedstock for renewable diesel

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The facility is expected to be operational in the second half of year 2015 and will deliver rosin to Lawter facility in Kallo, Belgium. Raw tall diesel from SunPine is used as raw material in the production of Preem’s Evolution Diesel product. SunPine is owned by Kiram, Preem, Sveaskog, Södra and Lawter.

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First China-built Volvo S90 sedans arrive in Europe via rail link

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The first S90 premium sedans, built at Volvo’s Daqing plant in China, will arrive at a distribution centre in Zeebrugge, Belgium this week. The cars have been transported to Belgium via the recently opened, China-Europe railway link.

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First Toyota Mirai in Norway delivered to Uno-X Hydrogen

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Following the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany and Belgium, Norway is the 5 th European country to start selling the fuel cell sedan. The first of the 20 planned stations will use the surplus solar energy produced from the solar panels on the roof of the neighboring energy-positive office building. Earlier post.).

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Leclanché signs preferred partnership agreement with Škoda Electric to supply battery packs for electric buses

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Its solutions will be modular, thereby enabling Škoda Electric to build e-buses from 6 meters to 26 meters across all market segments. In 2015 Leclanché unveiled its first all-electric bus in Belgium. The global e-bus fleet comprised approximately 173,000 vehicles in 2015 of which 170,000 were in China.

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Dunkirk regasification plant receives first LNG carrier

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In 2011, TS LNG and Dunkerque LNG (a subsidiary of EDF) signed a turnkey contract to build the processing plant for the terminal. Since then, Techint E&C and SENER have worked together to build and launch a high-efficiency, high-performance plant. Its commercial operations are slated to begin in mid-September. needed for operations.

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