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Statoil to build the world’s first floating wind farm: Hywind Scotland

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Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the world’s first floating wind farm: The Hywind pilot park offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The wind farm will power around 20,000 households. Production start is expected in late 2017. Statoil is proud to develop the world’s first floating wind farm.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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Tesla owner builds his own deployable solar roof for Model Y

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A Tesla Model Y owner decided to build his own solar roof that can add over 20 miles of range to the electric SUV per day. In 2017, CEO Elon Musk said that he pushed his Tesla engineers to look into integrating solar cells on Model 3 , but they concluded that it wasn’t worth it at the time. Electrek’s Take This is pretty cool.

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GM to launch 18 models in China in 2017 for growth; half to be SUVs or MPVs; more new energy vehicles

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Half of the models to be introduced in 2017 under the Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Baojun and Wuling brands will be SUVs or MPVs. The products are expected to build on GM’s 2016 sales record of 3.87 General Motors will launch 18 new and refreshed models this year to achieve continued growth in the company’s largest retail market.

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IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

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In countries that choose to continue or increase their use of nuclear power, it can reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, cut carbon dioxide emissions and enable electricity systems to integrate higher shares of solar and wind power. —IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

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IONITY announces €700M investment to enable rapid EV charging network expansion and accelerated growth

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Since 2017, IONITY has taken a leading role in this rapid transformation. The BlackRock Global Renewable Power platform has invested directly in more than 300 projects globally, including onshore wind, offshore wind, and solar photovoltaic projects. IONITY was founded to play a significant role in shaping the future of mobility.

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Adamas: 93% of all xEVs sold in 2018 used permanent magnet traction motors

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In 2018, 93% of all passenger BEVs, PHEVs and HEVs sold globally used permanent magnet (PM) traction motors, an increase of 1% over 2017 penetration rates, according to a model-by-model build-up using Adamas Intelligence’s “ EV Motor Power and Motor Metals Tracker ”.

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