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Nel ASA receives purchase order for 20MW alkaline electrolyzer from steelmaker Ovako

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The electrolyzer will be installed at Ovako’s existing plant in Hofors, Sweden. The company has geographical presence in Europe, North America and Asia, and a steel product line that includes niche products and customized solutions. We are excited to announce the delivery of electrolyzer equipment to Ovako.

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Daimler and partners deploying world’s largest 2nd-life EV battery storage unit for grid support

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With an increasing supply of electricity from fluctuating renewable energies, such as wind farms or solar power stations, they can help stabilize power grids, levelling out energy fluctuations with virtually no loss—a role that is partly fulfilled by fossil power plants at present.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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To help California mitigate its ever-growing wildfires, this year CalSEED has included companies that are innovating in technologies that will build wildfire resiliency into the grid. This novel technology would deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric power in the grid.

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AMSC Power Electronics Support Nearly 10% of Global Wind-Generated Electricity

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This amount of zero-emission electricity is sufficient to power approximately 4.5 million US households and represents nearly 10% of the world’s 158,000 MW of wind power installed as of the end of 2009. AMSC’s Wind Turbine Engineering and Power Electronics. Global Wind Power Market.

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GE posts $63M in orders for Durathon sodium-halide battery systems

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In its first weeks of operation, the business secured 10 new telecom customer orders across several regions, including Africa, Asia, India and the US powering a total of more than 3,500 cell towers. These batteries will ensure the continuous operation of telecom installations in Nigeria. Earlier post.)

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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Based on what he learned, he and three classmates built a solar-powered 6-kilowatt minigrid that supplied power to about 60 homes in a village. Minigrids use distributed off-grid energy solutions that operate independently from the national transmission grid. The project received support from Power Africa and USAID.

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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

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The upstream, “well to wheel” emissions of the EV are linked to electricity generation and the electrical grid, with lower emissions in regions that use more renewable energy sources. Unlike internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, EVs emit no direct emissions when running on electricity. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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