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PowerCell in EU project to develop and operate a refuse truck with fuel cells

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PowerCell Sweden AB will participate in an EU project that will develop and operate a refuse truck with fuel cells for Renova AB, western Sweden’s leading environmental enterprise within recycling and waste management. This project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement Nº 779589.

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EC approves €3.2B public support by 7 Member States for a pan-European battery push

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The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in the common European priority area of batteries. billion in funding.

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New LNG inland shipping vessel and integrated shipping concept

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Permission to use LNG as fuel on the vessel has been granted by the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ADN-UNECE), meaning that the vessel can travel on all international inland waterways. In addition, waste heat is used and becomes energy, so absolutely nothing is wasted.

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EU NELLI project delivers new generation solid-oxide fuel cell; efficient and lower cost

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Companies and research organisations from Estonia, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and the UK were involved. The third, DEMOSOFC, is studying the implementation of a 50 kWe SOFC system with NELLHI-based stacks fed with biogas from a municipal waste water-treatment plant. NELLHI received €1.6 million (US$1.9

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