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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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Fluor, a global engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance company, which has best-in-class experience in building hydrogen-from-gasification plants, will provide front-end engineering and design for the Lancaster facility.

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BNEF: cost of new renewables rises as inflation starts to bite

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The cost of new-build onshore wind has risen 7% year on year, and fixed-axis solar has jumped 14%, according to the latest analysis by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). New-build onshore wind and solar projects are now around 40% lower than BNEF’s global benchmarks for new coal- and gas-fired power.

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BNEF forecasts global energy storage market to grow 15-fold by 2030 to 411 GW/1194 GWh

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The “Inflation Reduction Act” will drive roughly 30GW/111GWh of energy storage build from 2022 to 2030, according to BNEF. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a clear impact on energy storage deployments in Europe. Co-located renewables-plus-storage projects, in particular solar-plus-storage, are becoming commonplace globally.

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Lessons from Sweden’s Anti-Putin, Pro-Climate Energy Model

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Learning from Sweden & their Pro-Climate, Energy Model By David Lapp-Jost As Russian tanks continue to roll into Ukraine, western European gas consumers pay the bill to the tune of many hundreds of millions of Euros daily and watch helplessly, unable to cut off the gas without shaving 6.5% This war highlights the […].

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Rimac plans to introduce the European answer to the Tesla Megapack

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As the use of renewable energy systems like wind and solar has grown in popularity, the need for energy storage systems to back up these renewables has grown as well. Rimac has announced that it has started an energy storage division within its business, set to take on the likes of the Tesla Megapack. What do you think of the article?

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Redwood Materials scopes out EU locations for new battery recycling plant

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The ongoing Ukraine-Russian war has contributed to rising electricity prices in Germany. To achieve its goal, Redwood Materials needs to build a cost-effective plant, or at least use sustainable solutions like solar and batteries to keep its energy costs optimized. . per MWh ($693.77 Scandinavia vs. Germany.

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Volkswagen to invest €10bn for EV and battery manufacturing in Spain

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Volkswagen said it will build a battery plant and invest in producing EVs at its two car factories in Spain. VW plans to begin building a 40-gigawatt-hour plant in Spain in Q1 2023, and production is set to begin by 2026. German car company Volkswagen will invest €10 billion ($10.6 ” Volkswagen sold ~99k EVs out of 1.9M

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