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BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

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These include energy shifting (moving in time the dispatch of electricity to the grid, often from times of excess solar and wind generation), peaking in the bulk power system (to deal with demand spikes), as well as for customers looking to save on their energy bills by buying electricity at cheap hours and using it later.

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Calor introduces Neste BioLPG to the UK market; targeting fully renewable by 2040

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LPG, typically used for heating off the gas grid, transport and industrial applications, is already a flexible, low-carbon fuel compared to other fossil fuels. BioLPG (biopropane) is referenced in the consultation as a potential pathway to achieving decarbonization off the gas grid. million cars off the road.

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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France can claim a qualified victory: Under current EU guidelines, at least some nuclear power will be categorized as “green.” Some of these anti-nuclear forces have recently found a sparring ground with France in drafting the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy , which delineates particular energy sources as “green.”

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Lux: Total is leading example of oil supermajor expanding into solar plus storage and distributed generation

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France-based Total is the first oil supermajor aggressively to enter new areas of business including solar plus storage and distributed generation, notes Lux Research in a new report : “Superpower Darwinism: What Big Oil Can and Cannot Do About Total’s Billion-Dollar Battery Move.”.

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New survey finds myths and misinformation about EVs are deeply embedded – Charged EVs

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The firm recently surveyed homeowners in the US, the UK, France and Germany, and discovered that myths and misinformation about EVs (and heat pumps) have penetrated deep into the public consciousness in all four countries. Electrify Research has put some numbers to the nonsense. Again, there’s a grain of truth here, but only a grain.

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PSA Peugeot Citroën and General Electric sign a European Cooperation Agreement for the co-development of electromobility solutions; BEVs and PHEVs

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Both companies intend to create an EV Customer Experience Center in France that will promote the implementation of projects to demonstrate the economic, commercial and technological challenges at stake. GE Capital is a leading leaser of vehicles, with a customer fleet of approximately 250,000 vehicles in Europe, and 1.6 million globally.

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Discover Le Havre, Where Impressionism Was Born

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This year, France is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the movement. It is sending 178 other works to more than 30 museums throughout France. MuMa, as it is called, has arguably the most important collection of Impressionist paintings in France outside the Musée d’Orsay ( Rouen’s Musée des Beaux-Arts makes the same claim).