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Impact Clean Power Technology unveils visualization of GigafactoryX; 4 GWh/year by 2027

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Poland-based battery systems maker Impact Clean Power Technology unveiled a visualization of GigafactoryX—a large-scale battery factory for electric vehicles and energy storage which will be launched in the city of Pruszków, near Warsaw. The factory will be certified to IATF 16949:2016, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 14001.:2015,

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Solaris completes delivery of 20 more electric buses for MPK Kraków

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Solaris has fulfilled another contract for the delivery of electric buses to MPK Kraków, Poland, comprising 20 units of the Urbino electric, including 13 twelve-meter vehicles, and 7 articulated vehicles. The total value of the contract concluded as a result of a tender, stands at almost €16 million. Photo: Grzegorz Mental.

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Do EV Conferences Matter? The Good Ones Do.

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Back in 2016, CleanTechnica produced on a series of events called the Cleantech Revolution Tour. Poland was not officially part of the rEVolution at that time, but a number of EV aficionados and cleantech lovers convinced CleanTechnica to hold one of the events in Wrocław (as well as Berlin and Leipzig in Germany).

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Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

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The pre-seed round was led by Sunly, a developer of wind and solar parks in the Baltics and Poland, and joined by Scottish Baltic Invest, an investment company linked to Interconnect Product Assembly (IPA), which specializes in the production of electro-mechanical solutions; and Little Green Fund that focuses on investments in cleantech innovation.

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Chinese battery company takes 22% stake in Valmet Automotive; strategic partnership for EVs

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China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), a leading global provider of battery and energy storage solutions, has taken a 22% stake in Finland-based Valmet Automotive as part of a new strategic partnership in electric automotive solutions. At the end of 2016, CATL employed more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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Other areas of energy transition investment also showed strength. Domestic installation of energy-efficient heat pumps came to $50.8 billion, up 12%, while investment in stationary energy storage technologies such as batteries was $3.6 Commercial EV investment declined from $12 billion in 2016 to $4 billion in 2020.

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China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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—Yayoi Sekine, head of energy storage at BNEF. Germany and Hungary will increase their battery manufacturing capability to match Poland, as cell and component plants come online in coming years. US cell production capacity surpassed Japan in 2014 and South Korea in 2016.

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