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Italy to start electric road trials; Scania and Siemens; zero-impact eHighway

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The A35 Brebemi autostrada in northern Italy will become the latest location for road electrification technology, and Scania trucks fitted with Siemens pantographs and power connections are in line to carry out the initial trials. The plan for Italy follows similar projects in Sweden and Germany.

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AECOM to develop hydrogen-powered railway in Central Italy

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AECOM and its partners are working on four projects to support sustainable economic recovery in the region, which was badly affected by earthquakes in 2009 and 2016 and has suffered from decades of depopulation. The first project is the upgrade of the 300-km Apennine line, which will be one of Italy’s first hydrogen railways.

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Snam taking 33% stake in De Nora to strengthen position in hydrogen technologies

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Italy-based global energy infrastructure operator Snam signed an agreement with funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities for the purchase of a strategic stake of approximately 33% in Industrie De Nora S.p.A., a global supplier of clean energy and water treatment technologies, based on a 100% enterprise value of approximately €1.2

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ANGP gets exclusive license to UTRC technology for conformable natural gas vehicle storage tanks

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UTRC’s modular tank could substantially improve upon the conformability level of existing technologies at a cost of approximately $1,500, considerably less than today’s tanks. As the innovation hub of United Technologies Corp. David Parekh, corporate vice president, Research, and director, UTRC.

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Biomass-to-sugar company Comet Biorefining completes new round of equity financing

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Comet’s industrial technology converts agricultural residues into high-purity dextrose for the production of sustainable biochemicals. In March 2016, with strong support from BIC, Comet Biorefining partnered with the Cellulosic Sugar Producers Cooperative located in Western Ontario. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.

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Enel, Nissan and IIT launch pilot corporate EV car charging project with V2G chargers

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Enel Energia, Nissan Italia and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) are partnering in a pilot corporate electric car sharing project with V2G chargers at the IIT headquarters in Genoa. Using V2G technology, electric vehicles can expand the range of services available to future energy management systems.

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EuroGroup Laminations opens new plant in Mexico to produce stators and rotors for EV motors – Charged EVs

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Following the initial investment in 2016, the sustained growth of the e-mobility market prompted the Group to expand the facility’s 21,000-square-meter footprint by an additional 10,000 square meters. The Group now operates 13 plants around the world—7 in Italy, 2 each in Mexico and China, one in the US and one in Tunisia. “We

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