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RATP beginning tests of Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen bus in Paris

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In 2019, during the UITP Global Public Transport Summit representatives of Solaris and RATP Group (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) signed a contract for lease and tests of the Urbino 12 hydrogen. The Urbino 12 hydrogen bus uses a 70 kW fuel cell stack to generate energy. The hydrogen is stored on the roof in five tanks.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources.

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Exide and Leclanché launch Li-ion battery JV in India

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Exide Industries Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider, and Switzerland-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Leclanché SA announced a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India’s electric vehicle market and grid-based applications.

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UNSW, H2Store to develop hydrogen storage for renewables; residential and commercial P2G

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million investment from Providence Asset Group to develop a hydrogen hydride storage system that could mean cheaper, safer storage for renewable energy for a range of applications, including residential. We can actually store about seven times more energy than the current systems. —Professor Aguey-Zinsou.

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This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

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Open Ocean Robotics has received several awards and recognitions, including being named a 2019 IEEE N3XT Star. The company also plans to invest in continued advancements in photovoltaic cells and in power storage—and smaller, more energy-efficient sensors. The company began in the Anguses’ garage on Vancouver Island, B.C.,

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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We are heading high speed into an energy train wreck with a perfect storm of bad luck, bad policy and plain bad decision making. Slashing gas storage facilities. No new nuclear power plants operational. In 2019, the Government once all keen on low priced UK gas did a U turn after succumbing to environmentalists’ pressure groups.

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