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European Commission approves up to €5.4B of public support for IPCEI Hy2Tech; 41 hydrogen projects

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The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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Researchers use ionic liquids for recycling bonded NdFeB permanent magnets

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The magnetic properties of these new magnets were measured and compared to those of commercial counterparts to assess the overall efficiency of the recycling process. An open-access paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Green Chemistry. Permanent NdFeB magnets are of two types: sintered and (polymer or resin) bonded magnets.

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EC awards Better Place and partners €4.95M for EV infrastructure project, including battery switch stations

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Six European Ministries of Transport—Denmark, The Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg—have endorsed the project during its application phase. of Belgium; Technical University of Denmark; the City of Amsterdam; Public Research Center Henri Tudor of Luxembourg; and DSB Kommerciel of Denmark.

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BASF to concentrate plant biotechnology activities on main markets in North and South America

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Citing a lack of acceptance for plant technology in many parts of Europe, BASF announced that it is concentrating its plant biotechnology activities on the main markets in North and South America. Research and development activities will be concentrated mainly in Raleigh, Ghent, Belgium and Berlin, Germany.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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In support of those targets, the ministers are launching the Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI), which will provide a forum for global cooperation on the development and deployment of electric vehicles, and accelerating their commercial uptake. Other initial partners include the International Energy Agency.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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And part of the change involves extending the city’s EV-charging network. “We This duo, alongside Timothy Lipman of the University of California, Berkeley , and Alec Brooks of AC Propulsion , laid the foundation for vehicle-to-grid power. technology-license deal for the first commercial deployment of vehicle-to-grid technology.

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ABB powers 450kW fast charging for electric buses in Gothenburg

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Due for delivery in spring 2018, two fast chargers will be installed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Eriksberg Square, on line 16 of the city’s bus network, on which two prototype electric articulated high capacity buses from Volvo will operate.

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