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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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Global cumulative energy storage installations. The report goes on to model the impact of this on a global electricity system increasingly penetrated by low-cost wind and solar. In the near term, renewables-plus-storage, especially solar-plus-storage, has become a major driver for battery build. Source: BloombergNEF.

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Rystad Energy expects strong growth in hydrogen pipelines through 2035

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Globally, Europe is at the forefront of efforts to produce and import green hydrogen and its attention is now turning to building the necessary infrastructure to get it to demand centers. Europe, with its extensive gas grid, is well placed to make the jump. France, Spain, and Germany. Repurposing natural gas pipelines.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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The technology has been vetted and validated, technically and financially, by leading global institutions including the US Export-Import Bank, Barclays and Deutsche Bank, and Shell New Energies’ gasification experts. It can also provide lowest-cost long-term storage for electrical grids relying on renewable energy.

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Ballard and HDF Energy sign development agreement for multi-megawatt fuel cell systems

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Ballard Power Systems has signed a product development agreement with Hydrogene de France ( HDF Energy ), an independent power producer dedicated to renewable power generation, for the development and integration of a multi-megawatt (MW) scale fuel cell system into HDF Energy’s Renewstable power plant designed for stationary power applications.

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BNEF: energy storage is a $1.2-trillion investment opportunity to 2040

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The global energy storage market will grow to a cumulative 942GW/2,857GWh by 2040, attracting $1.2 We see energy storage growing to a point where it is equivalent to 7% of the total installed power capacity globally in 2040. China, the US, India, Japan, Germany, France, Australia, South Korea and the UK will be the leading countries.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Since the FCV and BEV platforms share many of the same systems (e.g.,

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Honda unveils Urban EV Concept, production version in 2019; electrified technology for every new model launched in Europe

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At a global level, Honda aims to have electrified technology in two-thirds of its new car sales by 2030. The system is designed to incorporate electric vehicles into a smart power grid. While the EV is plugged in, the energy can be stored and used at home or sold back to the grid, potentially generating value for EV owners.

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