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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Cars That Think

Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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Space-based Solar Power: A Great Idea Whose Time May Never Come

Cars That Think

A space solar project would “waste capital that could be better spent improving less risky ways to shore up renewable energy, such as batteries, hydrogen, and grid improvements.” We’ve also reported on Caltech’s SSPD-1 demonstrator project and the US $100 million from a billionaire donor who funds it. For example, U.K.-based

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LLNL’s Energy Flow Diagrams Show That The US Isn’t Moving The Needle On Climate Action

CleanTechnica EVs

In 7 years of electrification and deployment of wind and solar, the US barely budged the needle, in fact declining slightly to more wasted energy in 2016 and 2017 before improving again in 2018 and onward.

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Audi introduces new CNG A3 Sportback

Green Car Congress

With full gas tanks, the car has an NEDC range of up to 495 (307.6 Before the tanks are mounted in the car, they are pressure tested at 300 bar, far above the operating pressure of 200 bar. More than half of them sell biomethane produced entirely from waste, and this number is increasing.

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

Green Car Congress

As part of the electric offensive, Mercedes-Benz Cars counts on local emission-free vehicles. —Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain. In the future, 100% of additional purchased electricity will come from verifiable renewable sources, such as wind- and hydropower.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars aims to cut vehicle CO2 emissions by 50% over lifecycle by end of this decade

Green Car Congress

At its first digital ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Conference for investors and analysts, Mercedes-Benz announced aims to at least halve CO 2 emissions per passenger car over the lifecycle by the end of this decade compared to 2020 levels. The EQS and EQE will even feature cable ducting made with recycled landfill waste.

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Two-way charging is becoming increasingly popular among EV owners

Setec Powerr

The new wave set off by electric vehicles has not only not receded amidst skepticism, but more and more new technologies and new thinking based on pure electric cars are driving the pace of innovation. As freezing winds blow across his construction site in northern China every morning, Liu Jianhong gathers his workers for hot tea.