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

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Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. In the future, 100% of additional purchased electricity will come from verifiable renewable sources, such as wind- and hydropower. The decision also fits with our overall strategy. The plant will start operating in 2019.

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BP invests $5M in mobile electric vehicle charging company FreeWire; intro at some retail sites this year

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kW or DC fast charging at 50 kW. BP Ventures’ portfolio is primarily focused on emerging technologies in oil and gas exploration and production and downstream conversion processes. BP’s venturing business has invested $5 million in FreeWire Technologies Inc. , Freewire products currently offer Level 2 charging at 7.5

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Mitsubishi Heavy develops containerized large-scale Li-ion energy storage system

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The container-type “megawatt-class large-capacity energy storage system (ESS)” consists of a 40ft-long container unit, which houses more than 2,000 units of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, and a 20ft-long container unit, in which two power conditioners are installed.

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