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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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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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BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

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BNEF projects that it will be made possible by further sharp declines in the cost of lithium-ion batteries, on top of an 85% reduction in the 2010-18 period. The report goes on to model the impact of this on a global electricity system increasingly penetrated by low-cost wind and solar.

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Groupe Renault launching large-scale V2G trials with fleet of 15 Zoe EVs

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Groupe Renault is beginning the first large-scale pilot schemes in alternating-current, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging in electric vehicles. Following these, more pilot schemes will be introduced in France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark. The pilot schemes will begin in the Netherlands and Portugal.

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“Project Volt Gas Volt” proposes long-term financing plan to support widespread implementation of power-to-gas systems

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Although they are targeting an initial implementation France, they see it as broadly applicable. The hydrogen is combined with CO 2 to produce methane, which is pumped into and stored in the existing natural gas grid and used like natural gas for use in power generation, transportation, or other thermal and industrial uses.

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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France can claim a qualified victory: Under current EU guidelines, at least some nuclear power will be categorized as “green.” Some of these anti-nuclear forces have recently found a sparring ground with France in drafting the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy , which delineates particular energy sources as “green.”

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Mad Power thoughts

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Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Energy Solutions.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. The report identifies insights about the choice of charging infrastructure in each region that will both maximize benefits to consumers (thus helping to drive EV adoption) and maximize benefits to the grid from greater EV use. —“Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”.

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