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T&E: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands lead deployments of zero-emission buses in Europe

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Italy, Poland, Germany, the UK, Spain and France, which buy 70% of the urban buses sold in Europe, lag behind. However, Germany is now financing 80% of the higher purchase cost of e-buses. T&E said the EU’s €750-billion COVID recovery fund is a clear way to finance e-bus deployment.

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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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Project Volt Gas Volt is based on a long-term financing plan and the use of existing technologies for the large-scale conversion of surplus renewable electricity to methane, with subsequent reuse. Although they are targeting an initial implementation France, they see it as broadly applicable. Diagram: Isabelle Plat. Click to enlarge.

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IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

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And the nuclear industry must quickly address the issues of cost overruns and project delays that have bedevilled the construction of new plants in advanced economies. While plant lifetime extensions require substantial investment, they generally yield a cost of electricity that is competitive with wind and solar in most regions.

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Joint IEA-NEA report details plunge in costs of renewable electricity; nuclear competitive with other baseload power sources

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The cost of producing electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar has been falling for several years. The report calculates the cost of producing electricity from different types of new power plants. 2010 and 2015 LCOE ranges for solar and wind technologies. Source: IEA/NEA. Click to enlarge. Source: IEA/NEA.

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Electreon to supply Israel’s 4th largest bus operator with wireless charging infrastructure; simultaneous charging of 30 buses

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The cost of the deal is $1.9 In addition, Electra Afikim will bear the cost of the electricity. The support of the Ministry of Transportation is important especially since the ministry is the entity that finances the public transportation activity in Israel, and the entity that approved the use of Electreon’s wireless charging.

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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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Global Bioenergies and Cristal Union form JV to produce renewable isobutene

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Global Bioenergies, a developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, and Cristal Union, the 4 th largest European beet producer, have formed IBN-One, a joint venture to build and operate the first plant in France converting renewable resources into isobutene.

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