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Scandlines installing Norsepower’s rotor sail solution on board hybrid ferry

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Ferry operator Scandlines signed an agreement with Norsepower Oy Ltd, leading clean technology and engineering company pioneering modern wind propulsion technology, to install Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution on board the M/V Copenhagen , a hybrid passenger ferry. Illustration of Scandlines hybrid ferry M/V Copenhagen with Rotor Sail.

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Biorefinery for sustainable marine fuel to be built in Denmark

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The Port of Frederikshavn, Steeper Energy and Aalborg University are partnering to establish a biomass biorefinery in Denmark to produce a sustainable drop-in sulfur-free marine fuel that will serve more than 100,000 vessels passing through the port annually.

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Solaris to deliver 14 bi-articulated 24m electric buses to Tide Bus Danmark

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We were very glad to hear that Denmark would be the first country ever to receive delivery of electric Urbino 24 MetroStyle buses. The installed Solaris High Energy battery pack, with a total capacity of more than 700 kWh, will be charged via a plug. These 24-meter vehicles are specially designed for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes.

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Scandinavia's largest bus operator orders 22 electric MAN Lion’s City E buses

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The MAN Lion’s City E buses will feature 480 kWh installed capacity on the 12-meter solo bus, paired with Nobina’s state-of-the-art planning and operational concepts. Every day, the company transports more than one million people in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. —Rudi Kuchta, Head of Business Unit Bus at MAN Truck & Bus.

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E.ON puts strategic focus on providing customer solutions for electric vehicles; switching own fleet to electric

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will secure attractive locations for charging stations where it can install and operate innovative charging technology. is also switching its own vehicle fleet to electric. The first step will be to gradually convert the existing German network fleet, which consists of 4,500 cars and commercial vehicles.

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Nel ASA awarded multi-billion NOK contract for 448 electrolyzers (1 GW) by Nikola Motor

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It will secure fast and cost efficient fueling of Nikola’s fleet of hydrogen trucks, delivering support to major customers like Anheuser-Busch, as well as a growing fleet of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles. We’ll begin fleet testing the Nikola hydrogen electric semi-trucks in 2019.

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Maersk to pilot 600 kWh containerized battery system on container ship

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A containerized 600 kWh marine battery system will be installed in a trial on board the Maersk Cape Town in December 2019 to improve vessel performance and reliability while reducing CO 2 emissions. The battery system will be shortly transported to Singapore and installed on board the Maersk Cape Town. m, beam is 37.4

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