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WEC report: EVs need 16% market share by 2020 for fuel economy standards to be met

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While EVs currently represent less than 1% combined market share across the world’s largest markets for new passenger cars, they should be considered central to any policy and technology portfolio designed to lower transport emissions, WEC said. In the EU, the EV gap is 1.4 million (11%) and in China roughly 5.3

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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

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To date, plant operators have continued to respond to orders from Ukraine’s grid operator.) Factors cited to justify operation include the possibility that cooling the plant will make it easier for Russia to transfer its generation to its own grid, and the need for power exports to Europe that deliver revenue and political support.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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It can also provide lowest-cost long-term storage for electrical grids relying on renewable energy. Fluor, a global engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance company, which has best-in-class experience in building hydrogen-from-gasification plants, will provide front-end engineering and design for the Lancaster facility.

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SpaceX converts Falcon Heavy core into Falcon 9 booster

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However, despite previous statements from Musk indicating that Falcon’s new Block 5 design made it fairly easy to convert Falcon first stages between Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy side booster configurations, both B1052 and B1053 dropped off the face of the Earth immediately after completing STP-2.

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Eight new EV brands you’ve never hears of – and they don’t come from China

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China’s Geely is providing its SPA electric vehicle architecture and Italian design house Pininfarina (these days owned by India’s Mahindra) is providing the exterior and interior design for three EVs – an SUV, a hatchback and estate. It’s a mini car called the Sion that’s capable of charging via the grid or solar modules.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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Enefit’s modular design allows easy maintenance, process optimization and streamlined adaptability to the individual characteristics of different oil shale deposits. There are also significant reserves in Jordan, Morocco, Sweden, Syria and Turkey. The efficiency of the technology comes from its 100% use of the mined oil shale.

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UNECE Adopts Type Approval for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles’ Electric Safety Requirements; Applies in 41 Countries

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100 includes the 27 Member States of the European Union, the European Union itself, as well as Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Norway, Russian Federation, Serbia, Switzerland, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia and Turkey. The change in UNECE Regulation No.

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