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EC approves second major battery innovation project; €2.9B (US$3.5B) from 12 member states

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The project, called “European Battery Innovation” (EuBatIn) was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The twelve Member States will provide up to €2.9 billion (US$3.5 billion) in funding in the coming years. Background.

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European Commission approves up to €5.4B of public support for IPCEI Hy2Tech; 41 hydrogen projects

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The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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Frost & Sullivan forecasts rapid growth in tire pressure monitoring systems market; $386.6M by 2018

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With the proliferation of universal sensors and aggressive efforts to raise consumer awareness, the TPMS aftermarket is set for robust revenue growth, according to. As more European countries, including Belgium, Poland and Turkey, adopt winter tire legislations, TPMS revenues and unit sales will increase in the short and medium term.

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New European project on green traffic management

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Intelligent Solutions Sustaining Urban Economies’), brings together research clusters from five European regions: the East Midlands in the United Kingdom, the Molise region in Italy, the Midi-Pyrenees and Aquitaine regions in France and the Mazovia region in Poland. million (US$3.5

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16 National Hydrogen Associations Submit Statement to UNFCC Highlighting Hydrogens Potential Contribution to Curbing GHG Emissions

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Malaysia: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Interim Member). New Zealand: Massey University Centre for Energy Research (Interim Member). Poland: Polish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association. Italy: Italian Hydrogen Forum. Japan: Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan. Mexico: Sociedad Mexicana del Hidrógeno.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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With the conclusion of the 14 th Congress in Poznań, Poland a year later and little progress made, member delegates, some of who had been showing signs of pessimism and fatigue in their statements to the press, were left with just four second-level meetings at which to resolve major outstanding differences.

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