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Solaris completes delivery of 20 more electric buses for MPK Kraków

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Solaris has fulfilled another contract for the delivery of electric buses to MPK Kraków, Poland, comprising 20 units of the Urbino electric, including 13 twelve-meter vehicles, and 7 articulated vehicles. The investment is co-financed by the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.

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Hynfra and Amarenco MENA form strategic partnership to produce hydrogen and ammonia in MENA region

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Poland-based Hynfra has signed a framework cooperation agreement with Amarenco MENA, a major developer of renewable energy projects in the Middle East and North Africa and part of Amarenco Group. Amarenco is a renewable energy producer with its global headquarters in Cork, Ireland.

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Solaris Bus in Polish second-life battery consortium

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and TAURON Polska Energia will implement a project titled “Second Life ESS” with the aim to create a prototype system to store electric energy based on retired electric bus batteries. The project is being co-financed by the National Center for Research and Development (NCBiR) in Poland.

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Leclanch? announces strategic reorganization; partnership with Eneris Group

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Swiss energy storage company Leclanché SA announced a strategic reorganization which will convert the company into a market-oriented, research-driven, software and systems integration company with expanded production and R&D capabilities based on a partnership agreement with Eneris Group.

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EC approves €3.2B public support by 7 Member States for a pan-European battery push

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The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in the common European priority area of batteries. stationary energy storage, power tools, etc.).

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Tata AutoComp’s ‘Make in India’ push for EVs | Autocar Professional

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Moreover, TACO supplies battery energy storage systems to Tata Power, capitalising on their knowledge of making battery packs and BMS. They have already started supplying to Tata Power’s 120MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility in Chhattisgarh.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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Other areas of energy transition investment also showed strength. Domestic installation of energy-efficient heat pumps came to $50.8 billion, up 12%, while investment in stationary energy storage technologies such as batteries was $3.6 Biomass and waste-to-energy financings were down 3% at $10 billion.

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