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Poland NCBJ report concludes small modular reactors unlikely to play key role as basic electricity source in Poland

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A new report published by Poland’s National Center for Nuclear Research (Narodowe Centrum Bada? drowych, NCBJ) concludes that while small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power plants (NPPs) might become important for Polish power industry, it is very unlikely that they will ever play a key role as basic electricity source in Poland.

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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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Solaris Bus in Polish second-life battery consortium

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A consortium comprising Solaris Bus & Coach, Impact Clean Power Technology S.A. The project is being co-financed by the National Center for Research and Development (NCBiR) in Poland. The aim of the project is to utilize lithium-ion cells the parameters of which are no longer optimal when it comes to supplying power to vehicles.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF). Source: BNEF.

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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. The company finances, develops, builds and operates C&I and large-scale solar PV plants across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

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

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Clean power generation and electric transport are seeing heavy inflows, but need to see further increases in spending as costs fall. Highlights of the renewables investment total included a leap of 56% in financings of offshore wind projects to $50 billion, including the largest deal ever in that sub-sector—$8.3

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