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Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

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Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Pramac , a global leader in the energy sector, to develop a portable zero-emission energy storage unit powered by second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries. The partnership is the first in Jaguar Land Rover’s plans to create new circular economy business models for its vehicle batteries.

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Rystad Energy expects strong growth in hydrogen pipelines through 2035

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Globally, Europe is at the forefront of efforts to produce and import green hydrogen and its attention is now turning to building the necessary infrastructure to get it to demand centers. Europe, with its extensive gas grid, is well placed to make the jump. France, Spain, and Germany. Repurposing natural gas pipelines.

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BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas. Low-carbon gas.

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Enel acquires eMotorWerks to provide grid balancing solutions and tap into US e-mobility market

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Through the JuiceNet platform, these facilities can be remotely controlled and aggregated for grid balancing purposes relying on unidirectional and bidirectional (vehicle-to-grid, V2G) electricity flows. —Francesco Venturini, Head of Enel’s Global e-Solutions division.

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T&E: two-thirds of European battery production at risk as companies weigh investing in US instead

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—Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles and emobility at T&E Germany, Hungary, Spain, Italy and the UK stand to lose the most if battery-makers change their plans. Europe’s global share of new investment in Li-ion battery production dropped from 41% in 2021 to a meagre 2% in 2022, according to BloombergNEF.

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Mitsubishi Heavy, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corp. to begin $65M project on EV transportation infrastructure for smart community system demo project in Spain

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and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) as contractors for the Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain, as the result of a feasibility study which was conducted from March through October 2011 by the three companies. (MHI), Hitachi, Ltd. an ICT provider.

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bp and thyssenkrupp Steel to advance the decarbonization of steel production; low-carbon hydrogen and renewable power

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As part of our strategy to provide a range of decarbonization solutions to corporates, bp is already investing in and working to develop a portfolio of industrial-scale hydrogen projects in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and Australia. Steel accounts for 8 to 11% of global CO 2 emissions.

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