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Sweden launches $3.1M study on electric road systems

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Electric Road Systems (ERS) are already being demonstrated on public roads in Sweden. The project has been granted SEK19 million (US$2.2 The project will work closely with ongoing ERS demonstrations in Sweden. Earlier post.) —Håkan Sundelin, Project Manager at Viktoria Swedish ICT. million) for a term ending in 2019.

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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. The first call for large-scale projects awarded grants of €1.1

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National Electric Vehicle Sweden celebrates ground breaking for production and R&D in China

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National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) held its project launching ceremony for the production and research & development joint ventures in Tianjin Binhai Hi-tech zone on 28th June, marking the start of NEVS’ strategic setup in China. At the same time the Bank of China granted NEVS a credit of 10 billion RMB (US$1.6

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PowerCell in EU project to develop and operate a refuse truck with fuel cells

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PowerCell Sweden AB will participate in an EU project that will develop and operate a refuse truck with fuel cells for Renova AB, western Sweden’s leading environmental enterprise within recycling and waste management. Renova’s end customer, the City of Gothenburg, wants to increase testing of fuel-cell-powered refuse trucks.

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EU approves grant for Chemrec biomethanol, bioDME plant

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The European Union has approved the SEK 500 million (€55 million, $75 million) R&D grant awarded by the Swedish Energy Agency towards the industrial scale demonstration biofuels plant based on Chemrec’s gasification technology at the Domsjö Fabriker biorefinery in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. Earlier post.).

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Federal Highway Administration solicits feedback on how to certify Tesla’s NACS for EV charging grants – Charged EVs

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For years, Tesla was happy with its walled garden, but in 2021, the company began opening its European Supercharger up to other automakers’ EVs , presumably in order to take advantage of subsidies on offer in Norway and Sweden. A standard was born.

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Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM green hydrogen electrolyzer; 10MW, expansion to 100 MW

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The electrolyzer was manufactured by ITM power in Sheffield, UK, and includes parts made in Italy, Sweden, Spain and Germany. The consortium for Refhyne II has been invited to prepare the associated grant agreement. The Refhyne project is at the forefront of the effort to produce green hydrogen in Europe.

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