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The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector just came online

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High wind generation outputs in the UK and Denmark are unlikely to happen simultaneously, so surplus energy will be transmitted through the interconnector to where the level of demand is higher. billion) project is a joint venture between the UK’s National Grid and Danish national transmission system operator Energinet. billion ($2.16

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. This is due to wind and solar projects generating only when natural resources are available while oil, coal, and gas plants can potentially produce around the clock.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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To increase and improve the sector, Estonia is not only spending heavily on RD&D for biomass-based energy, wind and solar power, but it is also pursuing solutions such as fuel cells and electrolyzers as well as computer-based energy management technologies for buildings, power storage and grid development.

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Elcora acquires vanadium sites in quest to further position in battery technologies

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which includes ten (10) Vanadium licenses/concessions sites in Morocco. Vanadium’s role in the growing energy grid storage will increase over the coming years. Elcora is devoted to unlocking the full potential of solar and wind through large-scale energy storage capacity. Elcora Advanced Materials has acquired STE ERMAZONE.A.R.L,

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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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Automakers in Europe can lower their emissions by shortening the transport distance and capitalizing on the DRC’s hydroelectric powered grid and proximity to raw materials. However, the raw materials for batteries are, in most cases, imported into China from Africa and refined before being exported to Europe.

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