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Brasov orders 25 Solaris Trollino 18 articulated trolleybuses

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Brasov, Romania has ordered 25 Solaris Trollino 18 trolleybuses. For example, in the case of a power grid outage they will be able to safely exit an intersection. Brasov is one of 5 cities in Romania that has emission-free Solaris buses: trolleybuses and electric buses.

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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. Enel has installed around 5,000 charging stations in Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

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SFC Energy starts production of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells in India

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SFC Energy AG, a supplier of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells for stationary and mobile hybrid power solutions, has launched the manufacturing of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells at its New Delhi/Gurgaon site in India. SFC Energy distributes its products worldwide and has sold more than 60,000 fuel cells to date.

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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His plan’s legacy is the dozens of cooling towers rising from the French landscape, marking the nuclear power stations that produce over two-thirds of France’s electricity, by far the highest proportion of any country on Earth. Italy hasn’t hosted nuclear power at all since 1990. Spain plans to start phasing out in 2027.

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How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

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Just a few hours before massed Russian troops and missiles surged over borders with deadly force last month, Ukraine’s grid operator opened a series of high-voltage breakers, disconnecting the nation’s grid from those of Belarus, Russia and the rest of the giant UPS/IPS synchronous AC power zone controlled from Moscow.

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The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

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Even more discouragingly, nuclear’s per-unit cost increased 26 percent between 2009 and 2019—while solar and wind power prices plummeted instead. Still, a steadfast consensus remains that nuclear power isn’t just desirable for a clean-energy transition— it’s necessary. Linglong One is the only one of its kind under construction today.

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