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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. The value of the contract amounts to about €19 million.

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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’s customers in India already include public sector clients and civilian users of clean hydrogen- and methanol-based power where grid supply is not available or not stable enough. The company is headquartered in Brunnthal/Munich, Germany, operates production facilities in the Netherlands, Romania, Canada and India.

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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But to decarbonize Europe’s grid in short order, the renewable requirements are already steep, and removing nuclear energy from the picture makes it even harder to match that curve. In October, Romania adopted a plan to double its nuclear capacity by 2031. The obvious answer might be solar and wind.

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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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Most of them are demonstration reactors, not linked to the greater grid, but a crucial stepping stone toward it. NuScale has plans to build a US plant in Idaho by 2030; the company is involved in the UK , Poland , and Romania as well. Rolls-Royce hopes to get the first of its reactors on the grid by 2029. startup NuScale.

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