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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. Solaris will supply the articulated, low-floor and zero-emission trolleybuses to the customer within 12 months. For example, in the case of a power grid outage they will be able to safely exit an intersection. The value of the contract amounts to about €19 million.

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

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In the medium term, annual sales of around €100 million are to be generated here with the development and production of innovative energy supply systems. 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.

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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In the depths of the 1970s oil crisis, French prime minister Pierre Messmer saw an opportunity to transform his country’s energy supply. 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.

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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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Giorgio Locatelli, Polytechnic University of Milan But SMR plans are not in short supply. 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.

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