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Scania Tests Its First Solar-Powered Trucks, Sees The Technology To Grow

CleanTechnica EVs

SCANIA recently began tests on a solar-powered truck, a 560-horsepower plug-in hybrid truck with 100 square meters of solar panels wrapping a trailer. This unique setup now being tested on public roads in Sweden is a result of a two-year research collaboration between Scania and industry and academic partners.

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H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill. The team will assess available resources, prospective hydrogen users, and delivery infrastructure, such as existing pipelines that supply hydrogen to refineries.

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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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The new electricity contract is also in line with broader ambitions in China to reduce carbon emissions from industry and reduce the carbon footprint resulting from energy generation. Until recently, the Chengdu plant already sourced 70% of its electricity from renewable sources. The new contract addresses the last 30%.

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PowerCell signs MoU with ABB Power Grids on stationary fuel cell power solutions

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PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a memorandum of understanding with ABB Power Grids regarding a collaboration around fuel cell based zero emissions stationary power solutions. —Per Wassén, CEO of PowerCell Sweden. PowerCell was founded in 2008 as an industrial spinout from the Volvo Group.

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This huge floating offshore wind project will marry up with a sustainable fish farm

Baua Electric

Floating offshore wind and fish farming Sweden-based Freja Offshore, a joint venture between floating offshore wind developer Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power , is developing Mareld, an enormous floating offshore wind farm off Sweden’s west coast. Freja Offshore is planning to develop offshore wind at four sites in Sweden.

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Volkswagen AG coordinating new €6M EU research project on drop-in biocatalytic solar fuels

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To set a benchmark for alternative solar fuels, three research groups in Photofuel will collaborate in the advancement of the biocatalysts from TRL 3 (experimental proof of concept). In addition to the Volkswagen Group, participants in Photofuel include: Uppsala Universitets, Sweden. Volvo Technology AB, Sweden.

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Groupe Renault launching large-scale V2G trials with fleet of 15 Zoe EVs

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These pilot schemes will begin today in Utrecht (the Netherlands) in an ecosystem developed by We Drive Solar and on Porto Santo Island (in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal) with Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira, an energy supplier. Establish common standards, the basic requirement for an industrial-scale roll-out.

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