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Vienna testing Solaris hydrogen bus

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Since the première of the hydrogen bus in June last year, Solaris has been awarded orders from the Netherlands, Germany and Italy for 57 buses in total. The Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses use a set of fuel cells with a power of 70 kW. The first vehicles will make it to Bolzano, Cologne and Wuppertal by the end of this year.

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New Li-S battery shows cycle performance comparable to that of Li-ion batteries along with more than double the energy density

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A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. —Lee et al. 1 based on the weight of active materials on the cathode and anode.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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A key feature of the 2014 result was the rapid expansion of renewables into new markets in developing countries. As in previous years, the market in 2014 was dominated by record investments in solar and wind, which accounted for 92% of overall investment in renewable power and fuels. The US was second at $38.3 Challenges.

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Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX covers more than 621 miles on single charge

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Traveling from Sindelfingen across the Swiss Alps and Northern Italy, to its destination of Cassis on the Côte d’Azur, the VISION EQXX electric concept ( earlier post ) from Mercedes-Benz covered more than 1,000 km (621 miles) in everyday traffic on a single battery charge. Another is the battery.

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