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German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

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million) STORE&GO research project. This stored energy is then available as backup whenever there is an insufficient supply of solar and wind power. The wind-to-gas pilot plant “WindGas Falkenhagen” was constructed in 2013 to store wind energy in the natural gas grid. Construction on the methanation plant began in July 2017.

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Prominent gas station sells thousands of stores to fund EV charging

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TotalEnergies will sell its 1,198 stations in Germany and its 392 stations in the Netherlands to Canadian convenience store chain Couche-Tard. Total has also sold its gas stations in Italy, Switzerland, and the U.K. TotalEnergies is still an oil-based company and is a significant producer of petroleum products in Europe.

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Italian Government Upset Alfa Romeo ‘Milano’ Will Be Built in Poland

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According to Reuters , that makes it the very first Alfa Romeo model to be produced entirely outside of Italy. As an American, I’m not exactly thrilled what the brand has in store for Dodge and Chrysler either. So a car called Milano must be produced in Italy. made "parmesan" cheese resembling Italy's "parmigiano".

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Iveco Group chooses HTWO (Hyundai) fuel cell systems for the next generation of hydrogen buses in Europe

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The fuel processing system is responsible for transferring hydrogen safely stored in the hydrogen tank from high pressure to low pressure and moving it to the fuel cell stack. This initiative aims to leverage the exceptional technology and competencies of both entities in the urgently needed renewal of Italy’s public transport.

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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 hydrogen is stored in gaseous form in five new-generation tanks mounted on the bus roof. The first vehicles will make it to Bolzano, Cologne and Wuppertal by the end of this year.

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Snam and Saipem sign MoU to work together on green hydrogen development and CO2 capture

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Italy-based Snam, a leading energy infrastructure operator, and Saipem, an Italian multinational oilfield services company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to start working together to define and to develop initiatives for green hydrogen production and transport, and for carbon dioxide capture, transport and reuse or storage (CCS and CCU).

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Alstom and MOL to explore use of hydrogen technologies for rail transport in Hungary

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Alstom’s hydrogen technology has also been purchased by SNCF (France) and FNM (Italy). The battery is used to store braking energy, to boost acceleration and for auxiliary supply. Coradia iLint hydrogen trains are electric trains with a hydrogen-powered fuel cell for onboard electricity generation.

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