Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea
Electrek
MARCH 1, 2024
A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating offshore wind farm is going to be developed off Italy's southern coast, in the Ionian Sea.
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Green Car Reports
MARCH 6, 2024
Startup vehicle maker Aptera said it has begun production-intent builds on the body for its three-wheel solar EV, although the timeline for actual deliveries might not be quite as bright as it sounds In a video address accompanying the update, CEO Steve Fambro noted that Aptera chose Italy’s CPC Group for its “incredible ability” (..)
Teslarati
APRIL 18, 2024
of an Argentine solar power producer to increase its self-sufficiency in its operations. The legacy automaker invested $100 million in 360 Energy Solar. Stellantis hopes to develop new solar plants, install large-scale solar storage systems, and produce hydrogen energy through the partnership. Stellantis acquired 49.5%
Electrek
APRIL 12, 2024
Aptera Motors is touting its latest milestone en route to solar EV production later this year. The first production body of its flagship vehicle has made its way over from Italy to Aptera’s headquarters in San Diego, enabling the team to finalize its design ahead of production-intent builds.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
The Aptera solar-assisted EV will get a carbon-fiber composite body from the same supplier used by supercar makers, to aid in its quest for 1,000 miles of real-world range. Aptera recently announced an agreement with Italy's C.P.C. Bodies for the sleek three-wheeler will be made in Modena, Italy, in the Motor Valley.
Baua Electric
MARCH 1, 2024
Photo: SolarDuck A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm is going to be developed off Italy’s southern coast, in the Ionian Sea. It’s tapped into that knowledge to design elevated solar platforms made of offshore-grade aluminum that sit 10 feet (3 meters) off the water to withstand rough waters.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Fresh off a successful crowdfunding program to gain capital and secure slots for its first 2,000 solar EV builds, Aptera Motors is offering a peek at its production-intent design currently being finalized in Italy. See more in the video below.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
The A35 Brebemi autostrada in northern Italy will become the latest location for road electrification technology, and Scania trucks fitted with Siemens pantographs and power connections are in line to carry out the initial trials. The plan for Italy follows similar projects in Sweden and Germany.
Baua Electric
APRIL 12, 2024
Aptera Motors is touting its latest milestone en route to solar EV production later this year. The first production body of its flagship vehicle has made its way over from Italy to Aptera’s headquarters in San Diego, enabling the team to finalize its design ahead of production-intent builds. Check it out.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
The production of green hydrogen generated by solar-driven electrolysis from the Iberian Peninsula will begin in 2022. The ambition is to achieve 95 GW of solar and 67 GW of electrolysis capacity by 2030 to deliver 3.6 Participants include: Solar developers: DH2/Dhamma Energy (Spain), Falck Renewables (Italy), Qair (France).
Baua Electric
APRIL 1, 2024
Aptera Motors has just delivered its first solar EV to a customer. This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds. April fools! Watch the video in full below. Watch the video in full below.
Baua Electric
APRIL 29, 2024
The G7 – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US, plus the EU – are meeting in Turin, Italy. The US is in line with the G7 average (16%), while the other G7 members have mostly already phased out coal: France (0.4%), the UK (1.4%), Canada (5%), and Italy (5.3%). Get started here. –
Green Car Congress
MARCH 10, 2023
The Stellantis Cassino Assembly Plant in Italy, producer of vehicles for the premium and luxury brands, Alfa Romeo and Maserati, will add production of vehicles, to be shared at a later date, based on the flexible, BEV-centric STLA Large platform. The plant puts a high emphasis on energy and resource conservation.
The Driven EV News
MAY 16, 2023
European EV charging giant Ionity has opened its largest EV charging park yet, located in Italy and featuring 18 high-power chargers powered by 100% renewable energy. Located at the strategic… The post Ionity opens largest EV ultra fast charging park, shaded by solar roof appeared first on The Driven.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 14, 2022
electric mobility, launched their equally-owned joint venture Ewiva, which aims to accelerate the uptake of electric mobility in Italy promoting the development of a reliable and capillary high-power charging (HPC) network across the country. The Volkswagen Group and Enel X Way, the Enel Group’s company dedicated to.
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. But it comes at a hefty cost: Local solar manufacturers are on the brink of a total collapse that could happen within weeks.
Baua Electric
APRIL 15, 2024
The ongoing tensions between Italy and Alfa Romeo’s parent company Stellantis reached a head last week when the Italian government told the automaker that naming its upcoming Alfa Romeo EV the Milano was against the law because the car will be built in Poland. but this issue is more about Italy vs. Stellantis than anything else.
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Aptera claims to have raised enough money in a recent crowdfunding campaign to start production of its solar-assisted three-wheeled EV, but the company is still far from assured of success. In November 2022 it announced a supply agreement Italy’s C.P.C. Group for carbon-fiber bodywork. billion in potential revenue.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
AMT Genoa (Italy) has acquired 14 10.8m Italy is a strategic market for us, and with the awarding of this contract there are now 8 countries using our solutions and services. Irizar ie electric buses and associated charging facilities. The Irizar buses will operate around the streets of Genoa from August 2020. Irizar ie 10.8m
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 19, 2022
FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group, inaugurated the new Turin (Italy) ePowertrain plant, a manufacturing site fully dedicated to the production of the electric powertrain range and Iveco Group’s first completely carbon-neutral plant.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
GKN Hydrogen Italy placed an order for an additional 15 HyModule S8 hydrogen fuel cell systems. In 2021, Proton Motor manufactured a HyModule S8 system for integration into UMSTRO’s modern energy trailer, formally known as the Mobile Solar FuelCell Aggregate.
Electrek
JULY 12, 2023
Aptera’s “Gamma” prototype of its solar-powered, three-wheeled electric car is overseas right now, doing aerodynamic testing at Pininfarina’s wind tunnel near Turin, Italy, in the shadow of the Italian Alps. more… The post Aptera anticipates lowest drag coefficient of any car ever in wind tunnel testing appeared first on Electrek.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
It's being marketed as the " Tesla Energy Plan ," and is available to any individual household in this region of 24 million people that has a solar panel system, a grid connection—and a Tesla powerwall, the Palo Alto firm's gigafactory-made 13.5 Newer entrants, potential energy powerhouses, are on the rise in Italy, Spain and Denmark.
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 16, 2013
As Volvo’s V60 Plug-in Hybrid arrives in Italy, we get another chance to see possibly the most beautiful charging canopy ever produced. Now part of a road show which will travel through Italy’s biggest cities, the ‘Pure Tension Pavillion’ is a solar charging station developed from a competition for[.].
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2020
The project, which is expected to be operational in 2023, will convert renewable energy from one of EGPNA’s solar plants in the United States into green hydrogen to be supplied to a bio-refinery. Enel Green Power is developing projects in the green hydrogen segment in Italy, Spain, Chile and the United States.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2015
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). Universita Degli Studi Di Firenze, Italy. Centro Ricerche Fiat SCPA, Italy. Imperial College Of Science Technology and Medicine, UK.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2015
IHS forecasts that 9% of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in North America will include attached storage in 2018. IHS anticipates that SolarCity, a leading US solar installer, will also be increasingly active in the attached storage market this year.
Electrek
JANUARY 28, 2022
Solar Electric Vehicle (SEV) startup Lightyear has updated the public on the progress of its flagship vehicle, the Lightyear One by sharing recent test footage.
Electric Cars Report
OCTOBER 22, 2022
FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group, inaugurated the new Turin (Italy) ePowertrain plant, a manufacturing site fully dedicated to the production of the electric powertrain range and Iveco Group’s first totally carbon-neutral plant.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 16, 2024
Fiat’s new 500e (Source: Stellantis) Stellantis has decided to temporarily lay off some 2,250 workers at its Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy. Of course, its home turf of Italy has some of the lowest EV adoption rates in Europe, at just 4% of the market. But the Italian government is working to change that.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 26, 2024
Italy-based Prinoth says on its website that the eMOTION has a run time of up to three hours and a DC fast charging capacity of 100 kW. To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system. Its AC charging capacity is 22 kW.) But today’s announcement is a wee bit confusing.
Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2023
Part of the required electricity is provided by the photovoltaic system of solar cells on the roof. In co-operation with various partners, more than 400 of these charging points have also been implemented in, for example, Spain, Italy, Korea, Japan and Brazil. China has an exclusive network with almost 300 charging points.
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2010
A hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft developed by the ENFICA-FC project has completed a number of successful test flights out of Reggio Emilia airport in Italy, establishing new speed and endurance records for electrically powered class C aeroplanes. Tags: Aviation Electric (Battery) Fuel Cells Solar. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 29, 2011
China, Germany, Italy and India were among the nations that most successfully attracted private investments, according to new research released by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Italy attracted $13.9 Italy is the first country to achieve grid parity, or cost-competitiveness, for solar energy. billion) and Italy ($13.9
Green Car Congress
JUNE 2, 2023
This will prove particularly useful to customers who power their homes using solar energy harvested from photovoltaic panels. Our battery technology will include provisions to support bi-directional charging giving customers the ability to return electricity to the grid and power their homes.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 10, 2024
The 2024 version is made in the Mirafiori factory in Turin, Italy, compared to the 2019 built in Mexico. Of course, its home turf of Italy has some of the lowest EV adoption rates in Europe, at just 4% of the market. If you’re considering going solar, it’s always a good idea to get quotes from a few installers.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 2, 2010
To capture solar energy to drive fuel biosynthesis, the synthetic pathways will at first be assembled in the photosynthetic model organism Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, a freshwater cyanobacterium.
Baua Electric
APRIL 11, 2024
Back in March, Chery was reportedly in talks with Italy – another European country where EVs have an incredibly low market share – about building a plant there, but sources say that those plans stalled and the company is moving ahead with Spain. Photo: Chery Charge your electric vehicle at home using rooftop solar panels.
Teslarati
MARCH 20, 2023
Total has also sold its gas stations in Italy, Switzerland, and the U.K. In its efforts to become an “energy company,” Total has invested significantly in green energy projects, specifically solar and wind. as it continues to expand its charging segment.
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2015
The e-bikes are housed in mobile solar-powered rental shops based on 20 ft shipping containers (called Q•pods), each with 15 bikes. of Milan, Italy. Moore is seeking $275,000 in crowdsourced funding by 14 August to build Q•pod #1. With a weight of just 3 kg (6.6
Baua Electric
MARCH 8, 2024
Airbus says it will partner with operators and airlines to fly the model worldwide, with plans for it to take flight in Italy, Germany, Norway, and Japan, as well as regions in Latin America. Photo: Courtesy of Airbus To reduce your carbon footprint and live more sustainably, consider going solar.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2017
Enel has installed around 5,000 charging stations in Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. For example, JuiceNet allows users to schedule EV charging when electricity from domestic solar rooftop systems is most abundant. GW powered by renewable hydropower, wind, geothermal and solar energy.
Green Car Congress
MAY 13, 2018
This stored energy is then available as backup whenever there is an insufficient supply of solar and wind power. Three different demonstration sites—Falkenhagen, Troia (Italy), and Solothurn (Switzerland) offer highly diverse testing grounds for PtG: Available energy sources (high wind power; PV and hydro; PV and wind power).
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The 2024 version is made in the Mirafiori factory in Turin, Italy, compared to the 2019 built in Mexico. All photos courtesy of Fiat/Stellantis Charge your electric vehicle at home using rooftop solar panels. Find a reliable and competitively priced solar installer near you on EnergySage , for free.
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