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Scottish Government Funds Over £7 Million to Support Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

July 18, 2024 admin 0 Comments chargeuk, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, policy & politics, scotland, uk

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:00:22 +0000

The Scottish government is providing over £7 million across Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, The Highland Council, Moray Council and Dundee City Council to encourage greater private investment in the electric vehicle (EV) charging network. In line with the Scottish government’s vision for the public electric vehicle charging network, significant … [continued]

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Green Hydrogen To Rescue “Stranded” Offshore Wind Resources

June 23, 2024 admin clean power, Europe, green economy, green hydrogen, grid, hydrogen, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, renault, scotland, uk, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:10:24 +0000

Offshore wind farms don’t require an onshore grid connection, if they can produce green hydrogen efficiently and economically.

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Amazon Signs Deal With ENGIE for Power From Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

February 1, 2024 admin Business, corporate ppa, edp renewables, engie, International, moray west, news, offshore wind, ppa, renewable energy, Renewables, scotland, uk

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:49:24 +0000

A major offshore wind farm near Scotland set to come online later this year has a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Amazon, the technology company that continues as the largest […]

The post Amazon Signs Deal With ENGIE for Power From Scottish Offshore Wind Farm appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Epicenters Of Hydrogen Folly: These Cities & States Have Achieved Uncritical Mass

January 23, 2024 admin California, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, Fossil Fuels, GERMANY, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, scotland, subsidies, vancouver

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:44:19 +0000

It’s always interesting to figure out why irrational things occur. In the case of London’s foolish hydrogen buses, apparently Wrightbus … [continued]

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Pumped Hydro Accelerating Into Grid Storage Future

January 16, 2024 admin China, clean power, climate change, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, grid, grid storage, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, scotland, united kingdom (uk)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:51:37 +0000

There’s been a lot of great pumped hydro news from around the world in the past month, so a bit … [continued]

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Scotch Whisky Heads To Zero Emissions With Wind & Wood Chips & Ocean Tides

April 13, 2023 admin Agriculture, circular economy, green economy, Manufacturing, net-zero, renewable energy, scotland, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 19:35:30 +0000

You might think that diesel ferries and belching sheep would surpass Scotch whisky distilleries in greenhouse gas (GHG) total emissions, right? Nope. Producing Scotch whisky is really energy intensive, with a whole lot of carbon spewing and peat burning. If the distilleries’ multinational conglomerate owners are anything like the rest of the miserly corporate world, […]

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Scotland Beats US To Offshore Floating Wind Turbine Punch, Again

March 22, 2023 admin clean power, floating wind, floating wind energy, floating wind farms, New Jersey, offshore wind energy, principle power, scotland, sse renewables, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:30:44 +0000

Scotland lays plans for the new 3.6 gigawatt Ossian offshore floating wind farm, leaving the US wind industry with lots of catching up to do.

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The Munro MK_1 Is An All-Electric All-Terrain Workhorse For Farms, Forests, Jobsites, & Beyond

February 21, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, munro vehicles, scotland

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 01:04:24 +0000

The Munro MK_1 looks like the love child of a classic Ford Bronco and an International Scout, if they conceived under a giant Tesla coil, but this new electric vehicle could be a very practical solution to cleaner transport in heavy industry, agriculture, land management, and more. Scotland’s Munro Vehicles was founded with the goal […]

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UK Puts £3.4 Million Into Wireless Charging For Electric Taxis

February 6, 2020 admin cars, cenex, centre of excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies, clean transport, consumer technology, coventry university, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev wireless charging, green economy, london, nottingham, nottingham city council, parkingenergy, policy & politics, scotland, shell, sprint power, subsidies, transport for london, uk, wireless charging, wireless ev charging

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:26:22 +0000

Abundant and high-power charging stations can go a long way to support electric taxis. They’re a base necessity. But one thing would be better than that

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PSH FAST, Pt 1: US DOE FAST Competition For Pumped Storage Picks 4 Winners

December 30, 2019 admin clean power, climate change, competition, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, investment, Manufacturing, nrel, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, research, scotland, United States, us doe, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:07:36 +0000

Pumped storage hydro has far more resource potential than required for a fully decarbonized grid and it’s cheap per megawatt-hour (MWh) of storage. The downside is that it’s slow to build, capital intensive, and heavily regulated right now in the United States. The Department of Energy FAST program aims to change that

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