EV & CleanTech Round Up — More Battery Recycling, MAN Accelerates Charging, Wind Advances, & Millions for Volvo Renewable Renovation

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 02:42:16 +0000

These days, batteries are frequently recycled and repurposed, and companies that tackle this environmental issue make weekly news. We’ve got more battery recycling news below. MAN will build the biggest public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in the nation to date, with 400 charging stations across 170 locations spanning … [continued]

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Starmer Government Is Leading UK Away From Its Oil Addiction

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:44:26 +0000

The new UK government has announced it will not oppose legal appeals that seek to halt oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.

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3 Oil Companies & 3 Polluting Carmakers Among Top 10 Recipients of Green Funds! WTH?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 19:47:54 +0000

Well, this was a shocker. I just saw word from Transport & Environment thanks to one of our news aggregators here that three “polluting carmakers” were among the 10 companies to receive the most European Union “green funds” investments. But even more shocking than that, another three of the top … [continued]

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Shell Opens Megawatt Charger for Trucks & Vessels in Amsterdam

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:03:07 +0000

Shell has developed and commissioned its first megawatt charger at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam (ETCA). Both electric trucks and electric ships can use the charging system. The capacity of the megawatt charger is approximately equal to three regular 350kW fast chargers that trucks now charge with. “We want to … [continued]

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UK Commercial Gas Power Project Equipped With Carbon Capture Unveils Contractors

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:12:23 +0000

Eight engineering, procurement, and construction contract packages have been unveiled for the UK’s Teesside-based Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power), a landmark integrated project that could become one of the […]

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NZT Power, a joint venture between BP and Equinor, aims to be the world’s first commercial-scale gas-fired power station with carbon capture technology and will provide flexible and dispatchable electricity to complement the growing deployment of intermittent forms of renewable energy. The project has a proposed capacity of 860 MW and could capture up to 2 million tonnes of CO2 per year will be captured at the plant. Courtesy: NZT Power

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Offshore Wind Area Detailed for Gulf of Maine; New York Project Delivering Power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:59:46 +0000

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its designation of an offshore wind energy area in the Gulf of Maine. The BOEM, in a notice published in […]

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Shell Shuts Down Its US Hydrogen Filling Stations

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 15:49:13 +0000

Shell has decided to close all its hydrogen refueling stations for light duty vehicles in California, a blow to fuel cell car drivers.

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Shell Faces Calls For Climate Action By Institutional Investors

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 22:27:52 +0000

Follow This, a climate action organization, has gotten 27 financial investors to support it at the next Shell annual general meeting.

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Feat of Engineering Provides Floating Power Solution

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:00:00 +0000

A project utilizing liquefied natural gas (LNG) is supporting power generation in El Salvador and playing a major role in the country’s energy transformation. An energy project in El Salvador has been called

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Small Glimmers Of Hope As Climate Changes Exacerbate Violence

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2023 03:57:54 +0000

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has established a causal link between climate change and the rise in armed conflicts in sub-Saharan African countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan. This region has become the global epicenter of violent extremist activity. That and other stories from Afrik21 are below. “On the […]

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