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FreeWire Technologies secures $125 million in Series D financing

Charged

Construction of the facility is underway, and it will be fully operational by “summer 2022.”. FreeWire has installed nearly 5 MWh of energy storage capacity through battery-integrated charging to date, and says it has over 30 MWh booked. FreeWire is also evolving its software platform.

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'A new stage': Latitude Festival launches electric park and charge station

Business Green

The company said the initiative had been a major success, with all 60 spaces in the electric 'park and charge' initiative booked up within an hour of their release for ticket holders. Abhikshek Sampat, head of electric vehicles at Cinch, said the company was thrilled to be helping create a "greener driving experience" at Latitude.

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Carbonplace: UBS, Standard Chartered, and BNP Paribas join CO2 offset trading platform

Business Green

The group is eyeing an expected launch date for the new platform before the end of 2022. The group is seeking more financial institutions to sign up in the coming months, with an expectation of the new platform becoming fully operational by the end of 2022. Want to help celebrate and showcase the best of the green economy?

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5 Would-Be European Giga-Scale Solar Manufacturers

GreenTechMedia

A consortium led by Switzerland's EcoSolifer opened a 100 MW heterojunction factory in Hungary this summer, using Meyer Burger technology. Enel Green Power owns one of the world's largest fleet of renewable energy assets, with more than 40 GW on its books. GW in 2022. Enel is aiming to expand its solar capacity from 2.8

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NatWest tightens fossil fuel financing rules as it ups green lending to £17.5bn

Business Green

As of January 2022, the bank said it would only continue to support upstream oil and gas companies where the majority of assets - both onshore and offshore - being financed are based in the UK, and, where those firms report the overall emissions of the assets they operate by end of 2023.

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How climate change is muting nature’s symphony

Grist

Even after years of summer vacations in Maine, at the southernmost reaches of the loon’s habitat, Wells hasn’t tired of their calls. In the 1960s, marine biologist-turned-journalist Rachel Carson published the book Silent Spring. “I leaped out of bed and ran into my parents’ bedroom, like, ‘What is that?’”

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Volkswagen to turbocharge global EV push with €120bn investment

Business Green

Unveiling its full-year 2022 financial results, the German car giant said its operating profits rose to €2.6bn despite "challenging" economic conditions, with overall sales across its fossil fuel and EV portfolio rising from €68bn to €74bn. The update confirmed sales of the auto giant's fully electric vehicles rose 23.6