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Sharing the load: Tariff to lower bills for businesses with their own green power

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Energy tech firm Octopus Energy has launched a new tariff to help businesses with renewable generation to share the green power they generate on one site with the rest of their sites – and lower bills as a result. Octopus estimates it could save businesses like these up to 25% off their annual electricity bills*.

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55% of UK freight sector plans for battery EV fleet in five years

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Two in five freight companies are using existing data to improve efficiency, meaning immediate opportunities to decarbonise fleets are being missed, according to a business connectivity provider for the transport and logistics sector. Does the industry truly believe in net-zero targets?

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Electrify America to install charging stations with battery energy storage for drayage trucks at the Port of Long Beach

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The company plans to install 30 electric fleet-dedicated chargers paired with battery energy storage systems (BESS) at the Port, as part of EA’s $25-million Green City investment at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The 30 new chargers will offer power levels from 150 to 350 kW. Source: Electrify America.

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Extreme E uses second-life batteries to provide power in the planet’s most remote locations

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If you thought installing Level 2 charging in your detached garage was a hassle, consider what Extreme E has to go through to power its races. The electric rally racing series is staging events in some of the harshest, most remote locations on Earth. None of these locales have access to an electrical grid—or any other facilities.

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£1.2 million government funding aims for lower-emissions freight

Envirotec Magazine

The winners include Skyports Deliveries, who will use drones to improve island-to-island connectivity in the Orkney Islands, and Electric Assisted Vehicles, who are developing a four-wheel, electrically assisted lightweight delivery vehicle to help reduce road emissions.

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Firms demonstrate inductive energy harvesting

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Battery-less control and monitoring units will be able to draw energy from electrical cabling. Two French firms have developed an innovative energy harvesting platform that is based on induction. This current generator will be placed onto an electricity cable (carrying a few amps of AC current).

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Danfoss Editron to power electric trucks for reborn Brazilian manufacturer FNM

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Danfoss Editron has been selected as the official supplier for drivetrain systems that will power fully-electric trucks manufactured by Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades (FNM) in Brazil. Danfoss Editron is providing the electric drivetrains to power the FNM 832 and FNM 833 models for commercial fleets.