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First e-bus battery passports coming in Europe

Smart Energy International

The implementation of the battery passports, which will be established with blockchain traceability solution provider Minespider, will ensure that Temsa is compliant with the EU’s new battery regulation. Its purpose it to promote circularity and a passport ceases to exist only after the battery has been recycled.

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Project BATRAW – raw material recovery from EV batteries

Smart Energy International

The Horizon Europe funded BATRAW project has been launched to create new raw material processing from used electric vehicle (EV) batteries. million) from the Horizon Europe programme. million (US$10.4 Have you read? Building battery power How a battery ‘passport’ can foster a sustainable transition to a green economy.

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Northvolt to supply €2 billion worth of green battery cells to BMW

Charged

Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson said last November that the company hopes to be producing 150 GWh worth of cells in Europe by 2030. The Northvolt Ett plant will be powered entirely by renewable energy, and will have in-house recycling capacities. Northvolt aims to use 50 percent recycled material in new cells by 2030.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. Company profile.

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Affordability threatens to put the breaks on Germany’s electric mobility – study

Smart Energy International

Cost is on people’s minds when it comes to switching to climate-friendly mobility as well: half of the respondents are not prepared to spend more on an environmentally friendly vehicle than on a conventional one. At the same time, almost half (43%) indicate high costs as a reason against purchasing an electric vehicle (EV).

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A clearer outlook? Autumn statement brings energy efficiency ambition (but bad news on bills)

Envirotec Magazine

The UK’s buildings are still regarded as among the most wasteful in Europe, with some worst-case scenarios estimating as much as 36% of a bill is wasted energy. ” The government will also introduce a windfall tax of 45% on renewable electricity generators from January. Taxing renewables.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040.