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Volvo Cars and Northvolt break ground on Gothenburg battery gigafactory

Charged

Novo Energy, a joint venture of Volvo Cars and Northvolt, has begun construction of a Li-on battery gigafactory in Gothenburg, Sweden, near Volvo’s existing Torslanda factory. The first phase of the facility will be a 130,000-square-meter building. The first phase of the facility will be a 130,000-square-meter building.

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Comment: Smart water reuse and flood management technology “could be a vital strategic water asset”

Envirotec Magazine

Developers of the new technology are urging industry stakeholders to recognise the nationally-important strategic contribution that new smart stormwater systems could make, not only to reducing mains water demand but also to lowering surface water flood risk and preventing sewer overflow pollution. Proven successes already. “In

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Water innovation recognised at Edinburgh awards ceremony

Envirotec Magazine

Technologies included water reuse, water recovery through zero liquid discharge and digital stormwater management. Ecopetrol Columbia-based energy company Ecopetrol won a Lighthouse Award for the development of a pilot agri-energy wastewater reuse project.

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Norwegian utility claims to calculate true cost of sewer ingress

Envirotec Magazine

Inflow of stormwater and infiltration of groundwater into sewers is a constant operational challenge, but a water utility in Norway is gaining better understanding of its network with an innovative digital approach, says Marco Westergren, chief analytics officer at water analytics platform provider InfoTiles.

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Safeguarding tech on trial

Envirotec Magazine

InfoTiles will provide water managers in Fully with continual monitoring of the wastewater network via sensors located in key locations to help identify and remediate stormwater inflow and groundwater infiltration (I&I) into sewerage infrastructure.

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Utilities should embrace technology providers in AMP8

Envirotec Magazine

The transition between five-year asset management plan (AMP) periods in the regulatory cycle of the water industry in England and Wales is always a challenging time. It is well known that resources within this industry are tight, while the expectations for AMP8 are only growing. That comes on top of the £5.2

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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts

Grist

Within walking distance of the Grist office in downtown Seattle, there’s a pinball museum, an NFT museum, a Jimi Hendrix-inspired museum of pop culture, and Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry, just to name a few. But, she added, museums can actually be some of the most carbon-intensive buildings in cities.