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Hitachi Energy upgrades Canadian transformer facilities with over $100m

Smart Energy International

Swiss tech major Hitachi Energy has announced an upgrade and modernisation of its power transformer factory in Varennes, and other facilities in Montreal, Canada, to address fast-growing customer demand for sustainable energy in North America. The additional 130,000 square foot (approx.

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UPS Goes Carbon Neutral With Offset Program

Green Business Bureau

The transportation industry, and heavy and light-duty vehicles in particular, uses a significant amount of energy and emits large portions of CO2 every year. An offset program like UPS’s carbon neutral service , though, can help minimize these emissions, paving the way for a new era of sustainable shipping.

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Siemens publishes advice for businesses on steps to decarbonise

Envirotec Magazine

Businesses who fail to act on decarbonisation risk exposing themselves to potential risks from policy-driven increased operating costs, increased energy costs or increased compliance costs. Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012.

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Hitachi Energy ramps up global transformer capacity with over $1.5bn

Smart Energy International

Hitachi Energy has revealed investments of over $1.5 billion to ramp up its global transformer manufacturing capacity to keep pace with growing demand. Earlier this year in February, Hitachi Energy also announced a larger than $30 million expansion of its transformer manufacturing facility in Bad Honnef, Germany.

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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? Despite popular belief, electrification does not always lead to a reduction in carbon footprint. Due to demand, even with the rapid growth of renewably generated energy, electricity generation from coal and gas is at record levels.

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Hitachi Energy signs transformers agreement with RWE

Smart Energy International

Hitachi Energy has secured a frame agreement with transmission system operator RWE to supply transformers for their renewable energy projects in Europe. The first-ever framework agreement between the two companies consists of the supply of small power transformers (SPTs) for RWE’s growing pipeline of green energy projects in Europe.

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? Fueling carbon-free transport

Climate Tech VC

The Tank-up of Tomorrow Transportation accounts for ~16% of global GHG emissions , and while passenger vehicles have likely gone the way of EVs, cleaning up the remaining 55% of hard-to-decarbonize aviation, heavy ground transport, and maritime shipping is still—well, hard!