Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% of the total electricity supply in 2023. The seeming enormity of the green energy shift taking place in China is given shape by what’s described as the most comprehensive English-language report on China’s energy transition.

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The infrastructure supporting hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of sustainable transportation. Researchers have identified a promising solution in the form of Prognostics Health Monitoring (PHM) models.

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Charged

MAY 18, 2021

ViriCiti, founded in 2012, makes a fleet monitoring system focused on electric buses and trucks. ViriCiti’s newest customer is the Chicago Transit Authority , which will use the company’s system to monitor its new fleet of 23 e-buses, including six Proterra buses that are already in service.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

GB distribution company Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has made its full smart meter half-hourly consumption datasets available as open access. These are exciting times for accessing and utilising smart meter data. Have you read? SSEN has over 1.8

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Solaris , a Polish producer of public transport vehicles, has announced that the Romanian Municipality of Bucharest has executed a contract for 100 Solaris Trollino 12 trolleybuses, with a base contract value of nearly €60 million. The vehicles are expected to arrive in Bucharest at the end of 2024. Source: Green Car Congress

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Across Africa, where electricity connections are patchy and mains gas non-existent, cooking fuel has been dominated by charcoal and paraffin, both of which emit fumes and soot, contributing to thousands of premature deaths every year. Made from corn or sugar cane, ethanol is much safer but can be hard to package and transport.

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Charged

MARCH 12, 2024

Polish EV charging provider Ekoenergetyka will deliver up to 140 chargers for electric buses to Nobina, a Scandinavian public transportation operator. Ekoenergetyka provides round-the-clock remote monitoring and repair services for its charging stations from its headquarters in Zielona Góra, Poland. Source: Ekoenergetyka

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT Madrid) has ordered 30 electric buses from Spanish OEM Irizar e-mobility. The 12-meter Irizar ie electric bus has been running on Madrid’s roads since 2019. It’s powered by Irizar’s own battery packs. An inverted pantograph charging option is also available.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Truck OEM Scania has joined with digital road freight forwarder sennder Technologies to form a joint venture called JUNA, to advance electric truck adoption and promote electric solutions in road freight logistics across Europe. Berlin-based JUNA is introducing an innovative pay-per-use model for electric trucks.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

The IEA’s Electricity 2024 report records electricity demand growth easing in 2023 but is projected to accelerate over the next three years through 2026. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. Those costs could rise even faster over the next decade, as utilities harden their grids against wildfires, grow their share of net-metered rooftop solar, and add other costs being passed through to utility customers.

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Charged

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Mack Trucks , a subsidiary of the Volvo Group, has launched a usage-based leasing option for its MD Electric medium-duty truck, which is expected to go into production late this year (Mack is currently taking orders). Mack’s MD Electric truck is available in two versions. Source: Transport Topics

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Charged

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The Wiener Linien transport company, which operates the subway, bus and streetcar networks in Vienna, Austria, has ordered 60 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses, to be delivered between 2023 and 2025. Wiener Linien plans to convert 9 of its 127 routes to electric operation with the low-floor eCitaro by the end of 2025.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 12, 2023

British network operator Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is opening up distribution and other energy data to support the drive to net zero. Have you read? With the support of the Microsoft Azure platform, SSEN intends to automate data uploads directly from the source, ensuring the latest data is always available.

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MAY 13, 2021

Electronics giant ABB has secured a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply an electric power solution for urban passenger ferries that will operate on Lisbon’s Tagus river. Each 40-meter ferry will carry up to 540 passengers, and will have a maximum speed of 17 knots. Source: ABB.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The US-certified DCBM 400/600 meter takes EV fast charging to another level By Mathieu Beguin, Global Product Manager at LEM With transportation accounting for over 20% of global CO 2 emissions in 2020 and 17% of all greenhouse gas emissions (according to Statista ), decarbonization is essential in this sector.

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Charged

JANUARY 18, 2023

The company has deployed two Freightliner eCascadia electric semitrucks, and is tracking their performance in a cold-weather environment as part of a DOE-funded project. Meijer became a test fleet for Freightliner in 2009, and was selected to test the manufacturer’s battery electric semitrucks in 2019.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Autocar Industries , a manufacturer of “specialized severe-duty vocational trucks,” has delivered one of its E-ACTT electric terminal tractors to Stater Bros. It’s the first of two E-ACTTs that will be used for transportation within the distribution center. Autocar delivered the E-ACTT to the Stater Bros.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 30, 2024

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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Charged

MAY 27, 2021

AMPLY Power offers managed charging services to operators of EV fleets. AMPLY’s services for Palermo will include installing charging stations and onsite energy storage, warranty coverage, guaranteed uptime, a resilience plan and energy bill management. The district plans to add a smaller Type-A Blue Bird electric bus this year.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) monitored and collected data from 10 major EV truck depots in September 2023. In this webinar at the Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure, we explore the insights from interviewing 122 people at these sites and monitoring the charging and operations of 21 different trucks.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will use the J.D. Power EV Index to help establish benchmarks and monitor ongoing development of EV infrastructure nationwide. Power Automotive Division. “We Consumer intelligence specialist J.D. Source: J.D.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 27, 2022

A prosumer-based transactive energy system in the US could bring savings of up to $50 billion per year, modelling by PNNL researchers has found. Other findings are a reduction in daily load swings by up to 44% and consumer savings of around 15% on annual energy bills. Have you read?

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Charged

MARCH 22, 2023

IVECO BUS has been awarded a public tender to supply 120 E-WAY electric city buses to the Italian public transport company Autoguidovie Group. 12 and 18 meters. The vehicles will be deployed in the various areas served by Autoguidovie, and deliveries will begin in the second half of 2023. Source: Iveco Group

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

Fifteen start-ups deemed to have the most innovative business models in the field of energy transition and climate protection were celebrated at an award ceremony in Berlin on 28 March – recipients of The Start Up Energy Transition Award (SET Award) administered in part by the German Energy Agency ( dena ).

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Smart Energy International

JULY 31, 2022

New carbon accounting solutions, improving asset condition monitoring ROI, advances in analogue deep learning and The Line at Saudia Arabia’s future city Neom are on this week’s technology radar. Condition monitoring ‘need to knows’. del Alamo, Professor in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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Charged

JUNE 2, 2022

Madrid’s Municipal Transport Company (Empresa Municipal de Transportes, or EMT) has placed a fifth order for electric buses with Spanish OEM Irizar. The latest generation of Irizar’s ie electric bus is equipped with a 430 kWh battery from Irizar and a 206 kW traction motor. Source: Irizar.

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Charged

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT Madrid) has ordered 30 electric buses from Spanish OEM Irizar e-mobility. The 12-meter Irizar ie electric bus has been running on Madrid’s roads since 2019. It’s powered by Irizar’s own battery packs. An inverted pantograph charging option is also available.

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Charged

DECEMBER 24, 2021

DB Regio, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates regional and commuter train services in Germany, has ordered 44 battery-electric Flirt Akku multiple units from Swiss manufacturer Stadler. On the electrified lines, the trains draw current from catenary wires, as do classic electric railcars, while charging their batteries.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 9, 2021

American Electric Power – operator of the nation’s largest electricity transmission system – announced on Monday the launch of a Sustainable Finance Framework (SFF) to support the funding of social and environmental projects. San Diego-based energy infrastructure giant Sempra announced a similar SFF last week.

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Charged

MARCH 18, 2021

Ocean View School District in Oxnard, California, has selected The Mobility House to provide smart charging for the district’s new electric bus fleet project. The district has deployed four electric buses and four BTCPower chargers. The utility also provided a 50-percent rebate for the chargers.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) will deploy a Nokia solution, aiming to use automation to better monitor electrical power production and distribution status in real time, using IoT sensors throughout their infrastructure. SGCC supplies electrical power to more than 1.1

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

GreenPower Motor Company , a manufacturer of electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, has launched the second round of its pilot project with the state of West Virginia to demonstrate all-electric school buses in the Clay, Grant, Monongalia and Ohio county school districts.

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JULY 21, 2020

AMPLY Power is managing the charging of electric buses for SolTrans, a public transportation provider for south Solano County, California. SolTrans operates both electric and CNG buses, and AMPLY’s hardware-agnostic, Charging-as-a-Service software solution will optimize energy use and fuel costs across vehicle types.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Britain’s National Infrastructure Commission has called for further investment and upgrading of the electricity and water infrastructures among others. There should be increased adoption of electric vehicles, with a nationwide network of at least 300,000 public charge points across the country by 2030. But we need to get on with it.”

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

Mika Takahashi, Technology Analyst at market intelligence firm IDTechEx reviews highlights from a new report on an emerging sector Electric vehicles are no longer a niche oddity but fully mainstream, with many automotive manufacturers announcing targets to phase out ICE construction in favor of BEVs (battery electric vehicles).

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 3, 2022

AI to monitor bird interactions with solar PV, lithium iron phosphate battery production coming in Europe, a lithium mine for EV batteries and the energy infrastructure requirements in the Moon to Mars exploration are on the week’s technology radar. AI for the birds. Currently, most of the LFP cell production has been in China.

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