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Octopus Energy extends arms into South America with Energisa partnership

Smart Energy International

Through a combination of methods, our budding partnership will help build the future green energy system in South America – with world-class efficiency and customer service at the heart.”

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Operational clean hydrogen production projects set to double globally within the next five years

Envirotec Magazine

According to the research, Europe is leading the charge in the development of clean hydrogen, with Germany home to 25 of the total already operational projects (equal to 27%); the U.S. Since 2021, when the map was first published, the number of tracked production projects at any stage of development has increased by almost 50%.

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Cheaper EVs are starting to show up in smaller global markets

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Media coverage of EVs tends to focus on the world’s largest auto markets: North America, Europe and Asia. EV giant BYD is now selling its Dolphin Mini (a rebranded version of the Seagull compact electric hatchback) in a number of emerging markets. The company has launched the Dolphin Mini in Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico.

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Copper use in vehicle wiring harnesses expected to surge

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In the medium term, hybrids will add the most copper, while battery-electric vehicles will require more copper in the longer term (2030 and beyond). kg in South America to 17.6 kg in North America. China surpassed Europe in 2019, driven primarily by electrified vehicles and further increases in feature content.

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IEA: Carbon emissions of global electricity sector on track for slight dip in 2022

Business Green

Carbon emissions from the electricity sector are set to decline this year, as demand growth for electricity around the world slows and additions of renewable power generation edge fossil fuel generators off electricity grids around the world, according to the latest data from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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German firms plan to exploit massive lithium deposits beneath the Rhine

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Geologists have estimated that an area in the Upper Rhine Valley, in the Black Forest area of southwestern Germany, holds enough lithium for more than 400 million electric cars, making it one of the world’s biggest deposits. The trove could reduce the reliance of the German car industry on imported lithium.

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Northern Ireland waste firm invests £5m in facility to produce fossil fuel alternative for industry

Envirotec Magazine

Prepared waste in the form of solid recovered fuel (SRF), is exported to Waste to Energy (WtE) plants in Europe, where it is incinerated to generate electricity for home heating. Worldwide substitution of coal and oil, in the Cement Industry now averages 13%, in Europe that figure is 26% and 60% in Germany and Austria respectively.