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Sponsored Content: Flow meter accuracy is critical to biofuel production

Envirotec Magazine

For 13 years, Titan’s Oval Gear (OG) flow meters have been an intrinsic component within Green Fuels’ biodiesel plants converting biowaste into sustainable biofuels. The OG Series flow meters are designed to give reliable, high performance across a wide range of applications.

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A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid

GreenBiz

A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid. In the accelerating push to electrify transportation, one big obstacle always comes up: The grid. How will the electrical grid handle so many vehicles charging at once? Transportation & Mobility.

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5 Key Transport Challenges Facing Developing Countries and What to Do About Them

The City Fix

Transportation is a crucial enabler of economic development, providing people access to markets, employment, education, and health services.

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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. Energy

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LEM’s DC meter enables EV fast charging station makers to accelerate deployment

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However, the massive challenge facing those who work within the transportation market, particularly suppliers, is to facilitate growth in the use of electric vehicles (EVs) while still giving end users a ‘gas station’ like experience.

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Electric dreams: Innovators step up at the Scottish Green Energy Awards in Edinburgh

Envirotec Magazine

The UK’s first all-electric intercity bus service drove off with a top prize at the Scottish Green Energy Awards on 1 December. Best Community Project Award, sponsored by Scottish Power Renewables: Aros An Rubha for Revitalisation of the Former Knock School.

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Strengthen red route pollution monitoring to save lives, says London air report

Envirotec Magazine

The report makes a number of recommendations to the Mayor of London to tackle the city’s air pollution, including: Strengthen monitoring of pollution from London’s red routes and incorporate new monitoring of air quality emissions for the Silvertown Tunnel project.

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Tech innovators should pay attention to NYC’s new air pollution monitoring pilot

EDF + Business

But what if while completing their routine routes, doing their regular jobs, these vehicles were doubling as mobile air pollution monitoring networks? The growing air pollution monitoring market. Technology providers can play a role in local monitoring efforts.

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AMPLY Power to manage charging of electric school buses in Palermo, California

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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. Source: AMPLY Power.

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How serious are countries about decarbonising transport?

Envirotec Magazine

New “Transport NDC Tracker” monitors how transport appears in national decarbonisation commitments. Climate change cannot be stopped without decarbonising transport. In contrast to other sectors, transport CO2 emissions continue to rise, not fall.

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Solaris to supply Bucharest, Romania with 100 electric trolleybuses

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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.

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Chicago Transit Authority to use ViriCiti’s monitoring system for its 23 electric buses

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ViriCiti, founded in 2012, makes a fleet monitoring system focused on electric buses and trucks. CTA is one of the largest public transit operators in the US, with a fleet of over 2,000 buses, and it aims to have a fully electric fleet by 2040.

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Worldwide, AI is Providing Utilities With a Powerful New Tool in the Fight Against Electricity Thieves

Bidgely

Utilities around the world continue to struggle with energy theft, with an estimated $80 to $100 billion lost globally to theft each year. In Jamaica, electricity theft is estimated to cost the Jamaica Public Service Company $200 million – 80 percent more than a decade ago.

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Electric school bus fleet in California uses The Mobility House’s energy management system

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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.

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AMPLY Power manages electric bus charging for SolTrans

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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. Source: AMPLY Power. Newswire The Infrastructure AMPLY Power

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How ‘green’ are electric cars?

Renewable Energy World

With the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in place in the UK by 2030, sales of electric cars are expected to surge. Electric cars are undoubtedly cleaner than fossil fuel run cars. At present, there are low volumes of electric-vehicle batteries that require recycling.

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The rise of smart water

Envirotec Magazine

Smart water metering. The first two items: smart metering and leak detection, are more about building awareness of what’s happening, and supporting access to live to monitor water consumption and wastage. Water Monitoring Aqua Enviro

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. will need to nearly triple its 2020 growth rate for the grid to be 80% powered by clean energy by 2030. (As electricity.

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Royal Mail commences emissions-cutting tyres trial with electric vans

Envirotec Magazine

Royal Mail has embarked on a six to nine-month trial of new tyres on a number of electric vehicles (EVs). Announced on 19 August, the trial is a joint venture between Royal Mail, Transport for London (TfL) and ENSO, as part of the London FreightLab innovation challenge.

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Watchdog rebukes government for 'consistently failing' to monitor UK environmental laws

Business Green

Outstanding reports cover legislation in areas such as wildlife protection, waste and recycling, fishing, hazardous chemicals, plastic carrier bags, batteries, and energy products. Government should monitor and evaluate how environmental and other relevant laws are working," she said. "It

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World’s longest underground transmission line will transport wind energy to Germany’s grid

Renewable Energy World

Today, global engineering and consultancy group DMT GROUP said it has been appointed to support two critical elements of the construction of SuedLink, the longest underground power cable in the world.

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Top 5 Electric Vans: Picking the Right Vehicle For Your Sustainable Business

Green Business Bureau

Businesses that use vans for service and delivery have an opportunity to be more environmentally friendly by migrating to electric vans. There are many economical and practical electric van options for business owners to choose from. Gas Powered Vans Impact on the Environment.

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Madrid transit agency orders 30 more electric buses from Irizar e-mobility

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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.

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Tech innovators should pay attention to NYC’s new air pollution monitoring pilot

EDF + Business

But what if while completing their routine routes, doing their regular jobs, these vehicles were doubling as mobile air pollution monitoring networks? The growing air pollution monitoring market. Technology providers can play a role in local monitoring efforts.

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An accidental life

Envirotec Magazine

The study, published in Nature in November, purports to show that cells can be ‘programmed’ to identify different chemicals, stimulating a measurable electrical current. It’s literally a miniature electrical switch,” said Caroline Ajo-Franklin, also lead author. Water Monitoring

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The Carmaker Putting Solar Panels on Its Electric Vehicles

GreenTechMedia

A German startup aims to sell a self-charging electric car covered in solar panels from 2022 after raising nearly $60 million in a recent 50-day crowdfunding campaign. “Our goal is to cover many short trips with solar energy only.

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Energy Providers Take the Wheel: Driving the Electric Vehicle Buyer’s Journey

Bidgely

Hear from the Austin Energy team about how they are driving the electric vehicle buyer’s journey in the on-demand recording of their 2021 Engage session Electric>Gas: How Austin Energy Is Building EV Champions. It’s time for energy providers to get in the mix.

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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

CERLCA imposes a joint and several liability scheme that holds certain entities ( e.g. , certain owners and operators, generators, arrangers, and transporters of hazardous substances) liable for the costs or damages associated with environmental remediation.

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All the Ways COVID-19 Is Reshaping Urban Transportation Systems

GreenTechMedia

Or will it dismantle already-weakened public transportation systems? When economies across the world shut down all at once in March, the impact on transportation systems was immediate. Many cities saw a more than 90 percent drop in public transport ridership.

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Rush to clean energy prompts demand for ammonia analysers

Envirotec Magazine

The global stampede to develop clean energy sources has prompted a demand for ammonia analysers from the developers of engines that will be capable of using ammonia as a fuel. The two predominant sources of renewable energy are wind and solar. Emissions Gas Monitoring & Detection

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Recent Deals – 29 April: Food Ordering, Methane Monitoring and Logistics

CleanTech Group

Agriculture & Food Energy & Power Materials & Chemicals Recent Deals Resources & Environment Transportation and Logistics #cleantech investment Cleantech dealsLooking for investment insight? Here’s your overview of the latest cleantech deals from across the globe. Agriculture & Food Fast-growing provider of ordering.

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Energy

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Utilities must educate customers about their power to curb climate change

Renewable Energy World

The renewable energy industry and utilities have a unique opportunity to educate consumers about how that buying power can turn into climate action. Read more: The automated vessel designed to transport electricity from offshore wind farms to shore.

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IVECO BUS wins a tender for 120 electric buses in Italy

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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. Source: Iveco Group Fleets and Infrastructure Newswire The Vehicles Electric Buses EVs in Italy IVECO Bus

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Should California Link Electricity Bills to Customer Incomes?

GreenTechMedia

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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Southern California Edison Paves Road for Charging Electric Buses and Trucks

GreenTechMedia

The $356 million Charge Ready Transport program will install at least 870 commercial charging stations over the next five years, expected to be capable of powering at least 8,490 vehicles.

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TCI Program Established to Reduce Carbon Emissions From Transportation

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

While not part of the MOU, the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina released a statement signaling their desire to work with the states party to the MOU and the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) in general.

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Madrid transit agency orders 30 more electric buses from Irizar e-mobility

Charged

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.

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Strategies for reducing the fossil-fuel impact of electric vehicles

Renewable Energy World

The impact of electric transportation on pollution and reduced carbon emissions and fossil-fuel consumption is complicated. On the one hand, well-designed electric vehicles (EVs) use much less energy per mile than conventionally-fueled vehicles. Contributed by Philip T.

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Planet’s Data Helps Establish Scientific Rigor for SMARTFARM Carbon Monitoring Program

Planet Pulse

Not only does this incredibly productive landscape provide this alternative, but research reveals that this agricultural land has immense potential to mitigate emissions through sustainable management and carbon monitoring practices. . The U.S.

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Most innovative energy start-ups recognised in German awards

Envirotec Magazine

The winners of the 2023 Start Up Energy Transition Award are: Clean Energy & Storage Energy Dome S.p.A., The battery is based on a thermodynamic process that uses CO 2 to store electricity cost-effectively.

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ABB facilitates energy efficiency as the new official charging partner for Formula E

Charged

In December, the series put the new cars, which offer more power, less weight and vastly greater efficiency, through their paces a at a pre-season test meeting at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, Spain.

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Electrical Engineer/Product Manager – Energy Services

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Electrical Engineer/Product Manager – Energy Services | Chanje Energy, Inc. Chanje is a California-based OEM delivering medium duty electric vehicles and turnkey energy infrastructure for the last mile industry. We are focused on creating sustainable solutions that improve how companies move people and packages from transportation hubs to their final destinations. Our opportunity is bigger than simply replacing fossil fuel vehicles with electric.