Hydrogène : cette raffinerie accueille le plus grand électrolyseur d'Europe (06/07/2021)
Le plus grand électrolyseur d'hydrogène vert PEM d'Europe a commencé à fonctionner dans l’usine Shell de Rheinland (Allemagne). D’une capacité de 10 MW à son démarrage, il devrait produire à terme 100 MW.
Marseille électrifie ses quais pour réduire les émissions des bateaux (06/07/2021)
À Marseille, les navires en escale dans le port polluent encore plus que le trafic routier. Raccorder les bateaux à quai à l’électricité pour réduire la pollution de leurs moteurs, c’est l’initiative de la région Sud avec Enedis. Voilà comment ça marche.
Volvo Group, Daimler Truck and the TRATON GROUP plan to pioneer a European high-performance charging network for heavy-duty trucks (06/07/2021)
The three leading commercial vehicle manufacturers Volvo Group, Daimler Truck and the TRATON GROUP have signed a non-binding agreement to install and operate a high-performance public charging network for battery electric heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe.
Charging infrastructure in Europe: a bottleneck to e-mobility? (05/07/2021)
We are happy to relay that we held today a new EBA250 Virtual Meetup focusing on charging infrastructure. Below is a summary write-up of the event that welcomed more than 100 EBA250 members live.
Electrification push won’t green cars on the roads: fuel industry (05/07/2021)
EU policymakers’ focus on electric vehicles risks overlooking the need to decarbonise internal combustion engine (ICE) cars currently on EU roads, representatives from the European fuel and automotive industry have warned.
Volkswagen to stop selling combustion engines in Europe by 2035 (05/07/2021)
Volkswagen said Sunday (27 June) it plans to stop producing cars with internal combustion engines in Europe for its eponymous flagship brand between 2033 and 2035, as the Germany auto giant accelerates its drive towards electric vehicles.
Le futur de l'hydrogène passera par le transport routier (05/07/2021)
Interrogés par Grenoble Ecole de Management, les experts du secteur de l'énergie considèrent le transport routier comme un usage prioritaire pour le développement de l'hydrogène.
Rio Tinto partners with InoBat to explore innovative lithium battery initiative (05/07/2021)
Rio Tinto and InoBat have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming at accelerating the establishment of a local battery value chain in Serbia.
Inauguration of a hydrogen refuelling station in London under project 2015-EU-TM-0316-S (05/07/2021)
The London Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HRS), which is located in Perivale (west London), was built thanks to a €600,000 contribution from the EU's CEF Transport Programme as part of the MEHRLIN (Models for Economic Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure) project which will support the deployment of 7 such stations across Europe.
Explained: How public transport could become free in Ireland (09/06/2021)
The introduction of free public transport has been backed by an Oireachtas committee report on Ireland’s transport sector.
If you could charge in 5 minutes, would you drive electric? (28/05/2021)
Earlier this year, lithium-ion battery company StoreDot announced it can mass-produce electric vehicle batteries that can be fully charged in just five minutes — the same amount of time it takes to fill up a traditional gas tank with fossil fuel. Could this fast-charging battery be the game changer needed to transition to a cleaner transportation industry?
Hydrogen: Massive support in Germany (03/06/2021)
The German Federal Ministry of Economics and the German Federal Ministry of Transport selected 62 large-scale hydrogen projects to receive €8 billion in government funding. Furthermore, 11 projects have been selected in the framework of H2 Hub Airport, a call for expressions of interest to contribute to the surge of the hydrogen airport ecosystem in France. French energy company Total acquired a 20% stake in Hysetco, a French company developing hydrogen mobility in cities.
BMVI und BMWi bringen 62 Wasserstoff-Großprojekte auf den Weg (07/06/2021)
Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium und das Bundesverkehrsministerium haben in dieser Woche 62 Wasserstoff-Großprojekte ausgewählt, die im Rahmen eines gemeinsamen europäischen Wasserstoffprojekts (sog. Important Project of Common European Interest, IPCEI) staatlich gefördert werden sollen. Sie setzen damit eine wichtige Maßnahme der Nationalen Wasserstoffstrategie um.
Hidrógeno verde: el combustible eterno que alumbra una nueva era (07/06/2021)
En el libro La economía del hidrógeno, el sociólogo estadounidense Jeremy Rifkin escribió hace 20 años: “Está naciendo un nuevo sistema energético que tiene el potencial de remodelar radicalmente la civilización. El hidrógeno es el elemento más básico y ubicuo del universo. Es el material de las estrellas y de nuestro Sol y, cuando se aproveche adecuadamente, será el combustible eterno”. ¿Qué ocurrió después? Nada.
180º TWIST AT AUTONOMOUS DRIVING (20/05/2021)
Baidu Apollo says that its latest development project, Apollo Air, created in partnership with the Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR) at Tsinghua University, is the world’s first and only vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology that enables L4 autonomous driving on open public roads with roadside sensing.
The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions (21/05/2021)
An energy system powered by clean energy technologies differs profoundly from one fuelled by traditional hydrocarbon resources. Solar photovoltaic (PV) plants, wind farms and electric vehicles (EVs) generally require more minerals to build than their fossil fuel-based counterparts.
