Malbork purchases First Electric Buses made by Solaris

Representatives of the municipal operator MZK Malbork and Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. signed a contract for the delivery of six electric buses. Newly commissioned Urbino 12 electric buses will start the electrification of the city’s public transport. Emission-free buses will make it to Malbork in September […]

DOE Releases Draft Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap & Requests Stakeholder Input

Originally published on  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the Energy Storage Grand Challenge Draft Roadmap and a Request for Information (RFI) seeking stakeholder input on […]

New Process Enables Lithium Mining in Germany

Originally published on The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Whether grid energy storage, electromobility or wearable electronics – lithium-ion batteries have become an integral part of our lives. Millions of tons of lithium are mined in places […]

Post Lockdown Traffic Getting Back to Normal but Air remains Cleaner as Congestion is Down, New Research Suggests

Originally published on University of York Air pollution is lower than expected in some of the UK’s towns and cities, despite a return to almost normal traffic levels, new research shows. Findings by the University of […]

All-Electric Renault Kangoo Z.E.33 Gets the Green Light from Southampton City Council

Southampton City Council takes delivery of 24 all-electric Renault Kangoo Z.E.33 Panel Vans Zero-emissions-in-use vans support the Council’s goal for 90 per cent of its fleet to be zero-emission by 2030 Renault Kangoo Z.E.33 identified as […]

Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in Blockchain Technology firm Circulor

Image, Volvo XC40 Recharge Battery Package Volvo Cars has made an investment in blockchain technology firm Circulor through the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, the company’s venture capital investment arm. Circulor and Volvo Cars have been working […]

City e-Truck Charging can Cut Road Freight Emissions by a Fifth – Study

The EU could slash truck carbon pollution by over a fifth (22%) in a decade by requiring its main cities to have electric truck charging infrastructure. That’s according to an analysis of truck flows data which identifies 173 […]

NERC Report Outlines how Pandemic Mitigation could affect Electric Reliability this Summer

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 2020 Summer Reliability Assessment Despite heightened uncertainty—stemming from efforts to slow the progression of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)—in demand projections, the North American Electric […]

MEPs back CO2 Targets& EU Carbon Market for Shipping

The European Parliament’s environment committee has voted to require ships to reduce their emissions and finally pay for their carbon pollution. Green group Transport & Environment (T&E) said the European Commission should follow this cue to […]