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Stadler picks OPmobility to power its first H2 trains in Europe

Hydrogen Fuel News

For Stadler’s H2 trains in Italy – also Stadler ’s first hydrogen-powered regional trains in Europe – OPmobility will develop and manufacture both hydrogen storage and hydrogen fuel cell systems. OPmobility is a France-based leader in mobility, including innovative technologies for sustainable mobility.

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'Deeply disturbing': Just 35 banks have handed $2.7tr to fossil fuels since 2015, study finds

Business Green

Just 35 banks around the world have together financed fossil fuel projects to the tune of over $2.7tr over the four years since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, a major new study has found, once again casting the global financial system's worrying exposure to climate-related risks under the spotlight.

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How the Rise of Populism is Fuelling Climate Science Denial Across Europe

DeSmogBlog

In December 2015, European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker stood at a podium to hail the world’s first comprehensive agreement to take action on climate change, and told the world, “the Paris Agreement now reflects our ambition worldwide.” Lee en español en Climática.

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Gas prices and fossil fuels reach record highs in Europe – report

Smart Energy International

Soaring gas prices drove wholesale power prices to record highs in Europe last year, which resulted in several countries increasing their production of electricity from coal and lignite. despite installed wind capacity continuing to increase, primarily due to extended periods of low wind speeds across Europe. MWh during December.

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New Climate Targets Will Require Europe to Double the Pace of Renewables Deployment

GreenTechMedia

Coal generation among the EU-27 nations has halved since 2015, according to the study conducted by think tanks Agora Energiewende and Ember. SolarPower Europe tracked 18.2 Coal power slumped by 20 percent year-on-year while solar and wind power grew 15 percent and 9 percent, respectively. The solar outlook is much better.

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Battery production systems made in Europe

Charged

The goal: help battery makers produce competitive batteries in Europe and America. In terms of process technology, Schuler can draw on its own expertise in the production of prismatic and cylindrical battery cell housings (Can & Lid Production), for which it has been building plants since 2015.

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Winds of change drove series of energy records in Europe throughout 2020

Business Green

Wind farms delivered their highest ever contribution to Europe's power mix as conventional coal and gas energy fell to a record low in Britain, according to new analysis from EnnAppSys. EnAppSys' annual European electricity market summary for 2020 shows that a record 429TWh of output came from wind farms.

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