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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

Envirotec Magazine

Calcutta, India: In southern Asia and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM 2.5 concentrations at a high spatial resolution of approximately 10km ×10km for global grid cells in 2000-2019, focusing on areas above 15 μg/m³ which is considered the safe limit by WHO (The threshold is still arguable),” he said.

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Investors Still Betting on Next Big Energy Storage Technology: Solid-State Batteries

GreenTechMedia

may have fallen behind Asia and Europe in battery manufacturing, but a number of well-funded companies are looking to get the country back in the game with a technology that could supersede today’s lithium-ion chemistries. North America currently trails Asia and Europe when it comes to making traditional lithium-ion batteries.

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Duke Plans Largest Floating PV Project in the Southeast

GreenTechMedia

The technology is most widely used in Asia, where land constraints make it an enticing option. Eighty-seven percent of 2019 installations were located in that region. By contrast, North America accounted for less than 1 percent of floating PV capacity installed last year. “The U.S.

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Fluence Launches Next-Generation Battery Storage Product with 800MW of Orders

GreenTechMedia

The company previously said it had updated battery controls for enhanced safety following an investigation into the explosion at a battery the company supplied in Arizona in April 2019. in 2019, came from Enel, LS Power, sPower and Siemens. The new purchases bring Fluence’s tally of built or contracted storage capacity to 2.1

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Keep your eyes on these 9 electric truck and van companies in 2021

GreenBiz

The Nikola Two is intended for North America, and the Nikola Tre is available in Europe, Asia and Australia. Volvo invested $400 million into its New River Valley, Virginia, factory to assemble the trucks, which first rolled out in Southern California in 2019. A decision is expected in the second quarter of 2021.

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3 takeaways from Colgate-Palmolive's 2025 strategy

GreenBiz

The company was the eighth biggest plastic polluter in 2019, according to the Changing Markets Foundation. Colgate operates in more than 80 countries, with its headquarters in New York City and six divisions around the world including in Latin America, Europe and Asia. And what are those items packaged in?

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What Other Countries Can Learn From Australia’s Roaring Rooftop Solar Market

GreenTechMedia

A RenewEconomy analysis of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) figures for 2019 shows Australia’s per-capita deployment rate was also four times higher than fast-developing renewable markets such as China, Europe, Japan and the U.S. But it added 6.2 gigawatts of capacity last year, growing more than 18 percent.

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