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Swedish electric vehicle battery developer Northvolt is to build its third battery gigafactory in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With an annual potential production capacity of 60 GWh, Northvolt Drei will deliver a supply of sustainably produced lithium-ion batteries to the European market, sufficient for around...

Mercedes-Benz is to build a pilot battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, southern Germany, in a move, it says, to make the company more independent of raw material supplies and gather circular economy know-how. The pilot will make use of new recycling technology based on an...

Picture: Alphastruxure AlphaStruxure and Montgomery County Officials celebrated the launch of the Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot microgrid. This is an integrated electric bus charging infrastructure project in Silvert Spring.   This was a joint venture with AlphaStruxure leading the project alongside Schneider Electric and global...

Estonian tech company, Auve Tech have developed a new generation of self-driving shuttles called MiCa. The company has been developing and producing autonomous vehicles and the MiCa takes safety, practicality and self-driving to a new level. The vehicle allows autonomous driving in various weather and...

Picture and Press Release: DPD First Bus is partnering with DPD to carry out most green journeys in Glasgow in a milestone move which sees the transport operator's ambitions from COP26 come to life.  First Bus has set out its aim to offer local businesses use...

The Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality announced that more than $6.8 million in grants and rebates will be awarded under phase 2 of the N.C. Volkswagen Settlement Program.   The state has committed nearly $7 million in grants and rebates to install...

Picture: Renewable Rikers After the announcement of the jail complex’s closure by 2027, city officials have been devising a comprehensive plan to transform Rikers Island into a citywide green energy hub.   The press release stated that the report, A Plan for Renewable Rikers, follows last...

IIITH Smart City Living Lab, an initiative of the Union ministry of electronics and IT, National Cities Mission and the Telangana government, has partnered with wireless technology firm Silicon Labs to launch a campus-wide Wi-SUN (Wireless Smart Utility Network). This will aim to enable research...

Vaisala has announced the launch of an Air Quality Forecast which will combine air quality modelling and measurements to forecast air quality at street-level resolution, including in urban landscapes and within street canyons.  As cities are getting bigger and more urbanised, the challenge of managing...

IFC and IDB invest partner with HDF energy and rubis to develop first green hydrogen power plant in Barbados.   Barbados has an ambitious target of 100% renewable energy and carbon neutrality by 2030, and in line with this goal, IFC and IDB Invest are working...