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Brasov orders 25 Solaris Trollino 18 articulated trolleybuses

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Brasov, Romania has ordered 25 Solaris Trollino 18 trolleybuses. The main purpose of the project co-financed by the EU is to reduce pollutant emissions in the centre of the city. Brasov is one of 5 cities in Romania that has emission-free Solaris buses: trolleybuses and electric buses.

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TECO 2030 aims to build hydrogen fuel cell gigafactory in Norway

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Financing alternatives are being evaluated. TECO 2030 is a partner in the project Green Hydrogen @ Blue Danube, together with players such as Siemens, Bosch, AVL and Verbund, where hydrogen generated from solar and wind power will be produced in Romania and transported on barges along the Danube to industrial buyers in Austria and Germany.

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Europe’s Most Financed Luxury Car Brand

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Latest research from Specialist Car Finance Experts, Forza Finance , has revealed that BMW is the most popular luxury car brand to finance in 16 of Europe’s 44 countries including the UK & Ireland based on finance rather than sales or units. Forza – Car Finance Map of Europe Infogram. Methodology.

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Six mobility start-ups launching Volkswagen’s incubator program at Transparent Factory

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Over the course of eight hours, 14 entrepreneurial companies from Romania, Spain and Germany presented themselves in 30‑minute sessions in front of eight judges. To do this, they have developed a bonus system for dealerships, financed by adverts on the charging stations (so-called “digital advertising pillars”).

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

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There, d elegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary, and Romania finalized an ambitious plan: to generate up to 6 gigawatts of clean energy in the Caucasus region, run the electricity through a cable along the bottom of the Black Sea, and deliver it to Europe. A 2022 road map from the World Bank, the International Finance Corp.,

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Azerbaijan Plans Caspian-Black Sea Energy Corridor

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An undersea cable would move the electricity across the Black Sea and deliver it to Constanta, Romania, where it could be distributed further into Europe. In September, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, and Hungary created a joint venture , based in Romania, to shepherd the project. Long-distance lines would carry up to 1.5

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DOE awards $4M to carbon capture and storage projects selected as part of ACT

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The ACT Initiative is a consortium of ten European countries—France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom—and the United States. million is funded by the ACT consortium; private financing amounts to €1.5M The total budget of the 12 projects is €43.6

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