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Electric Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz Unveils Concept Cla Class at Iaa; Based on Electric-First Mma Platform

Mercedes-Benz unveiled the Concept CLA Class at IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich, Germany. This concept, designed on the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz Modular Architectu…

Nuclear waste

Studsvik, GNS Collaborate on Waste Technology

Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik and German radioactive waste specialist GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH have formed a strategic …

Offshore Wind Power

Offshore Construction in the North Sea Begins on Rwe's Flagship Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

The 1.4-gigawatt offshore wind power project is one of the world’s largest single offshore wind farms – operational in 2026. Prysmian’s Leonar…

Wind Farm

Vestas Secures 42 MW Repowering Order in Germany

Vestas has received a firm order to power an undisclosed repowering project in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.The order consists of six V150-6.0 MW wind turbines a…

Solar Panel

Octopus Energy Acquires Shell Home Energy Business in UK, Germany

Octopus Energy has acquired Shell’s home energy business in the United Kingdom and Germany through a competitive process, involving 1.4 million household …

Electric Vehicles

New Volkswagen Passat Variant Features New Phev Drives; Fast Charging up to 50 KW, 100 KM Range

Volkswagen will unveil the new Passat Variant at the upcoming IAA Mobility in Munich. With more than 34 million units sold worldwide across its lifetime, the Pa…

Offshore Substation

Gode Wind 3 Offshore Substation in Place

The offshore substation at the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm was installed 30 kilometres off the island of Norderney in the German North Sea, Ørsted ann…

Wind Farm

Vestas Wins an Order to Repower 42 MW of Wind Power in Germany

Vestas has received a firm order to power an undisclosed retrofit wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.The order consists of six V150-6.0 MW wind turbines a…

Offshore Wind Power

Vestas Is Awarded a 54 MW Wind Project in Germany

Vestas has received a firm order from Energiequelle GmbH for the Zeven-Wistedt wind farm in Lower Saxony, Germany.The order consists of nine V162-6.2 MW wind tu…

Wind Turbine

Enercon Announces a More Powerful Version of Its E-175 EP5 Wind Turbines

Enercon announces a more powerful version of its E-175 EP5 wind turbines. The top model will be equipped with a larger permanent magnet generator with 6.X MW ra…

Electric Vehicles

Bosch Starts Production of 800V Inverter, Motor for Electric Vehicles

Bosch is now starting the production of new powertrain solutions based on 800-volt technology. This will make recharging faster and provide a further boost for …

Offshore Wind Power

RWE and Valorem to Jointly Bid in French Offshore Wind Tender

RWE and Valorem have signed a partnership agreement to jointly respond to the call for tenders for the offshore wind project off the island of Oléron (AO…

Geothermal Drilling

Exploratory Geothermal Drilling Planned in Erfurt, Germany

Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany (source: Kimberly Vardeman / flickr, Creative Commons)The city of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany is planning to explore its geothermal …

Geothermal Power Project

Germany's Largest Geothermal Congress Shows the Way to Heat Transition

After the successful EGC last year, the German Geothermal Association is now organizing the DGK 2023 (Photo: Denis Konovalov)After a very successful European Ge…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Mercedes-Benz to Open Its First High-Power Charging Stations Worldwide This Fall

Mercedes-Benz opens its first high-power charging stations this fall, implementing its plans to expand its global charging infrastructure. Starting in October, …