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The promise is that it will save between 30% and 50% on users’ energy bills
For the first time there, financial backing is forthcoming
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The local community welcomed Ukrainians fleeing war with outstanding support
Belgium will now join a small club of countries empowering youth political participation – Austria, Greece and Malta
Student teams will have 24 hours to come up with solutions for that issue
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Part of an ongoing trend among these institutions to increase convenience for users
The city also added a new bathing area
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As the EU Commission is about to vote on REPowerEU, a bill to fund alternative natural gas suppliers, Breakthrough Energy claims that the bloc needs more battery storage capacity
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It is renewing and introducing direct flight connections to attract visitors from the US, Middle East and Europe
The installation of the sensors is part of its “Smart Museum” project
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The programme targets young children whose parents cannot afford to stay home while school is closed
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The city also added a new bathing area
Bus charging through a pantograph, Source: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
The test will run for a few weeks in order to test electrical charging without human interaction
The City of Barcelona, through its public operator authority TMB, is now part of the ASSURED European project, which has the goal of developing fast-charging solutions for heavy-duty electrical vehicles, such as trucks, buses and vans in a way that would ensure stability, reliability in charging and convenience by eliminating the need for human involvement in such daily processes. The launch of the pilot test was given at a virtual presentation on 18 March and will take place for the next 5 to 6 weeks, after which the results will be analyzed.
The ASSURED initiative (the name is reportedly an abbreviation for “fast and smart charging solutions for full size urban heavy-duty applications”) is financed in large part by the European Union (providing 18.65 million out of the total 23.64 million-euros budget) and counts with the coordination of the Free University of Brussels and the International Union of Public Transport (UITP).
The essence of this project is to develop the interoperability and standardization of heavy electric vehicles and chargers from different manufacturers. The engineering company Applus + IDIADA has done the necessary preparations in terms of definition, verification and validation of the parameters and loading processes.
TMB will participate by providing two of its electric buses (running on the H16, 33 and 55 lines in Barcelona), one being an 18-meter long Irizar and the other a 12-meter Citea VDL. These buses will be charged by using their pantographs located on their roofs (as seen on the photo) which will connect to the overhanging chargers (installed by Jema, Heliox and ABB) located in three different spots in the city: the Triangle depot, on Carrer del Cisell and at one of the terminal stops on the H16 line.
Apart from Barcelona, the tests are also being held in the cities of Gothenburg (Sweden), Eindhoven (Netherlands) and Osnabrück (Germany). The project in these cities will test out different methods of pantograph, plug-in and wireless charging without the need for manual handling.
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The local community welcomed Ukrainians fleeing war with outstanding support
Belgium will now join a small club of countries empowering youth political participation – Austria, Greece and Malta
The REPowerEU 200 billion-euro plan calls for a gradual reduction of Russian fuel imports
The Smart City Alliance has been quietly building functional tools for both citizens and authorities since 2016
Part of an ongoing trend among these institutions to increase convenience for users
Student teams will have 24 hours to come up with solutions for that issue
The Smart City Alliance has been quietly building functional tools for both citizens and authorities since 2016
The cities met last week in Katowice to draft a plan on how to facilitate cycling between their territories
The REPowerEU 200 billion-euro plan calls for a gradual reduction of Russian fuel imports
It is renewing and introducing direct flight connections to attract visitors from the US, Middle East and Europe
The Catalonian capital’s society and the trajectory of its attitudes have been studied since 1998
The Finnish capital will hold ‘Entrepreneur Day for Women’ next month
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The European Commission has accepted to develop the idea
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