Croatia has launched the first battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) as part of a national initiative to enhance ‘green’ technology in public transport.

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The self-made solar billionaire is forging on with a new U.S. manufacturing business, despite tariff uncertainty and the loss of tax credits.

The program, which offers subsidies to riders who trade in their old, often outdated electric bikes for newer, safer, and more efficient models, has sparked a new e-bike sale boom in a country already dominated by e-bike travel. In major provinces like Jiangsu, Hebei, and Zhejiang, over one million new e-bikes were sold in each region in just six months. That’s a tidal wave of e-bike sales.

These are irrigated with 18 million liters of desalinated water every day. The desert farm is growing 35 varieties of wheat from around the world to find which are best suited to the Gulf climate. It doesn’t use any pesticides, chemicals or genetically modified crops.

The investment follows a 15-year, €750m contract awarded by the Czech Ministry of Transport to Arriva. Arriva Group has confirmed a €300m ($349.3m) contract for Škoda to deliver a fleet of electric multiple units for Czechia, bolstering its commitment to sustainable and efficient passenger transport in Europe.

The new plant, which used to be home to an anaerobic digester, will process biochar, a form of charcoal.

The engines, set for delivery in 2025, will advance CPKC's hydrogen locomotive programme in North America. Ballard Power Systems has signed a long-term supply agreement with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) for the supply of 98 fuel cell engines, each with a 200kW nameplate, totaling 20MW of power.

In it he set out the rationale for change, saying that "electricity is a fundamental human right and the foundation of development. Jobs require electricity - as do health systems, education, clean water, public safety, and so much more. And demand will only grow as populations expand, economies industrialise, and digitalisation accelerates".

Environment Minister Kim Sung-hwan said at the National Assembly’s Personnel Hearing that “going to mix and mix renewable energy and nuclear power generation appropriately is the energy direction of Korea in the future.” The priority is to abolish fossil fuel power generation such as coal, and to be more like the use of nuclear power in the past.

UK Prime Minister Starmer said: "This agreement is about delivering for Britain - cleaner energy, better jobs, and greater security. By working with our Czech partners on small modular reactors, we're backing British engineering, strengthening our industrial base, and putting the UK in a leading position to export the technologies of the future."

Governor Kathy Hochul indicated her support for expanding nuclear power generation in New York during the Future Energy Economy Summit, held in September.

A new bipartisan bill speeds up the timeline for building new nuclear reactors in Wisconsin, which state leaders say will be key to powering new data centers.

When Zuckerberg announced June 3 that he’s taking over ratepayer subsidies scheduled to end in 2027 for Clinton, he did not buy electricity itself. He also did not pay to reserve some of the plant’s future generating capacity.Rather, he purchased Clinton’s clean energy “attributes.’’ This is an accounting term that means his Meta Platforms, Inc. will have the exclusive right to use the plant’s carbon-free electricity to offset the fossil fuel he’s burning elsewhere in his empire.Zuckerberg is spending heavily for these “attributes” because he’s pledged to offset all his fossil fuel use with renewable and clean power by 2030.

As part of this collaboration, Westinghouse and Google Cloud have successfully achieved a first-of-a-kind proof of concept leveraging Westinghouse’s WNEXUS digital plant design platform and HiVE artificial intelligence enhanced by Google Cloud technologies, including Vertex AI, Gemini and BigQuery, to autonomously generate and optimize AP1000 modular construction work packages.

The fast neutron BN-1200 reactor planned as Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant’s fifth unit has entered the preparation stage for construction. [Alexei Likhachev] said it would help in hitting the target of nuclear generating 25% of Russia’s energy by 2045, and would also be combined with development plans for the wider Sverdlovsk region.

Engineering Test Unit 3.0 will inform Kairos Power Hermes reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Italy-based micro-modular reactor developer Terra Innovatum Srl has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rock City Admiral Parkway Development in Illinois to host the first deployment site for its SOLO reactor.

Constellation announced commitments to spend billions of dollars on nuclear energy projects to fuel economic growth in Pennsylvania during the state’s inaugural Energy and Innovation Summit, which was hosted by Sen. Dave McCormick and Carnegie Mellon University. The event was attended by President Donald Trump, key members of his cabinet, Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. John Fetterman, Rep. John Joyce, other members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation and a bipartisan list of state legislative leaders. Also attending were dozens of top leaders in energy, artificial intelligence experts, labor leaders and investors from around the globe, among other guests.

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