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ELECTRIFICATION OF RAIL TRAFFIC – HOW MUCH OF IT IS IMPLEMENTED AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT
The railway is considered a more environmentally friendly transport mode regarding emissions. However, to meet the climate change targets, additional efforts have to be invested to make this kind of transport even more sustainable. In this sense, a much wider…
Rise in used heavy-duty vehicles a major contributor to pollution, prompting calls for more stringent regulations
While heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) exports represent a modest 3.6 per cent of the global automotive trade’s total value, their associated CO2 emissions have surged by over 30 per cent since 2000, with trucks contributing 80 per cent to this increase.…
THERE WON’T BE ENOUGH LITHIUM FOR EVERYONE – ARE SODIUM-ION BATTERIES THE SOLUTION?
Abandoning fossil fuels is part of global efforts to produce electricity efficiently and with as little pollution as possible, which further implies the transition to renewable energy sources. The European Union is actively working to encourage the production of green…
JAPAN – WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARGERS IS OUT OF SYNC WITH THE NUMBER OF E-VEHICLES?
As Japan aims to become climate-neutral by 2050, the country’s transport sector should undergo major changes to achieve the goal. A few years ago, Japan set an ambitious goal to eliminate the sales of diesel and petrol cars by 2035,…
800 CHARGERS ON PUBLIC LIGHTING IN PRAGUE BY 2026
The average age of vehicles in the Czech Republic is higher compared to the rest of the European Union. According to data from 2023, the number of electric cars in this country was approximately 14,000, however, most drivers in the…
UNEXPLORED SEABED OF NORWAY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SEA MINING
Seabed mining is the process of extracting minerals from the deep sea. Hundreds, even over 1,000 metres below the surface of the water, there is cobalt, nickel, zinc, copper, lead, lithium and other minerals hidden in various sources. Everyday people…
Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving global tripling goal set at COP28
The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28…