All articles by Janet Wood. – Page 3
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FCZ ArticleCharging platform eyes eHGV market
Electric vehicle (EV) charging management platform AMPECO told FCZ exclusively that it is actively exploring dedicated charging hubs for eHGVs.
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FCZ ArticleDaimler Truck and Toyota to hold equal shares in new ‘Japanese truck powerhouse’ with decarbonisation in its sights
A new holding company combining Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corporation aims to establish “a new strong Japanese truck powerhouse” and strengthen the commercial vehicle business globally through the development of ‘connected, autonomous, shared, electric’ (CASE), vehicles, including hydrogen vehicles.
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FCZ ArticleTrucking hydrogen to users is not an enabler for a nascent hydrogen industry, reports find
HGVs are unlikely to be the missing link in building a hydrogen industry as fuel transporters. That was the message from an evaluation of two government programmes aimed at stimulating the hydrogen market, which found securing hydrogen at volume and at an economic price and transporting it to the point ...
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FCZ ArticleReFuels reports first profitable quarter as it takes on more fleet customers
Bio-CNG supplier ReFuels has said it wants to “unlock … truck order plans that are being held back by a lack of Bio-CNG refuelling infrastructure” and as a consequence it will narrow its development focus to “timely delivery of the most important sites”. It expects to raise £25 million by ...
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Policy direction and timing must align to deliver heavy transport decarbonisation
Lack of co-ordination between government departments and regulators, and over-cautious decisionmaking are holding back progress towards decarbonisation across both transport and energy, according to Gareth Mills, MD of N-Gen Energy Solutions.
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FCZ ArticleStationary battery provider ready to consider eHGV batteries for ‘second use’
Allye installation at Killington Lakes services on the M6 near Kendall Will batteries from eHGVs find a ‘second life’ market in stationary grid applications? Battery company Allye Energy has launched upsized stationary battery systems containing up to 18 repurposed EV battery packs, dubbed Mega Max, and FCZ ...
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FCZ ArticleLidl offers trucks access to charging facilities on its Dutch sites
Supermarket Lidl has invited heavy duty truck users to “charge your electric trucks with us using 100% green energy” at its sites in the Netherlands.
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FCZ ArticleReFuels opens second refuelling station in Scotland, plans to double bio-CNG pumped through expanded station fleet by 2028
Bio-CNG supplier ReFuels has opened a new refuelling station at Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland.
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FCZ ArticleFalling battery prices due to EV overcapacity are benefitting other sectors
Battery costs are falling because of overcapacity in the electric vehicle market, but revenues from using them in the electricity sector are increasing, recent reports show.
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FCZ ArticleFollow China to get cost parity for e-HGVs, says report for government
In some regions and vehicle categories, including heavy- and medium-duty trucks in China, and vans in India and China, electric vehicles are cheaper over their lifetimes than their diesel counterparts. In other regions, cost parity is expected before 2033, according to new research funded by the UK government’s Department for ...
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FCZ ArticleJoint venture aims to remove cost and change management barriers to fleet electrification
Photo: GettyImages Hitachi ZeroCarbon and Japan’s MUFG Bank have joined forces in a partnership that aims to remove two barriers for vehicle fleet operators to switch to electric vehicles: the high capital cost; and the need to manage change and ensure vehicles performance. Hitachi Europe previously won ...
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FCZ ArticleRemoving analysis step could speed electricity connections for charging points as well as generation
Energy regulator Ofgem has taken another step to speed up new connections to the electricity network. It has relieved all new projects rated below 5MW from the ‘transmission impact assessment’ (TIA), a slow and costly step in the connections process. The previous threshold was 1MW but ...
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FCZ ArticleManufacturers urged to be ready to beat new competitors when electric re-fleeting takes off
By 2034, the electric HGV market will be larger than that of the fossil-fuelled market and bus and truck makers “need to position themselves now as leaders of the transition to electric buses and trucks with a pragmatic ‘re-fleeting’ strategy” according to a new analysis. The change will position e-truck ...
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FCZ ArticleBatteries move from ‘first use’ in buses to ‘second use’ to provide grid services
’Second use’ batteries that previously powered buses in France will be the core of a new battery storage site in Norfolk that will be paid to provide support services for the electricity grid operator.
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FCZ ArticleFirst hydrogen certification for RFNBO scheme
Germany’s Tyczka Hydrogen has become the first company certified by CertifHy under its EU RFNBO Scheme. The certificate was issued by TÜV SÜD
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FCZ ArticleBiofuels: is ‘double counting’ to allay sustainability concerns giving a misleading picture of progress?
European companies that produce ethanol have complained that the EU’s policy of capping the use of crop-based biofuels in transport is slowing the shift from fossil to green transport fuels. They also say EU ‘multipliers’ that give more green credit for other sources of ethanol give a “misleading picture of ...
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FCZ ArticleElectricity system operator prepares to call on battery owners to help manage ‘low demand’ summer
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is preparing to manage a summer with record low levels of demand on the national electricity transmission system, with supply exceeding demand potentially for long periods. The system operator says “Operating the system at low demand is one of the most complex challenges we ...
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FCZ ArticleSlimmed down, faster, electricity connections queue to be in place by September for delivery by 2030
The queue to connect to the electricity network should fall dramatically by September, and projects remaining in the queue should all connect by 2030, after energy regulator Ofgem and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) kick-started a replacement for the ‘first-come, first-served’ system for connecting. That could ...
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FCZ ArticleCould the UK fuelling choice swing towards biomethane?
With the hydrogen option for freight decarbonisation slow to get off the starting block, is the way open for a swing to bio-CNG? John Baldwin, MD at CNG Services, is hopeful that there is. He points to the launch of 2 new 6x2 CNG trucks as a game-changer for the ...
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FCZ ArticleIf electricity was 40% cheaper, would it change your decisions on decarbonisation?
This summer could see discussion over electricity prices and whether the government should change the way it manages its low carbon support so the price of electricity is lower, in comparison with gas. New analysis from energy lobby group EnergyUK suggests that one option for reform could reduce non-domestic electricity ...