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Saudi Arabia’s Ceer gets green light for EV production factory: Saudi Arabia’s first electric vehicle brand Ceer — a JV between Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Company (Foxconn) — received a manufacturing license from KSA’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral […]
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Posted inELECTRIC VEHICLES
Neom, Volocopter announce successful testing of KSA’s first electric air taxi flight
W for air e-mobility in Saudi Arabia: KSA’s Neom and German flying taxi maker Volocopter have successfully tested the kingdom’s first electric air taxi, according to a statement. The flight test campaign of the electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) ran for a week after 18 months of collaboration between Neom, Saudi Arabia’s General […]
Posted inHYDROGEN
Global hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure present barriers to the investment ambitions needed
Is hydrogen infrastructure the top barrier to investment globally? Limitations in hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure is the number one reason for the lack of investments, surpassing the lack of profitability, according to a recent survey (pdf) carried out by DNV. Some 71% of respondents of DNVs survey — made up of 1.1k respondents from […]
Posted inCLIMATE DIPLOMACY
Morocco, The Netherlands strengthening renewables cooperation
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he is “happy” to see the developing cooperation with Morocco in renewable energy, Maghreb Arabe Presse(MAP) reports, citing an interview the premier gave Le Matin. “I’m pleased that projects in this field have already been initiated, such as the cooperation between [the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy], the Port […]
Posted inALSO ON OUR RADAR
UAE’s Dewa discusses enhanced cooperation + investment in green technologies with Hong Kong Ambassadors Club
UAE’s Dewa meets with Hong Kong based investor network: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) met with a visiting delegation from global investor network the Hong Kong Ambassadors Club to discuss strengthening cooperation between the two countries in smart city technologies and renewable and clean energy among other things, Wam reports. CEO Saeed Mohammed […]
Posted inAROUND THE WORLD
Brazil’s Eve agrees to sell 150 its flying cars
Brazil’s Eve will sell 150 of its “flying cars”: Brazilian electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturer Eve — a subsidiary of Embraer — signed letters of intent (LoI) during the Paris Air Show to sell 150 of its eVTOLS to Nordic Aviation, Wideroe Zero, and Voar Aviation, Reuters reports. Nordic Aviation is looking […]
Posted inON YOUR WAY OUT
The revival of a lost coffee strain could pave the way for more climate-resilient java
Caffeine addicts, rejoice: Stenophylla — a heat-tolerant coffee strain “lost” to commercial production for over 50 years — has been successfully grown in a Sierra Leone pilot project backed by coffee trader Sucafina, Bloomberg reports. Why is this important? At least 60% of all wild coffee species are at risk of extinction, Sucafina said, explaining […]
Posted inCALENDAR
JUNE 2023 22-23 June (Thursday-Friday) The UN’s Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, Paris, France. JULY 2023 3-7 July (Monday-Friday): The 36th Conference of the International Association of Climatology, Bucharest, Romania. 15-16 July (Saturday-Sunday): Second COP27 transitional committee workshop, Bangkok, Thailand. TBD: Egypt’s post-COP27 Environmental and Climate Investment Forum, hosted by Egypt, Switzerland and […]
Posted inWHAT WE’RE TRACKING TODAY
TODAY: Morocco’s OCP is earmarking USD 7 bn for a green ammonia plant
Good morning, friends. We have a light, brisk issue for you this morning as we inch closer to the weekend. THE BIG CLIMATE STORY- Moroccan state-owned fertilizer and phosphate giant OCP Group plans to invest USD 7 bn in an ammonia plant using green hydrogen produced from renewable energy. ^^ We have the details on […]
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