5 best news for March
The United Nations European Economic Commission explored the potential of hydrogen technologies in Ukraine.
In its hydrogen strategy for 2050, the EU has singled out Ukraine as a priority partner
The UN European Economic Commission conducted a study of the potential for the development of hydrogen technologies in Ukraine, which confirmed the advantages and opportunities for the development of this industry. This was announced by the Acting Chairman of the State Energy Efficiency, Konstantin Gura, at the meeting of the working group “Hydrogen Technologies and Hydrogen Infrastructure”, which took place at the Verkhovna Rada Committee on EHU with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Energy, State Energy Efficiency, specialized associations, institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, business, and the expert environment.
“The UN European Economic Commission, with the support of the Ministry of Energy and the State Energy Efficiency Committee, conducted a study of the potential for the development of hydrogen technologies in Ukraine. Its results confirmed the advantages and opportunities for the development of this industry,” Gura said.
Also, the chairman of the State Energy Efficiency Agency presented to the experts the prospects for the development of hydrogen energy in Ukraine. “In its hydrogen strategy by 2050, the EU has allocated Ukraine as a priority partner. The EU’s goals are very ambitious.
By 2030, it is planned to increase 40 GW of electrolytic capacity, reaching the production of 10 million tons of hydrogen per year”, he said.
Konstantin Gura noted that for the introduction of the hydrogen market it is necessary to:
– prepare a legislative framework, implement existing in Europe, and develop national production standards,
for the production, transportation, storage and use of hydrogen;
– make state support and incentives;
– to implement a pilot project for the production of “green” hydrogen;
– take measures to develop the infrastructure for hydrogen transportation;
– to settle the issue of reducing the risks of return on investments.
We’ll recall that next year in Ukraine, with the state support will start the first pilot projects in the field of hydrogen energy. Preparations for their implementation are already underway.
In 2021, the development of a hydrogen strategy will start in Ukraine, which will be carried out with the involvement of reputable international companies and domestic experts, with the assistance of the World Bank.
A security guard was introduced in the United States
The American company Westland Real Estate Group has introduced a fully autonomous robot that will guard residential areas in northeast Las Vegas. This was reported by KTNV Las Vegas. The robot will be used to increase the safety of residents who live mainly in apartments in one of the areas of Las Vegas. It is noted that the device itself can monitor residential areas through video and infrared cameras. In addition to patrolling, the robot has several other functions. In case of an emergency in the area, residents will be able to press a button at the robot, and it will automatically sound the alarm.
Twitter CEO sells the first tweet at auction.
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey auctioned his first social media post, which is also the first tweet in the service’s history. According to the information on the Valuables site, they are ready to give $ 2 million for the message.
The maximum proposed price for a tweet has already reached $ 2 million, the founder of the TRON cryptocurrency platform and the CEO of Rainberry, Justin Sun, is ready to pay so much.
It’s about Jack Dorsey’s tweet: “Just setting up my twttr”. He made the message on March 21, 2006.
Dorsey’s historic tweet appeared on the Valuables online auction site, created specifically to sell and buy tweets.
The auction skyrocketed on March 5 after Jack Dorsey posted a link to the auction on his Twitter.
Addition
The Twitter founder donated a billion dollars last year to fight the coronavirus.
New Ukrainian airline registered two aircrafts
New Ukrainian low-cost airline Bees Airline has registered two of its first aircrafts in Ukraine – Boeing 737-800.
“This is Boeing 737-800 with side numbers of the Ukrainian register UR-UBA and UR-UBB. The State Air Service gave register documents on 22-23d February 2021”- indicates the message.
It is noted that both airliners were released in 2010 and are still in Poland. They were previously operated by UIA for nine years under the numbers UR-PSC and UR-PSD.
Bees Airline does not yet have an operator’s certificate, which allows the airline to start operating flights with passengers. To obtain this document, it is necessary to replenish the fleet with two aircrafts, which the airline has already done.
The company plans to start a flight program from Kiev to the Egyptian resort of Marsa Alam in March, and in April will fly to Kenya for the tour operator TPG.
ICA Sweden begins its electrification journey with Volvo Trucks
Volvo Trucks is supplying a fully electric truck to Sweden’s leading grocery retailer, ICA Sweden, as it begins its transition towards electric transport. The truck will deliver refrigerated goods in the Stockholm city area. Apart from being fossil free, the vehicle will contribute to significantly reduced noise levels and air pollution.
The Volvo FL and Volvo FE Electric trucks are mainly used for city distribution as the case is for ICA when the grocery retailer begins it transition towards electric transport. The models were among the first electric trucks to enter serial production, already in 2019.
The new Volvo FE Electric will be put in traffic during the first half of 2021 and operate in ICA’s daily transport assignments. This delivery marks the important first step in the cooperation between Volvo Trucks and ICA, announced in November 2020, which will identify electrified solutions to reduce the environmental impact of goods transport.
In order to identify suitable routes for electrification, ICA and Volvo Trucks’ electromobility experts have jointly studied parameters such as load capacity, driving cycles, range and body build solutions to optimize the areas of usage for the new electric truck in ICA’s operations.
“Together with ICA, we have analyzed several transport routes within their Swedish logistics network, with the support of Volvo Trucks’ electric range simulator. Sharing and analyzing detailed data has been vital in helping calculate energy consumption for transports – including loading and unloading – in real-life routes and real-time traffic situations, and thereby finding the best possible solution for ICA’s daily transport assignments,” explains Johan Larsson, Volvo Trucks Director of Electric Solutions.
The fully electric Volvo truck ordered by ICA doesn’t require any extra daytime charging for its specific route, which makes it easy to replace the current vehicle with an electric model.
ICA Sweden and Volvo Trucks have extensive experience of working to reduce the environmental impact of their businesses. The ICA Group has set a target for its Swedish subsidiary to have a completely fossil-free road transport system by 2030, and for city regions this target should be met already by 2025. The goal will be reached by investing in new technology and investigating how initiatives for increased national production of biofuels can be supported.
An important part of the cooperation between Volvo Trucks and ICA involves electrified transport solutions in Sweden, both in city centers and eventually also on longer routes between cities. ICA Sweden and Volvo Trucks will work together to lay the foundations for electric transport solutions by making use of existing product and service offers and jointly testing new technologies. Both companies will together continue investigating the possibilities for further electrification of transport in ICA Sweden’s logistics network.
“We are very pleased to have begun our electrified transportation journey at ICA. We are continuously working to minimize climate impact throughout our entire value chain, and increasing use of electric transport is concrete proof of this. Through our cooperation with Volvo Trucks, we have the opportunity to customize an electric transport solution which not only fulfils the capacity and range demands for our trucks, but also contributes to considerably greener transports,” says Emma Lindström, Logistics Director at ICA Sweden.
Launched in 2019, the Volvo FE Electric and its sister model Volvo FL Electric are fully electric trucks, highly suitable for city distribution and rubbish collection. Volvo Trucks is now also running tests on its electric heavy-duty Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX trucks, which will be used for both regional transport and urban construction operations in Europe. Sale of these trucks is starting during 2021, with serial production commencing in 2022.
Facts about the Volvo FE Electric for ICA Sweden
- Volvo FE Electric 6 x 2
- Gross combination weight of 26 tonnes
- Four battery packs with 66 kWh/battery
- Customized cabinet with cooling unit powered by the truck’s battery is installed by bodybuilder partner
- Volvo FE Electric and Volvo FL Electric have been in serial production since 2019