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Neste: use of our renewable fuels reduced global climate emissions by 8.3 million tons in 2017

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Replacing fossil fuels with Neste’s renewable fuels reduced global climate emissions altogether by a 8.3 billion kilograms—in 2017, according to calculations made by the company. million metric tons—8.3 million tons from 2016. Waste and residues account nearly 80% of Neste’s renewable raw material usage.

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Global Bioenergies successfully moves its C3 process to demo scale; isopropanol and acetone from renewable resources

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Global Bioenergies has reached a new milestone in scaling up its C3 process converting renewable resources into isopropanol and acetone. A first pilot run was successfully conducted in December 2017. The next phase, at demo plant scale, was subcontracted to Bioprocess Pilot Facility (BPF) located in Delft in the Netherlands.

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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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JRC: e-vehicle market in Europe is slowly gaining momentum, but breakthrough is needed

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A new European Joint Research Center (JRC) analysis on the deployment of electric vehicles (EV) in Europe concludes that although the sector evolved significantly between 2010 and 2017, progress is still small to be characterized as full-scale commercialization. Market share of M1 EV in Europe between 2010 and 2017.

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BNEF: Global plug-in vehicle sales surge 63% year-on-year in Q3; China accounted for more than half of total

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Sales of battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids exceeded 287,000 units in the quarter, 63% higher than the same quarter a year ago and up 23% from Q2 2017, BNEF said. China accounted for more than half of global sales as its market for electric cars doubled amid government efforts to curb pollution.

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Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle launches in Sweden and Norway this summer, Netherlands later this year

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The Netherlands will follow later this year. Toyota estimates selling around 30,000 units a year globally in 2020 from 3,000 units in 2017. The Mirai launched in Japan in December 2014 and in the US in 2015. In Sweden, hydrogen is locally produced 100% based on renewable energy, just as in Denmark.

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The ICCT: Nearly half of the world’s EVs are in 25 cities; China leads the way

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As of the end of 2017, these 25 cities were home to nearly 1.4 These 25 cities, representing just 12% of world passenger vehicle sales, account for 44% of the world’s cumulative electric vehicle sales through 2017. Cumulative electric vehicle sales and 2017 passenger vehicle sales in top global electric vehicle markets.

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