Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Umicore will build an industrial scale recycling facility for end-of-life rechargeable batteries in Hoboken, Belgium. The new industrial operation will use Umicore’s proprietary and patented Ultra High Temperature Smelting technology. The plant, which involves an investment of €25 million, (US$37.4

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2022

At an event held at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium, ArcelorMittal inaugurated its flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project. The €200-million Steelanol project is a first of its kind for the European steel industry. Earlier post.) It will reduce annual carbon emissions from the Ghent plant by 125,000 tonnes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Its first plants will be built in Norway, Germany, and Belgium with investment also planned in the UK and France. INEOS, through its subsidiary INOVYN, is already Europe’s largest existing operator of electrolysis, the technology necessary to produce green hydrogen for power generation, transportation, and industrial use.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

France-based advanced battery-maker Saft, a wholly-owned subsidiary of international energy giant Total, is building an alliance with other European partners to launch an ambitious program of research, development and industrialization for new generations of batteries focusing on advanced high-density Li-ion and solid-state battery technology.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

This strategic acquisition, quick on the heels of the acquisition of the Belgium based Quad Industries, marks another significant step forward in Naxnova’s expansion strategy reinforcing their commitment towards delivering innovative solutions to customers worldwide, the company announced in a media release.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2018

Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. Van Hool has been building hydrogen buses for the American market since 2005 and for the European market since 2007.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

In the DRC, this would mean building processing plants and refineries that would add value and, potentially, jobs within the country. UNCTAD also recommends that the industry find ways to reduce its dependence on critical raw materials. Brazilian mine. Agência Brasil/José Cruz. Source: UN.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

BASF plans to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plant at the company’s proposed integrated chemical production (“Verbund”) site in Zhanjiang, China. The site would ultimately be the third-largest BASF site worldwide, following Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

VoltH2 is preparing to build a green hydrogen plant in North Sea Port and has signed a cooperation agreement for its construction in Vlissingen. North Sea Port is the 60-kilometer-long cross-border port area that stretches from Vlissingen on the North Sea coast in the Netherlands, some 32 kilometers inland to Ghent in Belgium.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2023

CMB.TECH, an Antwerp-based cleantech company specialized in developing and building hydrogen and ammonia-powered large marine and industrial applications, was responsible for integrating the technology and related expertise to design and build this first prototype, in collaboration with ATS and equipment manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

When the new rosin plant is up and running, SunPine will be producing three different products: Raw tall diesel, a feedstock used in the production of renewable diesel; rosin, a raw material used in the production of derivatives, including printing ink and adhesives; and tall oil pitch, an energy product used in the paper industry.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Jo De Boeck , chief strategy officer and executive vice president at the Belgium-based nanoelectronics R&D center imec , explained a proposed R&D structure and its likely impact to engineers at the 2023 IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) last month in San Francisco. 2030 is like tomorrow in this industry.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

BYD ATTO 3 (Source: BYD) VW has also been slashing prices on the ID line in France, Belgium, Germany, and Norway, among other countries. Belgium and Sweden will also see revised vehicles and lower prices. In Belgium, the ID3 is now priced at €39,990 and the ID4 for €39,649, both now eligible for an EV bonus of €5,000.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

ArcelorMittal Europe is developing a series of industrial-scale hydrogen projects for use in blast furnace-based steelmaking that will start to deliver substantial CO 2 emissions savings even within the next five years, as well as progressing a project to test the ability of hydrogen to reduce iron ore and form DRI on an industrial scale.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When “replacing oil with electricity” has become a trend, the transportation industry has maintained the era of fuel oil for hundreds of years, but it is also undergoing subversive changes. Behind the popularity of charging piles in the oil circle, the transportation industry is undergoing a major change unseen in a century.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2022

Van Hool, the Belgian manufacturer of buses, coaches and industrial vehicles, presented its first edition of a completely new range of 100% zero emission buses on the first day of Euro Mobility Expo 2022, an international trade show for public transport. The company was founded in 1947 and celebrates its 75 th anniversary in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A team from KU Leuven and the University of Antwerp in Belgium has developed a new process that is suitable for the distributed, small-scale production of “green” ammonia. It is an essential fertilizer in agriculture and a crucial building block in chemical and pharmaceutical industries. 150 million tons annually.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. The first plants will produce engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to serve the increasing needs of various growth industries in the southern China market and throughout Asia.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Australia’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources released the December 2022 edition of the Resources and Energy Quarterly (REQ). Production from lithium hydroxide refineries is forecast to steadily build, lifting total annual lithium export revenue to an estimated $16 billion in 2022–23 and $17 billion in 2023–24.

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Driivz

MAY 1, 2022

E.ON, a German power company; EDF, based in France; and Italy’s Enel are partnering with Nissan to build V2G networks. In fact, EDF is targeting a 30 percent market share for EV charging in France, Belgium, Italy, and the UK. The post Utilities Are Taking an EV-industry Leadership Role appeared first on Driivz.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2018

In 2002, the Aleris facility in Duffel, Belgium opened its first continuous annealing line to provide automotive body sheet to the automotive industry. With a new wide cold mill and a continuous annealing line, Aleris is equipped to produce the widest aluminum sheet available in the industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The Van Hool factory in Macedonia is building 900 buses this year; the factory is designed for an annual capacity of 1,000 buses. The Van Hool plant in Morristown (Tennessee, USA) is expected to start building buses from 2022. A large order of double articulated Van Hool Exqui.City tram buses was delivered to Trondheim, in Norway.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. The first plants will produce engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to serve the increasing needs of various growth industries in the southern China market and throughout Asia.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2022

Polyolefins are the largest market segment in the production of plastic goods and remain essential for various industries such as energy, automotive, packaging, construction, and healthcare. The company can build on a strong position. OMV’s goal is to become a leading global supplier of specialty polyolefin solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2015

LanzaTech is collaborating with companies across multiple sectors including US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsui. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Umicore is actively working with cell manufacturers to advance SSB tech, and recently opened a material prototyping center in Belgium that supports all the steps in SSB production, from formulation to testing. Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., The new unit will expand the refinery’s ability to help meet energy needs throughout northwest Europe, despite what the company calls a challenging industry environment. Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

Its solutions will be modular, thereby enabling Škoda Electric to build e-buses from 6 meters to 26 meters across all market segments. In 2015 Leclanché unveiled its first all-electric bus in Belgium. The industrial e-transport sector is expected to expand at a CAGR of 37% over the coming years, according to Navigant Research.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

According to research presented last month at the 2023 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting , the industry might not be using the best crystal orientation for upcoming devices. Don’t look for industry to quickly switch to 110 silicon. But the boost to the pFET performance is enough to make up for that, the researchers suggest.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The $12,500 electric vehicle tax credit proposed in President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan is being labeled as “discriminatory” by Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier, who said the country is analyzing legal recourse and other actions, including potential tariffs against the United States.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

IMEC launched a new industrial affiliation program (IIAP) to develop high-voltage, low-loss, high-power switching devices based on large-diameter (up to 200mm) GaN-on-Si (gallium-nitride on silicon ) technology. IMEC is inviting both integrated device manufacturers and companies in the compound semiconductor industry to join the program.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Imec, in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), has introduced the first 79 GHz radar transmitter implemented in plain digital 28nm CMOS. Imec welcomes industrial and academic partners for joint R&D. The company presented these results at the recent ISSCC2014 in San Francisco.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2016

LanzaTech has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off gases to produce 3 million gallons/year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The official name giving and christening ceremony will take place in the spring of 2017 in Zeebrugge, Belgium. The launch of this vessel is an important milestone for the dredging industry. We want to thank DEME for their close cooperation and for giving us the opportunity to build the world’s first LNG-powered hopper dredger.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Meanwhile, Tesla is stopping production of most of its EV production at Giga Berlin, which builds the Model Y for European markets, from January 29 to February 11 due to battery deliveries from China being delayed due to the Red Sea shipping crisis. Volvo, too, has rerouted its shipping and announced delays at its factory in Ghent, Belgium.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This also prevents over-supply enabling charge point operators to turn a profit, sustaining its industry. The top overall European countries in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (1) Norway (2) Netherlands (3) Luxembourg (4) Germany (5) Switzerland (6) Denmark (7) Czech Republic (8) Bulgaria (9) Sweden (10) Belgium.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

Building upon the success of the Volta Zero—a purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed for inner-city last mile deliveries ( earlier post )—Volta Trucks plans to expand its product portfolio with three additional variants within the medium- to lower end of the heavy-duty class.

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