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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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It is the latest concrete step towards Volvo Cars’ ambition to have climate-neutral manufacturing by 2025, part of a wider climate plan that aims to reduce the overall carbon footprint per car by 40% between 2018 and 2025. By 2040, Volvo Cars aims to be a climate-neutral company.

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Volvo Cars building €1.2B EV manufacturing plant in Slovakia; third in Europe

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The new plant will be climate-neutral and build only electric cars, underpinning the company’s ambition to become fully electric by 2030 and climate-neutral by 2040, and to continue expanding its global production capacity to match its growth ambitions. The new facility represents an investment of around €1.2

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ArcelorMittal inaugurates €200M Steelanol carbon capture and utilization project at Ghent plant

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At an event held at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium, ArcelorMittal inaugurated its flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project. One of the four bioreactors used in the Steelanol plant being installed in 2021. Earlier post.) The €200-million Steelanol project is a first of its kind for the European steel industry.

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Plug to build large-scale green hydrogen generation plant at port of Antwerp-Bruges

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At the center of the largest chemical industry cluster in Europe and close to the North Sea, it provides transportation connections to Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, and France. Port of Antwerp-Bruges, set to become a major hydrogen hub for Europe, has plans to be a lighthouse port for climate-neutral infrastructure.

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Converted hydrogen fuel cell refuse vehicle on trial in Ruhr region as part of HECTOR

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This was carried out by E-Trucks Europe, a specialist manufacturer of hydrogen-electric commercial vehicles based in Belgium, in collaboration with Wietholt, a DAF authorized dealer in Dorsten, Germany. A 45 kW fuel cell module was installed in the former engine compartment of the vehicle.

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Audi switching from truck to rail for battery delivery

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Battery modules and cells needed in Belgium for the Audi e-tron and Audi e-tron Sportback were up to now transported by truck over the approximately 1,300-kilometer-long route from the supplier in Hungary. In Hungary and Belgium, Audi uses DBeco neutral. New equipment and processes have been installed specifically for this purpose.

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, IVECO and ENGIE collaborating to promote natural gas in Europe starting from Belgium

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This collaboration is in line with the implementation of the DAFI Directive (Directive 2014/94 - Deployment of Alternative Fuels Infrastructures), with a particular focus on certain countries and regions, starting from Wallonia, Belgium. ENGIE is a global energy player and an expert operator in gas, electricity and energy services.

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