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First cargo vessel operating on hydrogen to debut in Paris; commercial river operations this year

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The European innovation project Flagships will deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen, plying the river Seine in Paris. Commercial operations are set to commence in 2021. The power generation system for Zulu will be supplied by ABB Marine & Ports, with fuel cells from Ballard.

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European team discovers new top-performing solid-state fast ionic conductor for Li-ion batteries

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The researchers need further study and to improve the material to enable its future commercialization. Toyota supported the study scientifically and financially. A patent has been filed listing the UCLouvain researchers as inventors. 2019.07.001.

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VoltH2 & North Sea Port sign agreement to develop green hydrogen plant

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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. VoltH2 envisages the construction of a 25 MW electrolysis unit using proven, commercially available technology. VoltH2 B.V.

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EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

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For the future, it will be important to commercialize advanced biofuel conversion technologies, which utilize a broader and more sustainable feedstock base. Cost-effectiveness: It can produce advanced biofuels, from marine fuels to kerosene, potentially at lower cost than most competing renewable fuel pathways.

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MIT, Scripps study examines behavior of midwater sediment plumes from deep-sea nodule mining

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The model predicts the size, concentration, and evolution of sediment plumes under various marine and mining conditions. In a commercial operation, the ship is always discharging new sediment. Their results are published in an open-access paper in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment. —Thomas Peacock.

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ExxonMobil to invest >$1B in Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oil into diesel, other products

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ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., plans to invest more than $1 billion to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into transportation fuels products such as marine gasoil and diesel fuel.

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