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Clariant announces 4th license deal for sunliquid technology; first Bulgarian cellulosic ethanol project

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Specialty chemical company Clariant and Eta Bio, a company of the Pavlovi family, running a leading business in the agricultural sector in Bulgaria, have signed a license agreement for Clariant’s sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology. The agreement marks the fourth signed license deal for Clariant’s sunliquid technology.

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Germany insisting on inclusion of e-fuels as ICE option before signing off on Europe’s ban on ICE

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So far, the sales of synthetic fuels, such as e-fuels and renewable diesel, in Germany have been largely limited to fuel blends in which these fuels have represented about 26 percent maximum. The planned approval by the government would in the near future allow 100% renewable diesel to be sold and used unblended in all segments in Germany.

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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. residue streams, renewable hydrogen and biogas to methanol.

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New passenger car registrations in Europe in 2010 down 5.5% from 2009

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The 2010 results were marked by the ending of government fleet renewal schemes in many EU countries. Bulgaria recorded the steepest downturn (-28.9%). The EU market for new passenger cars declined by 5.5% Registrations in December amounted to 1,009,638 units, down 3.2% year-on-year. The biggest. after the sharp 62.1% drop in 2009.

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Europe Passenger Car Registrations Down 7.4% in April

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The decline in April registrations, the first in ten months, is linked to the upturn in registrations last year when a growing number of markets had started to benefit from fleet renewal incentives. The steepest decline was noted in Bulgaria (-50.8%). more than in the same period last year.

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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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Excess death rates were particularly high in eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine, with more than 200 each year per 100,000 of the population. When they looked at individual countries, the researchers found that air pollution caused an excess death rate of 154 per 100,000 in Germany (a reduction of 2.4

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

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You might be surprised to learn that AMPECO is headquartered in Bulgaria—not exactly an e-mobility hotspot. They often tie this into energy management and how they match the charging with energy generation, matching it by cost or by type of energy production for example matching it to the availability of renewables.