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Denmark, Norway, and US to lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

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The governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation.

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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Norway, more ambitiously still, aims to eliminate sales of new ICE vehicles by 2025. It stands to reason that Norway is far ahead of the rest of the world in terms of EV adoption. Norway has been working, with a consistent program of government funding and incentives, toward getting EVs on its roads since the 1990s. degrees F).”

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Elkem to test first carbon capture pilot for silicon smelters

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Elkem, a global leader in silicon-based advanced materials, will test the world’s first carbon capture pilot for silicon smelters at its plant in Rana, Norway. Aker Carbon Capture delivers the test unit, which is the only one of its kind in Norway. The program runs over the course of two years.

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Rolls-Royce developing turbogenerator technology for hybrid-electric aviation applications

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Current battery technology means all-electric propulsion will enable eVTOL and fixed wing commuter aircraft for short flights in and between cities and island-hopping in locations such as Norway and the Scottish Isles. —Rob Watson, President – Rolls Royce Electrical.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

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Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. —McCollum et al.

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Yara Clean Ammonia and Bunker Holding to develop the market for ammonia as a shipping fuel

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This agreement connects two key elements of the supply chain needed to achieve the use of clean ammonia as a shipping fuel—a global supplier of clean ammonia and the largest bunker supplier today in terms of end users. Yara Clean Ammonia is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

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