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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Vulcan Energy Resources ( earlier post ) and Stellantis have signed a binding lithium hydroxide offtake agreement to supply, starting in 2026, a minimum of 81,000 tonnes and a maximum of 99,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium hydroxide over the duration of the initial five-year agreement.

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APRIL 18, 2024

At the time, it announced that in-house production on mid-size and large hydrogen fuel cell vans already started in France and Poland, respectively. Last month, the automobile company partnered with CARB (California Air Resources Board) to reduce carbon emissions in California.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

The success marks a milestone for the development of China’s nuclear power, making China the fourth country to master its indigenous Generation III nuclear power technology following the US, France and Russia. million tons of carbon dioxide annually, as well as an equivalent to plantation of more than 70 million trees annually.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Euro Manganese has entered into an offtake term sheet with Verkor , a low-carbon battery manufacturer based in Grenoble, France, for the sale of high-purity manganese sulfate monohydrate (HPMSM) from the company’s Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic. Earlier post.) The term sheet is non-binding.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

HySiLabs, a France-based developer of a siloxane liquid carrier for hydrogen, announced a €13-million Series A financing led by Equinor Ventures, and joined by the European Innovation Council Fund, EDP Ventures and PLD Automobile, with the support of historical investors Kreaxi, Région Sud Investissement and CAAP Création.

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JUNE 26, 2012

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have launched a new initiative that aims to reduce pollution levels, improve resource efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs in cities across the world. Up to 80% of the world population is expected to reside in cities by 2050.

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MARCH 28, 2022

The study combined various radiation scattering techniques: X-ray analyses were made in Uppsala, Sweden and neutron results came from a large research facility, the Institut Laue Langevin, in Grenoble, France. Results indicate that precipitates grow mostly in number, not in size, and that the structure of the carbon matrix is not affected.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

A key concern of many raw materials producing countries is how to leverage resource wealth into more value-add, and attract further downstream investments, like battery manufacturing. Sustainability and carbon emissions associated with the supply chain are of growing importance.

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France recently revamped its rules on EV purchase incentives to include limits on the amount of carbon emitted in manufacturing. In practice, this is expected to favor vehicles made in France over models manufactured in China.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Rice University scientists, working with colleagues in France, have detected the presence of anthropogenic carbon nanotubes (CBTs) in cells extracted from the airways of Parisian children under routine treatment for asthma. Carbon nanotubes and carbon nanoparticles (a) in vehicle exhaust and (b) inside a lung cell vacuole.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The ReFactory aims to achieve a negative carbon balance by 2030—an objective in line with the Group’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality in Europe by 2050. RE-CYCLE: To optimize the management of resources to support the ecosystem.

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APRIL 7, 2011

Energy Ministers from around the world have agreed to proposals to help speed up the global deployment of carbon capture and storage. At a meeting in the United Arab Emirates, Ministers at the Clean Energy Ministerial endorsed recommendations from the Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Action Group chaired by Australia and the UK.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

A graphene nanotube is a unique form of carbon that can be imagined as a graphene sheet, with a thickness of one atom, rolled into a tube. One of the best electrical conductors on earth, graphene nanotubes are 100 times stronger than steel, but lighter than aluminum. —Konstantin Notman, Chief Executive Officer of OCSiAl Group.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Researchers at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, with colleagues at the Université de Toulouse, France, have developed a process for the direct production of levulinates from cheap residual lignocellulosic biomass using an affordable homogeneous catalyst. A paper on their work is published in Fuel. wt%, 83 wt%, and 73 wt% using ?-cellulose,

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MARCH 18, 2015

Drexel researchers, along with colleagues at Aix-Marseille University in France, have synthesized two-dimensional carbon/sulfur (C/S) nanolaminate materials. Sulfur-infiltrated carbon nanomaterials are currently considered promising cathode materials for Li-S batteries. acetylene carbon black and 10 wt.% Lukatskaya, M.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

In the first phase of SAF deployment through 2025, waste oils are the likeliest source of low-carbon fuel due to their low carbon intensity and ease of conversion.

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

As on a volumetric basis, diesel contains more carbon than gasoline, the tax on diesel fuel would increase. In a paper published in the journal Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board , a team of researchers in France explore the economic and environmental outcomes of such a change.

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MARCH 28, 2010

The completely integrated industrial process chain will enable various biomasses and fossil resources, in both liquid and solid form, to be applied to produce high-quality biofuels. ammonia, methanol, hydrogen, synthetic fuel) and IGCC plants with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), where hydrogen-rich syngases are required.

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JULY 9, 2012

Researchers from Institut Charles Gerhardt (France) report the development of an original two-step process for converting light olefins into long-chain hydrocarbons in the distillate range. In the first step, ethylene is selectively transformed into C 4 –C 10 olefins with an even number of carbon atoms, over nickel-exchanged AlMCM-41, at 150?

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JULY 9, 2009

Researchers in France have found that ozone depletion above Antarctica has significantly reduced the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb atmospheric CO 2 and has also accelerated acidification of southern polar waters, despite lesser CO 2 uptake. billion tons of carbon was not taken up by the oceans. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 13, 2010

The global transportation industry firms lag behind ‘Global 500 Companies’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and setting reduction targets, according to a new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). billion has already been committed or invested into low carbon initiatives and innovations in the transportation sector worldwide.

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JUNE 12, 2021

From the researchers’ point of view, this underlines the need to further reduce emissions of soot that is harmful to health and the climate, as the carbon-containing particles still contribute to health hazards and climate warming even over distances of several hundred kilometers. forest fires). Poulain, L., Fahlbusch, B., Spindler, G.,

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Stellantis & Samsung SDI to build another battery plant in Indiana “The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals has confirmed the need to find solutions like this one with Orano to meet the challenge of natural resource scarcity and sustainability,” said Stellantis Senior Vice President, Circular Economy Business Unit, Alison Jones.

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JUNE 2, 2013

Although they are targeting an initial implementation France, they see it as broadly applicable. Further, they note, France is unique in that its nuclear plants cannot use all the electricity they could generate, for lack of demand. Lepage and Bell propose establishing a 30-year “Green Redemption Fund” in France to support VGV.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Billions of tons of carbon trapped in high-latitude permafrost may be released into the atmosphere by the end of this century as the Earth’s climate changes, further accelerating global warming, a new computer modeling study indicates. Units are in grams of carbon per square meter per year. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

The work presents important predictions for how to optimize the effectiveness of ELM suppression in ITER, the massive international fusion device under construction in the south of France to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion power. Resources. Nazikian, B.?A. Grierson, N.?C. Paz-Soldan, and Q.

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APRIL 8, 2023

And of all machine learning systems, language models are sucking up the most computing resources. It concluded that a training run for even the most efficient of the four models considered, BLOOM , emitted more carbon than the average U.S. In China, citizens are generally fans of AI; in France, Canada, the Netherlands, and the U.S.,

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AUGUST 8, 2019

and black carbon (BC). The 18 European countries covered in the study are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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MARCH 12, 2014

According to a new study by researchers from France, emissions of gases and particles from the combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels in Africa are expected to increase significantly in the near future due to the rapid growth of African cities and megacities. Resources. C Liousse et al. 2014) Environ.

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MAY 10, 2018

France-based energy major Total SA and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Total believes there is a strong development opportunity in the natural gas for transportation market in particular in the United States which benefits from unique giant low-cost gas resources. Total has agreed to purchase up to 50.8

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DECEMBER 16, 2018

Long-term measurement data of the equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations and particle number size distributions (PNSD) from the Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory Chacaltaya (CHC; 5240?m At 5240 meters, the station is currently the highest measuring station in the world. Wiedensohler, A., Andrade, M., Weinhold, K., Birmili, W.,

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

the studies indicate that battery production is associated with 56 to 494 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour of battery capacity (kg CO 2 /kWh) for electric vehicles. The methodology used for a life-cycle assessment (LCA) can greatly influence its conclusions about the carbon intensity of batteries.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Carbon fluoride batteries have been around since the 1970s, featuring high energy density, high temperature performance, and shelf life. Resources. Highest theoretical energy density (~2180 Wh/kg) among primary lithium systems. However, they have suffered from limited power capability and reduced low temperature performance.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Since it is most likely that within the next decades the share of transport fuels from energy intensive unconventional oil resources will increase, the production of advanced biofuels from microalgae can only be a viable renewable fuel source if the energy intensity of the process can be managed and lowered accordingly.

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JULY 8, 2009

UPS has adopted a plan to cut the carbon emissions of its airline by an additional 20% by 2020 to 1.24 The report further discloses UPS’ total global carbon inventory including Scope 1 (direct) emissions as well as Scope 2 and 3 (indirect) emissions, a level of reporting unusual for its industry. Click to enlarge. CO 2 pounds per ATM.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

A variety of cations, including Na + , K + , NH 4 + , Mg 2 + , and Al 3 + , can also be intercalated electrochemically, offering capacitance in excess of 300 farads per cubic centimeter (much higher than that of porous carbons). This capacity is significantly higher than what is currently possible with porous carbon electrodes.

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APRIL 19, 2013

A study by a team of researchers from France and the US found that the origin of volatile hydrocarbons, other than methane, present in city air is mainly gasoline-powered vehicles. compounds containing 2-12 carbon atoms) are mainly produced by automobiles, a conclusion in line with previous findings. Borbon, A., Gilman, W.

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