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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners advance climate-neutral eFuels development; Haru Oni pilot in Chile

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Electrolyzers will use wind power to produce green hydrogen.

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Fincantieri and Enel Green Power Italia to explore use of green hydrogen in ports and long-range maritime transport

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Fincantieri and Enel Green Power Italia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to define an integrated solution for the production, supply, management and use of green hydrogen for port areas and long-range maritime transport.

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Roskill forecasts increasing dependence of Li market on batteries; switch from portable electronics to hybrids

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Lithium extraction, which totalled more than 168,000t LCE in 2012, is undertaken predominately in Australia, Chile, Argentina and China, with roughly half of lithium output from hard rock sources and half from brine. Production is dominated by Talison Lithium in Australia, SQM and Rockwood Lithium in Chile, and FMC in Argentina.

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Enel Green Power and NextChem sign MoU for green hydrogen production in US

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The project, which is expected to be operational in 2023, will convert renewable energy from one of EGPNA’s solar plants in the United States into green hydrogen to be supplied to a bio-refinery. Enel Green Power is developing projects in the green hydrogen segment in Italy, Spain, Chile and the United States.

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Oversold Lithium could be about to rally

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Investing in the commodity market can be a roller-coaster ride; what with the incessant boom-and-bust cycles driven by the ebb and flow in infrastructural spending, production ramps/cutbacks and stockpiling/destocking supplies. In terms of feedstock supply, SQM and Albemarle had laid out plans for increased production rates.

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Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it 

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A supply chain that starts with mining and material extraction to then continue with conversion and refining of the materials and producing of battery chemicals, cells and pack. Climate impact of the battery supply chain. The most important matter here is the heat is supplied from electricity or fuel have a significant impact.

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Yellen visits US lithium site in Chile, eyes progress on green transition – ET Auto

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Chile also aims to reach 100% in EV sales by 2035 and could well lead the way in green hydrogen, with more than 40 green hydrogen projects underway. lithium producer Albemarle in northern Chile , saying that expanded U.S.-Chilean Yellen’s visit to Chile is part of a broader push by the Biden administration to diversify U.S.

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