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Dongfang Electric reports successful test of direct seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production

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China-based Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) reported successful testing of non-desalinated seawater electrolysis technology for hydrogen production powered by offshore wind. The floating hydrogen production platform Dongfu One is sited in an offshore wind farm in East China’s Fujian province. Resources Xie, H.,

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Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa green hydrogen pilot project enters operation

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China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) announced that the Green Hydrogen Pilot Project in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, has begun producing green hydrogen to replace natural-gas-based hydrogen in its refinery in Xinjiang. With an annual hydrogen production and utilization capacity exceeding 4.5

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Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

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electronics, wind turbines, hybrid cars). Most REEs are exploited in carbonatite deposits (the largest known carbonatite is the Bayan Obo in China), but scientists still debate how and why they form due to their complicated mineralogy, element composition and geologic history. Image: NASA. 0c01313.

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China Aims for a Permanent Moon Base in the 2030s

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China's space program , long trailing in the footsteps of the U.S. Chang'e-5 , a complex sample-return mission, returned to Earth with young lunar rocks, completing China's three-step "orbit, land, and return" lunar program conceived in the early 2000s. and Soviet (now Russian) programs, had registered an international first.

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China Will Attempt First Carbon-Neutral Winter Olympics

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About 160 kilometers northwest of Beijing, the city of Zhangjiakou with its rugged terrain boasts some of the richest wind and solar resources in China. Renewables account for nearly half of the city’s electricity output with less than a third of its full solar and wind potential of 70 gigawatts installed so far.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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Geely Group and CRI intend to collaborate on the deployment of renewable methanol fuel production technology in China and explore the development and deployment of 100% methanol-fueled vehicles in China, Iceland and other countries. Methanol in China. It will also allow us to promote advanced methanol technology in Europe.

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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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The BMW Group has reduced resource consumption and CO 2 emissions in vehicle production by 50% since 2006. The plants will take advantage of the best options at each location—from solar energy in Oxford, Mexico and China, to biogas in South Africa, to wind power in Leipzig. Sustainability in production.

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