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

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billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. The selected projects are located in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. The EU is investing more than €1.8

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Yet another study shows plug-in hybrids aren’t as clean as we thought

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A new report by the European Commission adds yet another real-world data point showing that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles create much more emissions than we previously thought – by an average of 3.5 For this reason, PHEVs have long been thought of as an ideal transitional technology between gas vehicles and electric ones.

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Orion Engineered Carbons joins HiQ-CARB consortium; scaling up conductive acetylene black for Li-ion cathodes

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Lithium-Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt-Oxide) are electrically connected with each other and the current collector. Acetylene black is carbon black derived from acetylene gas. In the process, acetylene gas is exothermally decomposed in a closed system, generating carbon black and hydrogen.

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Fortum boosts Li-ion battery recycling rate to more than 80%

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A new solution by Nordic clean energy company Fortum makes more than 80% of an electric vehicle (EV) battery recyclable, returns the scarce metals back into circulation and resolves the sustainability gap by reducing the need to mine cobalt, nickel, and other scarce metals.

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How Lindstrom is making EV cell manufacturing safer via its workwear | Autocar Professional

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Picture this: Workers clad in standard-issue workwear, step onto the factory floor involved in cell manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs). Their every move—shuffling across the floor, reaching for components—accumulates static electricity.

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First Cobalt’s strategic shift to make battery precursor and nickel sulfate; changes name to Electra Battery Materials

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Electra Battery Materials’ planned industrial park in Ontario, Canada will be the only integrated battery materials complex in North America, providing a low-carbon and domestic supply of key inputs to the electric vehicle supply chain. million electric vehicles per year. —Trent Mell, President & CEO. Nickel Strategy.

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Wärtsilä and Versa Power partner to develop solid oxide fuel cell technology for stand-alone and marine applications

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At temperatures below 800°C the interconnect plates that are used to direct fuel and oxygen flow, collect electrical current and hold the fuel cells in place in the stack, can be stamped from commercial stainless steel rather than made of exotic metal alloys or expensive conductive ceramic materials, the company says.

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