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Shell, ITM Power to install 10MW electrolyzer for refinery hydrogen

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Shell, through Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH, and Shell Energy Europe Ltd, with consortium partners ITM Power PLC, SINTEF, thinkstep and Element Energy, have been invited to the preparation of a grant agreement by the European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (FCH 2 JU), following a competitive call for proposals.

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Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

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Countries seeking to meet Paris Agreement targets on CO 2 emissions must get a grip on the amount of pollution produced at city level, according to a new open-access study published in S cience Advances by an international team of researchers from Europe and China. Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek, Bo Zheng, Steven J.

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Study: consumer products overtake transportation as largest source of VOCs air pollution in cities

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Automotive emissions of VOCs have decreased steadily from efforts to control tailpipe emissions in the United States and Europe. As transportation gets cleaner, those other sources become more and more important. Jathar, Colorado State University and UC Davis; Ali Akherati, Colorado State University; Jose L. Frost, James M.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Tags: Green credentials drivers ETA Europe green credentials. Honda / 6 / 154. BMW / 12 / 154.

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Will the scrappage extension do any good? The Green Piece

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That was the damning verdict of Andrew Davis, director of the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) as he deemed the extension to be “environmentally short-sighted” (see article ). Without similar schemes in the rest of Europe – and particularly since the German scheme ended – the impact of the British version is already stifled.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Now popular in Europe, Think Global meets all European and US federal motor vehicle safety requirements. The revised Think from Think Global has emerged as popular in Europe with a more stylish design than the earlier iteration. The MiEV runs on a lithium-ion battery pack that can be charged in seven or so hours on a 240-volt line.