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Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

Green Car Congress

That insight could also help the car industry make cleaner combustion engines. The industrial processes behind crude oil refineries and the inner-workings of gas-powered combustion engines can emit PAHs, which can form into toxic air pollutants such as soot. Zhao et al. PAHs have a dark side, too. Zagidullin, Valeriy N.

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Tesla discusses lithium refining facility’s water supply in Nueces

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The Nueces County community has voiced environmental concerns about Tesla’s lithium refining facility, particularly concerning its water supply. Tesla Giga Berlin also sparked water supply concerns from nearby communities in Grunheide. . Water Supply Concerns. Nueces vs. Giga Berlin Water Supply Concerns.

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International Lithium Association (ILiA) established to be the voice of the global lithium industry

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The world has entered the “lithium century” almost without noticing it, but until now this critical industry lacked a central voice. Traces of this element are present in nearly all minerals, brines, clays and sea water. ppm Li (0.0018%).

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Chile’s lithium dreams raise water concerns in the desert – ET Auto

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As night falls in Chile’s Atacama desert , the world’s driest, a drilling machine extracts brine to measure levels of lithium — a crucial mineral for the global switch to cleaner energy, but harmful in its own way. “They are not mines, they are ecosystems,” she said. .

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Dürr building smart and resource-efficient paint shop at San Luis Potosí in Mexico for BMW Group; Industry 4.0

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Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 Responsible use of water resources is a particular sustainability goal in San Luis Potosí. The facility will have the lowest water consumption per vehicle produced in the production network. production.

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Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

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Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews, have appointed Arcola Energy and a consortium of industry leaders in hydrogen fuel cell integration, rail engineering and functional safety to deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen powered train.

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New UK energy strategy pushes new nuclear; up to 8 additional reactors

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Subject to technology readiness from industry, Small Modular Reactors will form a key part of the nuclear project pipeline. EPRs—originally known as European Pressurized Water Reactors—are a type of Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR). Layout of Hinkley Point C.

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