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Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

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In addition, MEPs say that market-based emissions reduction policies are not enough, so they also introduced binding requirements for shipping companies to reduce their annual average CO2 emissions per transport work, for all their ships, by at least 40% by 2030.

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RWE and ArcelorMittal intend to build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities for low-emissions steelmaking

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If the law were to establish negative bids in offshore wind tenders, financing wind farms would be more challenging and send the wrong pricing signals to the market by making wind power unnecessarily expensive, the companies said. Industry needs both in large quantities as soon as possible in order to achieve its climate targets.

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Three veterans join leadership team of Lohum Cleantech – ET Auto

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CFO – Nitin Goe New Delhi: Lohum Cleantech India’s leading producer of sustainable energy transition materials via battery recycling and raw material refining, and battery repurposing, Tuesday appointed three renowned industry stalwarts to strengthen its leadership team.

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BNEF: net-zero road transport by 2050 still possible, but big push needed

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The road transport sector could still reach net-zero emissions by 2050 through electrification, but urgent action would be required from policymakers and industry participants, according to research company BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) latest annual Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO).

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Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

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The engine block is derived from a Cursor 11 commercial vehicle engine manufactured by FPT Industrial and has already served us for five years in various research projects. The research project is co-financed by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (FOEN). Dimethyl ether (DME) can be produced from hydrogen and CO2. Image: Empa.

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Shipping sector proposes US$5 billion R&D program over 10 years to cut emissions

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The global maritime transport industry has submitted a proposal to the UN IMO to form the world’s first collaborative shipping R&D program to help eliminate CO 2 emissions from international shipping. The proposal includes core funding from shipping companies across the world of about US$5 billion over a 10-year period.

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European Commission proposes 15% reduction in CO2 for new heavy-duty trucks by 2025, indicative target of 30% by 2030

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Following up on the EU Batteries Alliance launched in October 2017 ( earlier post ), the Battery Action Plan sets out a number of EU measures which can help Member States, regions and European industry establish competitive, innovative and sustainable battery manufacturing projects in the EU.

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