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A 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe’s largest solar farm

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Photo: HANSAINVEST Real Assets A 605 megawatt (MW) project in Germany has claimed the title of Europe’s largest solar farm, bumping a PV plant in Spain out of the top spot. The Witznitz Solar Farm near Leipzig, which is not state-subsidized, is owned by German investment firm HANSAINVEST Real Assets. million modules.

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EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

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A solar-driven system set up using this catalyst was able to split CO 2 with an efficiency of 13.4%. Grätzel is known worldwide for the invention of dye-sensitized solar cells (“Grätzel cells”). The system was able to selectively convert CO2 to CO with an efficiency of 13.4% using solar energy. —Jingshan Luo.

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Solar-to-Jet-Fuel System Readies for Take-Off

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A glimmer of hope, however, comes from solar fuels. For the first time, scientists and engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have reported a successful demonstration of an integrated fuel production plant for solar kerosene. They also reported good material stability for multiple consecutive cycles.

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KIT spin-off producing synthetic natural gas from green hydrogen and CO2 from sewage sludge

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Chemical reactor company INERATEC , a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and the Spanish company GAS NATURAL FENOSA have built a plant in Spain that produces synthetic natural gas from CO 2 and renewable hydrogen. The renewable gas can be stored in the existing gas infrastructure and transported to areas all over Spain.

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Renault Rafale midsize SUV to have as much as 300 hp, four wheel drive

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Just like the Austral and Espace, it is going to be inbuilt Palencia, Spain. As it makes use of a petite gas engine and massive (2 kilowatt-hour) battery, CO2 emissions are very low, at 105 grams of CO2 consistent with km. meters large and will darken to lend solar coverage in seconds, Renault says.

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Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

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A report prepared by ISIS (Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems - Italy) together with Tecnalia (Spain) for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) discusses the technological, environmental and economic barriers for producing methanol from carbon dioxide, as well as the possible uses of methanol in car transport in Europe.

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Renault-Nissan to move into Barcelona

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Having signed memorandums of understanding to promote the development of electric mobility in numerous countries and major cities around the world, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has now secured arguably its most high profile agreement yet – with the city of Barcelona, Spain.

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