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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. For comparison: This is equivalent to the output of a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm with coupled electrolyzers.

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Tesla FSD Beta vs Mercedes-Benz DrivePilot comparison shows big difference in tech

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Granted, Tesla still requires drivers to have a hand ready at the wheel just in case manual interventions are needed, but such an inconvenience seems well worth the additional features of Autopilot and FSD Beta. . The post Tesla FSD Beta vs Mercedes-Benz DrivePilot comparison shows big difference in tech appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Business Finland awards Keliber €7M to improve environmental protection in lithium hydroxide production

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Business Finland has granted Keliber Technology Oy, a Finnish mining and battery chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide utilizing its own ore, investment funding of a maximum of €7 million. The project is part of the Smart Mobility and Batteries from Finland programme.

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NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

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Battery electric trucks should be the baseline for hydrogen fuel cells electric vehicle (HFCEV) comparisons, rather than any internal combustion engine alternative. Stop comparisons of fill times. What is the value of a comparison on fill times? Incentives, grants, credits, tax breaks will be around for a while.

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ABB E-mobility opens its largest DC fast charger production facility in Italy

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ABB E-mobility employs more than 350 R&D experts globally and has a portfolio of more than 350 granted patents. Here, around 70 of the site’s 500-plus employees will be dedicated to implementing innovative solutions, new software, and product life cycle management tools to fully integrate R&D activities with manufacturing.

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Ilika leading £8M project on high silicon content electrode SSBs for EVs

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Ilika will receive a grant of £2.8 Solid state batteries with their solid electrolyte are expected to provide greater safety and performance in comparison to lithium-ion batteries which presently power electric vehicles and have a liquid electrolyte. BMW Group and WAE Technologies will join the project’s steering committee.

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OSU researchers find small particles from tires inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries

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Exposure to nano tire particles enhanced toxicity in comparison to leachate alone. The research is supported by a National Science Foundation Growing Convergence Research Big Idea grant. The grant supports the Oregon State-based Pacific Northwest Consortium of Plastics, which Harper and Brander co-lead. Resources. Siddiqui, J.M.

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