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As Tesla waits for Giga Berlin’s final approval, critics reiterate water supply concerns

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With the massive factory still awaiting its final approval, some of Giga Berlin’s critics have reiterated concerns about the electric vehicle factory’s water consumption. Elon Musk has been asked about Giga Berlin’s water consumption in the past. The factory just is not a very intense consumer of water per square meter. “The

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RENK supplies special gear units for compressors for production of green steel

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Germany-based RENK Group, a manufacturer of mission-critical drive technologies, is supplying three high-speed special gear units via RENK-Maag GmbH , a group company, for compressors for the production of green steel to Siemens Energy Compressors GmbH as part of the “SALCOS” (Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking) project of the Salzgitter AG steel group.

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New liquid hydrogen carrier would transport green H2 from Scotland to Germany

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The new tanker will transport the liquid hydrogen to terminals in Germany, with a strategic vision to expand supply to other markets as demand increases. LH2 Europe aims to have a full liquid hydrogen supply chain ready by 2027. Hydrogen will be essential to the future of energy. It is up to us how quickly we can make that happen.

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Honda to advance fuel cell system as core of its hydrogen business; expansion to other areas; new FCEV in 2024

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With the next-generation fuel cell system being co-developed with General Motors (GM), Honda will aim to more than double the durability and reduce the cost to one-third, in comparison to the fuel cell system installed in the 2019 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell.

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Tesla Giga Berlin is the largest taxpayer in Grünheide

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For comparison, Lang stated that the entire budget for a community of 9,000 residents was about €20 million. High tech not only in production – at Giga Berlin we recycle up to 100% of our process water in our state-of-the-art waste water treatment plant.

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Fraunhofer suggests e-scooters as application for its magnesium hydride paste hydrogen storage technology

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Fraunhofer’s POWERPASTE releases hydrogen on contact with water. POWERPASTE (left); POWERPASTE cartridge (middle); portable 100 W power supply unit (right). Refueling would be simple; riders merely have to replace an empty cartridge with a new one and then refill a tank with water. 10 kg POWERPASTE ? 1 kg hydrogen).

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Siemens Energy secures 50 MW electrolyzer order from European Energy for first large-scale eMethanol project

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The project secures the e-Methanol supply for Maersk’s first e-Methanol-driven container vessel, and thus demarks the starting point into CO 2 -neutral shipping in large-scale. For comparison: This is more than five times the total electricity consumption of Germany. —Knud Erik Andersen, CEO of European Energy.

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