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Norwegian startup Blastr plans €4B green steel plant in Finland

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Green steel will be a critical raw material for developing renewable energy infrastructure, such as wind turbines, as well as in segments such as construction, the automotive industry, and consumer goods. Inkoo power plant. Fortum’s 1,000-megawatt Inkoo power plant was commissioned during 1974–1978. The now-demolished Inkoo coal plant.

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France’s IFPEN studying industrial potential of onshore sources of natural hydrogen

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In the future, hydrogen produced through water electrolysis is expected to be used to store energy as a way of compensating for solar or wind power’s intermittent output. The H 2 used in industry is mainly produced by converting natural gas (CH 4 ), which has the downside of emitting CO 2. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, EGU2013-5553.

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Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

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But it paled in comparison to the destruction about to be unleashed. In Tokyo, the fires merged into a firestorm so intense that it created its own wind system and set alight the city’s many wooden buildings. The Great Kanto Earthquake was so large that the seismometer taking this reading stopped recording.

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