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Waste gasification company Sierra Energy closes $33M Series A funding; FastOx

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Sierra Energy Corporation closed a $33-million Series A investment round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and joined by Cox Investment Holdings, Inc., Waste is fed into the top of the gasifier vessel through an airlock. At the lowest point of the gasifier, the waste is reduced to carbon char, inorganic materials, and metals.

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Yamaha and Sumitomo demo on-board thermoelectric generator for CO2 reduction

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Yamaha Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation Power & Mobility Co., a Sumitomo Corporation Group company, jointly demonstrated a new waste heat recovery system based on a thermoelectric generator (TEG), which generates electrical power via exhaust gas heat.

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China’s first integrated methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling service station now in operation

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China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) officially launched China’s first methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling service station in Dalian, China. As part of Sinopec’s commitment to becoming China’s No.1 1 hydrogen energy enterprise, it has built nine hydrogen fuel cell supply centers across China.

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Nikola receive order for 2,500 battery-electric waste trucks from Republic Services; fully integrated chassis and body from Nikola

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Nikola Corporation announced a minimum order of 2,500 electric refuse trucks from Republic Services, expandable up to 5,000. Republic Services is the second-largest recycling and solid waste provider in the US and is recognized as an industry leader in providing environmentally responsible, sustainable solutions to its customers.

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Blue World Technologies starts series production of methanol fuel cells

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The high electrical efficiency of the fuel cell systems will enable efficient use of e-fuels, such as methanol, that through power-to-x can be manufactured as a renewable fuel ensuring a net-zero operation. no gas purification is needed on the reformat gas. Waste heat can also be used for additional energy recovery.

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Hyundai Motor Group partners with Sudokwon Landfill on green hydrogen

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Hyundai Motor Group signed an MOU with the Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corporation (SL Corp) to demonstrate new technologies for large-scale hydrogen production using biogas over the next two years. This is enough to charge more than 34 units of NEXO, Hyundai Motor’s hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle. The SL Corp.

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Audi releases DEKRA-certified corporate carbon footprint

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The Audi Group has calculated its corporate carbon footprint and is the first premium automobile manufacturer to be certified according to the international standard ISO 14064. As the DEKRA experts confirm, the corporate carbon footprint of the Audi Group worldwide amounts to 57 million tons of CO 2 equivalent (CO 2 e) each year.