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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition.

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RUSAL opens new low-carbon aluminum smelter in Taishet

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Full scope CO 2 emissions will be one of the lowest in the industry, the company claims. TaAZ is the third low-carbon aluminum smelter to be built by RUSAL, with an overall cost of more than $1.69 Pre-operation verifications and testing have begun. billion, creating more than 1,000 local jobs.

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Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project

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Our battery systems and energy management software solution significantly increase the total energy efficiency compared to standalone fuel cell modules, reducing the total cost of ownership. —Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché. —Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché.

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BloombergNEF: battery metals rebounding; by 2030, annual Li-ion battery demand to pass 2TWh

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China controls the battery chemical industry, with the biggest market share for all of the five main battery materials: lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt and graphite. In the LFP scenario, BloombergNEF increases LFP’s share of stationary storage deployments in 2030 from 23% to 53% at the cost of the highest nickel chemistries.

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Ballard’s Protonex subsidiary receives first order for fuel cell system to power commercial UAVs

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The total cost of ownership is also expected to be lower and the aircraft will only require one fuel stop per day for all-day operations. To support integration of the Protonex fuel cell propulsion system into its UA Plant aircraft, FlyH2 has partnered with Epsilon Engineering, a South African engineering and manufacturing services provider.

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Sasol bails on $13-$15B US GTL project, divests from Canadian shale; no new greenfield GTL

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At the company’s Capital Markets Day 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sasol management said that the company will no longer pursue its proposed ) project in the US ( earlier post ) and furthermore will not invest in additional greenfields gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects.

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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, managed to deliver an agreement after an extension to negotiations. Governments, including 35 industrialized countries, also agreed to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol—due to expire next year— from 1 January 2013. as possible, but not later than 2015.

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