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bp & Ørsted to produce green H2 at Lingen refinery; industrial-scale electrolyzer powered by offshore wind

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wind farm in the North Sea and the hydrogen produced will be used in the refinery.?. definitive documents and plan to make a final investment decision (FID) early 2022, subject ? —Martin Neubert, executive vice president and CEO of offshore wind, Ørsted. ??. Lingen Refinery. Lingen refinery.

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Odfjell first to install suction sails on deep-sea chemical tanker; bound4blue’s eSAIL system

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In partnership with bound4blue , a developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, Odfjell. The eSAIL is a type of Wind-Assisted Propulsion System (WAPS) based on active boundary layer control using suction. When exposed to wind, with the suction off, it only produces drag as with any other non-lifting structure.

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Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

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by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research The overall advantage of battery electric over gasoline vehicles, in terms of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases, has been well documented. Nuclear 0 0 Wind 2.5 On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Natural gas 87.9 Geothermal 16.5

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NIO's new patent hints it could launch models with electric rear wing

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The device not only makes the vehicle look better, but also reduces wind resistance and enhances rear wheel grip and vehicle steering performance, the patent's description document shows. The post NIO's new patent hints it could launch models with electric rear wing appeared first on CnEVPost.

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Boeing and NASA testing Blended Wing Body model in Langley subsonic wind tunnel

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Boeing and NASA researchers are testing a 13-foot-wingspan, 6% scale Blended Wing Body (BWB) model at a subsonic wind tunnel at the NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia. Boeing is readying the BWB for the next step in maturing the concept—a manned demonstrator. Earlier post.).

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NEOM Green Hydrogen Company completes financial close of $8.4B for world’s largest green hydrogen plant

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NGHC’s mega-plant will integrate up to 4GW of solar and wind energy to produce up to 600 tonnes per day of carbon-free hydrogen by the end of 2026, in the form of green-ammonia as a cost-effective solution for the transportation and industrial sectors globally.

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Shell to close 1,000 gas stations to focus on EV charging deployment

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“In total, we plan to divest around 500 Shell-owned sites (including joint ventures) a year in 2024 and 2025,” the company writes on page 28 of the document, as initially spotted by Bloomberg. The report also notes the company’s plans to support key oils used in offshore winds and the development of EV batteries.

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