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Wärtsilä Power-to-X project gets €1M in government support

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The technology group Wärtsilä has been granted €1 million in funding by Business Finland, a state-run public agency for funding important research projects, to support research in the field of Power-to-X (P2X) technology.

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Neste, Recycling Technologies and Unilever combine expertise to test and validate systems to recycle waste plastics chemically

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million grant (US$4 million) from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop chemical recycling by combining the expertise of these global leaders in their respective business areas to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable. A joint project involving these three companies has been awarded a £3.1-million

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Japan scientists develop new catalyst capable of assisting three different key hydrogen reactions

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A hydrogen energy economy will require not only catalysts capable of H 2 oxidation but also those that can put it back together again. The new insights from this work help unravel relationships between three catalysts that were previously intertwined. Credit: Kyushu University.

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Sweden’s Northvolt commits to invest in EV battery plant in Germany – ET Auto

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“Northvolt’s planned major investment is a huge success for the west coast, for Schleswig-Holstein and Germany as a whole,” Economy Minister Robert Habeck told German newspaper Die Welt. million) in German state aid for the plant, made up of a 700 million euro direct grant and a 202 million euro guarantee.

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PPG partnering with LBNL on energy-efficient coatings for automotive; HPC4EI

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The insight gained will accelerate the introduction of new multi-layer coatings systems that can be co-cured in a single, lower-temperature bake, reducing paint line energy consumption for automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) by up to 30%.

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DOE awards MSU $1.1M to fight disease in switchgrass

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Department of Energy grant to fight disease in switchgrass by identifying regions of the genome that cause disease resistance. Thriving switchgrass plants could play a crucial role in an emerging bio-based economy by providing a consistent source of biofuels and diverse bioproducts. million U.S.

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Waymo could face new legal barriers in its expansion to Los Angeles

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“For all de facto purposes, Waymo is becoming the Standard Oil of autonomous driving,” said Grayson Brulte, head of insights firm Road to Autonomy. What this bill does is harm California’s innovation economy.”