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Sasol and ITOCHU to partner on green ammonia and hydrogen

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South Africa-based Sasol and Japan-based ITOCHU Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly to study and to develop the market and supply chain for green ammonia with a focus on its use as bunkering fuel and for power generation. Japan is expected to be a large importer of green ammonia in the future.

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Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels launching US-European rare earth production initiative

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Energy Fuels is also continuing to evaluate developing additional value-added US rare earth production capabilities in Utah in the future. Energy Fuels is seeking to secure additional quantities of monazite ores that it can use to further this program and has a goal of processing 15,000 tons or more per year in the future.

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Elements of the Cancun Agreements

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The UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, ended on Saturday with the adoption of a package of decisions that set all governments more firmly on the path towards a low-emissions future and support enhanced action on climate change in the developing world, according to the UN Environment Programme.

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New solid hydrogen-on-demand fuel cell from HES Energy Systems flies UAV for record 6 hours

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The group has recently completed a major financing and is currently expanding into the US, Europe, in addition to its existing base in South Africa.

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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. future agreements. access the fund, boosting their efforts to establish their own clean energy futures and adapt to. A Standing Committee is to keep an overview of climate finance in the context of the UNFCCC.

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Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

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South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge. 2012.08.066.

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

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” Already the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases by most accounts, China may have been looking to future negotiations, when it is likely to be categorized as a developed rather than developing country. The relative valuation of potential emissions offsets (e.g. degrees Celsius.

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