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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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VW Is Working To Grow Its Footprint In Africa, & Electric Mobility Is Part Of The Vision

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VW has a factory in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where it has capacity to produce 162,000 vehicles per year. Currently, 75% of the vehicles produced in South Africa are exported to global markets such as Germany, UK, and Japan. VW is working to grow its footprint on the African continent.

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Honda takes ‘Made-in-India’ Elevate SUV to its home bastion of Japan

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Honda Cars India has launched the Elevate in Japan which is their home market. In fact, the model that will go on sale in Japan is being made in India and will be exported to Japan from India. This is the first time in Honda Cars India’s business that a car is being exported from India to Japan.

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Nissan to test African demand for its e-Power hybrid vehicle – ET Auto

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According to Nissan, elsewhere in the world the global motorization average is 182 vehicles per 1,000 people versus 42 per 1,000 in Africa. “We’ve been leveraging our technology because Africa is not ready in terms of infrastructure availability of electricity.”

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Veolia launches largest project to produce bio-methanol from pulp mill waste

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Since then, Veolia has more than 450 installations worldwide for mills in Brazil, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia, South Africa and several European countries. It is the world’s largest producer of softwood market pulp and a globally significant manufacturer of sawn timber.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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People living in parts of southern Europe, South Korea and southern Japan and China also experienced more than 15 days a year of ozone levels above 70 ppb. TOAR is a project of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry project, with support from NOAA, Forschungszentrum Jülich and the World Meteorological Organization.

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Potent GHG SF6 rapidly accumulating in atmosphere, driven by demand for SF6-insulated switchgear in developing countries

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Of all the greenhouse gases regulated under the Kyoto Protocol, SF 6 is the most potent, with a global warming potential (GWP) of 23,500 over a 100-year time horizon. The researchers drew on measurements from a global network of air-monitoring sites and archived air samples. Simmonds et al.