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OCTOBER 19, 2022

FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group, inaugurated the new Turin (Italy) ePowertrain plant, a manufacturing site fully dedicated to the production of the electric powertrain range and Iveco Group’s first completely carbon-neutral plant. The adoption of Industry 4.0

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

electric mobility, launched their equally-owned joint venture Ewiva, which aims to accelerate the uptake of electric mobility in Italy promoting the development of a reliable and capillary high-power charging (HPC) network across the country. The Volkswagen Group and Enel X Way, the Enel Group’s company dedicated to.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2021

million tonnes of green hydrogen per year to users in the energy, industry and mobility sectors via the gas transmission and storage network, the energy equivalent of 1.5 Participants include: Solar developers: DH2/Dhamma Energy (Spain), Falck Renewables (Italy), Qair (France). months of oil consumption in France.

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APRIL 29, 2022

Eni and IVECO—Europe’s leading manufacturer of natural gas-powered commercial vehicles—also intend to speed up the market availability of biomethane, a renewable fuel made from agro-industrial waste, which can be both compressed (CNG) and liquified (LNG). This will be made possible through partnerships in Italy and abroad.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

The global geothermal industry surpassed 12,000 MW of geothermal power operational, with about 600 MW of new geothermal power coming online globally, according to a year-end update by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). In Nevada, NV Energy is looking to replace coal plants with 300 MW of renewable energy, including geothermal.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

McPhy Energy, a France-based developer and manufacturer of solid state hydrogen storage, presented the first system coupling an industrial-scale hydrogen generator with a 100 kg solid state hydrogen storage unit. The system inaugurates the first commercial product line for onsite industrial hydrogen users worldwide.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Plug Power and Lhyfe, a producer and supplier of renewable hydrogen, announced an partnership to pursue and develop jointly green hydrogen generation plants throughout Europe. In September, Lhyfe inaugurated the world’s first industrial production site for renewable hydrogen in direct connection with a wind farm. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 7, 2023

A green industrial policy focused on batteries with EU-wide support for scaling up production is urgently needed to react to US subsidies and China’s years of dominance. A central fund accessible to all member states should prioritise battery value chains, renewables and smart grids. Europe must act or risk losing it all.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Italy-based energy infrastructure operator Snam and national multi-utility company Hera Group signed a Letter of Intent for a technological collaboration aimed at developing hydrogen, for their own areas of activity respectively. The accord involves several areas of action, starting from the collaboration on power-to-gas technology.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Genomatica and Novamont have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture that is expected to lead to the first industrial plants in Europe producing butanediol (BDO) from renewable feedstocks. The first plant is expected to have a production capacity of approximately 40 million pounds per year and will be located in Italy.

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JULY 14, 2022

Furthermore, the recently announced plan to restart production of buses in Italy will provide another opportunity to manufacture new buses powered by HTWO’s hydrogen fuel cells. This initiative aims to leverage the exceptional technology and competencies of both entities in the urgently needed renewal of Italy’s public transport.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

This trend was already underway before the pandemic, due to cost-competitive gas in key sectors including power, industry and transport, and major regions including Europe, North America and Asia. The hydrogen market is on the verge of a revolution.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes, and Beta Renewables have agreed to market, to demonstrate and to guarantee jointly cellulosic biofuel solutions. Beta Renewables will embed Novozymes’ enzymes in the PROESA technology and guarantee biofuel production costs upon start-up of customers’ cellulosic facilities.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Snam, the main Italian operator for the transport and dispatching of natural gas in Italy, launched HyAccelerator , a corporate global-scale startup acceleration program focused on hydrogen.

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OCTOBER 16, 2021

Italy-based integrated energy company Eni is launching the production of alternative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Biojet will play a significant role in the product mix, in line with industry scenarios and market trends, and the aim is to reach a production capacity of at least 500,000 tonnes/year of biojet by 2030.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The European Commission approved , under EU State aid rules, a second Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) to support research and innovation, first industrial deployment and construction of relevant infrastructure in the hydrogen value chain.

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AUGUST 7, 2021

In the context of the energy transition, hydrogen can make a valuable contribution to the decarbonization of energy-intensive industries such as chemicals, aviation, maritime transport and non-electrified railways, provided it is produced in a sustainable manner.

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JUNE 27, 2022

Airbus and Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on the development of hydrogen infrastructure at airports worldwide. To date, agreements have been signed with partners and airports in France, Italy, South Korea, Japan and Singapore.

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JANUARY 29, 2023

Solvay is investing at its Livorno, Italy site to launch the company’s first unit of circular highly dispersible silica (HDS) made with bio-based sodium silicate derived from rice husk ash (RHA). It reduces the overall carbon footprint and increases the share of renewable materials in our tires.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Li-Cycle’s Germany Spoke leverages existing infrastructure with access to clean renewable energy and key transportation outlets. Li-Cycle and Glencore anticipate forming a 50/50 joint venture that would repurpose part of the existing Glencore metallurgical complex in Portovesme, Italy to create this new Hub (the “Portovesme Hub”).

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JANUARY 13, 2021

The aim of the Alliance is to scale-up, by 2030, the production and deployment of hydrogen as a fuel produced by means of low-emission technologies and renewable energy sources. Since then, hydrogen buses and trolleybuses produced by Solaris have been sold to operators in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Latvia.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Thanks to the expertise of several project partners, HyFlexFuel proved that HTL biocrudes can be successfully upgraded to drop-in fuels in an industrially-relevant environment, achieving hundreds of hours of continuous operations. The decarbonization of the transportation sector will require large volumes of renewable fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Also through its dedicated business unit, Snam is deeply engaged in developing hydrogen and in contributing to the creation of an Italian value chain. —Stefano Cao, CEO of Saipem.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

Italgas is renewing its entire company fleet with methane-powered vehicles from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.The first deliveries have begun in Turin, with similar deliveries to be made in Rome and Naples—two of the main cities where the Italgas Group operates—over the next few days.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Researchers from Istituto Motori - CNR in Italy and Eni report in a paper in the journal Fuel that blends of hydrocracked fossil oil (HCK) and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as diesel fuels deliver fuel consumption (FC) and CO 2 savings based on the NEDC cycle.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

The automotive industry is undergoing a period of profound change and one of the major trends is closely linked to electrification. A journey passing through the recent partnerships on recharging infrastructure, Vehicle-to-Grid and services to support customers of hybrid and full electric cars, from Italy to the rest of the world.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

By complementing electrification, a mixed technology approach allowing use of renewable fuels could deliver a 50% CO 2 reduction by 2030, while maintaining jobs and creating value-add. By contrast, Central Eastern European countries will shape the run-down of ICE vehicle production.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Global emissions of CO 2 have increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010 despite emission reductions in industrialized countries during the same period. tonnes are still below the EU-27 average, but now equal those of Italy. By comparison, Chinese per capita CO 2 emissions of 6.8

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JUNE 1, 2012

Novozymes inaugurated its $200-million enzyme plant in Blair, Nebraska ( earlier post ), which will supply enzymes to some of the first advanced cellulosic biorefineries, as well as to the existing industry.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The interior is made almost entirely of sustainable materials, all made in Italy. However, this residual water from olive oil production can also be reused by chemical manufacturers to produce tanning agents: the tanning process shares a “Made in Italy” synergy with the production of Italian olive oil. 100 percent merino wool.

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MAY 4, 2017

The columns installed at the IIT will, for the moment, work uni-directionally for recharging and will be the subject of a pilot development project with IIT, pending the definition of the regulatory framework for V2G in Italy.

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JANUARY 22, 2012

Genomatica and Novamont have signed a definitive agreement establishing a joint venture (JV) for the first industrial plant in Europe producing butanediol (BDO) directly from renewable feedstocks. Under the agreement, Novamont is converting an existing facility in Adria, Italy to use Genomatica’s BDO process. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

After seven years of studies and a €150-million (US$206 million) investment, Biochemtex developed the Proesa process, an exclusive technology platform commercialised by Beta Renewables. Proesa is used to produce bio-fuels and chemical intermediates and it has been demonstrated on an industrial scale at the Crescentino plant.

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JULY 29, 2011

and Chemtex, a global technology and engineering company wholly-owned by Italy’s Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi, are collaborating to develop and produce sustainable detergent alcohols for use in the household products market. The parties expect that this process will initially be piloted at Chemtex’s R&D facility in Rivalta, Italy.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Eni plans to convert its Venice (Italy) Refinery into a biorefinery producing innovative and high quality biofuels. The Ecofining process uses catalytic hydroprocessing technology to convert vegetable oils to a renewable diesel fuel. The new biorefinery is based on Ecofining technology developed and patented by Eni. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 20, 2023

One industry that is set for dramatic change with the switch from gas to electric vehicles is the gas station industry. Total has also sold its gas stations in Italy, Switzerland, and the U.K. as it continues to expand its charging segment.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

Enel has installed around 5,000 charging stations in Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. Enel is a multinational power company and a leading integrated player in the global, power, gas and renewables markets. GW powered by renewable hydropower, wind, geothermal and solar energy.

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