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Ørsted acquiring 45% ownership of Liquid Wind FlagshipONE e-methanol project

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According to the International Energy Agency, emissions from international shipping have risen by 40% from 2000 to 2019 and account for around 2% of total global energy related greenhouse gas emissions today.

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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

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His team at BIG have designed many high-profile projects: from 2 World Trade Center in New York and Lego House in Denmark, to Google’s Mountain View and London headquarters. The plan is for 2000 people to start, adding more as the project evolves. The groundbreaking for the site is planned for early 2021.

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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SNDi for streets added years 2000 to 2014. Germany, Denmark and the UK have been able to maintain moderate levels of street connectivity due to pedestrian and bicycle pathways, offering greater connectivity to non-motorized travel. Different forms of gated communities were also found to be on the rise globally.

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Rolls-Royce and Svitzer demo world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel; testing autonomous operation

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Rolls-Royce and global towage operator Svitzer have successfully demonstrated the world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel in Copenhagen harbour, Denmark. The vessel is also equipped with a pair of MTU 16V4000 M63 diesel engines from Rolls-Royce, each rated 2000 kW at 1800 rpm.

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The Richer They Get, the More Meat They Eat

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The world’s production of meat and poultry reached about 100 million tonnes in 1970, 233 million tonnes in 2000, and 325 million tonnes in 2020. Not surprisingly, meat consumption has changed little in highly carnivorous countries, including Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom, and it has declined a bit in Denmark, France, and Germany.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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Compared to the current levels the average emissions gap between gasoline and diesel was more than 10 times higher in 2000. People in Malta, Denmark and Greece bought the lightest models on average. The efficiency gap between new gasoline and diesel vehicles has been decreasing in recent years. There were 11.8

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Leclanché to provide 4.2 MWh Li-ion battery pack to Green Ferry Project electric ferryboat

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The ferry will be placed in service in June 2017 to transport vehicles and passengers between island Ærø and the mainland in Denmark. CO 2 emissions will be reduced by 2000 tons and NO x by 41.5 Leclanché is a joint partner in the Green Ferry Project and will deliver a full-electric drive train to the ferry with its partner Visedo.

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