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Wärtsilä to begin long-term, full-scale testing of ammonia as marine fuel in four-stroke engine

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million) grant from the Norwegian Research Council through the DEMO 2000 program. This DEMO 2000 project is another stepping stone for reaching our ambitious climate targets and it is also aligned with our recently published hydrogen strategy. The testing is made possible by a NOK 20-million (US$2.1

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Orion Engineered Carbons joins HiQ-CARB consortium; scaling up conductive acetylene black for Li-ion cathodes

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The acetylene black and the process gas are cooled from far above the 2000 ?C Other HiQ-CARB project consortium participants include leading materials producer Arkema, cell producer Customcells, Fraunhofer ISC, Aalto University in Finland and the University of Bordeaux. C reaction temperature to ambient by heat exchangers.

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EEA report finds most Europeans in cities still exposed to levels of air pollution exceeding WHO guidelines

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The long-term WHO AQG for PM 10 was exceeded at 51% of the stations and in all of the reporting countries, except Estonia, Finland and Ireland. was exceeded at 69% of the stations located in all of the reporting countries, except Estonia, Finland and Norway. The long-term WHO AQG for PM 2.5 17 % of the EU?28

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EEA finds only mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals; GHG emissions up 25% since 1990

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While sales of new diesel passenger cars have decreased in recent years, the share of diesel used in road transport (including for freight transport by heavy-duty vehicles) has continued to rise, amounting to more than 66% of total fuel sales in road transport in 2015, compared with 51% in 2000. in 2015 to 7.1% in 2015 to 7.1% Air pollution.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington, DC. The US, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Japan, and other countries bolstered efforts to deploy hydrogen fueling infrastructure. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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Research Suggests Renewables Could Generate 40% of Global Power by 2050

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According to Professor Peter Lund from the Advanced Energy Systems of the Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) in Finland, who presented the research ahead of the congress “Renewable Energies: How Far Can They Take Us?”, More specifically, Germany has more than doubled its share of renewable energy since 2000.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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TERM reports have been published since 2000. The report “Transport at a crossroads” is the annual publication from the EEA’s Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM), which monitors the progress and effectiveness of attempts to integrate transport and environment strategies.