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Van Hool to build 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal (Germany); largest fuel cell bus order in Europe to date

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Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. Van Hool has been building hydrogen buses for the American market since 2005 and for the European market since 2007.

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Number of electric buses in Europe has increased from around 200 to 2,200 in 5 years

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Since 2005, Van Hool has built 130 hydrogen fuel cell buses. In its ‘Aiming for Zero’ objective, VDL Bus&Coach is building a new, climate-neutral factory in Roeselare (Belgium), where the first buses will be built from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022.

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This Engineer’s Hardware Is Inspired by the Brain

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He studied and worked in Dubai, the United States, France, and Belgium over the course of his twenties. While balancing a career in academia and industry is challenging, Suri says, he relishes the opportunity to constantly learn. Traveling stuck with Suri in adulthood. This led to a fascination with electronics.

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Honeywell UOP’s Methanol To Olefins technology selected for China coal chemical complex

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UOP and Total announced their partnership on this in 2005. The MTO process technology has been successfully demonstrated in a semi-commercial-scale unit built by Total Petrochemicals in Feluy, Belgium. The demonstration unit has run consistently for more than 150 days since its start-up last year and has met product yield expectations.

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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The top row of images show each region in 2005, which had abundant NO x in urban areas where human emissions are high, leading to systems where ozone formation was controlled by VOC amounts. In addition, the 12-year data record of satellite observations show that a location’s circumstances can change. Click to enlarge.

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New launch of MG5 in the electric car market

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After its absence of 15 years from the market in 2005, it is returned back to Europe with a new launch. At the first half of 2020, MG ZS EV is expected to target Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium markets. Above – MG5 at its best. MG never went out of business. The initial such start was MG ZS EV.

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European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

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2008, 54% in 2006 and 65% in 2005); in 2007, the industry growth rate was. This increase is well below the increases in production in three of the four prior years (35% in.

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