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Wärtsilä Power-to-X project gets €1M in government support

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The technology group Wärtsilä has been granted €1 million in funding by Business Finland, a state-run public agency for funding important research projects, to support research in the field of Power-to-X (P2X) technology.

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Terrafame to invest €240M in EV battery materials plant; nickel and cobalt sulfates; commercial production in 2021

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The plant, which will produce chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries (EVB), will be located at the company’s current industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. Ammonium sulfate is used as fertilizer and in other process industries. —Janne Palosaari, Chief Commercial Officer. Bioleaching.

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EC approves €3.2B public support by 7 Member States for a pan-European battery push

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The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in the common European priority area of batteries. billion in funding.

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Viking Grace LNG ferry to install rotor sail; first LNG/wind electric propulsion hybrid ship

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The 57,565 GT M/S Viking Grace currently operates in the archipelago between Turku (Finland) and Stockholm (Sweden), and is already one of the most environmentally-friendly cruise ferries in the global maritime industry. Preparations for the retrofit are underway, with the installation scheduled to take place during Q2 of 2018.

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