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Alpiq and H2 Energy partner on hydrogen production plant in Switzerland; to support Hyundai fuel cell trucks

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In May 2018, seven major Swiss companies founded the H2 Mobility Switzerland Association with the aim of actively and commercially promoting environmentally friendly hydrogen-electric mobility in Switzerland. Leclerc Transport AG; Migrol AG; Migros-Genossenschaftsbund; Shell New Fuels; SOCAR Energy Switzerland; and Tamoil SA.

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Alpiq, EW Höfe and SOCAR Energy planning 10MW electrolysis plant in Switzerland for green hydrogen

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Alpiq, EW Höfe and SOCAR Energy Switzerland are looking into the feasibility of installing an electrolysis facility with a capacity of up to 10 MW in Freienbach, Switzerland. The existing gas grids represent the ideal infrastructure to introduce renewable energies into the heating market.

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Leclanché has confirmed order book of 95 MWh through 2018, qualified pipeline of >450 MWh

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At its 2016 Annual General Meeting in Switzerland, vertically integrated energy storage company Leclanché announced it has a confirmed order book of 95 MWh through 2018—equivalent to more than US$50 million in revenue—and a qualified pipeline of more than 450 MWh.

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WinGD says its engines will be able to run on methanol from 2024 and ammonia from 2025

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As one example, the tanker operator Terntank bunkered and operated WinGD X-DF engines on liquefied biogas as long ago as 2018. Headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, since its inception as the Sulzer Diesel Engine business in 1893, WinGD carries on the legacy of innovation in design.

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SK On signs MOU with Global Lithium Resources to bolster key battery materials supply chain

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Incorporated in 2018, Global Lithium was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange last year. In 2019, SK On signed a supply agreement with Switzerland-based Glencore, the world’s largest supplier of cobalt, to secure cobalt for six years from 2020 to 2025.

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2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid, Sergio Marchionne dies, Gyon electric car: Today's Car News

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne died in a hospital in Switzerland. We review fuel-economy numbers in the 2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid. China aims to bring a new boutique electric car to the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Swiss study finds that studies on air pollution that ignore impact of noise overestimate effects of pollution on heart attacks

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The study looked at the combined effects of air pollution and transportation noise for heart attack mortality, by considering all deaths that occurred in Switzerland between 2000 and 2008. The study included all deaths (19,261) reported across Switzerland from the period 2000 to 2008.

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