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Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

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E-Fuels company HIF Global, together with partners, authorities, and community representatives, celebrated the production of the first liters of synthetic gasoline at the Haru Oni Demonstration Plant in southern Chile. Empresas Gasco provides research and development for the production of synthetic gas. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen striving to make production of the electric ID. carbon-neutral

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The production of an electric vehicle currently generates significantly more CO 2 than that of cars with a combustion engine—around 150% on average. However, the Volkswagen brand is setting up production of its coming electric ID. A savings potential of about 33% was identified for the first step alone by the end of 2019.

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Rolls-Royce commissions test bench for mtu hydrogen engines for climate-neutral power supply

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Over the past year and a half, the company has invested around €10 million at Rolls-Royce Solutions in Augsburg in test bench modernization, hydrogen infrastructure and other measures as part of its ‘Net Zero at Power Systems’ climate protection program. Otto Preiss, Rolls-Royce Power Systems Chief Technology Officer and COO.

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Rolls-Royce launches mtu hydrogen solutions for power generation

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The entire hydrogen ecosystem, including the infrastructure for supply, conversion, test benches and future production, is also being mapped in the company’s own plants, thus building up expertise. This near-term target plays an important role in the Rolls-Royce Group’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest.

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BMW Group to build new pilot plant to produce Li-ion cells

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With a new pilot plant that will produce lithium-ion battery cells, the company is taking the next step in addressing all aspects of the battery cell value chain: from selection of materials, to battery cell composition and design, all the way to near-standard production and recycling. —Milan Nedeljkovi?,

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Rolls-Royce releasing mtu rail engines for sustainable fuels

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HVO allows our customers to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions with existing vehicles and engines and to make an important contribution to climate protection today. DB Series 294 locomotive with an 8V 4000 R41 mtu engine running on HVO.

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CESifo: EVs not the best option for reduction in on-road CO2 in Germany given power mix

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Electricity production in Germany, 2018. Unfortunately, due to our grid situation, electric cars are still too early for this strategic goal in the sense of German climate protection efforts. The researchers carried out their calculations based on a Mercedes-Benz C 220 d diesel and the new Tesla Model 3. —Buchal et al.

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