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German Agency for Disruptive Innovation supporting development of high-altitude on-shore wind turbines

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Among the projects being funded by the German Agency for Disruptive Innovation ( SPRIND ) is an effort by Horst Bendix to develop a high-altitude, on-shore wind turbine. The higher a wind turbine is installed, the more efficiently it will work, because the wind is much steadier and blows with greater force at altitude.

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Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

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The Chilean-German energy partnership launched in 2019 offers great potential to cooperate on climate protection and the indispensable transformation of the fuel industry. Haru Oni will produce green hydrogen via electrolysis using renewable energy from the wind. We firmly support this groundbreaking project.

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Rolls-Royce launches mtu hydrogen solutions for power generation

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The decarbonization of power generation requires reliable, flexible, but also climate-neutral, power plants to supplement the fluctuating generation from wind and sun. —Perry Kuiper, President Sustainable Power Solutions at Rolls-Royce Power Systems.

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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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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 idea of providing the necessary storage of wind and solar energy with batteries is utopian, as the Leopoldina, Acatech and the Union of Academies of Sciences have emphasized.

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

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The company just opened a separate Battery Cell Competence Center in Munich in November 2019, covering the entire battery cell value chain, from research and development to battery cell composition and design, all the way to large-scale manufacturability. Assembly of the battery cell at the Battery Cell Competence Center.

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

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A savings potential of about 33% was identified for the first step alone by the end of 2019. Currently unavoidable CO 2 emissions are offset by investments in certified climate protection projects elsewhere. Unavoidable emissions in the manufacturing process are offset by investments in certified climate projects.

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BMW Group enters long-term €2B supply contract with Northvolt for battery cells from Europe

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Northvolt will obtain 100% of the energy needed to produce the battery cells regionally in northern Sweden and exclusively from wind and hydroelectric power. To make an effective contribution to climate protection, we aim to improve our products’ overall environmental balance—from resources to recycling.

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