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Audi Hungaria starts operation of Europe’s biggest solar roof installation

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Hungaria, officially started operation of Europe’s biggest photovoltaic roof installation. The remainder is compensated by bio-gas certificates. In 2019 alone, Audi Hungaria saved more than 18,000 megawatt-hours of energy and avoided CO 2 emissions amounting to almost 5,750 tonnes by means of numerous efficiency measures.

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CEC awards LADOT $6M to install solar and storage microgrid and EV charging to power 100+ electric buses

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The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6-million grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging systems in the United States that will be powered by a solar and storage microgrid.

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California Energy Commission approves first local energy efficiency standards that go beyond 2019 statewide requirements

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved six applications for local energy ordinances that exceed statewide requirements of the 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards. New nonresidential construction must be all-electric and install solar generation. The 2019 standards take effect 1 January 2020.

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Why Hotels Should Install Electric Vehicle Chargers for the Holidays

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In fact, AAA’s 2023 holiday forecast ranks as the second highest in two decades, trailing only the 2019 holiday, which saw a record 119 million travelers. million electric vehicles on the road in the US, and sales forecasted to reach 2.5 million electric vehicles on the road in the US, and sales forecasted to reach 2.5

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LOTTE, Sumitomo of Americas and Syzygy Plasmonics to partner on photocatalytic cracking of ammonia to produce hydrogen

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The reactor will be installed and brought online in the second half of 2023 at LOTTE Chemical HQ facilities in Ulsan, South Korea. The traditional thermal cracking of ammonia uses high heat and pressure to convert it to hydrogen gas. It breaks ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen.

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. The new project is the first to pair a commercial electricity generator with high-temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) technology. Earlier post.)

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ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

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The strategy is centred around two main technology routes, as introduced in the first ArcelorMittal Europe climate action report published earlier this year: The use of hydrogen in DRI-EAF (Direct Reduced Iron - Electric Arc Furnace) and, also, the blast furnace. The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen.

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