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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km in 2019, reaching 122.4

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Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel in Belgium

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The launch follows the successful introduction of Neste MY Renewable Diesel on the Dutch market in October 2019. Besides Belgium, Neste MY Renewable Diesel is available for customers in the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the United States in California and Oregon.

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ACEA: plug-in vehicles take 6.8% market share in Europe in Q1 2020; HEVs at 9.4%

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in Q1 2019) against the backdrop of the overall decline in passenger car registrations due to the COVID-19 outbreak. for the first quarter of 2019). With the exception of Cyprus and Lithuania, all EU markets have faced double-digit drops so far this year. compared to 2019). to 738,392. million in Q1 2020.

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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

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Bekerytė moved from her native Lithuania to Norway in 2010 to take advantage of the country’s free university tuition, but first she had to find a way to support herself. A specialist at heart Growing up in Šiauliai, Lithuania, Bekerytė seemed destined to become an engineer. Toward the end of her studies in 2019, she got her big break.

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Neste to open office for growing Renewable Aviation business; launching Neste MY Renewable Diesel in the Netherlands

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The high-quality product will be available at more than 60 locations throughout the country by the end of 2019. Besides the Netherlands, Neste MY Renewable Diesel is available for customers in the United States in California and Oregon, Finland, Sweden, Latvia and Lithuania.

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Study finds significant proportion of childhood asthma cases may be attributable to air pollution

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The 18 European countries covered in the study are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Countries from Eastern Europe were not included due to the lack of air pollution exposure data in the region.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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Separately, the Lianghekou hydropower station in Tibet is also set to come fully online in 2023, and is expected to generate a whopping 11 terawatt-hours of electricity annually (roughly the energy consumption of Lithuania). The competition kicked off in 2019, and XPrize’s net investment is US $10 million.

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