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UCLA team proposes non-photosynthetic biological conversion of CO2

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The Overall Schema for Non-photosynthetic CO 2 Utilization toward a Sustainable Future. an and Park (2020) “Light-Independent Biological Conversion of CO 2 ,” Joule doi: 10.1016/ j.joule.2020.08.007. Using various sources of energy and integrated biological-inorganic catalysis may optimize non-photosynthetic CO 2 conversion.

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France December 2020

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A future star lands in a record market (19% share!) If the overall automotive market had a horrible 2020 (-26% YoY), with the 1.7 These disruptive numbers are also reflecting on the plugin share, as last month it reached a record 19% (11% BEV), pulling the final 2020 share to 11% (6,7% BEV), a far cry from the 3% of 2019.

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PCC SE and Landsvirkjun to convert silicon metal plant CO2 emissions to methanol

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If we can use our renewable electricity to produce green methanol at PCC BakkiSilicon, we are one step closer to a green future. In 2020 the total energy generation was 13,305 GWh. —Hörður Arnarson, CEO Landsvirkjun. Landsvirkjun generates energy from renewable sources: hydro, geothermal and wind.

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Tesla’s 2020 Impact Report shows why an “ecosystem” of products is key to addressing climate change

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Tesla’s 2020 Impact Report highlighted a number of key aspects of the company’s business, from its plans for the future to the rationale behind its focus on developing an ecosystem of products. In 2020, Tesla customers helped accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy by avoiding 5.0

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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. In the future, the company intends to operate its plants on a CO 2 -neutral basis on balance in order to achieve the 2025 milestone. The generation of renewable energy will start in 2020.

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Tesla and other EVs’ strong sales helped drop Europe’s CO2 emissions in 2021

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A recent report from market trend analysis firm JATO Dynamics has revealed that Tesla’s strong sales in Europe, coupled with the introduction of more environmentally-friendly SUVs, have helped drive a 16% reduction in CO2 emissions among new vehicles sold across the region in 2021. km to 99g/km year-over-year. . g/km compared to 76.9

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Germany December 2020

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with the end of 2020 becoming a stampede into electrified vehicles , we have to the point where, despite tanking Fossil Fuel sales, electrified sales allowed the overall market to actually grow 10% YoY in December! As Renault found by chance the Magic Potion for future success? , and BEVs did even better, jumping 7-fold(!!!),

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