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To generate the renewable electricity needed to feed production of green hydrogen, Cepsa will develop a 3GW portfolio of wind and solar energy projects with an additional €2-billion investment. The ports of Algeciras and Huelva are two key locations on the export and maritime traffic routes both to northern Europe and to Asia and Africa.
The customer is the refuse collection company Arma, and this is the first heavy battery-electric truck from a global manufacturer to be in commercial operation in Africa. Morocco has ambitious climate goals, based on large investments in renewable energy. Volvo Trucks has delivered its first heavy electric truck to Rabat, Morocco.
Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University. —Julius McGee.
a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, signed an engineering and consulting agreement with Mustang Engineering, LP for the conversion of Gevo’s renewable isobutanol to biojet fuel. Mustang, a Wood Group company, has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, India, Malaysia, North Africa and the Middle East.
Anglo American plc unveiled a prototype of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck designed to operate in everyday mining conditions at its Mogalakwena PGMs (platinum group metals) mine in South Africa. With a combination of abundant renewable energy sources (i.e. South Africa’s Hydrogen Valley.
has completed a $5-million capital raise to begin construction of its demonstration-scale plant for the production of synthetic, renewable diesel fuel from woody biomass using licensed technology. It produces a renewable diesel that has the potential to meet ASTM standards (ASTM D975 & D396). Canada-based start-up CelluFuel Inc.
Huge and immediate need for renewable-based fuels in shipping represents opportunity for investors, according to ‘Fuelling the Fourth Propulsion Revolution’ report released today. Particular opportunity for the Global South identified as net-zero fuel production costs expected to be up to 20% lower in Latin America and Africa.
This figure includes investment in projects—such as renewables, storage, charging infrastructure, hydrogen production, nuclear, recycling and CCS—as well as end-user purchases of low-carbon energy devices, such as small-scale solar systems, heat pumps and zero-emission vehicles. from the year prior.
Companies such as GHI, Suez Canal Economic Zone, New and Renewable Energy Authority, Sovereign Fund of Egypt, and Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co are the global leaders in low-carbon hydrogen, with 56.3 mtpa active and upcoming capacity combined. —Andres Angulo
Introducing hydrogen into energy networks represents the first step for spreading and developing green hydrogen from renewable sources, while reducing its costs. Italy could import hydrogen from North Africa, at cost 14% below domestic production. —RINA CEO Ugo Salerno.
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing funding for the identification of suitable sites for green hydrogen production in Africa within the framework of the Atlas of Green Hydrogen Generation Potentials in Africa. However, Namibia is also the most arid country in sub-Saharan Africa.
This initiative broadens cooperation between Boeing and SAA to develop renewable jet fuel in ways that support South Africas goals for public health as well as economic and rural development. In coming years, Boeing expects emerging technologies to increase South Africas aviation biofuel production from the rest of the plant.
The long-term goal of the joint venture is the climate-friendly production of electricity in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East. Surpassing the common German mix, an above-average percentage of the energy needed for production is fed into AUDI AG’s plants from renewable sources.
a subsidiary of the Swiss-based energy group, The Addax and Oryx Group Limited (AOG), recently signed a loan agreement with seven European and African development institutions for an integrated renewable energy and agriculture project near Makeni, in Sierra Leone. Addax Bioenergy S.A. ,
Starfire Energy leverages a patented catalysis technology that allows for the synthesis and cracking of carbon-free ammonia and hydrogen-leveraging renewable energy sources. Starfire Energy’s Rapid Ramp NH 3 ammonia synthesis technology produces zero carbon ammonia using only renewable energy, air, and water as inputs.
At the end of June, the US signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency ( IRENA ), thereby increasing the number of countries participating in the organization to 136. Map of IRENA’s Signatory States (as of 29 June 2009). Click to enlarge.
FAME is a renewable alternative fuel (biodiesel) largely produced from recycled cooking oils and renewable oil sources. The trials saw the vessels sail from Rotterdam to West Africa. It has physical properties similar to conventional diesel, and is also non-toxic and biodegradable.
Second-life battery supply for stationary applications, like renewable energy storage, could exceed 200 GWh per year by 2030, creating a global value of more than $30 billion.
The MoU was signed by bp, Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt for Investment and Development (TSFE). Hydrogen is one of bp’s five energy transition growth engines.
If the test farming in Limpopo is successful, the project will be expanded in South Africa and potentially to other countries. In addition to its collaboration in Southern Africa, Boeing has active biofuel development projects in the United States, Middle East, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Brazil and Australia.
At the same time, the RNAIPL factory will become carbon-neutral with a significant increase in renewable energy generation. —Guillaume Cartier, Chairperson for Nissan’s Africa, Middle East, India, Europe and Oceania region The six new models—three for each company—will be engineered and built in Chennai.
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By the end of this year, our plants worldwide will obtain their electricity exclusively, 100%, from renewable energy sources. The plants will take advantage of the best options at each location—from solar energy in Oxford, Mexico and China, to biogas in South Africa, to wind power in Leipzig. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.
However, the raw materials for batteries are, in most cases, imported into China from Africa and refined before being exported to Europe. Africa has a wealth of critical battery raw materials and is in a position to use these to attract more value-add in downstream processing and manufacturing.
West-Central Coastal Province, West Africa. These include the financing and construction of an oil refinery in the DRC to be owned jointly by both countries to meet regional demand for refined petroleum products, along with the construction of storage facilities for refined products.
In the report, Deloitte uses clean hydrogen to encompass both green hydrogen— produced from renewable electricity via electrolysis—and blue hydrogen—produced via natural gas coupled with carbon capture and storage. trillion per year by 2050.
ENGIE is working with Anglo American, a global mining company, to develop a renewable hydrogen production and refueling solution to support a new hydrogen-powered mine haul vehicle that will be tested at one of its South African platinum mines.
Additional photovoltaic plants are already being planned for the Negev and Arava deserts and Israel’s aim is to meet around ten percent of its total energy needs with renewable energy plants by 2020. The first project will be the construction of a plant with an output of up to 4.9 MW at Kibbutz Ketura, in the southern desert of Israel.
The AHEAD concept for bringing power to off-grid areas in Africa is to make modest use of renewables where it makes sense, and to drive mass deployment of ammonia and hydrogen along with small engine generators, microturbines and fuel cell systems. AHEAD’s polygeneration concept for ammonia and hydrogen fuels for developing countries.
In August 2011, Genomatica announced it had successfully produced butadiene from renewable feedstocks in pound quantities. The process technology aspect of the agreement is intended to be made available for future licensing in Europe, Africa and Asia. Earlier post.). Butadiene is a key intermediate for Versalis elastomers business.
Renewable and sustainable fuels. Rutgers will focus on replacing environmentally harmful fossil fuels with renewable, economically sustainable fuels in collaboration with universities in the US, Brazil, China and South Africa. The awards are the fifth and sixth IGERT grants NSF has awarded Rutgers over the past six years.
Additionally, Enel North America, through its renewables business Enel Green Power North America, has been awarded a grant, also under ACTNow program, of US$37,000 to support the development of an emissions-based carpooling program for Enel’s 650-plus Massachusetts employees across its Boston and Andover offices.
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Dresser-Rand will showcase its Guascor biogas engines—with ratings from 140 to 1240 kW—to visitors attending the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference & Exhibition 2014.
Renewable diesel and renewable biojet represent the fastest growing segments among drop-in bio-based fuels, reaching more than 5 billion gallons of installed production capacity by 2023 and generating $17.4 Both Asia Pacific and the Middle East & Africa are forecast to show the fastest growth with CAGRs of 9.2% respectively.
Navigant projects that hydrogen consumption will be led by the Asia Pacific and Middle East & Africa regions. The leading position of the Asia Pacific and Middle East & Africa regions in terms of hydrogen consumption will thus be exacerbated by 2030.
BioJet is an international supply chain integrator in renewable (bio) jet fuel and related co-products which include green diesel, etc. Abundant is an integrated renewable energy company and feedstock developer. Abundant controls more than four million hectares in ten countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
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