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Study finds future-fuel demand for shipping industry equal to entire current global production of renewables

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The report identifies the first movers who are looking to seize these investment opportunities, including Germany, Algeria, and Chile, who have signed multiple bilateral agreements on the production of hydrogen fuels (seen as key for powering ships). But with this investment comes huge opportunity for return. —Prof.

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SEAT to launch 6 electric and plug-in hybrid models, develop smaller version of MEB for lower-cost EVs

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SEAT President Luca de Meo also announced at the company’s annual media conference that the CUPRA Formentor, the new CUV that was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, will be built at the Martorell factory. The CUPRA Leon and the CUPRA Formentor will also have a plug-in hybrid variant. In 2018 SEAT obtained the best results in its history.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Denis Khramov, Russia’s deputy Minister of Natural Resources, said September 28 at a conference in Russia’s Far East that Rosneft and Gazprom are delaying some offshore drilling by two to three years because of sanctions and low oil prices. If, as seems increasingly likely, the ban on crude exports is lifted, U.S.

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Europe moves forward on the Energy Union; transport key element

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Further, the Commission will work with Member States to develop access to alternative suppliers, including from the Southern Gas Corridor route, the Mediterranean and Algeria, in order to decrease existing dependencies on individual suppliers. Intergovernmental agreements should comply fully with EU legislation and be more transparent.