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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Despite the much-vaunted megatrend involving the global electrification drive and shift to renewable energy , the most ambitious pledges by Big Oil to pursue net-zero agendas remain weak at best. Equinor has announced plans to invest $10B into clean energy by 2025, mostly through its offshore wind portfolio. 2 Total SA.

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Visiting Chinese trade official warns EU on greentech probe – ET Auto

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He cited the EU’s investigations into Chinese electric cars, solar panels and wind turbines as examples. He cited the EU’s investigations into Chinese electric cars , solar panels and wind turbines as examples. Earlier this week, Wang was in France where he met French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire.

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Study finds coal trains add significant amount of PM2.5 pollution in urban areas

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than freight trains, and 7 µg/m 3 more under calm wind conditions, suggesting our study underestimates emissions and subsequent concentrations of coal train dust. Given rail shipment of coal occurs globally, including in populous areas, it is likely to have adverse effects on health and environmental justice. µg/m 3 (95% CI = 6.2,

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India on mission to become world’s leading producer of critical minerals: Hindustan Zinc Chairperson – ET Auto

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Critical minerals , such as cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel and rare earths, play a crucial role in the production of clean energy technologies , from wind turbines to electric cars. The transition to net-zero goals globally will be mineral intensive and meeting this demand will be not easy, she said.

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Rivian makes huge investment into renewables to power operations

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Rivian has signed a power purchase agreement with Apex Clean Energy to supply their Normal, Illinois, manufacturing facility with wind power. Now, Rivian will invest an undisclosed amount of money into 50MW of wind energy that will supply the company’s operations in Normal, Illinois. What do you think of the article?

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Why is Hydroelectricity So Green, and Yet Unfashionable?

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Instead, that pure status is now reserved above all for wind and solar. This ennoblement is strange, given that wind projects require enormous quantities of embodied energy in the form of steel for towers, plastics for blades, and concrete for foundations. And hydro still matters more than any other form of renewable generation.

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