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Audi and Krajete developing direct air capture technologies for CO2

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AUDI AG and the Austria-based green tech company Krajete GmbH are jointly developing new technologies for filtering emissions from ambient air. They make far-reaching energy and cost reductions possible. This increases efficiency and reduces costs. The long-term goal is to make carbon dioxide usable for industrial purposes.

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Graz researchers develop cost-effective chemical looping process for decentralized production of high-purity hydrogen

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Hydrogen researchers at Graz University of Technology (Austria), together with the Graz-based start-up Rouge H2 Engineering , have developed a cost-effective process for the decentralized production of high-purity hydrogen using chemical looping. At present, the system is still operated on an industrial scale with natural gas.

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EV startup AEHRA partners with Miba Battery Systems

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Miba operates a highly flexible approach, which is ideal for AEHRA as we are developing EVs that transcend what is perceived as mainstream within the automotive industry. We will take a more measured approach to avoid the need to oversize the battery, which simply leads to increased cost, weight, inefficiency, and complexity.

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Si anode company LeydenJar secures €30M EU backing for silicon anode foil factory

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Now, the EIB’s financing will help it to develop and install a set of larger machines to demonstrate the first-of-its-kind production of the anode material at industrial scale. The aim of the plant is to prepare the silicon anode foil for mass production, subsequently bringing down the cost.

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Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy form joint venture for metals industry

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Siemens AG and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and IHI Corporation—and Siemens MT Business, Siemens group companies undertaking metals production in countries including Germany, Austria and the US. MH)—an MHI consolidated group company with equity participation by Hitachi, Ltd. The JV’s CEO is currently being selected.

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RUSAL opens new low-carbon aluminum smelter in Taishet

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Full scope CO 2 emissions will be one of the lowest in the industry, the company claims. TaAZ is the third low-carbon aluminum smelter to be built by RUSAL, with an overall cost of more than $1.69 Pre-operation verifications and testing have begun. billion, creating more than 1,000 local jobs.

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Benchmark: Saudi Arabia is building an EV battery supply chain

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The Saudi advantage lies in relatively low reagent costs and government incentives like tax, land, and capital support, said Benchmark consultant Ahmed Mehdi. The Saudi processing plant will process spodumene from a mine that European Lithium is developing in Wolfsberg, Austria. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.)