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JANUARY 25, 2019

stake in the capital of Canada-based Hydrogenics Corporation , a leader in electrolytic hydrogen production equipment and fuel cells. million, reaffirms its long-term commitment to the hydrogen energy markets and its ambition to be a major player in the supply of carbon-free hydrogen, particularly for industry and mobility markets.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Daimler Truck AG and TotalEnergies signed an agreement on their joint commitment to the de-carbonization of the road freight in the European Union. In particular, TotalEnergies has the ambition by 2030 to operate directly or indirectly up to 150 hydrogen refueling stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Borealis, a leading provider of innovative polyolefin solutions; and Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel, and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions, are entering into strategic co-operation for the production of renewable polypropylene (PP).

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MAY 3, 2020

During the 42-month project, innovative materials and efficient systems for capturing CO 2 from post-combustion industrial emissions were developed. In particular, materials such as modified-graphene aerogels and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown very good CO 2 capture capacities and greater selectivity than traditional adsorbents.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Ørsted, the world’s leading offshore wind developer, together with the major industrial companies in the North Sea Port cluster, have launched the SeaH2Land vision for a gigawatt scale project to reduce carbon emissions in the Dutch-Flemish industrial cluster with renewable hydrogen.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

The ASTM International Board of Directors approved the launch of a new technical committee dedicated to developing standards for the growing field of recovered carbon black (rCB). Carbon black is used as a reinforcing additive in rubber products—notably tires—where tensile and abrasion wear properties are critical.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

This will include offering electrolyzers for both small-scale hydrogen production—such as a hydrogen fueling system for on-site hydrogen generation—as well as for large-scale hydrogen generation installations capable of 100 megawatts and beyond. million tons, accounting for 14% of national hydrogen production.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen. ArcelorMittal Europe is also implementing projects in almost all its Flat Products sites to use gases from different sources for blast furnace injection. Smart Carbon with hydrogen. Hydrogen plays a central role in the company’s decarbonization strategy.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The European Commission approved , under EU State aid rules, a second Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) to support research and innovation, first industrial deployment and construction of relevant infrastructure in the hydrogen value chain.

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MAY 30, 2023

In line with the UN Paris Climate Agreement and the EU Green Deal, ATS, MPET and PSAA aim to reduce their carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 with 2019 as a baseline and have net-zero emissions for all their terminals by 2050. This next stage is supported by PIONEERS, a project funded by the EU and coordinated by the Port of Antwerp-Bruges.

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DECEMBER 24, 2022

Australia’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources released the December 2022 edition of the Resources and Energy Quarterly (REQ). Australia is the largest lithium exporter in the world, accounting for 46% of the world’s lithium production in 2021. billion in 2021–22 to $16.1 billion, and $17.0 billion in 2023–24.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

The H24All project, led by a consortium of fifteen partners, has presented an application for European Green Deal funding to develop Europe’s first 100 megawatt (MW) alkaline electrolyzer plant, which will be connected to a Repsol industrial site.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

Kolkata-based Ramkrishna Forgings is a manufacturer and supplier of closed-die forgings of carbon and alloy steel, micro-alloy steel, and stainless steel forgings. Kolkata-based Ramkrishna Forgings is a manufacturer and supplier of closed-die forgings of carbon and alloy steel, micro-alloy steel, and stainless steel forgings.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

Thanks to the expertise of several project partners, HyFlexFuel proved that HTL biocrudes can be successfully upgraded to drop-in fuels in an industrially-relevant environment, achieving hundreds of hours of continuous operations. The production of HTL fuels from three different feedstock classes shows the flexibility of the process.

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MARCH 30, 2018

On 16 March, SHV Energy received the first delivery of BioLPG (biopropane) from the Neste Biofuels production facility in Rotterdam. The bio-propane production process increases the added value of this sidestream significantly. Earlier post.) This represented the start of the first large scale distribution of BioLPG in the world.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Total Petrochemicals, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens are developing a new optimized technology for the production of bio-ethylene by dehydration of ethanol. Ethylene, with a $160-billion market, is a valuable commodity two-carbon chemical that can also be oligomerized into transportation fuels. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 27, 2012

When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 —Miettinen et al.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Electrochemical conversion of carbon gases to sustainable fuels and chemicals. Researchers will use computational analysis and experimental techniques to develop new catalysts that convert carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into renewable fuels and chemicals. Batteries Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Solar'

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JULY 13, 2015

It will predominantly be used in gasoline blending, but it can also be further processed into other products such as drop in jet fuel. Approximately 50% of the carbon used in the chemistry of steelmaking leaves the process as carbon monoxide (CO). Earlier post.). million gallons US, 60 million liters) per year of ethanol.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a major expansion driven by the seemingly insatiable demands of AI, the addition of more intelligence in transportation, and national security concerns, among many other things. Moore: So let’s start with, just how big is the carbon footprint of the semiconductor industry?

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JULY 21, 2013

The company operates one of the largest production plants for bioethanol in Europe, with an annual capacity of 400,000 cubic meters of bioethanol (106 million gallons US) and 350,000 tonnes of dried protein animal feed (DDGS). million cubic meters (317 million gallons US).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When “replacing oil with electricity” has become a trend, the transportation industry has maintained the era of fuel oil for hundreds of years, but it is also undergoing subversive changes. Behind the popularity of charging piles in the oil circle, the transportation industry is undergoing a major change unseen in a century.

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JUNE 26, 2015

LanzaTech’s gas fermentation technology ( earlier post ) is at the core of the new Horizon2020 Steelanol project (2015-2018), which seeks to produce bioethanol via an innovative gas fermentation process using exhaust gases emitted by the steel industry. million) project is coordinated by steelmaker Arcelormittal Belgium NV.

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MAY 29, 2018

The study is based on a set of scenarios for 2050 of electrification in five European countries: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), France (FR), Germany (DE) and the Netherlands (NL). The Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) promotes robust and consistent regulation in Europe’s network and digital industries.

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MARCH 26, 2022

In keeping with this strategic shift of business, OMV will reduce its oil and gas production by around 20% by 2030 and will completely cease oil and gas production for energy use by 2050. Growth is also set to be achieved by diversifying the portfolio towards adjacent products and new product groups.

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JULY 6, 2011

has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. Located in Nanjing, China, the facility will be one of the world’s first methanol-to-olefin production facilities. China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd.

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MARCH 23, 2012

BASF, Bekaert (Belgium) and voestalpine Plastics Solutions (Netherlands) are developing thermoplastic components that are reinforced with steel cord fabrics and produced by means of injection molding. Injection molded plastic parts with steel cord reinforcement. Source: BASF. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2020

IHS Markit forecasts that annual global investments in green hydrogen—hydrogen production powered by renewable sources—will exceed US$1 billion by 2023. The elevated investment outlook is attributed to falling costs and policy support from governments looking to shift towards low-carbon economies.

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MAY 2, 2016

They collected 160 samples on 38 days between February and September 2009 at a curbside and an urban background station in the urban/industrial Ruhr area. in Belgium. The traffic/exhaust component consisted predominantly of externally mixed soot particles and soot internally mixed with secondary particles. Hooftman et al.

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JUNE 11, 2018

Leading steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has begun construction of new premises at its site in Ghent, Belgium, to house a new installation which will convert carbon-containing gas from its blast furnaces into bioethanol. Commissioning and first production is expected by mid-2020. Earlier post.).

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MAY 5, 2009

the developer of a new extraction process for algae oil, and Desmet Ballestra, an Belgium-based supplier of oil extraction systems, are partnering on the commercialization of OriginOil’s Single Step Extraction technology. OriginOil, Inc., The OriginOil Single-Step Extraction system. Click to enlarge. OriginOil Single Step Extraction.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Umicore is actively working with cell manufacturers to advance SSB tech, and recently opened a material prototyping center in Belgium that supports all the steps in SSB production, from formulation to testing. However, at the start of its useful life an EV tends to come with a higher “carbon backpack” because of the battery.

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JULY 20, 2010

Electric vehicles have become a strategic focus of the automotive industry during recent years, but the technology is still nascent in the global marketplace. EVI is a government-led global initiative that will collaborate with relevant industry, academic, and end-user stakeholders to scale-up electric vehicle sales.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Umicore is actively working with cell manufacturers to advance SSB tech, and recently opened a material prototyping center in Belgium that supports all the steps in SSB production, from formulation to testing. However, at the start of its useful life an EV tends to come with a higher “carbon backpack” because of the battery.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

ºF) above pre-industrial temperatures. A maximum concentration of 450 ppm carbon dioxide (~550 ppm CO 2 equivalent) in the Earth’s atmosphere is commonly cited as the limit at which average temperatures can be held at 2 ºC, and many emissions reduction proposals are based upon these two “upper bounds” targets. Source: Met Office UK.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, the HyTEC project (Hydrogen Transport for European Cities), which is part funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), will also see the installation of an Air Products hydrogen fueling station in London. HyRaMP , Belgium. Element Energy Ltd , UK.

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