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Plug to build large-scale green hydrogen generation plant at port of Antwerp-Bruges

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At the center of the largest chemical industry cluster in Europe and close to the North Sea, it provides transportation connections to Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, and France. In addition, the site offers water, road, rail, and pipeline access for the delivery of green hydrogen to customers. million tons of barge freight.

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Eneco Installing 240 EV Charging Connections, Spirit of Ecstasy Redesigned — EV News Today

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EV Charging Eneco to install 240 charging connections this year at Albert Heijn supermarkets in the Netherlands and Belgium Scania supports […]. However, we do have some stories for our new daily news roundup. See below for some EV stories you might have missed.

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AKASOL to showcase high-performance battery systems for e-buses at Busworld Europe; expanding production

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At Busworld Europe in Belgium later this month, AKASOL will present its AKASYSTEM OEM battery system as a complete roof installation including the chiller and other additional components. With a novel, cost-effective water/glycol cooling system, it is efficient and durable. and ECE R100 safety and performance requirements.

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e. —Miettinen et al. There is a variance based on production method, etc.). The effect isn’t only a problem for biodiesel from palm oil.

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Figuring Out Semiconductor Manufacturing's Climate Footprint

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Lizzie Boakes is a life cycle analyst in the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems Program at IMEC , the Belgium-based nanotech research organization. What did that do to water consumption? So if you have an increased number of those particular process steps, then you’re going to have a higher water consumption in the end.

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Travels with Perplexity AI

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Dawn and I used Perplexity as an on-demand travel guide throughout our tour of the Flemish region of Belgium and Northern France. Next: “Where can I buy distilled water near me right now?” (In This article appears in the May 2024 print issue as “Making Connections.” The company’s app rests on GPT-3.5 (the

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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Above that, climate-induced changes “will be difficult for contemporary societies to cope with, and are likely to cause major societal and environmental disruptions”, with capacities for adaptation rapidly declining, and the likelihood of social disruption increasing via food insecurity, water shortages, and health impacts. [