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Volvo Trucks opens its first battery plant; cells and modules from Samsung SDI

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Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full electric heavy-duty trucks. Volvo Trucks’ batteries are designed so that they can later be remanufactured, refurbished and reused. Volvo Trucks is opening its first battery assembly plant. —Roger Alm.

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Groupe Renault, Connected Energy install EV charging with 2nd-life batteries at highway rest areas

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UK-based Connected Energy and Groupe Renault have installed two quick-charge stations based on Connected Energy’s E-STOR energy storage technology on highways in Belgium and Germany. Economical and simple to install, E-STOR will contribute to the development of a network of quick-charging stations in Europe.

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ArcelorMittal inaugurates €200M Steelanol carbon capture and utilization project at Ghent plant

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At an event held at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium, ArcelorMittal inaugurated its flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project. One of the four bioreactors used in the Steelanol plant being installed in 2021. Earlier post.) The €200-million Steelanol project is a first of its kind for the European steel industry.

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Volvo Cars building €1.2B EV manufacturing plant in Slovakia; third in Europe

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By picking Slovakia as the location for its new plant, Volvo Cars is creating a European triangle of manufacturing covering its largest sales region—complementing the Ghent plant (Belgium) in western Europe and the Torslanda plant (Sweden) in northern Europe. The new facility represents an investment of around €1.2

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First cargo vessel operating on hydrogen to debut in Paris; commercial river operations this year

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The shift in focus is based on Sogestran Group’s experience gained in Belgium, where Blue Line Logistics (BLL), another subsidiary of the Sogestran Group, operates three cargo vessels sailing under the concept name “Zulu”. LMG Marin is responsible for detail design drawings, with hydrogen provided by suppliers in the Paris region.

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ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

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By installing an electrolyzer, hydrogen can be produced and injected in large volumes into the blast furnace tuyeres. ArcelorMittal announced in September 2019 that it had commissioned technology provider Midrex Technologies to design a demonstration plant at its Hamburg site to produce steel with hydrogen. Smart Carbon with hydrogen.

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Audi of America and Arcadia offer renewable energy subscription with e-tron or e-tron Sportback lease or purchase

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Arcadia’s technology matches home energy consumption with renewable energy sources from a variety of US wind and solar projects using renewable energy certificates, all without any installation or disruptions to their utility service. It was joined last year by the e-tron Sportback, which blends the utility of an SUV with a coupe-like design.

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