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Audi switching from truck to rail for battery delivery

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The move will significantly reduce Audi’s carbon emissions and also save money. Battery modules and cells needed in Belgium for the Audi e-tron and Audi e-tron Sportback were up to now transported by truck over the approximately 1,300-kilometer-long route from the supplier in Hungary. In Hungary and Belgium, Audi uses DBeco neutral.

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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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The 100% renewable electricity mix in Chengdu is the result of a newly signed supply contract and will reduce the plant’s CO 2 emissions by more than 11,000 tonnes per year. Under the new contract, around 65% of the electricity supply comes from hydropower, while the remainder comes from solar power, wind power and other renewable sources.

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Ørsted proposes to develop one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen plants: SeaH2Land

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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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Tesla powers Eneco’s largest battery project

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Eneco, an energy producer in the Netherlands, is relying on Tesla to power its biggest battery project to date, which will be used to “more efficiently balance Belgium’s electricity grid” and is expected to be operational in 2024. Eneco is jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corp.

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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 connects renters and homeowners across the US to wind and solar energy through utility data and billing technology. The company has set itself the goal of reducing vehicle-specific CO 2 emissions by 30% by 2025. 2021 Audi e-tron. The program runs from 2 March to 30 April 2021, while supplies last.

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Ford of Europe Commissions Two Giant Wind Turbines at Genk Plant

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Ford of Europe has put two giant wind turbines, each with a height of 150 meters, into service at the Ford Genk plant in Belgium. The wind turbines will deliver a significant part of the electrical power needed in the Genk Plant, production home of the Mondeo, S-MAX and Galaxy models. litre Duratorq TDCi engine production line.

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Cummins & Sinopec launch JV to produce and promote green hydrogen technologies in China

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As the largest foreign investor in China’s diesel engine sector, Cummins operates 30 facilities in China, including 21 manufacturing sites that produce Cummins engines, turbochargers, filters, emission solutions, fuel systems, alternators and electrical power generation systems.

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