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Audi switching from truck to rail for battery delivery

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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. —Dieter Braun, Head of Supply Chain at Audi AG. r LC by rail to Brussels.

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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. And the global impact of the semiconductor chip manufacturing itself is expected to increase as well because of the fact that we need more and more of these chips.

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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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PowerCell in EU project to develop and operate a refuse truck with fuel cells

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REVIVE will place 15 fuel cell refuse vehicles to be tested in 8 different cities or regions in Europe: Breda, Helmond, Amsterdam, and Groningen (the Netherlands), Antwerp (Belgium), Bolzano and Merano (in South Tyrol, Italy) and Gothenburg (Sweden). That project was partly funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. Earlier post.).

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Van Hool introduces new A range of electric buses; battery-electric, fuel cell (hydrogen) and trolley

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Van Hool, the Belgian manufacturer of buses, coaches and industrial vehicles, presented its first edition of a completely new range of 100% zero emission buses on the first day of Euro Mobility Expo 2022, an international trade show for public transport. To maximize the vehicles’ range, it was crucial to minimize their empty weight.

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Air Liquide takes 18.6% stake in Hydrogenics; “strategic investment” in carbon-free hydrogen

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Water electrolysis is one of the key technologies to accelerate the emergence of hydrogen as a sustainable energy carrier. Hydrogenics has manufacturing sites in Germany, Belgium and Canada and service centers in Russia, Europe, the US and Canada.

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ArcelorMittal invests in new sustainability program across Europe; ResponsibleSteel site certification

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Water stewardship and biodiversity. The first wave of auditing includes sites in Belgium, Germany, Spain and France with others to follow. Human rights & labor rights. Community relations and business integrity. The standard is based on 12 principles with a variety of criteria and underlying requirements.

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