Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Construction has started on the first public hydrogen station in Belgium, to be operated by Air Liquide. As part of the SWARM project, the station has received funding from the European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen-Joint Undertaking, a private/public partnership in support of the development of hydrogen related applications.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2023

Brussels Airlines, the flag carrier of Belgium and part of the Lufthansa Group, has started the new year by being the first airline receiving a delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel at Brussels Airport for the first time using the NATO Central European Pipeline System (CEPS).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2020

Volvo Cars is significantly cutting CO 2 emissions in its logistics operations by switching transports between its manufacturing plants and new car depots from trucks to trains. On another route, from Ghent to a second depot in Austria, emissions were cut by almost half since switching to rail transports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2022

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. Our customers are focusing on greening their fleets and are pursuing zero emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

GVB, the public transport company of Amsterdam, is further expanding its electric fleet with 84 new generation VDL Citeas. Part of this is that GVB provides completely emission-free bus transport in 2025. GVB provides public transport in and around Amsterdam. With this order, the GVB fleet will eventually be entirely VDL.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2022

At an event held at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium, ArcelorMittal inaugurated its flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project. Earlier post.) The €200-million Steelanol project is a first of its kind for the European steel industry. It will reduce annual carbon emissions from the Ghent plant by 125,000 tonnes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

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. Port of Antwerp-Bruges sits in a strategic location in Europe. It is less than an hour’s drive to Brussels, the capital of Europe.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

With this gigafactory, Umicore is leading the way in battery materials in Europe offering key ingredients for a responsible and sustainable value chain for electric transport.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

From 2025, production at all Audi plants will be carbon neutral as part of the company-wide environmental program Mission:Zero. Since production of the Audi e-tron began, the Belgium site has been recognized as the world’s first certified carbon-neutral high-volume production plant in the premium segment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The project, called “European Battery Innovation” (EuBatIn) was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. In 2018, the Commission adopted the Strategic Action Plan for Batteries and has promoted a wide range of initiatives as part of the plan.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Data compiled by Euromonitor for European research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) shows a surge in the number of Uber drivers (officially registered as private hire vehicles - PHV) in the past few years. Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Its first plants will be built in Norway, Germany, and Belgium with investment also planned in the UK and France. INEOS, through its subsidiary INOVYN, is already Europe’s largest existing operator of electrolysis, the technology necessary to produce green hydrogen for power generation, transportation, and industrial use.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

We believe hydrogen is the future for heavy duty segments of the transportation market and we can demonstrate to the world its merits by being a first-mover in transitioning our heavy-duty fleet of trucks to hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. We are pleased to be working with Cummins to achieve our fleet transition goals.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2023

Tests on the Rolls-Royce Power Systems test bench at the Liège site in Belgium showed that the use of HVO had no effect on the dynamic behavior of the engine during critical phases under typical load conditions. Part of the energy stored in the flywheel is used to drive the generator that begins producing electrical power.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2020

As part of a field test comprising four comparable vehicles, the first DAF CF Electric 6x2 refuse collection truck has entered operations with Dutch public waste disposal firm ROVA. It is in our DNA to take care of the future of our planet and the use of low emission vehicles is part of our sustainability plan. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Two vehicles will continue the operational testing with customers in the first test phase.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Use” was jointly prepared and notified by thirteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. Norway, as part of the European Economic Area, also participates to the IPCEI Hy2Use with two individual projects.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This demonstration concludes a series of tests that are part of an ongoing partnership between Alstom, ProRail and Lineas. Through digitalization, we will accelerate the transition towards more efficient, seamless, and sustainable transport systems. Diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive owned by Lineas used for the demonstration.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2016

Air pollution from sources such as transport and agriculture is still being emitted above legal limits in 10 European Union (EU) Member States according to new data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The main reasons for the exceedances are emissions from road transport (NO x ) and agriculture (NH 3 ).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 24, 2023

This year marks the first time it’s published exclusively on CleanTechnica (the 2021 list was mirrored here last year, see Part 1 and Part 2). By Assaf Oron Welcome to my 9th annual top 10 countries list!

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2022

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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Thanks to a higher loading height and increased fuel efficiency, mega trailers in road transport are particularly important for the automotive industry, making BMW Group an ideal partner for testing in Germany. DHL Freight has gained initial experience with LNG trucks in Belgium. —Uwe Brinks, CEO DHL Freight.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

A 27-tonne hydrogen fuel cell rigid truck built by VDL started its first demonstration with BREYTNER as part of the EU-funded H2-Share project in Schelluinen, the Netherlands. This gives our customers and us valuable knowledge on zero-emission transport solutions and will help us in taking the next steps towards more sustainable transport.

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EV Obssesion

JULY 19, 2021

44 New e-hybrid articulated buses for De Lijn, Public Transport Operator (PTO) in the Flemish part of Belgium News courtesy of – De Lijn We are taking another important step in emission-free driving in urban areas. The post New Step Towards Zero-Emission Driving in Cities appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

A new European project, AMITRAN , is developing a methodology to assess the impact of ICT (information and communication technologies) and ITS (intelligent transport systems) on CO 2 emissions from the transport sector. Since present transport emissions are 27% above 1990 levels, this will be particularly difficult to achieve.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Preliminary analysis shows eleven Member States exceeding their respective NO x ceilings (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden). The pollutant for which most exceedances were registered was NO x. Finland exceeded its ammonia ceiling.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

As part of its e-mobility roadmap, MAN Truck & Bus is sending a fleet of demo e-buses to customers in five European countries this year. The fleet comprises 15 test vehicles, which will be deployed as part of everyday operations. This year, another 13 demo vehicles will be deployed in practice as part of the e-mobility roadmap.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Netherlands has a unique starting position due to its cost-efficient approach to sustainable energy, its location, which is perfect both for offshore wind and the landing of hydrogen imports, the role that Dutch industry plays in hydrogen, and the unique gas infrastructure that can be converted to transport hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The first wave of auditing includes sites in Belgium, Germany, Spain and France with others to follow. After the initial phase, further ArcelorMittal sites around the world will be part of the program. ArcelorMittal will continue to play an active role in developing this aspect of the program.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

Different transport application will require different electric powertrains. We aim to make it easy for customers to select sustainable transport solutions. Electrification will play a key part in the shift to a fossil free transport system. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) Fuel Cell Business will supply and integrate fuel cell modules into a zero-emission train prototype as part of the FCH2RAIL project in Europe. Almost half of the railway lines in the European Union are electrified and enable local emission-free rail transport.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2020

In order to meet the specific requirements for the transport of temperature-sensitive goods, as part of the co-creation approach, there was intense discussion with more than 40 customers worldwide from the field of food and medicine transport.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

UPS partnered with the Seattle Department of Transportation to develop plans for the new pilot program. This is the first tailored urban delivery solution to address growing traffic congestion in Seattle’s downtown corridor, and is part of UPS’ Cycle Logistics Solutions that help reduce carbon emissions, noise, and traffic.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2018

In 2002, the Aleris facility in Duffel, Belgium opened its first continuous annealing line to provide automotive body sheet to the automotive industry. As part of the acquisition, Novelis will acquire Aleris’ 13 manufacturing facilities across North America, Asia and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2014

is an electrified vehicle that is used to transport DHL Express shipments at the moment in France as well as in Aruba, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. As part of its global efforts, Deutsche Post DHL works with all major car manufacturers worldwide. The Kangoo Z.E. Renault ZOE as well as the Renault Twizy.

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Electric Vehicles Climate Protection Vehicles Belgium 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., plans to invest more than $1 billion to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into transportation fuels products such as marine gasoil and diesel fuel.

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