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BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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With its versatile properties, steel is nevertheless one of the key materials for automotive manufacturing and will be no less important for future vehicle concepts and generations. The company will supply the BMW Group’s European plants with steel produced exclusively using hydrogen and electricity from renewable energies.

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BMW Group to procure low-carbon steel from Salzgitter AG for European plants; second low-carbon steel deal

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With steel, in particular, we are leading the way by sourcing low-carbon steel for our plants in Europe in the future. Electricity from renewable sources and its use in production of hydrogen from electrolysis are key elements of the transformation. Boston Metal investment. Earlier post.)

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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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—Philip Landrigan, director of Boston College’s Global Observatory on Pollution and Health. We focused on these three countries because they are all at somewhat different points in their economic development, and we reasoned that comparing air pollution patterns among them would give us a good indicator of future trends.

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Delek sells AltAir renewable diesel/jet business to World Energy for $72M

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Delek US Holdings has sold AltAir Paramount, LLC and Delek’s Paramount, California refining and pipeline assets to an affiliate of Boston-based World Energy, LLC, a major biodiesel producer. AltAir retrofitted the existing refinery with process technology developed by Honeywell’s UOP to produce renewable biofuel. Earlier post.).

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Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C

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The 50-person company recently opened a new office in Boston, MA to help expand its roster of engineers, scientists, and professional support staff. By comparison, 69% of steel today is made at approximately 1,600 degrees Celsius (2,912 degrees Fahrenheit) using coal, emitting about two tons of carbon dioxide for every ton of steel produced.

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NREL and Electric Hydrogen partner to develop high-performance electrolyzer components

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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and clean hydrogen startup Electric Hydrogen are collaborating to develop high-performance electrolyzer components. NREL has a history of helping next-up technologies scale to larger markets, and we are confident that this collaboration will achieve similar breakthroughs for renewable hydrogen.

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Advent Technologies announces availability of next-generation HT-PEM MEAs

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The Advent MEA is currently being developed within the framework of L’Innovator, the Company’s joint development program with the US Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This development will revolutionize the fuel cell industry.

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