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BYD’s Big Bet In Brazil Is Full Of Promise: Cabs, New Factories, & (FINALLY) A Cheap EV

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BYD enters Brazil with new factory, brings an affordable EV. Big changes are coming.

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Univ of Washington team working to make poplar coppice viable cheap, high-volume biofuel feedstock

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Our research proved that poplar coppice can be a good option to meet the cheap, high-volume criteria of biofuel feedstock. Our findings are significant for the future biofuel industry, and the ultimate goal is to make poplar coppice biofuel a step closer to the pump. Resources.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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The report “Decarbonizing Steel: A Net-Zero Pathway” outlines the path to making profitable, low-emissions steel and describes how a combination of falling hydrogen costs, cheap clean power, and increased recycling could reduce emissions to net zero, even while total output increases.

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BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

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This is equivalent to gas priced at $6-12/MMBtu, making it competitive with current natural gas prices in Brazil, China, India, Germany and Scandinavia on an energy-equivalent basis. Renewable hydrogen can be made by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, using electricity generated by cheap wind or solar power. MMBtu) in 2050.

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LUX Research: harvesting technologies could cut biomass feedstock costs by $25 per ton

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Enzymatic hydrolysis is being commercialized at new facilities like GraalBio’s plant in Brazil, using the latest. —Mark Bünger, Research Director and the lead author. Currently, the high cost of capital and operations limit bio-based materials and chemicals to a few facilities located where corn and cane are plentiful.

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Pick me up! Fiat reveals the wild cheap electric ute that will spearhead its reinvention in Australia

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Now in its second generation the Strada was Brazil’s best-selling vehicle last year and can carry up to 720kg with the single cab and up to 650kg with the dual cab variation – both figures the new ute will have to match. The post Pick me up!

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

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In June, China agreed with Brazil on a $29-billion currency swap in an effort to promote the Chinese yuan as a reserve currency, and earlier this month, the Chinese and Russian central banks signed an agreement on yuan-ruble swaps to double trade between the two countries. “But Rise of the Yuan.

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