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thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

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thyssenkrupp will build a €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant at its Duisberg site. In this way, thyssenkrupp is accelerating the start of low-CO2 steel production. The plant, with a capacity of 2.5 million metric tons, will avoid the emission of 3.5 million metric tons of CO 2. Capacity will be 2.5 million metric tons.

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Study: Synthetic fuels cost more money and cause more CO2 emissions vs. batteries

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As buzz around synthetic fuels builds, the Europe-focused environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E) cautions that vehicles burning these supposedly greener fuels may cause more carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions than battery-powered vehicles, and cost more as well.

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California "green hydrogen" facility claims to displace more CO2 than electrolysis from renewable energy

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Hydrogen firm SG H2 Energy plans to build a hydrogen production facility that, the companies claim, will significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Located in Lancaster, California, the facility will use SG H2 Energy's gasification process, which the company claims reduces carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions even more than electrolysis from.

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Audi adjustments what, the way it builds to pressure out CO2

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. “We used to ship them by truck, but switching to the train saves us about 2,600 tons of CO2 per year,” Jan Marls, head of manufacturing at Audi Brussels, advised Car Information in December. The post Audi adjustments what, the way it builds to pressure out CO2 appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Audi building 160,000 m2 photovoltaic system for Gy?r, Hungary plant

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Together with E.ON, Audi is building a solar energy park on the roofs of the two logistics centers of its plant in Gy?r This will create Europe’s largest photovoltaic system installed on a building at the Audi Hungaria plant in Gy?r. We were the first premium manufacturer to have our CO2 footprint measured and certified in 2014.

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VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

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VTT and Neste have agreed to build a technology demonstration facility at VTT Bioruukki Pilot Centre, Espoo. Neste is actively building technology solutions and business to realize commercial production of sustainable e-fuels. The work has started by first modifications to the research infrastructure at VTT Bioruukki.

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Volvo Group scores its largest order for electric trucks, saving up to 50K tons of CO2 annually

Electrek

The company signed a letter of intent to sell 1,000 electric trucks to Swiss sustainable building solutions leader Holcim. more… The post Volvo Group scores its largest order for electric trucks, saving up to 50K tons of CO2 annually appeared first on Electrek.

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