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BASF to build commercial-scale battery recycling black mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany

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BASF will build a commercial-scale battery recycling black mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. The site is an ideal location for the build-up of battery recycling activities given the presence of many EV car manufacturers and cell producers in Central Europe.

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Hysata closes $42.5M AUD Series A to commercialize capillary-fed electrolysis

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Australia-based Hysata, which is commercializing capillary-fed electrolysis technology developed at the University of Wollongong ( earlier post ) has closed its oversubscribed Series A funding round of $42.5 The porous, hydrophilic separator sustains the flow rate required for water electrolysis. million AUD (US$30 million).

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Commercial Space Stations Approach Launch Phase

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Blue Origin is one of a number of private sector actors aiming to harbor commercial activities in low Earth orbit (LEO) as the creaking and leaking International Space Station (ISS) approaches its drawdown. Such endeavors may also end up slowed and controlled by regulation so far absent from many new, commercial areas of space.

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Johnson Matthey to build CCM plant in China for PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers

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JM and the Shanghai Jiading District plan to build a new catalyst-coated membrane (CCM) production facility, providing CCM production capability for multiple proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell applications and PEM electrolyzers. The electrons are driven through the external circuit and protons then cross the membrane.

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Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

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a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, announced a joint venture to build up to 100 hydrogen hubs across the United States and globally. into locally produced, renewable hydrogen for Hyzon’s fleet of zero-emission commercial vehicles. Raven SR , a renewable fuels company, and Hyzon Motors Inc.,

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GM expanding into new commercial applications for its HYDROTEC fuel cell systems

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GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology. These fuel cell generators could ultimately replace gas- and diesel-burning generators with fewer emissions at worksites, buildings, movie sets, data centers, outdoor concerts and festivals. Mobile Power Generator.

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EPFL solar hydrogen system co-generates heat and oxygen

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The hydrogen production rate achieved in this work represents a really encouraging step towards the commercial realization of this technology. The work builds on preliminary research demonstrating the concept on the laboratory scale, using LRESE’s high-flux solar simulator, which was published in Nature Energy in 2019.

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