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Rolls-Royce starts build of UltraFan aero-engine; 25% fuel efficiency improvement over first generation Trent

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Rolls-Royce has officially started building the world’s largest aero-engine, UltraFan. As engine build starts, other key parts are already coming together for delivery to Derby. Artist’s impression of the UltraFan demonstrator. The first test run of the engine will be conducted on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

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Tata Workforce to create $5 billion 40 GW battery mobile gigafactory in the United Kingdom to provide JLR

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Tata Workforce has introduced that it’ll be making an investment $5 billion to create a 40 Gigawatt (GW) battery mobile Gigafactory in the United Kingdom that may ship electrical mobility and renewable power attic answers. The unutilized plant could also be anticipated to build about 4,000 jobs in the United Kingdom.

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Fortescue Future Industries signs agreement with JCB and Ryze Hydrogen to become UK’s largest supplier of green hydrogen; Xergy acquisition

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Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) will become the largest supplier of green hydrogen (GH 2 ) to the United Kingdom after signing a multi-billion-pound deal with construction giant J C Bamford Excavators (JCB) and Ryze Hydrogen (Ryze). This is a major advance on the road towards making green hydrogen a viable solution.

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Ørsted takes final investment decision on green hydrogen project H2RES

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We see renewable hydrogen and other sustainable fuels as cornerstones in reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, and H2RES will contribute with key learnings to turn Europe's ambitious build-out targets for renewable hydrogen into a new industrial success story. —Martin Neubert, Executive Vice President and CEO of Ørsted Offshore.

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Dimeta and Enerkem collaborate on large scale waste-to-DME projects in Europe and US

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DME is a clean-burning fuel that can support decarbonization of the off-grid energy sector, including heating, cooking, transport and industrial applications. Subsequent plants are in development in Europe and the United States.

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Hyundai Offering Free Chargers to EV Buyers, Swelling Industry Incentives

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The industry has also had trouble selling EVs down market, with the segment historically catering to more affluent buyers. The scheme was to have the United Kingdom restrict citizens from purchasing new combustion vehicles by 2030. That has undoubtedly played a role in why sales growth seems to be slowing down.

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IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

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Building sustainable and clean energy systems will be harder, riskier and more expensive without nuclear, according to the new report, Nuclear power and secure energy transitions: From today’s challenges to tomorrow’s clean energy systems.

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