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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.

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Report: GM’s Orion Assembly Won’t Just Be Building EVs

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However, the site is currently undergoing a $4-billion revamp so that it can build GMs all-electric pickups. With American automakers now snubbing everything modestly sized, the facility needed new products and the State of Michigan was willing to offer a $480 million cash grant to incentivize General Motors to build more EVs there.

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Shell to build one of Europe’s biggest biofuels facilities for SAF and renewable diesel; 820,000 tonnes/year

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Royal Dutch Shell will build an 820,000-tonnes-a-year biofuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam, the Netherlands, formerly known as the Pernis refinery. When built, Porthos will transport and store CO 2 that is captured by various companies, including Shell. Transport Hub and Offshore Storage) project.

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Tesla building out first store in the Philippines

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Tesla has begun building out its first store in the Philippines, after job listings in the country were recently spotted. Street decals for an upcoming Tesla store have been spotted in Taguig in the Uptown Bonifacio shopping district, the same city where job listings for sales and service positions have recently been surfacing.

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VW to use old EV batteries to build massive grid battery to store wind and solar

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Volkswagen plans to install large battery storage capacities in northern Germany to store wind and solar power, using mostly second-hand EV batteries. The post VW to use old EV batteries to build massive grid battery to store wind and solar appeared first on The Driven.

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Fukushima Prefecture and Toyota begin discussions aimed at building a hydrogen-based city of the future

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Fukushima Prefecture and Toyota Motor Corporation have commenced discussions with various partners over building a city for a new future that makes use of hydrogen and technologies produced in Fukushima Prefecture. where FH2R is located?and Participating partners, as of June 4, 2021 (in alphabetical order): Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

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LSBU researchers investigating metal hydride hydrogen storage for buses

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Researchers from London South Bank University (LSBU), School of the Built Environment and Architecture, are investigating the use of metal hydrides to absorb, release and store hydrogen for fuel cell buses. Hydrogen is stored by reaction with a metal to form a hydride (exothermic reaction).

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