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President Biden proposes $174B spend on EVs and chargers

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Giving consumers point of sale rebates and tax incentives to buy American-made EVs, while ensuring that these vehicles are affordable for all families and manufactured by workers with good jobs. Electrifying the federal fleet, including that of the United States Postal Service. Climate science and clean energy.

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LME copper prices at 9-year high

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Roskill noted that although Chinese refined metal buying has cooled since an earlier frenzy, several end use subsectors remain busy.

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Iveco Group inaugurates new ePowertrain plant in Turin, the Group’s first completely carbon-neutral manufacturing site

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Covering a total area of 15,000 sq meters, the plant generates its own energy with solar panels and other photovoltaic and wind power technologies, purchases additional energy from renewable sources and buys carbon credits to fully offset its CO 2 emissions.

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SAE World Congress panel highlights progress on H2 infrastructure and fuel cell vehicle commercialization

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Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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NREL Study Shows 20% Wind Power is Possible in US by 2024

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study (EWITS). The study identified operational best practices and analyzed wind resources, future wind deployment scenarios, and transmission options.

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UK accelerates end of sale of new gasoline and diesel cars to 2030, hybrids to 2035

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582 million (US$773 million) in grants for those buying zero or ultra-low emission vehicles to make them cheaper to buy and incentivize more people to make the transition. The 10 main points of the overall plan are: Offshore wind: Producing enough offshore wind to power every home, quadrupling production to 40GW by 2030.

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Delta Air Lines signs 75 MGPY for 7 years SAF deal with Gevo; oneworld Alliance members plan to buy 200 MGPY

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Gevo’s production processes will incorporate renewable energy, including wind turbines, biogas, and combined heat and power systems (CHP) to increase efficiency and reduce carbon intensity to net-zero levels, which the customer can then pass on through the fuel.

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