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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2025

Organizers wanted to showcase how their small nation of nearly 11 million, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea , had evolved over its three decades of independence and was ready to play a role in the world s energy transition. But if they succeed, it will mark a bold feat of engineering to boost clean energy and fight climate.

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The new Volvo ES90: a big electric car with a small carbon footprint

Electric Cars Report

JULY 13, 2025

With the new and fully electric ES90, which starts production later this summer and is produced with climate-neutral energy, Volvo Cars launches a car designed with sustainability in mind. The post The new Volvo ES90: a big electric car with a small carbon footprint appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

Cars That Think

APRIL 9, 2025

Researchers this month will begin testing a high-voltage circuit breaker that can quench an arc and clear a fault with supercritical carbon dioxide fluid. The greenhouse warming potential of SF 6 is nearly 25,000 times as high as that of carbon dioxide, he notes. In Georgia Techs design, supercritical carbon dioxide quenches the arc.

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Get Ready for the Stellarator Showdown

Cars That Think

APRIL 9, 2025

For decades, nuclear fusion the reaction that powers the sunhas been the ultimate energy dream. If harnessed on Earth, it could provide endless, carbon-free power. Containing that plasma long enough to generate usable energy has remained elusive. This is about delivering energy. But the challenge is huge. The downside?

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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IEEE Recognizes Itaipu Dam’s Engineering Achievements

Cars That Think

MARCH 20, 2025

One of the most remarkable examples of technologys potential to provide enduring benefits is the Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam , a massive binational energy project between Brazil and Paraguay. The ceremony commemorated the projects impact on engineering and energy production. Energy Information Administration. TWh output).

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Chemical Process Produces Critical Battery Metals With No Waste

Cars That Think

JULY 8, 2025

At some mining sites, olivine is a waste product, stored in piles on the surface. Perhaps most interesting to the energy sector is the rarest of its products—hard-to-source nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide that is increasingly required for lithium-ion battery production. It’s a closed loop.

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Event: 2025 ACT Expo

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 4, 2025

The Latest Developments in Low and Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles The largest coming together of the clean energy industry for commercial vehicles, ACT Expo 2025 (for A dvanced C lean T ransportation) was held this past week in Anaheim, California. However we have been working on electrified trucks for more than 15 years.

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Nuclear Fusion’s New Idea: An Off-the-Shelf Stellarator

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Within this enigmatic fourth state of matter, atoms that have been stripped of their electrons collide, their nuclei fusing and releasing energy in the same process that powers the sun and other stars. Researchers hope to capture this energy and use it to produce clean, zero-carbon electricity.

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Government to offer £3,750 to EV buyers

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JULY 15, 2025

The spokesperson said bands (which could expand beyond two) are determined by how much CO2 is emitted in an EV’s production, assessing the energy used in vehicle assembly as well as battery manufacturing. Scores are relative to an index based on the carbon intensity of different [power] grids.”

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From Solar Tiles to Starship: The Decade Musk Failed to Deliver Puts Semi At Risk

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 2, 2025

Tesla says the Semi is entering high-volume production in 2025, nearly eight years after its 2017 unveiling. At the time, Elon Musk promised a revolution in freight: 500 miles of electric range, faster acceleration than a diesel, and a cost-per-mile that would make it a no-brainer for fleet managers.

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University of Exeter study details how the green energy transition will boost UK productivity

Innovation News Network

JULY 4, 2025

A study from the University of Exeter analysed the impacts of the low-carbon transition in power, transport and heating on UK productivity. The post University of Exeter study details how the green energy transition will boost UK productivity appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Taxing the Distance

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JUNE 16, 2025

Skip to content Menu Home About Contributors Open Menu Overlay Energy Institute Blog Research that Informs Business and Public Policy Posted 2 hours ago by Maximilian Auffhammer Uncategorized Taxing the Distance What if we taxed miles not gallons? If you go to a Rolling Stones concert, you will get Satisfaction. This is the pickle.

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How the transition from graphite to silicon anode batteries will revolutionize the EV industry

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MAY 23, 2025

Q&A with Group 14s CEO Silicon-anode batteries , like those produced by Group 14, offer significantly higher energy density and extremely fast charging times compared to traditional graphite-based lithium-ion batteries, promising to fundamentally change EV technology. But scaling a large material technology takes a long time.

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. It builds on a project launched last year to demonstrate how hydrogen production facilities could be installed at operating nuclear power plants. Earlier post.)

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Kia EV6 achieves product carbon footprint certification from the Carbon Trust

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Kia EV6 ( earlier post )has achieved product carbon footprint certification and ‘ Carbon Measured ’ label from the global climate change and sustainability consultancy the Carbon Trust, becoming the first Korean vehicle manufacturer to achieve the certificate.

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Air Products announces multi-billion dollar net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Industrial gases leader Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., in conjunction with the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta, announced a multi-billion dollar plan to build a landmark new net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex.

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First carbon-neutral lithium extraction project to start in Germany

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

EIT InnoEnergy, the European innovation engine for sustainable energy, announced a partnership with Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan), a start-up lithium exploration company, to produce the world’s first completely carbon-neutral lithium in Germany. Over time, production volumes are expected to increase substantially.

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Aurora Hydrogen raises $10M Series A; microwave pyrolysis of natural gas for efficient low-carbon hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2022

Canada-based Aurora Hydrogen, a company developing emission-free hydrogen production technology, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Energy Innovation Capital. There is an accompanying need to develop new low-cost and low-carbon technologies for hydrogen production.

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New proton ceramic reactor stack for highly efficient hydrogen production and carbon capture in a single step

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2022

This figure shows the principles behind the new ceramic membrane used in the production of hydrogen. Currently established methods have energy efficiency ratings of between 70 and 75 percent, but our approach has a potential efficiency of 90 percent. The end product is compressed hydrogen with a high degree of purity.

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Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Energy Vault, a company developing grid-scale gravity energy storage solutions, has entered into an energy storage system agreement with DG Fuels, a developer of renewable hydrogen and biogenic-based, synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, Energy Vault agreed to provide 1.6

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Battery-grade lithium carbonate forecast to trade at $74K/tonne in 12 months

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2022

Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations forecast battery-grade lithium carbonate to trade at 504,813 CNY (US$74,000) per tonne in 12 months time. Lithium carbonate is forecast to trade near its high. The only lithium production in the United States currently is from one brine operation in Nevada.

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NuScale, Shell and partners to assess hydrogen production using SMR

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

NuScale Power, along with Shell Global Solutions (Shell) and industry participants will develop and assess a concept for an economically optimized Integrated Energy System (IES) for hydrogen production using electricity and process heat from a NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant.

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BNEF: global investment in low-carbon energy transition hit $755B in 2021; up 27% from 2020; electrified transport grew the fastest

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2022

In 2021, global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $755 billion, up 27% from $595 billion in 2020 and just $264 billion in 2011, according to Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). from the year prior. Germany, the U.K.

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AW-Energy entering green hydrogen market with wave energy device

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

AW-Energy Oy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing a combined WaveRoller and HydrogenHub process for the production of green hydrogen. In AW-Energy’s concept, wave energy complements solar power production to enable large-scale green hydrogen. —Christopher Ridgewell, CEO of AW-Energy Oy.

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CATL to adopt Toyocolor’s conductive carbon nanotube dispersions

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Toyocolor, the colorants and functional materials arm of the specialty chemicals company Toyo Ink Group of Japan, announced that the company’s Lioaccum conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions ( earlier post ) have been selected by the world’s largest battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., in Guangdong, China.

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Cemvita demonstrates “gold hydrogen” production in situ, sets up subsidiary

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Cemvita defines Gold Hydrogen as the biological production of hydrogen in the subsurface through the consumption of trapped or abandoned resources. The hydrogen production in this trial exceeded our expectations. Green hydrogen production, however, is energy intensive and expensive. It is growing at a CAGR of 54.7%

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Renault Scénic Vision hydrogen hybrid concept offers 75% smaller carbon footprint than a conventional BEV

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

Its hybrid electric and hydrogen powertrain aims to reduce downtime related to energy recharging while reducing the carbon footprint, including the battery. Renault Scénic Vision is zero emission in production and in use with a 75% smaller carbon footprint than a conventional battery electric vehicle.

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Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

OXCCU, a company spun-out from the University of Oxford in 2021 that is focused on converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products ( earlier post ), completed an £18-million (US$22.8 Trafigura, TechEnergy Ventures and Doral Energy-Tech Ventures also participated in the financing.

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Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

Keliber, a Finnish mining and battery chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, has analyzed the CO 2 emissions generated by its future production using two studies. Keliber plans to begin production in 2024. Keliber benefits from an integrated production process.

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ArcelorMittal publishes concept for global low-carbon emissions physical steel standard

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2022

ArcelorMittal published a concept for a low-carbon emissions steel standard to help incentivize the decarbonization of steelmaking globally and support the creation of market demand for physical steel products which would be classified as lower, and ultimately near-zero, carbon emissions steel. Dual scoring system.

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Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

This reduction is achieved through a closed-loop carbon recycling system, which could replace 90% of the coke typically used in current blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace systems and produces oxygen as a byproduct. If implemented in the UK alone, the system could deliver cost savings of £1.28 A double perovskite, Ba 2 Ca 0.66

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Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Volvo Cars has published a lifecycle analysis report on its second fully electric car, the C40 Recharge, which shows the potential CO 2 reductions if a car is built and charged using clean energy sources. However, a significantly lower carbon footprint is achieved when charging the car with renewable electricity, such as wind power.

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All-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral kerosene in the field at pilot-scale

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2022

Researchers in Europe led by a team from ETH Zurich have designed a fuel production system that uses water, CO 2 , and sunlight to produce aviation fuel. Previous attempts to produce aviation fuels through the use of solar energy have mostly been performed in the laboratory. —Aldo Steinfeld. Zoller et al.

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USNC, Hyundai Engineering, SK E&C to partner on nuclear hydrogen production; MMR and SOEC

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2023

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), a US-based vertical integrator of nuclear technologies and services, Hyundai Engineering and SK E&C are teaming up to conduct research and development for carbon-free hydrogen production. It is also participating in a government-led green hydrogen production demonstration project.

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DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $22.1 million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. This funding opportunity is administered by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). Other projects.

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BMW Group begins production of small-series hydrogen-powered iX5

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The BMW Group is commencing production of its BMW iX5 Hydrogen model. Hydrogen is a versatile energy source that has a key role to play as we progress towards climate neutrality. This is the interface between development and production where every new model from one of the company’s brands is made for the first time.

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The Metals Company and Low Carbon Royalties form strategic partnership

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Deepsea mining company TMC The Metals Company ( earlier post ) announced a strategic partnership with Low Carbon Royalties Inc. to finance the development and production of low-carbon fuels and energy transition metals. NORI and Low Carbon Royalties are a great fit.

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DOE releases draft guidance for Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS)

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released draft guidance for a Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS), developed to meet the requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 40315. by employing high rates of carbon capture, using low-carbon electricity, or mitigating upstream methane emissions).

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Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

A Siemens Energy-led consortium has begun work in Newcastle, UK on a new £3.5 This innovative green ammonia cracker could be a game-changer for scaling up the green hydrogen industry – an important step to drive the energy transition. Siemens Energy has proven experience of innovation with ammonia. million (US$4.24

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Dow Seadrift location selected for X-energy advanced SMR nuclear project

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2023

Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company, a developer of advanced nuclear reactors and fuel technology for clean energy generation, announced that Dow has selected its UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in Texas for its proposed advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear project. Earlier post.)

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UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2023

Tests conducted by Titirici Group , a multidisciplinary research team based at Imperial College London, have found that a novel carbon nanotube electrode material derived from CO 2 —produced by Estonian nanotech company UP Catalyst ( earlier post )—enhances the cyclability of sodium-ion batteries. From every 3.7

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Cummins provides 20MW PEM electrolyzer to Air Liquide for green hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

The Cummins electrolyzer system is installed at the Air Liquide hydrogen production facility in Bécancour, Québec. Creating hydrogen technologies at scale is paramount to growing low-carbon solutions. This is a modular and scalable electrolyzer platform designed to address utility-scale hydrogen production.

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Benchmark: hard-rock lithium can be 3x as carbon intensive as lithium from brine

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2023

Lithium chemicals derived from hard rock sources such as spodumene can be more than three times as carbon-intensive as that from brine sources, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s (Benchmark Minerals’) Lithium ESG Report. The majority of spodumene is mined in Australia where it is processed into spodumene concentrate.

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

The new Volvo ES90: a big electric car with a small carbon footprint

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First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

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Get Ready for the Stellarator Showdown

ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

IEEE Recognizes Itaipu Dam’s Engineering Achievements

Chemical Process Produces Critical Battery Metals With No Waste

Event: 2025 ACT Expo

Nuclear Fusion’s New Idea: An Off-the-Shelf Stellarator

Government to offer £3,750 to EV buyers

From Solar Tiles to Starship: The Decade Musk Failed to Deliver Puts Semi At Risk

University of Exeter study details how the green energy transition will boost UK productivity

Taxing the Distance

How the transition from graphite to silicon anode batteries will revolutionize the EV industry

Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

Kia EV6 achieves product carbon footprint certification from the Carbon Trust

Air Products announces multi-billion dollar net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta

First carbon-neutral lithium extraction project to start in Germany

Aurora Hydrogen raises $10M Series A; microwave pyrolysis of natural gas for efficient low-carbon hydrogen production

New proton ceramic reactor stack for highly efficient hydrogen production and carbon capture in a single step

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

Battery-grade lithium carbonate forecast to trade at $74K/tonne in 12 months

NuScale, Shell and partners to assess hydrogen production using SMR

BNEF: global investment in low-carbon energy transition hit $755B in 2021; up 27% from 2020; electrified transport grew the fastest

AW-Energy entering green hydrogen market with wave energy device

CATL to adopt Toyocolor’s conductive carbon nanotube dispersions

Cemvita demonstrates “gold hydrogen” production in situ, sets up subsidiary

Renault Scénic Vision hydrogen hybrid concept offers 75% smaller carbon footprint than a conventional BEV

Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

ArcelorMittal publishes concept for global low-carbon emissions physical steel standard

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy

All-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral kerosene in the field at pilot-scale

USNC, Hyundai Engineering, SK E&C to partner on nuclear hydrogen production; MMR and SOEC

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

BMW Group begins production of small-series hydrogen-powered iX5

The Metals Company and Low Carbon Royalties form strategic partnership

DOE releases draft guidance for Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS)

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

Dow Seadrift location selected for X-energy advanced SMR nuclear project

UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

Cummins provides 20MW PEM electrolyzer to Air Liquide for green hydrogen production

Benchmark: hard-rock lithium can be 3x as carbon intensive as lithium from brine

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