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MAY 19, 2022

Electrify America entered into a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with developer Terra-Gen to build a solar photovoltaic renewable energy generation project in San Bernardino County, California called Electrify America Solar Glow 1. The solar project is targeted to be operational by mid-2023.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Frontier Energy, Inc., in close collaboration with GTI and The University of Texas at Austin, has launched a US Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond. It is first time that both sources of renewable hydrogen will be used in the same project.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Vulcan Energy Resources’ chemical engineering team has successfully produced its first battery-quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) from piloting operations. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). 2 O and very low impurities. Vulcan is aiming to become the world’s first lithium producer with net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

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MAY 4, 2021

In August 2020, Phillips 66 announced that it planned to reconfigure its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, to produce renewable fuels. In April, the company completed the diesel hydrotreater conversion, which will ramp up to 8,000 bbl/d (120 million gallons per year) of renewable diesel production by the third quarter of 2021.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Vulcan Energy Resources will collaborate with DuPont Water Solutions,a leader in water filtration and purification, to test and to scale up Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) solutions for Vulcan’s Zero Carbon Lithium extraction process. Earlier post.). Francis Wedin, Managing Director. Stringfellow and Patrick F.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres—a component for carbon capture technology and for new ways of storing renewable energy—has been developed by Swansea University researchers. Carbon spheres range in size from nanometers to micrometers. at 0 °C and 2.9 at 0 °C and 2.9

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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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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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JUNE 6, 2025

India’s energy landscape is at a pivotal crossroads, exemplified by the notable recent decline in coal- and gas-fired power generation, which in May 2025 marked the steepest year-over-year drop since COVID-19.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Front-Loading Net Zero report states that electricity production costs could be reduced by up to 50% by 2050 if countries and states adopt 100% renewable systems faster than currently planned. As utilities do this, the mindset of energy leaders will change.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

ENGIE has taken the Final Investment Decision in the development of one of the world’s first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen projects, to be located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Yuri roadmap. As announced in 2021, the Yuri project is being developed with the support of a $47.5-million

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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. A double perovskite, Ba 2 Ca 0.66 The TC-BF-BOF System with mass flows needed to produce 1 Tonne of liquid steel. Kildahl et al.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

ECB Group Paraguay and Shell Trading (US) Company signed a multi-year contract that will provide more than 500 million liters (130 million gallons US) of renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel per year to Shell, one of the world’s largest energy companies. The contract is expected to run from 2024.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Toyota, official partner of Energy Observer and an avid supporter of their project from the start, has developed a fuel cell system for maritime applications, with its first delivery destined for Energy Observer. —Victorien Erussard, founder and captain of Energy Observer.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050. Nissan anticipates increased collaboration with the energy sector to support the decarbonization of power grids; and. Nissan Motor Co.,

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MARCH 24, 2021

Alcoa is supplying aluminum for Audi’s pilot project from a self-developed, innovative smelting process that emits oxygen instead of carbon dioxide. The new smelting technology uses an inert anode that replaces the carbon anodes that are traditionally used during electrolysis, which is the process used to make primary aluminum.

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APRIL 6, 2022

A paper on their work is published in the journal Renewable Energy. Ammonia as a fuel provides a promising outlook to reach zero-carbon emissions, but its certain characteristics hinder its direct application in combustion devices. Renewable Energy 181, 1353 -1370 doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.09.117. Issayev, G.,

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Given the nature of wet waste resources that requires dedicated waste management practices to collect, store, treat, and dispose of the waste, shifting the waste resources from going through conventional waste management practices to utilization as feedstocks for energy production may represent an avoided cost of waste management and disposal.

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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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MARCH 10, 2022

Based on the work, Keliber’s lithium hydroxide will have a smaller carbon footprint than most of the competitors’ products. The ore is extracted and processed at less than 70 kilometers from the lithium chemical plant, where the refining process is energy-efficient. Keliber plans to begin production in 2024. tonnes/produced tonne.

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JUNE 10, 2021

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. Canada’s clean energy diversification strategy and regulatory framework make clear that hydrogen is a key enabler for carbon neutrality by 2050.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Electrify America recently unveiled its first application of a megawatt-level battery energy storage system (BESS) for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, building upon the company’s existing BESS installations at more than 150 stations across the US, including more than 100 installations in California.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2021

At its recent “Kia Sustainability Movement” virtual presentation, Kia Corporation announced a commitment to achieve carbon neutrality throughout its value chain by 2045. Achieving carbon neutrality will be based on three key pillars: Sustainable Mobility; Sustainable Planet; and Sustainable Energy. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Raven SR plans to build modular waste-to-green hydrogen production units and renewable synthetic fuel facilities initially in California and then worldwide. Raven’s non-combustion waste-to-energy process produces hydrogen fuel compliant with SAE J2719 (“Hydrogen Fuel Quality for Fuel Cell Vehicles”). Raven SR Inc., Earlier post.).

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MARCH 10, 2023

eFuels company HIF Global ( earlier post ) and Siemens Energy reached an agreement under which Siemens Energy will supply electrolyzers to the HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility. HIF and Siemens Energy are engaged in front end engineering and design for 1.8

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Electrify America has installed onsite, behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems (BESS) at more than 140 ultra-fast DC charging stations around the country, including more than 90 installations in California.

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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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JULY 27, 2023

SunGas Renewables Inc. announced the formation of Beaver Lake Renewable Energy, LLC (BLRE), which will construct a new green methanol production facility in Central Louisiana. The BLRE project is SunGas Renewable’s first facility to produce green methanol for Maersk.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Independent research and business intelligence company Rystad Energy estimates that there are about 91 planned hydrogen pipeline projects in the world, totaling 30,300 kilometers and due to come online by around 2035. Hydrogen has a high gravimetric energy density and a low volumetric energy density.

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APRIL 26, 2020

The catalyst facilitates the synthesis of ammonia at merely 50 °C, with an extremely small activation energy of 20 kJmol -1 —less than half that reported for conventional catalysts, said Dr. Michikazu Hara, who led the team. This opens doors to ammonia production with low energy consumption and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

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DECEMBER 26, 2020

Energy Fuels Inc. Energy Fuels expects to process this monazite at its 100%-owned White Mesa Mill starting in Q1-2021, recover the contained uranium, and produce a marketable mixed REE carbonate, representing an important step toward re-establishing a fully-integrated US REE supply chain. —Mark S.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Ford is partnering with solar company Sunrun to enhance home energy management, leveraging the onboard battery capability of the all-electric F-150 Lightning. —Matt Stover, Ford charging and energy services director. F-150 Lightning can also offer lower-cost energy storage in a product customers already own—their truck.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor and Germany-based energy company RWE have agreed to work together to develop large-scale value chains for low carbon hydrogen. Building production facilities in Norway to produce low carbon hydrogen from natural gas with CCS.

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MAY 6, 2020

This development is part of the company’s strategy to future-proof its engine technology in line with the global trend towards decarbonization of the energy and marine markets. Hydrogen as part of the renewable electricity system of the future. —Marco Wiren, President, Wärtsilä Energy Business.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Heliogen and Bloom Energy have successfully demonstrated the production of green hydrogen by integrating the companies’ technologies: Heliogen’s concentrated solar energy system and the Bloom Electrolyzer. Bloom Energy officially introduced the Bloom Electrolyzer in July 2021. Source: Heliogen. Source: Heliogen.

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MARCH 3, 2022

European Energy , a Danish developer and operator of green energy projects, has ordered a 50 MW electrolyzer from Siemens Energy for use in developing the first large-scale commercial e-Methanol production facility. —Knud Erik Andersen, CEO of European Energy.

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MARCH 22, 2020

The Road Map stresses the versatility of hydrogen as an enabler of the renewable energy system; an energy vector that can be transported and stored; and a fuel for the transportation sector, heating of buildings and providing heat and feedstock to industry. Toyota; and Xcel Energy. .; Toyota; and Xcel Energy.

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