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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86 Renewable energy is another solution.

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Neste joins eFuel Alliance

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Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has joined the eFuel Alliance , an interest group dedicated to the industrial production of synthetic fuels based on hydrogen and CO 2 from renewable sources. These existing fleets will continue to form the basis for mobility in the coming decades.

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EEA: small increase in EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2017, with transport emissions up for the fourth consecutive year

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The largest emission cuts have been made in the energy sector, due to efficiency improvements, increased use of renewables and a less carbon intensive mix of fossil fuels: more gas, and less coal and oil. The largest increases in relative terms in 2017 occurred in Malta, Portugal and Estonia.

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Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels launching US-European rare earth production initiative

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Energy Fuels will process the monazite sands into a mixed rare earth carbonate (RE Carbonate) in Utah for use as feed material for Neo’s value-added separated rare earth production plant in Europe. As previously announced, Energy Fuels successfully produced RE Carbonate at the White Mesa Mill in October 2020 from monazite sands.

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EEA: Higher EU greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 due to economic recovery and cold winter

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Nonetheless, emissions growth was somewhat contained by continued strong growth in renewable energy sources. However, the increase could have been even higher without the fast expansion of renewable energy generation in the EU. As in previous years the growth in the use of renewable energy sources continued in 2010 with a 12.7%

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More than 50 percent of MoUs signed in Vibrant Gujarat are green | Autocar Professional

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Semiconductors, green hydrogen, renewable energy, electronics, MSMEs, and electric mobility are some of the focus areas for the summit. We are constructing the world’s largest Renewable Energy Park at Khavda and investing Rs 2 lakh crore in Gujarat.

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Rolls-Royce consortium secures funding for mini nuclear reactors

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Each power station can supply enough reliable low carbon power for around one million* homes, or be used to power net zero hydrogen and synthetic aviation fuel manufacturing facilities, desalination plants or energy intensive industrial sites. billion per unit dropping to £1.8