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Audi introduces R33 Blue Gasoline for factory fills in Germany

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Many new vehicles that leave the Audi plants in Germany are delivered with R33 fuel—a blend comprising one-third renewable components. By financing certified environmental projects, fuel producers do more to improve the environmental impact of the remaining fossil components in R33 fuels.

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Zero Carbon Lithium company Vulcan acquires geothermal plant; brine offtake agreement with geox

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Vulcan Energy Resources has agreed to acquire an operational geothermal renewable energy power plant in the Upper Rhine Valley at Insheim, Germany, through the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the entity which owns and operates the plant. The geothermal power plant in Insheim, Upper Rhine Valley, Germany. Brine offtake.

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Porsche launches carbon offsetting program for US drivers

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Impact has been available to customers in Germany, the UK, and Poland since late 2018. Customers can then follow a quick link to make financial contributions to environmental projects designed to offset their individual carbon footprint. Users can choose from four different internationally certified projects to support.

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BMW Group, WWF Germany, Volvo Group back moratorium on deep-sea mining

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The BMW Group has launched an initiative to protect the deep seas in cooperation with the WWF Germany. WWF’s recent report, “ In Too Deep ,” shows the projected large-scale destruction of the seabed could affect global fisheries and threaten carbon and nutrient cycles in the ocean.

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Porsche launches carbon offset program in US

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The Porsche Impact program is managed by South Pole, a Swiss-based provider of carbon offsetting and sustainability financing that has been active internationally for more than a decade. Porsche Impact has been available as a pilot program to customers in Germany, the UK, and Poland since late 2018.

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Vulcan Energy and Nobian to form JV for Central Lithium Plant

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Vulcan Energy Resources signed a Term Sheet agreement with Nobian GmbH (Nobian) for the formation of a 50/50 joint venture over, and equity financing of, Vulcan’s Central Lithium Plant (CLP), which forms part of Vulcan’s Zero Carbon Lithium Project ( earlier post ).

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DOE awards $4M to carbon capture and storage projects selected as part of ACT

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced $4 million in federal funding for national laboratories to collaborate with international partners on seven projects out of the 12 that were selected as a part of the Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies (ACT) Initiative. million of which €31.5

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