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Argonne hosting webinar on risks and rewards of using hydrogen in businesses

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Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) will host a short public webinar on 11 May, 11:15am CT, on using hydrogen in businesses. Replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen could turn manufacturing and transportation into green industries. By how much would a firm’s carbon footprint shrink? Is it affordable?

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Roskill: Japanese steel industry is poised for a major downsizing in the years to come

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Nippon Steel’s announcement is the latest example of the challenges faced by the steel industry in developed economies, notes Roskill: overcapacity and environmental regulations. The Japanese steel industry has a total capacity of 130 Mtpy. While demand from automakers is increasing, overcapacity remains an issue for the company.

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Fraunhofer working on optimized methanol reformers to deliver hydrogen

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The carbon dioxide required to produce methanol could either be extracted from the atmosphere or obtained from industrial processes, such as cement production. The overall carbon footprint is therefore neutral. Utilizing methanol as a hydrogen carrier and converting the methanol back into hydrogen. © Fraunhofer IMM. —,Dr.

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Ammonia-fueled tanker coalition gains new members; now called The Castor Initiative; first tanker by 2025

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In a webinar hosted by Randall Krantz, a Senior Project Adviser at the Getting to Zero Coalition, the partners revealed that they are on track to design, build, and commission the world’s first ammonia-fueled tanker by 2025. The collaboration is encouraging, he said, because the industry needs “multiple parallel initiatives” like this.

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Wärtsilä to deliver first dedicated methanol fuel supply system for ships

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Methanol is a widely available fuel that is carbon-neutral when produced from renewable sources and is easier to handle than many other alternative fuels. But with very few vessels currently operating on methanol, industry experience of integrating such systems is limited. © Wärtsilä Corporation.

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CARB releases 2022 draft Scoping Plan update

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It identifies a path to achieve carbon neutrality over the next two decades while also assessing the progress the State is making towards reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Two of those scenarios would achieve carbon neutrality by 2035; the other two by 2045.

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Electric Vehicle Industry Associations – Joining Forces to Drive Adoption

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That’s where EV industry associations come in. The organizations’ annual conferences and webinars promote information sharing among eMobility leaders to drive the industry forward. Coordinating everyone’s interests requires major efforts.