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

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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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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Projects in brief: Cement (4 projects): A project in Germany will deploy a second-generation oxyfuel carbon capture process at a cement plant and provide it as raw material for further processing into synthetic methanol.

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Ford opens Cologne EV Center; annual capacity of 250,000+ EVs

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Ford opened the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, a hi-tech production facility in Germany that will build Ford’s new generation of electric passenger vehicles. To achieve carbon-neutrality, Ford will reduce the use of energy and emissions in the plant by the installation of new processes, machinery, and technologies.

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Toyota highlights gas engine project as ‘practical’ path to carbon neutrality

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In a recent statement, a Toyota chairman referenced a new project for the automaker, and while he didn’t share details, he did emphasize how hybrids and internal combustion engines (ICE) “still play a role” in reaching carbon neutrality goals. So, let us refine engine technology.”

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Tech: John Deere: High Tech Down on the Farm

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Tech: John Deere: High Tech Down on the Farm Higher Farm Yields through Innovation, Advanced Technology and Sustainability The sight of a farmer sitting in a tractor for hours and hours working a field is being replaced by a semi-automated agricultural machine with no human behind the wheel. Story by John Faulkner.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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RECLAIM: Electrochemical Lithium and Nickel Extraction with Concurrent Carbon Dioxide Mineralization ($2,999,997). Olivine is a CO 2 -reactive waste product that can be returned as tailings after capture carbon from the air. Harvard University. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. University of Nevada, Reno.

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$4M ARPA-E award to Lanzatech to improve design of bioreactors for waste-gas-to-fuels fermentation technology

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LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, was awarded a $4-million grant by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) as one of the 15 REMOTE projects ( earlier post ) receiving a combined $34 million to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation.

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