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How transitioning from nitrogen fertilisers will decarbonise the Netherlands’ food and agriculture industry

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EIT InnoEnergy explores how transitioning from nitrogen fertilisers will decarbonise the food and agriculture sector in the Netherlands. The post How transitioning from nitrogen fertilisers will decarbonise the Netherlands’ food and agriculture industry appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Open Letter by Netherlands Scientists on IPCC and Errors in 2007 Climate Change Report

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In response to the ongoing discussion about the reliability of the UN IPCC and the climate reports, a group of 55 leading Dutch scientists working in the field of climate change, energy and the environment wrote an open letter. Errors in the IPCC climate change report are being seized by some to discredit climate science.

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Study projects thermoelectric power in Europe and US vulnerable to climate change due to lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures

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Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge.

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Volvo Group, Daimler Truck, and the TRATON Group to form JV to install & operate European high-performance charging network; €500M investment

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The parties are together committing to invest €500 million—assumed to be by far the largest charging infrastructure investment in the European heavy-duty truck industry to date. The future JV is planned to operate under its own corporate identity and be based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. —Christian Levin, CEO TRATON Group.

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IEA’s Hydrogen TCP undergoes a major revamp to support global implementation of hydrogen and international collaboration

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The new Strategic Work Plan (2020-2025) sets very ambitious goals to make the most of current international hydrogen momentum, focusing on hydrogen as a facilitator for a smart, sustainable and decarbonized energy system based on renewables and low-carbon technologies for transport, industry, building, power and energy network applications.

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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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in the last two decades, 2 %20emissions%20report%20-%2021%20Sept.pdf">according to the newly published report “Long-term trend in global CO 2 emissions,” prepared by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have.

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Air Resources Board seeks nominations for 2014 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards

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The awards are annually bestowed upon scientists, policy makers, community leaders and educators who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of clean air and climate change science, technology and policy.

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