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HyIron opens direct reduction plant for green iron

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The Lower Saxony Ministry of Environment is funding the construction of the plant with €3 million. In Namibia, we are currently setting up an industrial-scale production with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK).

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Bosch Chairman Says Business Must Do More for Climate Protection, Even in Difficult Times

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Business must do even more for climate protection, even in difficult times, said Franz Fehrenbach, chairman of the Bosch board of management, an a talk at the Baden-Württemberg sustainability congress held in Stuttgart on 25 March ( Nachhaltigkeitskongress Baden-Württemberg 2009 ). In Fehrenbach’s view, this would be a breach of trust.

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Sharing Insights for a Better Future – Hubject ICNC 2022 Berlin

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Hosted by Hubject, this year’s tenth edition of the conference attracted more than 2,000 attendees, and truly was a wonderful celebration that reflected our industry’s mission of climate protection and environmental awareness. Together, we are on the fast track to a zero-emissions future through eMobility.

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Volkswagen’s ID.3 debuts for the European market

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All future ID. It has been externally provided with renewable energy generated by hydroelectric power stations since 2017. However, should CO 2 emissions be unavoidable along the supply chain, these will be compensated by investments in climate protection projects. 3 interacts with the driver and the environment.

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ifo Institute study projects ban on combustion engines in 2030 would affect 600K jobs in German manufacturing

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Disadvantages of electric vehicles are associated with their production (amount and composition of materials), the required resources including water-usage, as well as adverse effects on the environment (acid impact, particulates). This additional (renewable) electricity demand increase would amount to around 7.6%

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BASF intensifying R & D of products for sustainable electromobility; triple-digit million euro investment in batteries over next 5 years

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As well as developing materials for lithium-ion batteries, including solutions for anodes and separators, BASF is also researching future battery concepts such as lithium-sulfur or lithium-air. With our research activities we are substantially contributing to making electric cars affordable, environment friendly and sustainable.

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Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

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Joseph LaStella, President of Green Star Products, stated, “This demonstration is the next in a series of public demonstrations on advanced electric powered and hybrid powered vehicles that the company intends to offer to the public in the near future in the $25,000 price range.&# billion to electric vehicle development.

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