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BASF and RWE proposing 2GW offshore wind farm for green electricity and hydrogen for chemical industry

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Examples of such technologies are: eCracker: Electrically heated steam cracker furnaces to produce petrochemicals at high temperatures (~850 °C); these temperatures will be reached in the eCracker using electricity instead of natural gas. This task is only achievable with innovative and intensive cooperation between politics and industry.

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HyIron opens direct reduction plant for green iron

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HyIron, with the support of the state of Lower Saxony, has commissioned what it says is the world’s largest direct reduction plant for green iron on the site of RWE’s Emsland gas-fired power plant. In the long term, we will be able to produce up to two million tons of iron for the German steel industry, there.

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Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

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The Chilean-German energy partnership launched in 2019 offers great potential to cooperate on climate protection and the indispensable transformation of the fuel industry. Empresas Gasco provides research and development for the production of synthetic gas. We firmly support this groundbreaking project.

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Volkswagen fueling car carriers with fuel derived from used cooking oil; GoodFuels BFO

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The fuel is produced from materials such as used oil from restaurants and the food industry. With 85 percent lower CO 2 emissions than with conventional fossil fuels, the contribution to climate protection is enormous. We are the first automaker to make widespread use of this fuel.

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Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

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The further decarbonization of shipping will result in substantial CO 2 reductions, with the use of liquid natural gas enabling Volkswagen to cut the ships’ CO 2 emissions by up to 25% percent (tank-to-wake). Only unavoidable emissions are offset by climate protection measures.

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Senators Sanders, Boxer propose legislation to institute GHG price on large stationary sources and remove support for fossil fuel industries

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introduced legislation that would set an escalating fee on greenhouse gas emissions from large stationary sources to fund investments in energy efficiency and sustainable energy technologies and also provide rebates to consumers to offset increases in energy prices. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

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Neste to supply DHL Express with sustainable aviation fuel at SFO

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This deal will see DHL Express become the first cargo operator to use Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel on flights departing from SFO and will enable them to contribute to their climate protection target to reduce all logistics-related emissions to zero by the year 2050. million tons (515 million gallons) of SAF annually by 2023.

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