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Germany approves €900M for green hydrogen project H2Global

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Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWi) has approved €900 million for the innovative funding instrument H2Global. —Robert Habeck, Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection. is expected to pay more in purchasing than it can collect through sales.

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BMW plant brings electrically heated ring hearth furnace into operation

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—Marc Sielemann, responsible for quality and production of powertrains, chassis and brakes with Purchasing, and director of the Dingolfing component plant 02.10 Energy-intensive power-to-heat systems like this new electric ring hearth furnace support the decarbonization of heat generation—an essential aspect of climate protection.

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Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

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Porsche, one of the partners, contributed with research and an offtake agreement to purchase Haru Oni eGasoline for lighthouse projects such the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and the Porsche Experience Centers. We are very interested in importing climate-friendly hydrogen derivatives and fuels. We firmly support this groundbreaking project.

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Germany to award €80M for construction of electrolysis plants for transport sector

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We must use all technologies to achieve our climate protection goals. We supported the use of hydrogen in transport to make mobility and logistics climate-friendly. It is about strengthening the entire hydrogen ecosystem, increasing supply and demand and positioning the transport sector as a reliable and purchasing customer.

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Germany providing another €100M to subsidize private charging stations; €500M total

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Purchase and installation of the wallboxes are supported with a grant of €900. We want more climate protection, more clean electric cars on our roads and more use of green electricity. So far, around 385,000 applications for around 470,000 charging points have been received.

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Discussion Paper Suggests Mechanisms for Addressing Biofuel GHG Emissions Under Cap-and-Trade Schemes; Avoiding the Renewability Shortcut and Moving Toward Carbon Management for All Transportation Fuels

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Address market-mediated impacts (indirect GHG emissions versus those in the direct supply chain) through a Land Protection Fund (LPF) for purchasing international forest carbon offsets commensurate with induced fuels-related GHG emissions not otherwise accounted for. “ The “renewability shortcut ”. DeCicco (2009).

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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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million new electric vehicles would have to be purchased to compensate for the otherwise newly registered vehicles with combustion engines. increase in the required electricity generation in Germany overall, which would have to be generated completely from renewable sources to still meet the reduction targets for energy generation.