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thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

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million metric tons, will avoid the emission of 3.5 In addition, we are fulfilling our social responsibility and will already be reducing the CO 2 emissions of our production by just under 20 percent in the first step. That is already five percent of the Ruhr region’s greenhouse gas emissions. The plant, with a capacity of 2.5

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thyssenkrupp Steel supplies low-CO2 bluemint steel for truck wheels for first time

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Compared with conventional steel, bluemint Steel used for sustainable wheel production offers emission savings of 70% up to the hot strip production stage. This enables less coal to be used for the reduction process, resulting in reduced emissions. In this way, the CO 2 intensity of each metric ton is reduced by 1.5 metric tons, to 0.6

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Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

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Rather, the importance of low-CO 2 electricity and hydrogen is highlighted as having equal or greater value in other energy sectors and would beneficially affect how these sectors deal with CO 2 mitigation. The cost-effectiveness of measures to address climate change is enhanced through a multisector perspective. Wallington et al.

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Electrification gaining momentum in fleet vehicle industry – Charged EVs

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New Emissions Standards for Fleet Vehicles While the transition to electric fleets may have once been just a trend, it is now a necessity. To reduce CO2 emissions, many countries signed the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, pledging to cut their emissions by certain targets.

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UK Technology Strategy Board Awards More Than 12M to 22 Projects to Speed Up Development of Low-Carbon Technology for Vehicles; Includes Gas Turbine Range Extender and Li-S Battery Cells

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million) in 22 studies and projects to develop new technology that will speed up the reduction of CO 2 emissions from road vehicles. The work will help to accelerate the reduction of carbon emissions and deliver mass-market low carbon road vehicles within 5 to 15 years. 2nd Generation Zero Emissions 12t Battery Electric Truck.

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Jaguar bringing XE diesel to US in 2016

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Proven over 2 million miles of real-world testing, Ingenium is the future of the low-CO2 powertrain strategy at Jaguar Land Rover and is engineered to meet the most stringent exhaust emissions legislation worldwide. Key attributes are low noise, high efficiency and excellent mixture formation. liter V6 with the F-TYPE.

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Insight becomes Science Museum piece

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Being exempt from the London Congestion Charge makes the Insight ideal to transfer books between the two museum sites, while its low CO2 emissions of 101g/km mean it will save the museum money with reduced road tax of £15 a year, low company car tax and excellent fuel economy of 64.2mpg (combined) which means fewer trips to the filling station. “We

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