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

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thyssenkrupp Steel is supplying low-CO 2 “ bluemint ” steel to its customer Accuride for the production of truck wheels. This climate-friendly effect is achieved by using Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI; direct reduced iron (DRI) in briquetted form, earlier post )—pre-reduced iron ore—in the blast furnace.

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

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The first direct reduction plant with downstream melters will supply our customers with over two million metric tons of low-CO 2 premium steel per year in the foreseeable future, significantly more than previously planned. In this way, thyssenkrupp is accelerating the start of low-CO2 steel production. With its capacity of 2.5

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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. Audi is focusing on the electric car, which has the best carbon footprint of all drive systems in the largest markets over its entire service life. 97.9 - 111.9

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Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

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These VPPAs will enable Honda to fully offset the remaining carbon-intensive grid-supplied electricity being used in its Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama automobile manufacturing operations, and will help the company meet its voluntary carbon reduction goal.

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Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

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On the road to climate-friendly mobility, we must ensure we don’t leave any technical opportunities untapped, starting with electromobility and ending with renewable fuels. we save can help us achieve our climate targets. The supply of conventional Super 95 E10 gasoline will then be gradually phased out. Every bit of CO?

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Uniper to make Wilhelmshaven German hub for green hydrogen; green ammonia import terminal

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A 410-megawatt electrolysis plant is also planned, which—in combination with the import terminal—would be capable of supplying around 295,000 metric tons or 10% of the demand expected for the whole of Germany in 2030. This approach will help to solve one of the key problems of energy transition: security of supply.

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Roskill: CO2 emissions from lithium production set to triple by 2025

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Roskill’s new Sustainability Monitor, and subsequent White Paper, analyze the energy consumption and CO 2 emissions of the lithium supply chain. Using this, Roskill has been able to produce detailed energy and emissions intensity curves of the lithium supply chain.

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