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Denmark, Norway, and US to lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

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The governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation. The objective is to help move clean energy solutions from lab to market.

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Volvo and Danfoss introduce first 24-hour e-truck fleet

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The e-trucks will operate in fixed routes between Danfoss sites in Denmark, and one of the trucks will operate 24 hours a day, five days per week, without significant charging downtime. With this transformation, Danfoss will be the first company in Denmark to have a 24-hour truck in operation. Danfoss technology in the trucks.

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Vaekstfonden and DEUTZ AG invest €15M in methanol fuel cell company Blue World Technologies

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The aim is to bring the company’s green fuel cell products and solutions to the global market. Since the beginning of 2021, Blue World Technologies has been working to establish a factory to produce the core components for the fuel cell stacks and systems at their headquarters in Aalborg, Denmark.

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Blue World Technologies starts series production of methanol fuel cells

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The fuel cell factory, which initially has an annual production capacity of 250,000 individual fuel cells, is located in an industrial area at the Port of Aalborg in Denmark. The fuel cells have a high electrical efficiency of 40 to 60% depending on the market and specific application. Currently, the Blue World team counts approx.

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Breakthrough Energy Ventures backs methanol fuel cell company Blue World Technologies

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Blue World Technologies announced that the Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) entered as an investor in Blue World Technologies alongside Vaekstfonden (The Sovereign Investment Fund of Denmark), DEUTZ AG, and existing investors who invested back in December 2021 to complete the company’s €37-million series B round.

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Amogy, Skansi and SEAM to explore ammonia as fuel for offshore supply vessels

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The company’s investors include Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, AP Ventures, SK, Saudi Aramco and DCVC. Skansi Offshore is a shipping company located in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands—a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Skansi owns and operates 5 platform supply vessels.

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US$7.5M JOSPEL project to develop energy efficient climate control for EVs; leveraging Joule and Peltier effects

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A trans-European collaboration aims to develop a novel energy efficient climate control system to help reduce the energy used for passenger comfort in electric vehicles by at least 50%. Both objectives will help make the electric vehicles much more energy efficient and marketable. The aim of the €6.7-million million (US$7.5-million)

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