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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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The selected projects are located in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Another one located in Poland will create an end-to-end carbon capture and storage chain starting from CO? capture and liquefaction at a cement plant to storage in offshore sites.

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Volkswagen striving to make production of the electric ID. carbon-neutral

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Currently unavoidable CO 2 emissions are offset by investments in certified climate protection projects elsewhere. and is setting up a production facility in Poland for this purpose. Unavoidable emissions in the manufacturing process are offset by investments in certified climate projects. As a result, the ID. Earlier post.)

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CLEPA study: EV-only approach would lead to the loss of half a million supplier jobs in the EU

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All three scenarios assume accelerated electrification to meet climate goals, with a high market share for electrified vehicles (Battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and full hybrid electric vehicles) by 2030 of more than 50%, almost 80%, and close to 100%, respectively. CLEPA’s policy recommendations.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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It not only solves our air quality and climate challenges by producing pollution-free hydrogen. SGH2 is in negotiations to launch similar projects in France, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Turkey, Russia, China, Brazil, Malaysia and Australia. That’s why our partnership with SGH2 is so important.

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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says Darragh Conway , a climate policy expert at Climate Focus in Amsterdam. The obvious answer might be solar and wind. Poland has begun forging ahead with French-backed plans to build a half dozen nuclear reactors by 2043. France, naturally, backed nuclear power’s green-ness.

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UK MPs greenlight shale gas in new report

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It is more likely that in countries such as Poland—with a larger reliance on gas imports and greater potential shale gas resources—the impacts of shale gas production will be significant. However, it will not be sufficient to meet long term emissions reductions targets and avoid the worst effects of global climate disruption.

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JRC: Increased use of renewables results in growing GHG emission savings in the EU; transport contribution only 5%

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from 2009 to 2012, confirming renewables’ potential in climate change mitigation, according to a new report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s in-house science service. Mt CO 2 eq, Poland with 3.08 In the transport sector France was the main GHG emissions saver (6.16 Mt CO 2 eq, Germany with 5.60 Mt CO 2 eq.

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