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Clariant to build flagship sunliquid cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania

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Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced the approval by its Board of Directors to invest in a new full-scale commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues using its sunliquid technology. As such, the resulting cellulosic ethanol is an almost carbon-neutral advanced biofuel. Earlier post.).

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Clariant announces 4th license deal for sunliquid technology; first Bulgarian cellulosic ethanol project

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Eta Bio has been recently established with the purpose to construct, own and operate a full-scale commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues. Since July 2012, Clariant has been operating a pre-commercial plant in Straubing, which produces up to 1,000 metric tons of cellulosic ethanol every year.

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NuScale Power receives US NRC design approval for small modular reactor

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Additionally, the cost-shared funding provided by Congress over the past several years has accelerated NuScale’s advancement through the NRC Design Certification process. NuScale has signed agreements with entities in the US, Canada, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Jordan. Similar agreements with other entities are being negotiated.

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Uhde Gasification Selected for Commercial Biomass-to-Methanol Plant in Sweden

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The VärmlandsMetanol plant will be the first full-scale commercial biomass-to-methanol plant. In a 2005 paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , Yin et al. However, the capital cost for syngas generation made in this way will be very high. Energy Fuels , 19 (1), pp 305–310 doi: 10.1021/ef0498622.

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Enel acquires eMotorWerks to provide grid balancing solutions and tap into US e-mobility market

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through its US subsidiary EnerNOC, has acquired California-based eMotorWerks, a North American supplier of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, called JuiceBox, and owner and operator of JuiceNet, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform for the smart management of EV charging and other distributed energy storage facilities. Enel S.p.A.,

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Ford to introduce 7 new electric cars and vans in Europe by 2024; plans for new battery plant

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With its extended range of electric passenger and commercial vehicle models, Ford expects its annual sales of electric vehicles in Europe to exceed 600,000 units in 2026, and also reaffirmed its intention to deliver a 6% EBIT margin in Europe in 2023. Ford will have nine electric cars and vans on the market in Europe in 2024.

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DAF trucks showcases electric and hybrid trucks at IAA CV

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At IAA Commercial Vehicles, Dutch truck manufacturer DAF—a division of Paccar—is showcasing the LF Electric, CF Electric and CF Hybrid Innovation trucks. vocational product range that set the standard in quality, low operating cost and vehicle performance. DAF CF Electric. in 2017 to 16.5% in the first half of this year.

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