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FREYR Battery awarded $3B, 31 GWh inaugural offtake agreement with leading global ESS provider

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FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has executed its inaugural offtake agreement for at least 31 GWh of low-carbon battery cells with an undisclosed, leading global publicly listed manufacturer and provider of energy storage systems (ESS). —Tom Jensen, the CEO of FREYR.

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Stora Enso’s pilot plant for producing lignin-based carbon materials for batteries now operational

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The global battery market is projected to grow tenfold over the next decade as battery producers seek more sustainable materials for the electrification of mobility. With Lignode, we can provide a bio-based, cost-competitive and high-performance material to replace the conventionally used graphite. Stora Enso Lignode carbon powder.

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15 countries agree to work toward 100% ZEV truck and bus sales by 2040

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Under the new Global Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (ZE-MHDVs), Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales are setting an interim goal of 30% zero-emission new vehicle sales by 2030.

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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. The 17 projects were selected under the second call for large-scale projects, meaning they have capital costs above €7.5 Another project in Sweden will create a first-of-a-kind methanol plant converting CO?,

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First Cobalt’s strategic shift to make battery precursor and nickel sulfate; changes name to Electra Battery Materials

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Global consultancy firm CRU has been retained to complete a nickel market study, which will assess market conditions for a battery-grade nickel sulfate plant in North America. Globalization has created an electric vehicle supply chain that is too long, too costly and increasingly unreliable. Battery Materials Park.

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MIT Looks Ahead to Hydrogen’s Aviation Future

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A paper co-authored by Hansman and several MIT students—and presented this summer at the IEEE International Conference on Future Energy Solutions at the University of Vaasa in Finland— considered the case of supplying enough liquid hydrogen for 100 airports worldwide, each with long-haul flights.

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Viking Grace LNG ferry to install rotor sail; first LNG/wind electric propulsion hybrid ship

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The 57,565 GT M/S Viking Grace currently operates in the archipelago between Turku (Finland) and Stockholm (Sweden), and is already one of the most environmentally-friendly cruise ferries in the global maritime industry. Earlier post.). The rotor sail operates on the principle called the Magnus effect. for the Estraden.

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