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Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Systems, The National Aerospace Centre, and Airbus to research use of fuel cells for commercial airliners

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Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre will jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of fuel cells on airliners. As by-products, hydrogen fuel cells could enable aircraft to generate their own water supplies.

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Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project

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Our battery systems and energy management software solution significantly increase the total energy efficiency compared to standalone fuel cell modules, reducing the total cost of ownership. —Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché.

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BloombergNEF: battery metals rebounding; by 2030, annual Li-ion battery demand to pass 2TWh

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Diversifying the global supply chain would require significant investment from regions such as Europe and North America, according to the latest Battery Metals Outlook from research company BloombergNEF. Lithium well-supplied up to 2025: The carbonate and hydroxide should be sufficiently supplied until at least 2025.

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GM Ventures portfolio company SDCmaterials secures 1st supply agreement for cost-saving advanced catalyst products for autos

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SDCmaterials, a developer of advanced catalyst products based on a novel materials fabrication and integration platform, announced a partnership and formalized a supply agreement with Car Sound, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and catalytic converters for the automotive aftermarket. This is an important milestone for SDC as a company.

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Boeing, South African Airways and Mango celebrate Africa’s 1st commercial flights with sustainable aviation biofuel from tobacco

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Boeing, South African Airways (SAA) and low-cost carrier Mango celebrated Africa’s first passenger flights with sustainable aviation biofuel. If successful, farmers will be able to tap into local and global demand for certified feedstock without adverse impact to food supplies, fresh water or land use. Earlier post.).

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Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels launching US-European rare earth production initiative

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are launching a new rare earth production initiative spanning European and North American critical material supply chains. Silmet has been separating rare earths into commercial value-added products for more than 50 years. This would represent approximately 80% of Energy Fuels production from current Chemours supplies.

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Mascoma Acquires SunOpta BioProcess Inc.; Integrated Cellulosic Ethanol Company

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Both SBI and Mascoma say they have made significant progress towards commercialization and collectively have development partners in the US, Canada, China, Brazil and South Africa, all of which will benefit from the combination.

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