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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. For comparison: This is equivalent to the output of a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm with coupled electrolyzers.

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Business Finland awards Keliber €7M to improve environmental protection in lithium hydroxide production

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Business Finland has granted Keliber Technology Oy, a Finnish mining and battery chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide utilizing its own ore, investment funding of a maximum of €7 million. The project is part of the Smart Mobility and Batteries from Finland programme.

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ABB E-mobility opens its largest DC fast charger production facility in Italy

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ABB E-mobility has opened its largest DC fast charger production site to date: the E-mobility Center of Excellence in Valdarno, Tuscany. The new manufacturing site sets a new benchmark for the sector, producing one DC fast charger every 20 minutes from its seven production lines.

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NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

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Battery electric trucks should be the baseline for hydrogen fuel cells electric vehicle (HFCEV) comparisons, rather than any internal combustion engine alternative. The ability to scale truck demand will be limited by the nature of truck production volumes and market forces. Stop comparisons of fill times.

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Study of 7 years of production data supports billion-ton biofuels feedstock estimate

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Now, a new analysis of up to seven years of production data gathered through the Regional Feedstock Partnership, established by DOE and the Sun Grant Initiative, supports the billon-ton estimate. —North Central Regional Sun Grant Center Director Vance Owens. Earlier post.). That amount could be available annually by 2030.

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Promising results for low-pressure casting of aluminum bolts

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Casting makes the production of aluminum car components less expensive, more eco-friendly, and more efficient. It is common for the industry to use extruded bolts in the production of suspension components. The casting of aluminum car suspension components removes a stage from the production line. Photo: Raufoss Technology.

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Construction to start on Keliber’s lithium refinery; €588M investment in full project

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The schedule allows us to ramp up production in 2025, which is good news for the Finnish battery cluster as well as for the whole Kokkola region, where the project means job opportunities and increased vitality. Construction of the concentrator and the near-by Rapasaari mine will be started once their environmental permits have been granted.