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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. The CO 2 released during the hydrogen production is captured and can be stored or possibly used as a raw material by industry in the future.

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Alcoa outlines technology roadmap to decarbonize aluminum industry

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outlined a technology roadmap to support its vision to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future. When combined with a decarbonized grid, these two technologies enable a pathway to a zero-emissions alumina refining system. Alcoa Corp. The technology also retains all the water from the original feedstock. Earlier post.)

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Connected Energy leads research collaboration to extend value-chain of second-life EV batteries

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Connected Energy , a UK provider of site-integrated energy storage solutions, is heading a £1.3-million The project is co-funded by an Innovate UK grant, awarded in October. Connected Energy is based in Newcastle upon Tyne with a technical center near Norwich. The project is co-funded by an Innovate UK grant, awarded in October.

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Researchers Aim to Decarbonize Chemical Industry by Electrifying It

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With so many of the items we interact with in our daily lives — from soaps and fertilizers to pharmaceuticals to petrochemicals — deriving from products of the chemical industry, the sector has become a major source of economic activity and employment for many nations, including the United States and China.

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STEAG and thyssenkrupp planning joint green hydrogen project

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It is the key to using the great potential we have in reducing CO 2 emissions in the steel industry. The connection to the extra high-voltage grid ensures the supply of green electricity for the electrolysis; large-scale battery systems ensure grid stability. It is important to plan ahead.

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Siemens, Duke Energy and Ford demonstrate lower cost home smart charging technology for plug-ins; due on market next year

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million in development funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing “smart” charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. Appliance connection. In 2012, Siemens was awarded $1.6

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Germany putting another €300M into EV charging infrastructure

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In particular, companies in the retail trade and in the hotel and restaurant industry as well as small municipal utilities and local authorities are invited to submit applications. The funding in detail: The funding is granted as de minimis aid. 100,000 funding per location. . 100,000 funding per location.

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