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Starfire Energy closes major funding round; green ammonia and hydrogen solutions

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Unlike traditional Haber-Bosch designs the RapidRamp process can accommodate being directly powered by intermittent energy sources such as wind, solar and hydro. This allows for the synthesis of documentably 100% green ammonia. Starfire Energy is currently commercializing a 50 tonne/day modular green ammonia plant.

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Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

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Charged from solar panels, the unit is a self-contained solution that consists of a battery system linked to a bi-directional converter and the associated control management systems. The remaining materials are recycled back into the supply chain.

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South Africa’s Rubicon Group Wants to Help Drive The Transition To The Green Economy

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Via its sustainable technology division, Rubicon’s energy, electric mobility, building management, and lighting solutions are enabling homes, businesses, and factories to adopt sustainable, connected, and automated solutions underpinned by renewable energy generation and […].

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Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

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The largest percentage increases we recommend compared to 2009 funding levels are for energy storage, buildings, bioenergy, and solar photovoltaics. The remainder of the funding should go to other areas, including Basic Energy Sciences, the report by the team from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs suggests.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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With a functioning AfCFTA, the DRC can receive other upstream mineral inputs needed for lithium-ion batteries—such as manganese from, say, South Africa and Madagascar, copper from Zambia, graphite from Mozambique and Tanzania, phosphate from Morocco, and lithium from Zimbabwe, to name but a few.

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