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Elon Musk considers South Korea for next Tesla Gigafactory location: report

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South Korea’s presidential office revealed that President Yoon Suk-Yeol and Elon Musk conversed about Tesla in a video call on Wednesday, November 23. During the video call, Elon Musk reportedly told President Yoon that he considered South Korea one of the top candidates for a Tesla factory in Asia, reported Reuters.

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EU GRAMOFON project ends after 42 months with promising results on CO2 capture

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The project results therefore contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 13 on Climate Action of the UN Global Compact through decarbonization with the major advantage of doing so at a lower cost than the technologies currently in use. The project had a budget of €4.2

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Airbus and Linde to cooperate on hydrogen infrastructure for airports

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Airbus and Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on the development of hydrogen infrastructure at airports worldwide. To date, agreements have been signed with partners and airports in France, Italy, South Korea, Japan and Singapore.

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South Koreas POSCO and SK Energy to Develop Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas

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South Korea-based POSCO, a global steel producer, and SK Energy Co., Domestic production of synthetic natural gas is expected to substantially reduce Korea’s dependence on imported liquefied natural gas. POSCO is planning to invest approximately 7.8 billion won (US$6.3

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LG battery manufacturing sites to run on 100% renewable energy by 2025

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LGES stated in an ESG Report 2021 that it is working on converting all its manufacturing sites to RE100, including those located in South Korea, North America, Europe, China, etc. In 2020, LGES reported a conversion rate of 33% across its business sites. The company aims to exceed a conversion rate of 60% by the end of the year.

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Roskill forecasts increasing dependence of Li market on batteries; switch from portable electronics to hybrids

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Batteries accounted for 27% of global lithium consumption in 2012, up from 15% in 2007 and 8% in 2002. In 2012, East Asia accounted for 60% of total global consumption with Europe accounting for a further 24% and North America 9%. Galaxy Resources commissioned a new 17,000 tpy LCE mineral conversion plant in China in 2012.

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Video Friday: Spot Levels Up

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This is an example of bridging the conversational nature of Chat GPT and other LLMs to generate real-world physical action. And we are proud that we have succeeded.” [ VUB ] Based in Italy, Comau is a leading robot manufacturer and global systems integrator. At no point is Digit instructed on how to clean or what a mess is.