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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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The selected projects are located in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Another one located in Poland will create an end-to-end carbon capture and storage chain starting from CO? capture and liquefaction at a cement plant to storage in offshore sites.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Jawor (Poland), a new CO 2 -neutral engine plant is being built. A key element of this change is the conversion of production micro-grids from an alternating current (AC) to a direct current (DC) architecture—“Industrial Smart DC Grids”. In Kecskemét (Hungary), a second plant under construction will be CO 2 -neutral.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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SGH2’s gasification process uses a plasma-enhanced thermal catalytic conversion process optimized with oxygen-enriched gas. Now, most of these materials are stored or sent back to landfills. In certain cases, they end up in the ocean, where millions of tons of plastic are found annually.

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Researchers synthesize battery cathode from lignin derivatives

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Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University (Sweden), have combined lignin derivatives, which are electronic insulators, with polypyrole, a conductive polymer, into an interpenetrating composite suitable for use as a battery cathode. (B) Voltammograms recorded between 0.1

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Westport Innovations acquires alt fuel systems company Prins Autogassystemen for €12.2M

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As a vehicle fuel, LPG—also known as propane or autogas—is relatively clean burning, easy to store and transport, has high energy content, and is widely available in many countries. Five countries—Korea, Turkey, Russia, Poland and Italy—together accounted for half of global autogas consumption in 2013.

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Tata AutoComp’s ‘Make in India’ push for EVs | Autocar Professional

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This will be their first integrated green energy solution, where solar power will be harnessed and stored at their BESS. Currently, the company has 56 facilities, including eight overseas in North America, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Poland and China, and presence in over 20 countries. Technology changes are underway everywhere.

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