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Report: Polish Power Plant and University to Cooperate on CO2 to Methanol Trial

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Lublin-Wrotków power plant, the largest producer of carbon dioxide in the Lublin, Poland, and the University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska will sign a letter of intent on cooperation for the production of methanol from carbon dioxide using a technique developed by Prof. Dobieslaw Nazimek at the University. Click to enlarge.

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Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

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The pre-seed round was led by Sunly, a developer of wind and solar parks in the Baltics and Poland, and joined by Scottish Baltic Invest, an investment company linked to Interconnect Product Assembly (IPA), which specializes in the production of electro-mechanical solutions; and Little Green Fund that focuses on investments in cleantech innovation.

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The Portrait Artist

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journalism, Michigan State University Family: Eric Nee (husband); Alex, Nadya, and Mischa Nee (children) First job: Community datebook writer at WBRW Radio in Somerville, N.J., My grandparents emigrated under the label of “Austrian” in the early 1900s, and the town they came from now is in Poland, near Ukraine and Slovakia,” Perry says.

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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. 1 (inner to outer).

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1.136 billion in turnover, 6.7 per cent more customers and 247 new products at the Hannover Messe | Autocar Professional

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And the fact that state-of-the-art automation can be affordable for almost any factory is demonstrated by the “ReBeL on Wheels” The ReBeL robotic arm on a low-cost autonomous vehicle as a solution for SMEs is available from 17,999 euros, while the education version for universities and schools is available for 14,699 euros.

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

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Prins also collaborates with other technology partners such as Bosch, Continental and several technical universities. Five countries—Korea, Turkey, Russia, Poland and Italy—together accounted for half of global autogas consumption in 2013. million in new vehicle sales and conversions in 2020. between 2014 and 2035.

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BEAUTY project developing new bioethanol engines

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An EU-funded collaboration between universities and industry in Europe, Israel and the US is working to develop new engines, combustion technologies and fuels that will allow a substantial increase in the use of bioethanol in an urban context. —Andrea Gerini, CRF. United States: Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company.

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