Corporation, Energy, Global and Renewable

GM secures all energy needed to achieve renewable energy goal for 2025; 25 years ahead of target set in 2016

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

General Motors has finalized energy sourcing agreements required to secure 100% of the energy needed to power all its US facilities by 2025. Sourcing renewable energy is a critical component of GM’s plans to decarbonize. This is the main way through which GM is achieving its renewable energy goal.

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GM Renewable Energy 2016

BNEF: global investment in low-carbon energy transition hit $755B in 2021; up 27% from 2020; electrified transport grew the fastest

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JANUARY 28, 2022

In 2021, global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $755 billion, up 27% from $595 billion in 2020 and just $264 billion in 2011, according to Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). degrees of global warming. from the year prior.

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Carbon Transportation Global 2020

Hyundai Motor Group affiliates to join Climate Group’s RE100, aim to expand renewable energy use

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JULY 7, 2021

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) announced that five key affiliate companies, including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation, will join Climate Group’s RE100 , a global initiative committed to moving toward 100% renewable energy. To be a member, a company must have significant power footprint (i.e.

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Toyota establishes Toyota Green Energy to conduct renewable energy power generation business

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APRIL 6, 2020

Toyota Motor Corporation, Chubu Electric Power Co., and Toyota Tsusho Corporation agreed to establish Toyota Green Energy LLP for the purposes of obtaining and managing renewable energy sources in Japan and supplying electric power from renewable energy sources to the Toyota Group in the future.

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Toyota Renewable Energy Green

Study finds future-fuel demand for shipping industry equal to entire current global production of renewables

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MAY 20, 2022

Huge and immediate need for renewable-based fuels in shipping represents opportunity for investors, according to ‘Fuelling the Fourth Propulsion Revolution’ report released today. Particular opportunity for the Global South identified as net-zero fuel production costs expected to be up to 20% lower in Latin America and Africa.

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Renewable Global Industrial Industry

BloombergNEF reports 11% year-on-year rise in renewable energy financing in the first half of 2022, for a total of $226B

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AUGUST 2, 2022

Global investment in renewable energy totaled $226 billion in the first half of 2022, setting a new record for the first six months of a year, according to Renewable Energy Investment Tracker 2H 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). billion raised—up 63% on the previous year.

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HF Sinclair selects Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to produce renewable diesel at three facilities in US

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JULY 5, 2023

HF Sinclair selected Topsoe as a technology provider for the production of renewable fuels at three facilities: Sinclair, Wyoming; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Artesia, New Mexico. All three facilities have now successfully been put into operation and deliver renewable diesel into the United States transportation market.

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Renewable Diesel Wyoming New Mexico

Neste investing €1.9B to expand renewable products refinery in Rotterdam; 1.2 Mtpa of SAF

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JUNE 28, 2022

Neste Corporation has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand for renewable products growing substantially with customers’ higher climate ambitions. million ton capacity for renewable products in Rotterdam is the largest in Europe.

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Euro Manganese signs MoU with Statkraft for renewable energy supply for Chvaletice project

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Canada-based Euro Manganese (EMN) signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norwegian state-owned company Statkraft for the long-term supply of carbon-free renewable energy for Euro Manganese’s flagship Chvaletice Manganese Project (CMP) in the Czech Republic. The MoU is one result of this ongoing process. Background.

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TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

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JUNE 3, 2023

TEPCO HD) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have developed a stationary storage battery system (1 MW output, 3 MWh capacity) that combines TEPCO’s operating technology and safety standards for stationary storage batteries and Toyota’s system technology for electrified vehicle storage batteries. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

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Marathon Petroleum implements Topsoe technology at Martinez Renewables facility in California

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Marathon Petroleum Corporation selected Topsoe as the technology provider for renewable fuels production at the Martinez Renewable Fuels Facility in California. The facility, part of Marathon’s 50/50 joint venture with Neste, utilizes Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to convert bio-feedstock into renewable diesel.

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Four key Hyundai Motor Group affiliates join Climate Group’s RE100, aim to expand renewables usage

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APRIL 25, 2022

Four key Hyundai Motor Group affiliate companies—Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor), Kia Corporation (Kia), Hyundai Mobis, and Hyundai Wia—are now members of Climate Group’s RE100 , a global initiative committed to large corporates moving toward 100% renewable electricity.

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Hyundai Renewable Climate Motors

Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. will deliver to the grid by the end of 2020.

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Purchase Honda Renewable Manufacturer

MATHESON executes long-term hydrogen supply contract with Vertex for renewable diesel production

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JULY 9, 2022

MATHESON , the US affiliate of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation ( NSHD ), has signed a long-term supply agreement to meet hydrogen requirements for a 75,000 bpd refinery in Mobile, Alabama owned by Vertex Energy. Procurement of critical path equipment by MATHESON has also commenced.

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Shell and Sumitomo Corporation invest in LO3 Energy to develop blockchain-based community energy platform

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JULY 11, 2019

Shell Ventures and Sumitomo Corporation Group have invested in LO3 Energy to support the global development of its blockchain-based community energy networks. LO3 says that its system can democratize the energy industry, allowing people to both consume and produce electricity at their home and business.

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V2X company Fermata Energy raises $40M in recent round

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JANUARY 23, 2022

Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology services provider, recently raised $40 million to accelerate the company’s growth with investment from new partners, including funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle and Verizon Ventures. Oldenburg, a Managing Director specializing in renewables investing at Carlyle.

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Clean Energy goals 100% renewable natural gas at its stations by 2025

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has set goals to offer Zero-Carbon Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) at all of its fueling stations by 2025. Zero-Carbon is based on the average carbon index score (approved by the California Air Resources Board) of Clean Energy’s fuel supply portfolio. Littlefair, president and CEO, Clean Energy.

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Cohort of new stakeholders joins Open Hydrogen Initiative

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

In February 2022, GTI Energy, S&P Global Commodity Insights and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) launched the Open Hydrogen Initiative (OHI), a collaboration to further transparency into the environmental impact of hydrogen production and help unlock its full potential as an important driver of energy transitions.

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What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

what is renewable energy integration ? Renewable energy integration refers to the process of efficiently incorporating renewable energy sources into existing energy systems. Energy Storage: Renewable energy sources are often intermittent, meaning they don’t produce energy consistently.

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Dow to work with X-energy to deploy SMR for one of Dow’s Gulf Coast sites

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AUGUST 11, 2022

Dow, a leading global materials science company, and X-energy , a nuclear energy innovation company, signed a letter of intent which will help Dow advance its carbon emissions reduction goals through the development and deployment of X-energy's advanced small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) technology in the US.

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Westinghouse, Bloom Energy to accelerate large-scale hydrogen production in nuclear industry; high-temperature integrated electrolysis

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JUNE 7, 2022

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bloom Energy Corporation have entered into a Letter of Intent to pursue clean hydrogen production in the commercial nuclear power market. Westinghouse and Bloom Energy will jointly develop an optimized and large-scale high-temperature integrated electrolysis solution for the nuclear industry.

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DOE to award Enovix Corporation $3.2M for work on EV battery with silicon anode

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AUGUST 27, 2020

million federal award funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Enovix demonstrated 100% active silicon-anode lithium-ion cells with energy density of more than 900 Wh/l and full-depth of discharge cycle life of more than 500 in 2019.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. the cost of energy storage?by technology?that

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Clean Cleaning Energy Solar

Global Bioenergies beginning road testing with Audi A4 fueled with 34% renewable gasoline blends

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APRIL 5, 2018

Global Bioenergies is beginning the road-testing phase of renewable gasoline derived from its fermentative isobutene pathway. Global Bioenergies will use an EN228-compliant gasoline blend containing more than 34% of renewable, isobutene-derived, compounds to fuel a car on a circuit. Earlier post.) An Audi A4 2.0

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Snam launches HyAccelerator global-scale accelerator for hydrogen startups

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Snam, the main Italian operator for the transport and dispatching of natural gas in Italy, launched HyAccelerator , a corporate global-scale startup acceleration program focused on hydrogen.

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CMA CGM creates US$1.5B fund to accelerate energy transition in shipping and logistics

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Shipping major CMA CGM Group is creating a Special Fund for Energies to accelerate its energy transition and achieve net-zero carbon by 2050. It will help to support a global innovation platform developed alongside large corporations, SMEs, start-ups, and the academic and scientific community.

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Fortescue and ATCO to explore the deployment of hydrogen vehicle fueling infrastructure in W Australia; renewable H2

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APRIL 6, 2020

The initial refueling facility will provide Fortescue, ATCO and approved third parties with the opportunity to refuel vehicles capable of utilizing hydrogen as the primary fuel source, including a fleet of Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicles which have been made available by Toyota Motor Corporation Australia.

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ANGI to supply hydrogen fuel dispensers to Nikola

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

ANGI Energy Systems, a Vontier company announced a strategic collaboration with Nikola Corporation to support Nikola’s plan to create the largest North American open-network of commercial hydrogen refueling stations by providing technically advanced hydrogen fueling dispensers, under Nikola’s HYLA brand. Earlier post.)

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Hydrogen Fuel Supplies Alternative Fuels

New waste-to-hydrogen plant in Tokyo to convert wastewater sludge into H2 for vehicles and power generation

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APRIL 5, 2021

Renewable hydrogen systems manufacturer Ways2H Inc. and its shareholder and technical partner Japan Blue Energy Co. announced the completion of a facility in Tokyo that will convert sewage sludge into renewable hydrogen fuel for fuel cell mobility and power generation. This project is a collaboration of Japan Blue Energy Co.,

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Neste Oil and Renewable Energy Group enter into NExBTL license agreement

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DECEMBER 19, 2014

With the disputes now resolved, REG and Neste Oil look forward to working together to grow and expand the renewable fuels and chemicals marketplace globally. REG inherited the US and Singapore patent lawsuits that are now settled as part of the acquisitions of Syntroleum Corporation and Dynamic Fuels.

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Oil Renewable Singapore Louisiana

Siemens and AES to form global energy storage technology joint venture: Fluence

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JULY 11, 2017

Siemens AG and The AES Corporation are forming a new global energy storage technology and services company under the name Fluence. The joint venture will bring together AES’ experience deploying energy storage in seven countries with Siemens’ energy technology leadership and its global sales presence in more than 160 countries.

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Panasonic Energy and NMG sign non-binding MoU for anode material

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

(NMG) and Panasonic Energy entered into a Framework Agreement establishing the terms of the commercial relationship between the parties to enable the next development steps of NMG’s ore-to-battery-market integrated graphite project in Québec, Canada.

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KYOCERA and BYD Japan to collaborate on integrated energy system for EVs

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JUNE 5, 2019

Kyocera Corporation and BYD Japan Co., announced a joint project to develop an integrated renewable supply-demand energy system for EVs. This system will also incorporate the Kyocera’s renewable energy generating system. the Japanese arm of China’s BYD Co.

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Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

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JUNE 19, 2015

made progress in reducing CO 2 emissions and improving sustainability in its global corporate activities in fiscal year 2014 while simultaneously increasing vehicle production and plant energy efficiency. In all, the use of clean energies accounted for 68% of the production at the Aguascalientes A1 Plant. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Nissan cuts CO2 emissions from global corporate activities by 2% in 2013; tracking to 20% by 2016 vs. 2005

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JUNE 23, 2014

reported reducing CO2 emissions from global corporate activities in fiscal year 2013 while increasing vehicle production by 5.1%. Nissan is reducing the environmental impact of its corporate activities through widespread power conservation. Nissan Motor Co.,

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S&P Global: looming shortfalls in copper supply will short-circuit net-zero goals absent significant new supply

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JULY 15, 2022

The challenge of meeting Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 “will be short-circuited and remain out of reach” unless significant new copper supply comes online in a timely way, according to a new study by S&P Global that examines the growing mismatch between available copper supply and future demand resulting from the energy transition.

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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. Photo-electrochemically rechargeable zinc-air batteries.

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Renewable Solar Zinc Air Energy

bp and thyssenkrupp Steel to advance the decarbonization of steel production; low-carbon hydrogen and renewable power

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JULY 12, 2022

bp and thyssenkrupp Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) focused on the development of long-term supply of low-carbon hydrogen and renewable power in steel production, helping accelerate the steel industry’s wider energy transition. The steel and energy industries have of course long been closely linked.

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Hydrogen Carbon Renewable Power

Bank of America joins Stanford’s Global Climate & Energy Project

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone.

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ENGIE New Ventures increases investment in 2nd-life battery company Connected Energy

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JANUARY 11, 2021

ENGIE New Ventures, the corporate venture fund of ENGIE, is participating in a new round of investment to further the development of Connected Energy. Based in the United Kingdom, Connected Energy uses end-of-life EV batteries to create energy storage systems. —Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy.

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Connect Connected Energy Energy Storage

Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

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JULY 26, 2023

Rivian plans to convert the Starfire Mine in Kentucky to a solar energy center. It will be one of Kentucky’s largest renewable power projects once converted. Rivian will work on the Starfire project with renewable energy power producer BrightNight and The Nature Conservancy.

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Nucor investing in start-up company Electra developing zero-carbon iron technology

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Nucor Corporation, a North American manufacturer of steel and steel products, has made an equity investment in Electra , a Colorado-based start-up developing a process to produce carbon-free iron that can be used to make steel. —Leon Topalian, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nucor Corporation.

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Woodside joins Japanese consortium to study exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen as ammonia

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APRIL 7, 2020

Australia-based Woodside has signed an agreement with Japanese companies JERA Inc, Marubeni Corporation and IHI Corporation to undertake a joint study examining the large-scale export of hydrogen as ammonia for use decarbonizing coal-fired power generation in Japan. Green hydrogen is produced from renewable energy using electrolysis.

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AIST, Toyota, and Toyota Central R&D Labs to consider joint research on advanced energy and environment technologies

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Central R&D Labs., CRDL) have commenced discussions on joint research aimed at accelerating development and implementing advanced technologies in the field of energy and the environment.

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GM secures all energy needed to achieve renewable energy goal for 2025; 25 years ahead of target set in 2016

BNEF: global investment in low-carbon energy transition hit $755B in 2021; up 27% from 2020; electrified transport grew the fastest

Hyundai Motor Group affiliates to join Climate Group’s RE100, aim to expand renewable energy use

Toyota establishes Toyota Green Energy to conduct renewable energy power generation business

Study finds future-fuel demand for shipping industry equal to entire current global production of renewables

BloombergNEF reports 11% year-on-year rise in renewable energy financing in the first half of 2022, for a total of $226B

HF Sinclair selects Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to produce renewable diesel at three facilities in US

Neste investing €1.9B to expand renewable products refinery in Rotterdam; 1.2 Mtpa of SAF

Euro Manganese signs MoU with Statkraft for renewable energy supply for Chvaletice project

TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

Marathon Petroleum implements Topsoe technology at Martinez Renewables facility in California

Four key Hyundai Motor Group affiliates join Climate Group’s RE100, aim to expand renewables usage

Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

MATHESON executes long-term hydrogen supply contract with Vertex for renewable diesel production

Shell and Sumitomo Corporation invest in LO3 Energy to develop blockchain-based community energy platform

V2X company Fermata Energy raises $40M in recent round

Clean Energy goals 100% renewable natural gas at its stations by 2025

Cohort of new stakeholders joins Open Hydrogen Initiative

What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

Dow to work with X-energy to deploy SMR for one of Dow’s Gulf Coast sites

Westinghouse, Bloom Energy to accelerate large-scale hydrogen production in nuclear industry; high-temperature integrated electrolysis

DOE to award Enovix Corporation $3.2M for work on EV battery with silicon anode

CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

Global Bioenergies beginning road testing with Audi A4 fueled with 34% renewable gasoline blends

Snam launches HyAccelerator global-scale accelerator for hydrogen startups

CMA CGM creates US$1.5B fund to accelerate energy transition in shipping and logistics

Fortescue and ATCO to explore the deployment of hydrogen vehicle fueling infrastructure in W Australia; renewable H2

ANGI to supply hydrogen fuel dispensers to Nikola

New waste-to-hydrogen plant in Tokyo to convert wastewater sludge into H2 for vehicles and power generation

Neste Oil and Renewable Energy Group enter into NExBTL license agreement

Siemens and AES to form global energy storage technology joint venture: Fluence

Panasonic Energy and NMG sign non-binding MoU for anode material

KYOCERA and BYD Japan to collaborate on integrated energy system for EVs

Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

Nissan cuts CO2 emissions from global corporate activities by 2% in 2013; tracking to 20% by 2016 vs. 2005

S&P Global: looming shortfalls in copper supply will short-circuit net-zero goals absent significant new supply

Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

bp and thyssenkrupp Steel to advance the decarbonization of steel production; low-carbon hydrogen and renewable power

Bank of America joins Stanford’s Global Climate & Energy Project

ENGIE New Ventures increases investment in 2nd-life battery company Connected Energy

Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

Nucor investing in start-up company Electra developing zero-carbon iron technology

Woodside joins Japanese consortium to study exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen as ammonia

AIST, Toyota, and Toyota Central R&D Labs to consider joint research on advanced energy and environment technologies

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