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Hyzon Motors to supply up to 1,500 fuel-cell heavy-duty trucks to Hiringa Energy in New Zealand

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The hydrogen fuel cell-powered trucks, to be assembled at Hyzon’s facility in Winschoten, The Netherlands, will be manufactured in full compliance with local New Zealand requirements and the first batch of vehicles are expected to enter service in New Zealand by the end of 2021.

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Working to Bring EV Chargers to Apartment Dwellers in New Zealand

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Tim Jones owns a Tesla Model 3, lives in an Auckland apartment, and is the current national president of the Body Corporate Chairs’ Group New Zealand. To say that he understands the frustration on all sides of the debate regarding electric vehicle charging in apartment blocks is an understatement.

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Licella signs MoUs with Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand on renewable aviation fuels

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Australia-based Licella , a wholly owned subsidiary of Ignite Energy , has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand to examine the development and commercialization of a process to convert woody biomass into sustainable aviation biofuel. Earlier post.).

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CSIRO report concludes that sustainable biojet fuel industry is achievable for Australia/New Zealand

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The report, “Flight Path to Sustainable Aviation”, examines a road map scenario under which the Australian and New Zealand aviation sectors achieve a 5% bio-derived jet fuel share in their fuel use by 2020, expanding that amount to 40% of their total fuel use by 2050. Source: CSIRO. Click to enlarge.

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New Zealand LM Energy Applies for Underground Coal Gasification Prospecting Permit

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As part of its long term strategy to secure substantial energy resources in New Zealand L&M Energy Limited (LME) has lodged an application for an underground coal gasification (UCG) prospecting permit over a 2.112 sq km area containing in excess of 2 billion tonnes of Waikato coal measures. Prospecting permit application area.

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PNNL, Moselle to advance using magnetic nanoparticles to capture lithium, cesium from brines

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To explore this possibility, PNNL, Moselle Technologies, Canada Natural Resources Limited and Conoco Phillips Corporation will conduct a prolonged test at PNNL’s Richland, Wash., In this project, we will work with the New-Zealand-based geothermal company Geo40, which has identified cesium present in its brines.

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China Steel Corporation making $46M investment in LanzaTech commercial waste-gas-to-ethanol project

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Taiwan’s largest integrated steel maker, China Steel Corporation (CSC), has announced formal Board approval of a 1400-million TWD (US$46 million) capital investment in a LanzaTech commercial ethanol facility. China Steel Corporation (CSC), located at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was founded in December 1971. Earlier post.).