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Varmlandsmetanol wants to build €350M biomethanol plant in Estonia

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Estonian media reports that Swedish bioenergy company Varmlandsmetanol AB is interested in building a €350-million (US $412 million) biomethanol plant in Estonia. As the plant would cost €350 million, nobody will invest in anything before it is certain that it would be possible and profitable.

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Peat might lower cost of sodium-ion batteries for EVs, research suggests

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An ingredient used to flavor whiskey and make fertilizer could soon play an important role in EV batteries, researcher at Estonia's Tartu University say.

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Skeleton Technologies receives US patent for nanoporous carbon powder supercapacitor material; higher energy and power densities and lower cost

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Skeleton Technologies , an energy-storage start-up located in Tartu, Estonia, was recently awarded a US patent ( #7,803,345 ) on its nanoporous carbon powder supercapacitor material. The US patent and soon-to-be-granted EU patent gives the company protection for carbide-derived-carbons suitable for energy storage applications.

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Hyundai makes Series B investment in hydrogen and fuel cell catalyst maker Pajarito Powder

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Manufactured with the proprietary VariPore process, Pajarito Powder PMF catalysts achieve unprecedented activity, stability, and reasonable durability under real-world operating conditions, all at material and production costs that are lower than platinum-based catalysts, according to the company.

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BEV adoption reaches ‘tipping point’ in 31 countries: Bloomberg

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Early barriers, including general consumer ambivalence, lacking infrastructure , and cost, play a major role in this transitional period, and reaching 5 percent indicates that these barriers are flattening. Credit: Bloomberg RELATED: U.S. By comparison, BEVs surpassed this milestone in the U.S. Globally, BEVs were at a 14.5

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Neste joins eFuel Alliance

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In addition, there are around 22,000 aircrafts for which there are no cost-effective technical alternatives in sight. The fuel is available to customers in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and in the United States in California and Oregon. Throughout the world, more than 1.3

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UP Catalyst offering carbon-negative graphite for European battery supply chain

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UP Catalyst , an Estonia-based company developing a method to produce sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO 2 ( earlier post ), says that it can produce carbon-negative graphite, consuming 3.7 tons of CO 2 per ton of graphite material produced.

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