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Biorefinery for sustainable marine fuel to be built in Denmark

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The Port of Frederikshavn, Steeper Energy and Aalborg University are partnering to establish a biomass biorefinery in Denmark to produce a sustainable drop-in sulfur-free marine fuel that will serve more than 100,000 vessels passing through the port annually.

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BASF and Gazprom agree on asset swap; BASF’s Wintershall expanding production of oil and gas, exiting gas trading and storage business

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Through the swap, BASF aims to further expand its production of oil and gas via its wholly owned subsidiary Wintershall —Germany’s largest internationally active crude oil and natural gas producer—and to exit the gas trading and storage business. billion barrel of oil equivalent. This is equivalent to a total of 2.4

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Praxair partners with NEL ASA on hydrogen refueling network in Norway; invests in Uno-X JV

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Uno-X Hydrogen AS, a NEL ASA (NEL) joint venture, has entered into an agreement with a Norwegian affiliate of Praxair, a leading global industrial gas company, as a strategic alliance to install 20 hydrogen refuelling stations, covering all the major cities in Norway by 2020. —Jon André Løkke, CEO of NEL ASA. Praxair, Inc.,

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EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

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The rise is mostly due to the increase of oil consumption from road transport. In the EU Emissions Trading System, emissions from stationary installations increased by 0.2% Emissions trends for industrial installations have been more variable, reflecting the economic developments observed in Europe over the last three trading periods.

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Launch of the European COCATE CO2 Transport Project for Medium-Size Emitters

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Led by IFP (France), the project brings together eight other research and industrial partners: the Le Havre Region Development Agency (France), Geogreen (France), Accoat (Denmark), SINTEF Energy Research (Norway), DNV (Norway), TNO (Netherlands), Port of Rotterdam NV (Netherlands) and SANERI (South Africa). million (US$6.6

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Study finds between 87 to 98% of ships following the new sulfur regulations in northern Europe

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Some of the measurements were taken using an airplane flying over Denmark, the English Channel and the middle of the Baltic Sea, while others used fixed measuring stations in the approach to Gothenburg, Sweden, on the Oresund Bridge (between Copenhagen and Malmo) and on the Great Belt Bridge in central Denmark. —Johan Mellqvist.

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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Most recently, Toyota announced that its fuel cell sedan would also be available in the UK, USA, Germany and Denmark during the summer of 2015. This is not much different from diesel and gasoline which are produced from refining and cleaning crude oil (a process which heavily involves the use of hydrogen).

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