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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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The plant will feature SGH2’s technology, which will gasify recycled mixed paper waste to produce green hydrogen that reduces carbon emissions by two to three times more than green hydrogen produced using electrolysis and renewable energy, and is five to seven times cheaper. The facility will process 42,000 tons of recycled waste annually.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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of global and 17% of European reserves. Enefit’s modular design allows easy maintenance, process optimization and streamlined adaptability to the individual characteristics of different oil shale deposits. Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity.

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GM renames Detroit-Hamtramck to Factory ZERO; $2.2B investment to reconfigure it to all EV assembly

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The facility has advanced technology and tooling and was designed with a focus on sustainable manufacturing. During the plant’s physical transition, concrete waste was repurposed to create temporary roadways. acre wildlife habitat and is home to species such as monarchs, foxes and turkeys.

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AI Can Help Make Recycling Better

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Garbage is a global problem that each of us contributes to. billion tonnes of solid waste that the world produces every year gets recycled. But it would have no effect on the two-thirds of the waste stream that never makes it to recyclers. So far, though, we haven’t been up to the task. Only 16 percent of the 2.1

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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Unsurprisingly: apart from some occasional optimizations (less chemicals, better waste recycling), processes haven’t changed. There is a massive waste, alerts Alchemie Technology: About 30 tons of water is used to dye a single ton of fabric. The first one in Taiwan (global capital of finishing treatments).

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