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Cepsa to invest €3B in Andalusia to build the largest green hydrogen hub in Europe; additional €2B for renewable power

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Cepsa—the Spain-based multinational oil and gas company—will invest more than €3 billion to establish the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley, creating the largest green hydrogen hub in Europe in southern Spain. It also expects Spain to become a net exporter of renewable hydrogen.

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SEAT manufacturing automated ventilators with adapted windshield wiper motors

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The SEAT Leon line at the Martorell, Spain, plant is producing automated ventilators to collaborate with the healthcare system in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. A team of engineers diligently set about designing several prototypes—13 in all—until the definitive model was produced.

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Airbus to trial in-flight auxiliary power entirely generated by hydrogen

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On conventional airliners, the APU (Auxiliary Power Unit), a small additional engine that runs on traditional jet fuel, provides, together with the engines, the energy required to power a number of non-propulsive aircraft functions, such as air conditioning, onboard lighting and electric power for avionics.

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Ballard to power Talgo fuel cell passenger train in trials ahead of planned 2023 launch

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—a leader in the design, manufacture, and maintenance of high-speed light-rail trains, headquartered in Madrid, Spain—for trials of its Talgo Vittal-One commuter and regional passenger train. Talgo plans to conduct its demonstration in early 2022 in Spain, with expected commercialization in 2023.

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EU-funded project Recirculate seeks to create new business models for repair, reuse, and recycling of second-life batteries

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They will be responsible for designing concepts, workflows, and templates for data collected and shared via digital Battery Passports as well as building an MVP online marketplace. Dafo Vehicle Fire Protection’s role is to design and develop an intelligent safe transport and storage system for battery packs, modules and cells.

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Aramco and Stellantis collaboration indicates eFuel compatibility with 24 European engine families produced since 2014 (Euro 6)

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—Ned Curic, Stellantis Chief Engineering and Technology Officer We are delighted to work with Stellantis, one of the world’s leading automakers, to assess the performance of our fuel formulations that are designed to represent expected eFuel characteristics in its existing vehicle engines.

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Researchers use quantum computing method to optimize molecular photoswitches for solar energy harvesting

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A third route could involve first storing the energy from the sun in light-sensitive materials and then releasing it as needed. Mikkelsen at the University of Copenhagen, (Denmark) and Kasper Moth–Poulsen at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona (Spain), have taken a closer look at the photoswitches best suited for this task.

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