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Tesla Giga Berlin receives a proposal from local water supplier

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Tesla Giga Berlin received a wastewater management proposal from local water supplier, the Strausberg-Erkner Water Association (WSE). The water supplier agreed to more than double Giga Berlin’s limit value for nitrogen from 50 to 1120 milligrams per liter. million cubic meters of water annually.

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Tesla submits Gigafactory Berlin approval documents: Environment Ministry

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Tesla has submitted all of the required documents for the German State of Brandenburg to approve the operation and production of electric vehicles at the company’s first European production facility known as Gigafactory Berlin. Tesla CEO Elon Musk at Gigafactory Berlin in September 2020. Credit: @AndreasOpperman/Twitter).

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Tesla Giga Berlin gets a complaint from the local water association

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The Strausberg-Erkner Water Association (WSE), which supplies water to Tesla Giga Berlin, complained about the factory’s wastewater. According to a DPA document, the local water association has submitted several requests and warnings about Tesla exceeding its wastewater limits.

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Tesla water supply, drinking water not at risk due to increase pumping rates: Environment Minister

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Brandenburg State Environment Minister Axel Vogel said on Wednesday during a State Parliament meeting in Potsdam that Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin, nor the approved contracts for increased water withdrawal, have any negative effects on the drinking water of 170,000 people. Tesla submitted approval documents on December 22.

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Tesla Giga Berlin: Water consumption lawsuit threatens 2022 production

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The environmental associations sued the Brandenburg Environment Agency after it approved increased water abstraction in Eggersdorf in 2020 without testing. The Strausberg-Erkner water association pumps most of its water from the Eggersdorf waterworks, located 13 km (8 miles) from Gigafactory Berlin. .

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Tesla Giga Berlin production unlikely to begin in 2021 as water pumping hearing delayed

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A hearing related to water pumping near Tesla’s upcoming German production plant, known as Giga Berlin, has been delayed for the third time, making it unlikely that the electric automaker will begin production of its vehicles at the facility in 2021. million cubic meters of water per year.”

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Army Research Lab discovers aluminum nanomaterial rapidly splits water on contact

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Researchers at the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have discovered that a nano-galvanic aluminum-based powder of their design splits water on contact, producing hydrogen and oxygen. The team demonstrated a small radio-controlled tank powered by the powder/water reaction. If we can recharge those batteries, they can stay out longer.

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