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T&E: Europe burns 19 million bottles of sunflower and rapeseed oil every day in cars

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This has contributed to spiralling food price rises as well as empty supermarket shelves in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the organization says. Supermarkets have had to ration vegetable oils and prices are soaring. In Germany, for example, cooking oils are among the six food categories with the highest price increase.

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Nissan to test African demand for its e-Power hybrid vehicle – ET Auto

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This year Nissan will export the South African built Navara pickup trucks to new markets of Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia and Egypt, Nissan Africa product Marketing Director Stefan Haasbroek said. According to Nissan, elsewhere in the world the global motorization average is 182 vehicles per 1,000 people versus 42 per 1,000 in Africa.

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EIA: Global trade in liquefied natural gas grew by 4.5% in 2021

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In North Africa, LNG exports from Egypt increased by 0.7 Bcf/d in 2021 primarily because of record-high LNG spot prices in Asia. Lower LNG imports in Europe contributed to record-low natural gas storage inventories during 2021, even as prices reached record highs. Bcf/d increase compared with 2020. Bcf/d and from Algeria by 0.2

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BNEF: cost of new renewables rises as inflation starts to bite

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Despite temporary cost rises for renewables, the gap to fossil fuel power generation continues to widen due to fuel and carbon prices rising even faster. Since February 2022, the price of key metals, including aluminum, copper, cobalt and molybdenum has dropped, but remains relatively high. More recently, labor costs started to rise.

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Maersk, Egyptian authorities sign partnership agreement to explore large-scale green fuel production in Egypt

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Egypt has excellent conditions for renewable energy production and ambitions to become global leader in the green energy value chain. The availability of green energy and fuel in sufficient quantities and at cost competitive price levels is the single biggest challenge to the decarbonisation of global shipping.

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Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

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It is this vision that has triggered a slew of recent green hydrogen investment deals in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Oman and Saudi Arabia. Until green hydrogen becomes price competitive, it cannot fulfil its promise. Many more will follow. However, the cost is one very large fly in the ointment.

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Bajaj Chetak electrical scooter sees over four-fold gross sales enlargement in FY23

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according to cent of its internet gross sales in FY22, dropped each in quantity and in price phrases in FY23. Then again, the corporate’s exports, which accounted for 52.7