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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

FREYR Battery announced that the Research Council of Norway, Innovation Norway, and Siva have granted $11 million (NOK 100 million) through the Norwegian Green Platform initiative to a consortium of companies, including FREYR. The initiative is intended to provide a platform to establish sustainable battery production.

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APRIL 7, 2022

The project will contribute to European energy security while supporting the European Green Deal decarbonization ambitions for transportation, as the industrial-grade CO 2 -neutral biomethanol represents a new source of sustainable low carbon fuel replacing fossil-based fuels. Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski plant.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $500,000 grant to researchers at NC State University aimed at finding an energy efficient and environmentally friendly method for breaking down lignin into feedstock for the petrochemical industry. Approximately 1.3 —Dimitris Argyropoulos.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Finland-based Keliber’s long-planned lithium project is progressing into the construction phase, as preparatory work on the lot of the lithium hydroxide refinery will be kicked off before Christmas. Construction of the concentrator and the near-by Rapasaari mine will be started once their environmental permits have been granted.

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JULY 3, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä, in close customer cooperation with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Repsol, as well as with the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, will commence the world’s first long-term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Finland-based UPM, one of the world’s leading forest products groups, will build a hydrotreatment biorefinery producing biofuels from crude tall oil in Lappeenranta, Finland. A significant part of the raw material comes from UPM’s own pulp mills in Finland. UPM has not applied for a public investment grant for the project.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Under the new Global Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (ZE-MHDVs), Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales are setting an interim goal of 30% zero-emission new vehicle sales by 2030.

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

The plant, which will produce chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries (EVB), will be located at the company’s current industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. Bioleaching is an energy-efficient way of producing nickel, for example. Bioleaching. The stack of ore is then reclaimed and conveyed onto a secondary heap for final leaching.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in the common European priority area of batteries. stationary energy storage, power tools, etc.).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The EU Innovation Fund will award a grant of €88 million to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO 2 capture & storage project, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Porvoo refinery in Finland. This is a great recognition for Neste and its innovations as a front runner and key contributor to the European energy transition.

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APRIL 24, 2013

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is bringing its expertise as a developer of biomass processing technology to Brazil. VTT’s research center in Brazil has been granted BRL 10 million (about US$4.9 VTT acts as Odebrecht’s research partner, tasked with developing the technology used in the company’s processes.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

Finland-based Forest BtL Oy has licensed Carbo-V biomass gasification technology from Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH. The Carbo-V technology will be implemented in a new Biomass–to-Liquid (BtL) plant in Kemi, Northern Finland. —Sven Petersen, Vice President Carbon and Energy Solutions of Linde Engineering Dresden.

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

It is published yearly by the EEA to take stock of the EU’s and Member States’ progress in meeting their climate and energy targets, which includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared to 1990 levels by 2020 and at least 40% by 2030. The largest declines compared with 2016 occurred in Denmark, Finland and the United Kingdom.

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MAY 15, 2018

Non-refundable grants totalling €13.9 The 11 project partners coming from 8 EU-member States have signed an agreement with INEA which manages the Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy societal challenge of the Horizon 2020 program. Bio-isobutene conversion to fuel components by Neste Engineering Solutions (Finland).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. I hope that over the next 5-10 years we will be able to achieve commercially viable processes that will sustainably fuel our energy demands.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Introduced in August 2022 by the US Congress, the IRA is considered one of the most significant climate legislation aimed at lowering domestic inflation — notably brought on by the global energy crisis amid measures to tackle climate change. A key stated goal of the act is to reduce carbon emissions by around 40% by 2030.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released three new reports showcasing strong growth across the US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. Support was provided by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fuel Cell Technologies Office. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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MARCH 26, 2022

In keeping with this strategic shift of business, OMV will reduce its oil and gas production by around 20% by 2030 and will completely cease oil and gas production for energy use by 2050. The production of oil and gas for energy use will be completely stopped by 2050. Exploration & Production.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2009

NK City is the first vehicle of its type to be granted pan-European regulatory safety approval and CE certification. from the USA, Valmet Automotive from Finland and Investinor, the Norwegian Government-backed investment fund. With its market-leading 180km range, class-leading 100km/h performance and safety attributes, the TH!NK

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

billion) funding to 23 highly renewable energy demonstration projects—including five advanced biofuels projects with maximum combined funding of €516.8 billion of grants—paid by the polluters—will leverage a further €2 billion [US$2.66 million, US$270 million); 3 ocean energy projects (€58.9 billion (US$1.6

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AUGUST 30, 2017

The project found its stacks were “ready for integration in any clean power-generating system and implementation in the energy market.” Companies and research organisations from Estonia, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and the UK were involved. Stacks were designed and assembled with optimized interconnections and seals.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

It is the first EV to be granted certification with the European CE conformity mark and EU homologation requirements (M1 certificate). European production of the THINK City is already underway in Finland with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive, which also assembles the Porsche Boxster and Cayman models for Porsche AG.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The team submitted a detailed offer to the US Department of Energy (DOE) along with a letter of intent for restructuring Fisker. The program backs automotive companies that offer both green energy initiatives, such as increased fuel efficiency, and new auto industry jobs in the United States. Noting that DOE has issued $8.4

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