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EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that, absent significant changes in policy or technology, world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2020 and 2050. Liquid fuels remain the largest source of energy consumption, driven largely by the industrial and transportation sectors.

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Qualcomm announces Connected Car Reference Platform

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announced the Qualcomm Connected Car Reference Platform aimed at accelerating the adoption of advanced and complex connectivity into the next-generation of connected cars. Qualcomm expects the Connected Car Reference Platform to be available by the end of 2016. Qualcomm Incorporated, through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.,

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California Energy Commission adopts goal to make more electricity available through smarter use of existing resources

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a new goal to make up to 7,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity available through the smarter use of existing clean energy resources. The target represents a doubling of current levels and is enough electricity to power up to 7 million homes by 2030 without new power plants.

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Topsoe selected by World Energy GH2 to supply ammonia loop for Canada’s largest renewable hydrogen plant

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Topsoe has signed an agreement with World Energy GH2 , a net-zero solutions provider, to provide Topsoe’s dynamic ammonia loop technology for Canada’s largest—and one of the world’s first-to-market, renewable hydrogen projects—Project Nujio’qonik. World Energy GH2 is a Newfoundland and Labrador-based renewable energy company.

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Teslas Visit Alternative Energy Site — Tip Mining In Brisbane

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You can’t get much more alternative energy than tip mining. Note for American readers: a “tip” refers to a landfill in this case.) LGI estimates that there are hundreds of methane-producing tips across the country. Many of these are in regional areas without systems to capture and destroy those emissions.

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Technip Energies launches suite of blue hydrogen production technologies

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Technip Energies has launched of BlueH 2 by T.EN, a full suite of deeply-decarbonized and affordable solutions for hydrogen production. Building on its more than 50-year track record in the hydrogen market, Technip Energies is expanding its role into low/no-carbon energy solutions. Technip Energies’ BlueH2 by T.EN

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DOE estimates EV battery pack costs in 2022 nearly 90% lower than in 2008

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The 2022 estimate is $153/kWh on a usable-energy basis for production at scale of at least 100,000 units per year. Note: Cost refers to usable energy and not rated energy. That compares to $1,355/kWh in 2008. Source: DOE. 2008–2015 – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2017.

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