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Varmlandsmetanol wants to build €350M biomethanol plant in Estonia

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Estonian media reports that Swedish bioenergy company Varmlandsmetanol AB is interested in building a €350-million (US $412 million) biomethanol plant in Estonia. We have the technology, we have the material to build the plant, but legislation does not allow for it yet.

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BEV adoption reaches ‘tipping point’ in 31 countries: Bloomberg

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Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have surpassed a tipping point of making up 5 percent of overall automotive sales in 31 countries, up from just 19 in 2022, according to data shared by Bloomberg last week. Once enough sales occur, you kind of have a virtuous cycle,” said Corey Cantor, an EV analyst at BloombergNEF.

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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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The taxes fall into three broad categories: vehicle acquisition (VAT, sales tax, registration tax); ownership (annual circulation tax, road tax); and motoring (fuel tax). The three countries that do not apply CO2-based taxation are Estonia, Lithuania and Poland. —Eric-Mark Huitema, ACEA Director General.

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Neo Performance Materials to acquire exploration license for rare earth element project in Greenland

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Neo, through a special purpose entity (SPE), plans to explore and develop the Sarfartoq Project to diversify its global sourcing of rare earth ore further and to expand the rare earth supply chains that feed Neo’s rare earth separation facility in Estonia.

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Ultracap-maker Skeleton Technologies closes additional €29M, bringing D round to €70.4M

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Skeleton Technologies Group has three main locations: its manufacturing in Großröhrsdorf, Saxony, Germany, materials development in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt and electrical engineering in Tallinn, Estonia. From its foundation in 2009, Skeleton has grown from 4 to close to 200 people working for the company.

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Supercap company Skeleton closes €37.6M in Round D3; total D round funding at €108M

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Skeleton Technologies Group has four main locations: its manufacturing in Großröhrsdorf, Saxony, sales in Berlin, materials development in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, and electrical engineering in Tallinn, Estonia. From its foundation in 2009, the company has grown from 4 to more than 260 people.

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ACEA: EU commercial vehicle registrations: down 23.2% in Q1 2020; -47.3% in March

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During the first quarter of the year, heavy truck sales fell in all major EU markets, with France (-27.7%) and Germany (-25.9%) posting the strongest drops. Germany (+11.8%), Austria (+12.3%), Estonia (+800.0%) and Cyprus (+33.3%) were the only markets in the region to post growth last month. less than last year. to 1,905 units.

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