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JUNE 11, 2015

France-based Global Bioenergies, the developer of a one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, has obtained new €1.4-million million) financing from Bpifrance on the isobutene program. million (US$1.6-million) million interest-free loan over seven years.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2021

France-based specialty chemicals and materials company Arkema announced a 50% increase in its Kynar PVDF fluoropolymer production capacities at its Pierre-Bénite site in order to address the fast-growing demand for materials for lithium-ion batteries. Arkema now aims for sales of at least €1 billion in the battery sector by 2030.

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

Now, the EIB’s financing will help it to develop and install a set of larger machines to demonstrate the first-of-its-kind production of the anode material at industrial scale. This financing is supported by the InnovFin Energy Demonstration Projects of the European Commission, funded by EU’s research & innovation framework program.

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APRIL 1, 2020

Faced with the compelling need for more respirators, the French government asked a group of French industrial companies led by Air Liquide to study the possibility of increasing the production of respirators so as to provide 10,000 respirators in 50 days, between the beginning of April and mid-May.

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JULY 4, 2022

And the nuclear industry must quickly address the issues of cost overruns and project delays that have bedevilled the construction of new plants in advanced economies. Government financing will remain necessary to mobilise new investment, not just for plants but also to develop the latest technologies.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

XL also has added two new members to its executive team, with deep experience in the commercial fleet industry, and with leadership backgrounds across finance, sales, business development and operational excellence. Most recently, Anna served as COO of Xamax Industries, a leading specialty materials provider.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

HySiLabs, a France-based developer of a siloxane liquid carrier for hydrogen, announced a €13-million Series A financing led by Equinor Ventures, and joined by the European Innovation Council Fund, EDP Ventures and PLD Automobile, with the support of historical investors Kreaxi, Région Sud Investissement and CAAP Création.

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APRIL 10, 2019

This purchase represents an order potential of nearly 800 buses (of which about 200 are in firm order), financed 100% by île-de-France Mobilités (in direct grant or via the contract île-de-France Mobilités – RATP). Aptis thus offers passengers a fully low floor spanning 20 m 2. This is a major milestone for the RATP.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Euro Manganese has entered into an offtake term sheet with Verkor , a low-carbon battery manufacturer based in Grenoble, France, for the sale of high-purity manganese sulfate monohydrate (HPMSM) from the company’s Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic. Earlier post.) The term sheet is non-binding.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Financing a first of its kind plant, based on an innovative technology is always a challenge. Progress in engineering and forecasted prices for our products now higher than initially anticipated are fueling our optimism regarding the plant’s financing within the new schedule. Global Bioenergies will soon be receiving €2.6

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

China’s top trade official warned the European Union against protectionism on Friday, saying Beijing was puzzled by EU probes into green tech exports and the bloc’s concerns they threaten the domestic solar panel, wind turbine and electric vehicle industries.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Ballard Power Systems has signed a product development agreement with Hydrogene de France ( HDF Energy ), an independent power producer dedicated to renewable power generation, for the development and integration of a multi-megawatt (MW) scale fuel cell system into HDF Energy’s Renewstable power plant designed for stationary power applications.

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JULY 6, 2021

In the future also, all Bugatti models will still be produced at the Bugatti factory in Molsheim, France. —Lutz Meschke, Member of the Executive Board for Finance. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. will continue to exist in the new joint venture. Jointly developed Bugatti models are planned for the longer term.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

billion) in France-based PSA Peugeot Citroën as part of a €3-billion (US$4.13-billion) The investment also marks a strengthening and deepening of the existing industrial and commercial partnership between PSA and DFG, China’s second largest carmaker. Industrial partnership. The French State would invest the same amount as DFG.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Existing investors Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Summa Equity, Shell Ventures, and SYSTEMIQ also participated in the financing. The program kick-off is supported by a new raise of $24.3 million, led by Horizons Ventures, joined by a new investor: British Airways.

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JULY 25, 2009

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant financing of up to €300 million (US$426 million) to Valeo for its current research projects aiming to reduce the fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions of cars and improve active safety. The role of each of the partners is the following: Valeo – the drive-train electronics and thermal. Earlier post.)

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MAY 28, 2014

Initially intended for industrial applications, PEM electrolysis is now targeting the renewable energy storage market, to supply service stations with hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles or to supply natural gas networks (power-to-gas, e.g., earlier post ). —Vianney de l’Estang, CEO of Smart Energies.

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JULY 8, 2011

One month after its IPO ( earlier post ), Global Bioenergies, a France-based startup that has engineered a series of bacterial strains that can produce isobutene, has received €475K (US$680K) in funding from the French innovation agency OSEO. straw) into isobutene, one of the key building blocks of the petrochemical industry.

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MARCH 1, 2018

Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. The eight hydrogen-powered tram-buses Van Hool is manufacturing for Pau (France) should be added to this total.

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JANUARY 20, 2013

France’s Ecotechnologies fund made a €5-million (US$6.7 million) round—investment in McPhy Energy, an company dedicated to hydrogen production and to low pressure hydrogen storage for industrial and energy players. million) investment—on a total €10-million (US$13.3

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MAY 21, 2015

Global Bioenergies, a developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, and Cristal Union, the 4 th largest European beet producer, have formed IBN-One, a joint venture to build and operate the first plant in France converting renewable resources into isobutene.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Global Bioenergies has reached two milestones—the labscale performance and the industrial process scale-up—of its process to produce renewable isobutene, one of them more than 2 months in advance. The BioMA+ project is financed by the ADEME in the context of the French “Investissements d’Avenir” State program.

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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. billion in funding.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

million) grant from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the JIVE 2 project will deploy 152 fuel cell electric buses across 14 European cities throughout France, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK. Coordinated by Element Energy , and supported by a €25-million (US$31.2-million)

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APRIL 1, 2024

With more than 23 years of consulting and industry experience across India, Middle East, France and the US, Turra has been instrumental in building Quiklyz, the Subscription Business of Mahindra Finance.

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MAY 11, 2011

the developer of a technology to extract oil from algae, announced that Ennesys, its joint venture partner in France, is working with large institutions to develop two separate large-scale algae projects. The resulting algae will be converted into fuel, electricity and industrial chemicals. OriginOil, Inc.,

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MARCH 13, 2019

Faurecia and Michelin are convinced of the importance of hydrogen technology in tomorrow’s world of zero emissions mobility and of the need to create a strong French and European hydrogen industrial sector. Our joint ambition is to create a centre of excellence for hydrogen mobility in France through the gradual combination of our activities.

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JULY 19, 2017

The transaction is not subject to a financing condition. Sevcon’s Bassi Division produces battery chargers for electric vehicles; power management and uninterrupted power source systems for industrial, medical and telecom applications; and electronic instrumentation for battery laboratories.

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JULY 21, 2022

The 650,000 b/d Dangote Industries refinery in Lagos, Nigeria, set to be the largest in the country when completed, may come online in late 2022 or 2023. More than 2 million b/d of new refining capacity construction is expected to come online to support markets in the Indian Ocean basin in 2022.

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MAY 31, 2018

Butterfly covers all research and development phases in the process—from scientific concepts, to the pilot phase and validation on an industrial demonstrator. The project was selected by France’s Agency for the Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) to receive €14.7 One month’s total energy consumption of France.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Visedo, a Finnish manufacturer specializing in electric powertrains and components, has secured a financing package of €20 million (US$21 million) to support its international growth plans. The financing consists of an equity investment of €13.5 These are essential factors for industrial clients and original equipment manufacturers.

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My Energi

APRIL 13, 2023

This significant investment will allow myenergi to continue to innovate and grow, underlining its position as a leader in the smart home technology industry. Eco-smart home technology manufacturer, myenergi, has secured a £30m funding package from HSBC UK to support the development and production of innovative smart home energy products.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Some 60% of global output is for the tire industry. In addition to developing an innovative bio-butadiene production process, the partners are also committed to laying the groundwork for a future bio-sourced synthetic rubber industry in France. million (US$20 million) in financing as part of the Investing in the Future program.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Both companies intend to create an EV Customer Experience Center in France that will promote the implementation of projects to demonstrate the economic, commercial and technological challenges at stake. GE Capital is a leading leaser of vehicles, with a customer fleet of approximately 250,000 vehicles in Europe, and 1.6 million globally.

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MAY 21, 2020

Unlike other renewable energy sources, hydrogen can fuel hard-to-decarbonize heavy industrial sectors like steel, heavy transport, and cement. Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that clean hydrogen could cut up to 34% of global greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and industry.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

We will have our Energy and Finance Ministers, based on their national circumstances, develop implementation strategies and timeframes, and report back to Leaders at the next Summit. The inaugural meeting of the G-20 took place in Berlin, on December 15-16, 1999, hosted by German and Canadian finance ministers.

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JUNE 23, 2011

It also targets establishing appropriate financial mechanisms to support the construction of industrial first-of-a-kind advanced biofuel production plants. Establish financing structures to facilitate sustainable biofuel projects. Accelerate research and innovation into advanced biofuel technologies, including algae.

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