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Germany and Australia to establish alliance on green hydrogen supply chain

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Among other things, we will promote the production of hydrogen on an industrial scale in Australia with German-Australian ‘Hydrogen Hubs’ using German technology and explore possibilities for cooperation within the framework of our new international funding instrument ‘H2-Global’. Co-financing of an AUS-DEU H 2 incubator for applied research.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. The Commission is convinced that financing should cover.

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€33.7M AgiloDrive2 project for electric motor production launches

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Consortium leader Schaeffler, along with with 17 partners (automotive and industrial supplier) has launched the AgiloDrive2 research project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). The AgiloDrive2 research project, with a three-year duration and total finance package of €33.7

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Germany establishes new national control center for charging infrastructure

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The automotive industry and the energy industry have promised to actively support the control center, Minister Scheuer said. The National Control Center for Charging Infrastructure is located at NOW GmbH in the long term, which has so far coordinated and controlled the BMVI's Charging Infrastructure funding guideline.

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German government awarding €50M in subsidies to 31 projects for municipal electromobility; issues fourth funding call

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Procurement of electric vehicles in the taxi industry and car-sharing companies is also being supported. This fourth call for support specifically supports municipalities that were not funded after the adaptation of the funding guidelines in 2017. As part of the fourth funding call “electromobility”, municipal vehicle fleets—e.g.,

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

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Comprehensive policies directed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from sources other than energy, for example waste, industrial emissions, fugitives, land-use change, deforestation and agriculture. UNEP FI works closely with more than 200 financial institutions who are signatories to the UNEP FI Statements.

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EU Industry Ministers Call for Harmonized EV Charging and Safety Standards by Mid-2011

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European industry ministers in an EU Competitiveness Council meeting in Brussels yesterday voiced their support for the European Commission’s strategy for clean and energy-efficient vehicles, which was published last month ( earlier post ). They also noted that hydrogen vehicles and electric vehicles are mutually complementary.

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