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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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Rosatom and EDF Group partner to develop green hydrogen in Russia and Europe

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In particular, the EDF and Rosatom agreement aims to develop initiatives in the sectors of mobility and industrial complex decarbonization, and anticipates research and development cooperation on new CO 2 -neutral hydrogen technologies. million of which are in France. Hydrogen energy is one of Rosatom’s R&D priorities.

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IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

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As the world contends with a global energy crisis, nuclear power has the potential to play a significant role in helping countries to securely transition to energy systems dominated by renewables, according to a new special report by the IEA. —IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

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Plug Power and Lhyfe partner to develop green hydrogen plants throughout Europe; 300MW by 2025

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In that project, Plug Power’s hydrogen electrolyzer technology will provide 1MW of capacity to the world’s first offshore hydrogen production facility, developed by Lhyfe and powered by electricity from a floating wind turbine off the coast of Le Croisic, at SEM-REV, Centrale Nantes’ offshore test site, which will be operational by 2022.

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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. capture and liquefaction at a cement plant to storage in offshore sites.

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Visiting Chinese trade official warns EU on greentech probe – ET Auto

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He cited the EU’s investigations into Chinese electric cars, solar panels and wind turbines as examples. Wang Wentao is traveling through Europe for discussions about the European Commission’s investigation into whether China’s electric vehicle industry has benefited from unfair subsidies.

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Study links PM2.5 pollution with millions of preterm births globally

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million preterm births globally—or 18% of all pre-term births—were associated with outdoor exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ).The million global estimate, and China for about another 500,000. The open-access study is published in the journal. Environment International. In 2010, an estimated 14.9

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