Remove Fuel Remove Powered Remove Renewable Remove Romania
article thumbnail

SFC Energy starts production of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells in India

Green Car Congress

SFC Energy AG, a supplier of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells for stationary and mobile hybrid power solutions, has launched the manufacturing of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells at its New Delhi/Gurgaon site in India. In the future, SFC’s subsidiary SFC Energy India Ltd.

India 268
article thumbnail

CLEPA study: EV-only approach would lead to the loss of half a million supplier jobs in the EU

Green Car Congress

By complementing electrification, a mixed technology approach allowing use of renewable fuels could deliver a 50% CO 2 reduction by 2030, while maintaining jobs and creating value-add. Technology is not the enemy here but rather fossil fuels, and tech openness will be critical to deliver a just transition.

Europe 199
article thumbnail

Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

Cars That Think

His plan’s legacy is the dozens of cooling towers rising from the French landscape, marking the nuclear power stations that produce over two-thirds of France’s electricity, by far the highest proportion of any country on Earth. Italy hasn’t hosted nuclear power at all since 1990. After all, the cost of renewables continues to plummet.

France 98
article thumbnail

Ford doubles German production capacity of 1.0L EcoBoost to 1,000 units per day

Green Car Congress

Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011. liter EcoBoost that will be the first non-hybrid gasoline-powered family car in Europe to offer 99 g/km CO2 emissions. Earlier post.)

Ford 199
article thumbnail

Ford launches production of 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine; could reach 1.3M units per year worldwide in future

Green Car Congress

Ford announced that when the three-cylinder EcoBoost engine debuts in the European Ford Focus, it will produce 125 PS (124 hp, 92 kW) with fuel consumption of 5.0 liter engine and with significantly improved fuel efficiency and lower CO 2 emissions. EcoBoost will debut in Europe in early 2012 and ultimately be available worldwide.

Ford 268
article thumbnail

OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

Green Car Congress

The Refining & Marketing business is to become a leading European provider of sustainable fuels, feedstock, and mobility solutions. A key success factor for sustainable business models in the medium- to long-term is growth in renewable feedstock, bioplastics, and the development of circular solutions. Refining & Marketing.

Oil 465
article thumbnail

War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

Cars That Think

Peter Kovalev/TASS/Getty Images So how did Europe become addicted to Russian fossil fuels, particularly natural gas? The continent was mostly powered by locally mined coal until the 1950s, when imports of cheap Middle Eastern oil started transforming the energy picture. Certification of the €9.5 Consumption of E.U.-produced

Ukraine 120