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thyssenkrupp Steel, HKM and Port of Rotterdam jointly investigate setting up hydrogen supply chains

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Green hydrogen is a sustainable alternative to coal, oil and natural gas. A concrete and significant demand for hydrogen from the steel industry as an alternative to coal as well as the options to store CO 2 can work as a stimulus for the realization of this infrastructure.

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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

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” Their analysis is in the context of the “ surprising [oil] demand strength of 2010 “; 2010 saw absolute incremental demand at around 2.2mb/d of growth—the second highest in 30 years, despite oil prices in the $90/bbl region. DB has lowered its advanced lithium-ion battery cost projection by about 30% for 2012.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. Dr. Paul still sees significant growth in the developing world. Billion vs. $28.3

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RFF papers explore differing outcomes of higher gasoline taxes on public transit and rural areas

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Economists view higher gasoline taxes as one solution to reducing gasoline consumption and thus air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and reliance on oil, while at the same time providing revenue to the government for highway repair and construction. government stimulus money, such as that included in the 2009 American Recovery and.

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Germany Launches H2 Mobility Initiative to Expand Infrastructure for Refueling Hydrogen Vehicles

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This will take place within the framework of the German economic stimulus package (Konjunkturpaket II) and other national and state programs to jointly address standardization and cost reduction issues. This will secure and create new employment in the markets of the future.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

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Veteran automakers, oil companies, and federal and state governments have been both the prime movers and obstacles to plug-in cars in the past and they remain so today. The taxpayer is financing the American automakers’ survival and their future. Although the future of plug-in cars looks brighter than ever, our work is cut out for us.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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from its reliance on imported oil. Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars. Hydrogen may have a future, but the view seems to be thatbatteries are what we can do reasonably soon,” Becker said. Oil prices are going to go up.

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