Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2023

Fortum Battery Recycling has started to examine the feasibility of installing a production facility for sustainable secondary battery materials in the industrial area of Artern, Thuringia, Germany. We want to help the entire industry produce more sustainable batteries in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

The German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) has commissioned the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to plan a pilot plant for the production of electricity-based (electrofuel) renewable kerosene for aviation. By switching to electricity-based kerosene, we can save millions of tons of CO 2 emissions in air traffic.

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Industrial Industry Germany Production 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

While production costs of around €4.00 per kilogram are possible in northern Germany, hydrogen imported from Tunisia, for example, would cost at least €4.70 As such, green hydrogen can be produced in northern Germany at competitive prices and form the basis for a German hydrogen initiative—this is good news for German industry.

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Hydrogen Tunisia Supplies Industrial 221

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

EIT InnoEnergy, the European innovation engine for sustainable energy, announced a partnership with Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan), a start-up lithium exploration company, to produce the world’s first completely carbon-neutral lithium in Germany. As a result, the carbon footprint of the production process could even be negative.

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Germany Carbon Lithium Ion Europe 491

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

Particular opportunity for the Global South identified as net-zero fuel production costs expected to be up to 20% lower in Latin America and Africa. To reach the industry’s 2050 (net) zero goal, shipping’s fuel needs would require electricity from renewable sources to increase by up to 3,000 TWh, the report shows. London, UK.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2022

A group of leading German companies along with Australia’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has released a green hydrogen roadmap, outlining a set of recommendations for government and industry, to meet the ambitious target of importing large amounts of green hydrogen from Australia to Germany. Source: RMI analysis).

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Germany Hydrogen Green Russia 305

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Kandjoze of Namibia’s National Planning Commission agreed to establish a hydrogen partnership between Germany and Namibia and signed a Joint Communiqué of Intent (JCoI). The global race for the best hydrogen technologies and the best sites for hydrogen production is already on. This is almost twice as much as Germany has to offer.

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Namibia Germany Hydrogen Green 337

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2020

In 2017, Germany launched a consortium of leading industrial companies to investigate high-volume production of automotive fuel cell stacks. Mass production capability : selection and evaluation of critical processes, achievement of automotive quality requirements, plant planning for 10,000 and 30,000 stacks per year.

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Industrial Industry Commercial Fuel 334

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Airbus and LM Industries, the the parent company of Local Motors and Launch Forth, have formed Neorizon to provide disruptive and innovative products with an initial focus on local mobility and autonomy. Its efficiency will allow products to be iterated regularly to match customers’ needs and preferences. leadership.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2021

Mercedes-Benz and Siemens will cooperate on advancing digitalization and automation in the automotive industry, supported by the State of Berlin. Mercedes-Benz AG aims to digitize its production processes. Berlin-Marienfelde site to become competence center for the digitalization of the global Mercedes-Benz production network.

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Mercedes Production Germany Industrial 418

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. Battery production capacity equivalent to 18 million electric cars—1.2 Europe must act or risk losing it all.

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Companies Batteries Battery Production 430

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

The new tanker will transport the liquid hydrogen to terminals in Germany, with a strategic vision to expand supply to other markets as demand increases. We plan to initially deliver 100 tons per day (t/d) of green hydrogen and ramp up production to 300 t/d within three years, depending on demand.

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Hydrogen Germany Transportation Green 527

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2021

German Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier and Federal Minister of Research Anja Karliczek, together with their Australian counterpart, Energy Minister Angus Taylor, have signed a letter of intent to establish a “Germany Australia Hydrogen Accord” to facilitate a green hydrogen supply chain between the countries.

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Australia Germany Hydrogen Green 334

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

IVECO and FPT Industrial, the commercial vehicle and powertrain brands of CNH Industrial N.V., and Nikola Motor Company will manufacture , through their European joint venture, the Nikola TRE in Ulm, Germany, at the IVECO manufacturing facility. —Gerrit Marx, President Commercial and Speciality Vehicles, CNH Industrial.

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Germany Companies Motor Motors 284

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC’s) first shipment of low-carbon ammonia recently left the United Arab Emirates (UAE) bound for Hamburg, Germany. This is the first cargo of low-carbon ammonia to be shipped to Germany. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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UAE United Arab Emirates Germany Carbon 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (CE&IG), a part of the Nikkiso Co., Korea, and Neuenbürg, Germany. Ltd (Japan) group of companies, announced multiple contracts to provide more than a dozen Hydrogen Fueling Stations (HFS) to customers in California and South Korea.

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South Korea Hydrogen California Clean 221

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

BASF has officially broken ground for its new cathode active materials (CAM) production plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. BASF’s groundbreaking ceremony today marks a further step in the right direction for Germany’s industrial sector and the establishment of a European value chain for electric mobility.

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Germany Production Europe Finland 243

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2022

Hyzon Motors, a US-based global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell trucks and buses, will acquire ORTEN Betriebs GmbH and subsidiaries, and ORTEN Electric Trucks GmbH, German manufacturers of innovative truck and trailer bodies for the beverage industry. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, 2022.

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Germany Kits Fleet Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

From 2022 onwards, the company will purchase electricity in Germany which comes exclusively from renewable sources. The CO 2 -free electricity from solar, wind and hydro sources is generated in various power plants, most of which are located in Germany. A green power concept of this type and scale is so far unique in Germany.

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Wind Germany Mercedes Solar 418

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

million from the federal government of Germany and the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and Saarland for its project for the initial industrialization of stationary solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems:“Bosch Power Units”. The Bosch project is one of the first projects in Germany to receive this funding.

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Fuel Production Germany Hydrogen 360

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Northvolt intends to establish a battery gigafactory in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With an annual potential production capacity of 60 GWh, Northvolt Drei will deliver a supply of sustainably produced lithium-ion batteries to the European market, sufficient for some one million electric vehicles.

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Germany Building Lithium Ion Denmark 250

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

Vulcan Energy Resources, a renewable energy producer and carbon-neutral lithium developer, has commenced commissioning of its Lithium Extraction Optimization Plant (LEOP) for the purpose of extraction, purification, and concentration of lithium chloride from brine in the Upper Rhine Valley in Germany. Earlier post.)

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Germany Lithium Ion Europe Commercial 195

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Cemex Germany continues to invest in more sustainable transport for its products. iONTRON is the brand name for Putzmeister electrified products; the lineup includes the P 9G iONTRON Mixer, the BSF iONTRON Hybrid truck-mounted concrete pump, and the BSA 1005 E iONTRON trailer concrete pump.

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Germany Fleet Sustainable Transportation CO2 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2020

XL2 was founded by Audi and Capgemini to support the automotive industry in digital transformation tasks. The joint venture that focuses on consulting and technology services for cloud and SAP S/4HANA includes industry solutions such as SAP Leonardo. XL2 is designed to enable end-to-end digital manufacturing, covering all central.

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Audi Auto Industry Industrial Industry 186

Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2024

The IEEE senior member is a professor and chair of electronic systems and sensors at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg , in Germany. The project’s leaders also are looking to increase collaborations among academia, industry, governments, and space agencies.

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Industrial Industry Engine Universal 97

Teslarati

JULY 7, 2022

Tesla Giga Berlin has become the largest industrial employer in Germany’s capital region. This is quite impressive, especially as Giga Berlin only started vehicle production at the end of March. As of August this year, salaries for production workers will rise by 6%. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Industrial Industry Tesla Germany 144

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) is awarding €80 million to the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s National Action Plan for Fuel Cell Production. The alliance with the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is a new dimension for advancing fuel cell production. —Prof.

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Fuel Production Hydrogen Germany 322

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

A team from Fraunhofer IPT is developing a continuous production line that will be able to process fuel cell components in cycles lasting just seconds. Moreover, they plan to transfer the action plan and the individual technologies for the production of fuel cells from research to industrial application. © Fraunhofer IPT.

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Fuel Production Hydrogen Europe 496

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

This trend was already underway before the pandemic, due to cost-competitive gas in key sectors including power, industry and transport, and major regions including Europe, North America and Asia. Potential magnitude of resource and landed cost of hydrogen in Germany, 2050. —Jon Moore, CEO of BNEF. Source: BloombergNEF.

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Gas Global Industrial Industry 243

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

bp confirmed it is planning a new large-scale green hydrogen production facility in the North East of England that could deliver up to 500MWe (megawatt electrical input) of hydrogen production by 2030. bp is aiming to start production by 2025, with an initial phase of some 60MWe of installed hydrogen production capacity.

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Hydrogen Green Production Spain 397

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

The Volkswagen Group is pushing ahead with the integration of its plants into the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud; the aim is to further improve the efficiency of the plants and reduce production costs. In 2020, the Group will integrate 15 more into the Cloud, said Gerd Walker, Head of Production of the Volkswagen Group. >.

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Industrial Industry Czech Republic Hungary 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

ETH Zurich spin-off Synhelion has started the construction of DAWN—its own industrial plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat. Located in Jülich, Germany, the facility will demonstrate the entire process from concentrating sunlight to producing synthetic liquid fuel on an industrial scale. Earlier post.)

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Solar Fuel Germany Industrial 435

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2019

IVECO, FPT Industrial and Nikola unveiled the maquette of the Nikola TRE battery-electric truck, the first vehicle resulting from the joint venture between CNH Industrial and Nikola, which involves the commercial vehicle brand and the powertrain specialist. Earlier post.). The bridge to fuel-cell electric heavy-duty trucking.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

These are just a few things that have stopped Tesla’s progress in Germany as it attempts to launch its first electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Europe. “But such hurricanes of resistance show how little sustainable Germany is,” he said in an interview with Handelsblatt.

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Industrial Industry Tesla Germany 145

Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Lithium supplier Vulcan Energy on Wednesday announced the start of production of the first lithium chloride at its extraction plant in Germany using geothermal energy, an essential step toward producing battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

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Germany Auto Energy Production 52

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Webasto, a global systems partner to the automotive industry, has started the production of batteries for electric vehicles in Germany. For this purpose, Webasto has invested €11 million in a multi-product line. Holger Engelmann, Chairman of the Management Board of Webasto SE.

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Germany Production Batteries Battery 223

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2020

thyssenkrupp’s proprietary water electrolysis technology for the production of. It was shown that thyssenkrupp’s electrolyzers can increase and decrease their production at the speed required to participate in the premium primary reserve market. In the following year the production of ammonia succeeded. thyssenkrupp and E.ON

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Water Hydrogen Market Production 337