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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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The plant will feature SGH2’s technology, which will gasify recycled mixed paper waste to produce green hydrogen that reduces carbon emissions by two to three times more than green hydrogen produced using electrolysis and renewable energy, and is five to seven times cheaper. The facility will process 42,000 tons of recycled waste annually.

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Hexa Research forecasts $10.96B global rare earth elements market by 2020

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will drive global market growth, resulting in a global rare earth elements market reaching $10.96 Elements such as terbium, europium and yttrium are used in the phosphors industry. Creation of elements from recycled waste is an area of opportunity for future. billion in 2020. Asia Pacific fetched revenues close to $3.8

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO 2 emissions have stalled for the third year in a row. Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions.

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Evonik and LanzaTech working on bio-processed precursors for specialty plastics

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Evonik Industries and LanzaTech have signed a three-year research cooperation agreement which will see Evonik combining its existing biotechnology platforms with LanzaTech’s synthetic biology and gas fermentation expertise for the development of a route to bio-processed precursors for specialty plastics from waste-derived synthesis gas.

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Startup offers EV firms greener graphite in alternative to China – ET Auto

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An alternative energy startup in Malaysia is ready to help electric-vehicle makers source a key ingredient outside of China — using agriculture waste to create graphite. Synthetic graphite , which accounts for most of global production, is typically made from petroleum coke , in an expensive and carbon-intensive process.

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LanzaTech closes $55.8M Series C round; PETRONAS on board as investor

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LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, has closed its Series C round with new investment totaling US $55.8 LanzaTech uses a proprietary fermentation process to convert gases (including industrial waste gases and gas derived from any biomass source) into fuels and chemicals.

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Neste-led project verified 50% methane emission reduction at palm oil mills using belt filter press

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The project took place in palm oil mills in Indonesia and Malaysia, and was conducted in collaboration with a palm oil company KLK, a Dutch sustainable trade organization IDH, and an international certification system ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). The potential that the method offers is enormous, Neste said.

Oil 244