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New electric MINI Countryman E to begin production in November in Germany

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This includes dispensing with all decorative elements in the exterior and interior and manufacturing the cast light-alloy wheels from up to 70% secondary aluminum. This could generate more than 20 GWh of electricity from wind energy per year.

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Ford partners with Wind Energy Corp to power 4 dealerships

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Ford Motor Company is partnering with Wind Energy Corporation to deliver a new source of clean energy to its dealers. Under a pilot program exclusive to Ford, Wind Energy will install wind sail and solar panel systems at four Ford dealerships, a nearly $750,000 investment, to help power dealer facilities.

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Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project gets green light; tying in renewables

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In this way, electricity from renewable sources can be tapped and stored as it becomes available. The stored energy can, in turn, be deployed exactly when needed, whether for electric driving or boosting power grid capacity.

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Renewable hydrogen fuel being studied for the Port of Seattle

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Two studies—led by a team from Seattle City Light, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Sandia National Laboratories—are exploring the potential of shifting from fossil fuel to clean hydrogen as fuel to power medium-and heavy-duty vehicles. million DOE award, $150,000 City Light = $1.5 million project total).

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Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa green hydrogen pilot project enters operation

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Green hydrogen is produced by facilities powered by renewable power sources such as solar and wind energy, minimizing the carbon footprint across the entire production process. Tahe has crude oil processing capacity of 5 million tons per year, coking capacity of 2.6 million tons per year, gasoline and diesel hydro-fining capacity of 2.4

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Shell to build one of Europe’s biggest biofuels facilities for SAF and renewable diesel; 820,000 tonnes/year

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Shell will use bio-naphtha and light hydrocarbon gasses created during the formation process to create hydrogen. Shell expects to capture carbon emissions from the manufacturing process and store them in an empty gas field beneath the North Sea through the Porthos (Port of Rotterdam CO? Transport Hub and Offshore Storage) project.

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DOE awards $125M to bring clean energy technologies to market

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Low Total Cost of Hydrogen by Exploiting Offshore Wind and PEM Electrolysis Synergies. This project will directly couple and evaluate the use of an electrolyzer stack with an offshore wind turbine for hydrogen production. New CO 2 reduction processes are required to efficiently convert biogas, biomass and stored CO 2 to usable fuels.

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