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Australian-German business coalition releases roadmap for large-scale green hydrogen import to Germany

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The recommendations to the German government include: developing subsidies and incentives to remove the “First Mover Disadvantage”; encouraging sources of low-cost capital to scale the industry, and underwriting equipment manufacturers expansion plans to meet developer’s needs.

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The Oil War Is Only Just Getting Started

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It’s been a month now that investors and analysts have been closely watching two main drivers for oil prices: how OPEC is doing with the supply-cut deal, and how US shale is responding to fifty-plus-dollar oil with rebounding drilling activity. This would be the short-term game between low-cost producers and higher-cost producers.

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Navigant forecasts LD natural gas vehicles to account for 2.8% of global vehicle parc by 2024

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The markets for LD and medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) NGVs are driven by several key factors that differ widely based on location: the availability of refueling infrastructure; tightening tailpipe emissions requirements; and total cost of ownership, which includes acquisition cost and the low cost of natural gas (NG) compared to gasoline and diesel.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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Russia and Brazil both have access to high-quality iron ore reserves and to abundant clean power. Moreover, Brazil is expected to have one of the lowest costs for hydrogen production by 2030, according to research by BloombergNEF. This could change where most steel is made, or shake up the mining industry. Source: BloombergNEF.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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Outokumpu reported in its interim report for Q1 2018 that high graphite electrode costs were still having a negative impact on steelmaking profits in Europe. Consumers have been reluctant to pay the rapidly rising costs and drew down on graphite electrode stockpiles for as long as they could.

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China says it will ‘rein in’ the flood of EVs coming our way

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Back in September, the EU launched an investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the EU. China last year overtook Japan as the world’s biggest car exporter ­– but most of those were ICE vehicles sold to Russia.

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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University research programs investigating similar technologies include ones at Ufa University of Science and Technology in Russia, Yeungnam University in Republic of Korea, Harbin Institute of Technology in China, and the University of Sheffield in the U.K. teslas—well below the 2 T limit of ordinary electric steel. It’s not only about GE.

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