Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

Raven SR, a US-based renewable fuels company ( earlier post ), plans to build a waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Aragón, Spain, following the opening of its subsidiary Raven SR Iberia in Zaragoza, announced earlier this month. Raven SR plans to bring the modular project online in 2023.

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Spain Waste Hydrogen Building 298

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

BMW is testing the use of renewable HVO100 renewable diesel for parts delivery in Germany. They commute between the BMW Group Supply Centre in Eching, just north of Munich, to deliver warehouse parts to the plant in the city for production—a round trip of a good 40 km each time.

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BMW Renewable Diesel Parts 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The USDA ARS and BIOF are cooperating to develop production methods which can be used to increase the productivity of land in Florida formerly used for orange production prior to the devastation of the industry by citrus greening. Both the USDA ARS and BIOF will supply resources needed for the project.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Neste will supply the Air France-KLM Group with more than 1,000,000 tons (approximately 1.26 The Air France-KLM Group (AF-KLM) and Neste expanded their existing cooperation with this new strategic partnership for the supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to the Group.

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France Supplies Fuel Waste 284

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Blue World Technologies has started the series production of its methanol fuel cells, marked with the official inauguration of the 8,500 m 2 Blue Aalborg Factory. The fuel cell factory, which initially has an annual production capacity of 250,000 individual fuel cells, is located in an industrial area at the Port of Aalborg in Denmark.

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Fuel Production Denmark Waste 342

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JULY 26, 2023

Enerkem, a producer of bio-methanol from mixed waste at commercial scale, and Dimeta, a joint venture between the two of the largest off-grid energy suppliers, are initiating feasibility studies for the development of two large-scale projects that will convert waste into renewable and recycled carbon dimethyl ether (DME).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Rio Tinto and Japanese trader and business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation have agreed a first sale under a new strategic collaboration agreement to secure a sustainable and reliable supply of Rio Tinto’s Responsible aluminum products to Japanese downstream manufacturers.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. The projects were selected as part of ARPA-E’s Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

BASF SE is investing €16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. Until the end of 2022, two additional production lines will be added to the existing plant. In addition, they have a lower carbon footprint than conventional products.

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Oil Parts Companies Waste 259

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2023

Stellantis and Australia-based Element 25 signed a binding agreement for Element 25 to supply battery-grade, high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) to Stellantis for use in electric vehicle (EV) battery packs. Liquids will be neutralised by addition of limestone and disposed into approved waste-water systems.

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Australia Supplies Battery Batteries 387

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Having a blending facility in the region enables a more efficient operation by moving neat SAF in bulk from production sources to the blending facility and then delivering blended SAF parcels to where it is needed. The SAF supplied is made from waste products and sustainable feedstocks and will be blended with conventional jet fuel.

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Singapore Supplies Fuel Asia 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Sinopec’s hydrogen production plant has the advantages of covering a small area, having a short construction time, and having a green, environmentally friendly production process. The storage and transportation cost of methanol is also much lower than hydrogen, making methanol-to-hydrogen an attractive hydrogen production technology.

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Hydrogen China Waste Oil 418

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The first Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck pre-production units have begun leaving the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center; the all-electric F-150 Lightning goes on sale next spring. The investment and 450 added jobs will help increase production capacity to 80,000 trucks a year. Ford has invested $7.7

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F-150 Ford Production Michigan 397

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2022

Australia-based Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) has entered into a binding ore supply agreement with Société Le Nickel (SLN), a subsidiary of Eramet Group, up to 1,000,000 wet metric tonnes (wmt) of nickel-containing limonite ore per annum to QPM. Specifications for the limonite ore include: 1.4 – 1.7% Ni (typical 1.6%). 30.0 – 47.5%

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Supplies Lithium Ion 2002 Purchase 243

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2020

thyssenkrupp’s proprietary water electrolysis technology for the production of. Our plants are thus making a significant contribution to ensuring both a stable power supply and the cost-effectiveness of green hydrogen. Prerequisites include being able to provide full supply within max. thyssenkrupp and E.ON thyssenkrupp and E.ON

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Water Hydrogen Market Production 337

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Cathode Forecast shows that China is set to extend its dominance of cathode production by 2030, increasing its share of production from 78% in 2022 to 87% in 2030. The country is set to extend its lead due in part to a surge in large-scale cathode projects. times in the same period.

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JUNE 28, 2021

The Renault Group has entered two major partnerships for the production of Li-ion batteries in France. It has the potential to create thousands of new high value green jobs as part of an end-to-end battery ecosystem in the region. —Lei Zhang, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Envision Group.

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France Battery Batteries Production 334

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

through its subsidiary dedicated to the deployment of technologies for the energy transition, NextChem , signed today a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the production of green hydrogen via electrolysis in the United States. (EGPNA), and Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

Part of the IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook series, the report underscores that the mineral requirements of an energy system powered by clean energy technologies differ profoundly from one that runs on fossil fuels. By acting now and acting together, they can significantly reduce the risks of price volatility and supply disruptions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2020

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has acquired 100% of the Dutch Count Companies BV’s Count Terminal Rotterdam BV and its supporting entities, part of the First Dutch Group of Peter Goedvolk.

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Renewable Supplies Waste Singapore 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The rapid growth of the hybrid and electric vehicle segment could potentially cause demand for electrical steel to outpace supply from 2025, according to a new report by a team of analysts from the Automotive Supply Chain and Technology team at IHS Markit. Supply is extremely limited in North America.

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Supplies Cleveland Electrical Electric 243

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Since forming in 2013, Argent Materials, a San Francisco Bay Area recycler of concrete and asphalt, and supplier of aggregate such as crushed rock, entry, cutback, sand, backfill and base rock for construction projects, has diverted more than a billion pounds of waste from local landfills. <>/div>. —Bill Crotinger.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As part of the strategy to decarbonize its customers’ supply chains, A.P. This is Maersk’s 8 th such agreement in the efforts to accelerate global production of green methanol. The parties have signed a Letter of Intent covering the development by Carbon Sink of green methanol production facilities in the United States.

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Green Carbon South Dakota Production 186

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Danish fuel cell manufacturer Blue World Technologies is developing a methanol fuel cell-powered auxiliary power unit (APU) to replace conventional diesel generators for power supply on board ships. Furthermore, waste heat can also be used for additional energy recovery.

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Mariner Fuel Waste Gas-Electric 273

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

Advanced biofuels are based on raw biological materials, such as used cooking oil and other waste products. Compared to standard fuels, this biofuel product lowers greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80%. The remaining part of the supply chain is made climate neutral by full lifecycle emission compensation.

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Transportation Mariner Climate Oil 341

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

Rolls-Royce will ensure a climate-neutral energy supply at the container terminal currently under construction at the Port of Duisburg, Germany. It will not only set new standards in cargo handling, but also in climate-friendly energy supply. The waste heat is used for process heat or for heating buildings in and around the port.

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Hydrogen Climate Supplies Power Grid 459

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Eni and RenOils, the Italian national vegetable and animal oils and fats Consortium established in 2016 to ensure the correct management of the collection, transport, storage, processing and reuse of vegetable oils and animal fats, are promoting the recovery of used cooking oils (UCO) for biofuel production.

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Oil Waste Italy Production 247

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AUGUST 18, 2023

billion (US$886 million) to build a cathode manufacturing facility that will provide materials that ultimately supply batteries for Ford’s future electric vehicles. Once production begins in the first half of 2026, the site will have the capacity to produce up to 45,000 tonnes of cathode active material (CAM) per year.

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North America Manufacturer Ford Building 195

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APRIL 8, 2021

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) Fuel Cell Business will supply and integrate fuel cell modules into a zero-emission train prototype as part of the FCH2RAIL project in Europe. In addition, it should be possible to use the waste heat from the fuel cell modules in an efficient way to heat and air-condition the train.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Shell and bio-bean are parterning to produce a B20 biofuel made partly from waste coffee grounds. The biofuel is being added to the London bus fuel supply chain and will help to power some of the buses. bio-bean works to collect some of these waste coffee grounds from high street chains and factories.

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London Waste Fuel Oil 150

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APRIL 13, 2021

Total started up production at the La Mède biorefinery—converted from a former oil refinery—in 2019. An 8-megawatt solar farm that can supply 13,000 people. Biofuels, bioplastics and plastic waste recycling form the backbone of this project, which is part of the strategy to get to net-zero emissions by 2050.

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France Fuel Oil Waste 431

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MAY 4, 2023

Aqua Metals is leading the development of the innovative conversion process, designed to replace chemical catalysts with clean electricity, and enables the sustainable production of cost-effective CAM precursors by eliminating embedded emissions, recurring expenses, and chemical waste byproducts.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

The nickel laterite ore is expected to be processed using a new and proprietary process that helps reduce waste with no requirement of a tailings dam. Importantly, the agreement demonstrates our commitment to building strong supplier relationships and is aligned with our approach to responsible sourcing and supply chain management.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Mercedes-Benz announced a partnership with China-based Farasis Energy ( earlier post ) for the supply of battery cells produced with electricity from renewable energies as well as recycling and the observance of human rights in the supply chain. As part of the sustainability partnership with Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co.,

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 30, 2023

It relies on a production philosophy known as just in time, which means its raw materials flow into factories “just in time” to be used for production. The methodology reduces costs and waste, but it leaves the automaker susceptible to disruptions if one or more parts of its supply chain or operations have issues.

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Japan Toyota Production Waste 102

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MAY 11, 2021

The water-atomized steel powder delivers mechanical properties superior to conventional metal manufacturing techniques, paving the way for advances in the use of 3-D printing technology for metal parts. RTFT is developing a range of additional powder grades with advanced properties for 3-D printing to meet customer needs.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

However, supply chains could make an even more prominent impact by electrifying their fleets of vehicles, which account for more significant environmental degradation. Supply chains making these progressive decisions will likely enjoy resilience and sustained profit margins.

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