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Oil sands company Suncor Energy strengthens its focus on hydrogen and renewable fuels, divesting wind and solar

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Suncor Energy, a Canadian integrated energy company that is one of the top oil sands producers in the country, will strengthen its focus on hydrogen and renewable fuels to accelerate progress towards its objective to be a net-zero company by 2050. Suncor also plans to divest its wind and solar assets.

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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. That’s why our partnership with SGH2 is so important.

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SoCalGas & UC Irvine show power-to-gas technology able to boost use of intermittent renewable energy significantly

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SoCalGas) announced that new research on power-to-gas technology shows the technique holds the ability to significantly increase the use of intermittent renewable energy. The ability to increase the mix of renewables on campus by tenfold is truly significant. Southern California Gas Co. to 35% by implementing a power-to-gas strategy.

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Iwatani, SG H2 & City of Lancaster to launch green hydrogen transportation eco-system

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The plant will feature SGH2’s gasification technology, which uses biogenic waste, biomass and recycled water to produce carbon negative hydrogen. SG H2 Energy says that its green hydrogen reduces more CO 2 emissions than green hydrogen produced using electrolysis from 100% renewable power and is 4-5 times cheaper to produce.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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In a region known for long, dark winter nights, Polar Night Energy is building a system in the city of Tampere that can heat buildings with stored solar energy — all day, all night, and all winter long. These initiatives have largely focused on renewable electric power generation, distribution, and storage.

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MOL Group starts biofuel production at Danube Refinery

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Bio feedstock will be co-processed together with fossil materials increasing the renewable share of fuels and reducing up to 200,000 tons /year CO 2 emission without negatively affecting fuel quality. MOL Group has been a biofuel user by purchasing more than 500,000 tons of biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel) for blending.

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Volkswagen inaugurates 9.5 MW solar park at Chattanooga plant in US; key element of VW Group’s strategic sustainability targets

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MW solar park at Chattanooga is owned and operated by Silicon Ranch; VW has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement. The Volkswagen Chattanooga Solar Park has a peak output of 9.5 The power will be used directly in production; solar power will provide up to 12.5% —Wolfram Thomas, at the solar park launch event.

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