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Rolls-Royce and SOWITEC cooperate on power-to-X projects

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gigawatts of solar and wind projects installed in South America, Europe and Asia, the Baden-Württemberg-based company has extensive experience in developing financeable turnkey renewable energy projects, from concept to implementation, including investor sourcing. With more than 4.2

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Maersk parterning with 6 companies to source at least 730,000 tpy of green methanol by end of 2025

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Maersk will keep on working with a wide-ranging group of leading companies on these and further projects to accelerate the urgent transition to green energy. European Energy is a global renewable energy company and project developer (wind, solar and Power to X). Production Capacity Estimation Table. added after 2025. Orsted (Denmark).

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IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

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The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. Report highlights include: Cape Wind’s troubles. Source: IRENA.

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GlobalData: Hurricane Isaac to have minimal impact on Gulf refining

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Refined product prices soared as refiners experienced major flooding and wind damage. of their total operable capacity, which was squarely in the middle of their three-year range. Over the last couple of years, Gulf Coast refiners have found markets for excess products in Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America.

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PwC’s Autofacts forecasts global light vehicle assembly to reach 81.8M units in 2013, up 3.3% from 2012

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This will bring the region in sync with the recent recoveries in North America and Eastern Europe and the continued growth in developing Asia-Pacific and South America, according to the consultancy. South America. Capacity in the region is forecasted to grow from 15.4 million units in 2012 to 18.7

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Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables

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million km of submarine cables (Figure 1) in service, ranging from a short 131 km cable between Ireland and the U.K. to the 20,000 km cable that connects Asia with North America and South America. It makes sense: Wind is stronger and more consistent over the open ocean than it is on land. and Norway.

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World Bank report examines likely impacts and risks associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century

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The report— Turn Down the Heat —attempts to outline a range of risks, focusing on developing countries and especially the poor. Key findings on the range of the direct and indirect climatic consequences under the current global path for greenhouse gas emissions include: Projected climate change impacts in a 4°C world.