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JULY 2, 2009

Powercell Sweden power generation unit. The parties will make a joint investment of SEK 200 million in Powercell Sweden AB in Gothenburg. Powercell Sweden is currently owned by Volvo Technology Transfer but following the investment, Volvo will be a minority owner. Fuel Cells in Sweden. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The team will assess available resources, prospective hydrogen users, and delivery infrastructure, such as existing pipelines that supply hydrogen to refineries. The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill.

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JUNE 1, 2023

With the current raw material production levels there will not be enough of these metals in future—not even if recycling increases, according to the findings of a major survey led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, on behalf of the European Commission. Resources European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Mathieux, F.,

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

A team from metals research institute SWERIM in Sweden reports on a smelting reduction process to recover cobalt, nickel, manganese and lithium simultaneously from spent Li-ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources. —Hu et al. —Hu et al. 2020.228936.

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MARCH 10, 2021

Sweden has a long tradition of vehicle manufacture, and we are at the same time one of the world’s most innovative countries. Through SEEL we are making use of these strengths to electrify the transport sector, reduce emissions and simultaneously increase Sweden’s competitiveness and create jobs in Sweden.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

New research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, finds that the discharge water from ships’ exhaust gas treatment systems—i.e., If the Swedish politicians follow the line of the researchers and the authorities, Sweden will be the first country in the Nordic region to introduce the ban. —Erik Ytreberg.

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JUNE 28, 2022

Sundsvall Energi will partner with Liquid Wind to be the host and provide carbon dioxide for the second commercial-scale—100,000 t—electrofuel facility in Sweden. The two facilities will also be closely integrated to exchange steam, waste heat and other process medias to maximize use of resources.

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JULY 31, 2010

VärmlandsMetanol AB has selected Uhde, a ThyssenKrupp company, as technology supplier and engineering partner for a biomass-to-methanol plant in Hagfors, Sweden, with an annual production of 100,000 tonnes of fuel-grade methanol from forest-residue biomass. Investment for the plant will be about SEK 3 billion (US$416 million).

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JANUARY 16, 2012

Full members of the Arctic Council are Canada, Russia, the United States, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark (Greenland): the eight countries with Arctic territory. They are also interested in the potential access to the vast hydrocarbons and resources in the region and the cost-savings of using shorter Arctic shipping routes.

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MARCH 28, 2022

The study combined various radiation scattering techniques: X-ray analyses were made in Uppsala, Sweden and neutron results came from a large research facility, the Institut Laue Langevin, in Grenoble, France. Various different materials are formed during the discharge/charge cycles and these cause various problems. —Chien et al.

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JULY 16, 2020

The battery cells will be produced in Europe at the Northvolt gigafactory currently under construction in Skellefteå in northern Sweden (series plant Northvolt Ett) from 2024. Northvolt will obtain 100% of the energy needed to produce the battery cells regionally in northern Sweden and exclusively from wind and hydroelectric power.

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JUNE 4, 2019

National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), a subsidiary of Evergrande Health, has acquired Protean Electric, a leading developer of in-wheel motor technology. Protean Electric will continue to operate as an independent business under the Evergrande umbrella, developing future powertrain and mobility solutions to meet the needs of the market.

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MAY 28, 2021

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a significant reduction in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions primarily due to reduced tailpipe CO 2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The BMW Group will also source steel produced using hydrogen and green power from northern Sweden for its European plants from 2025 onwards, reducing CO 2 emissions by up to 95%. Closed loop conserves resources and reduces CO 2 emissions. BMW Group press plants in Europe process more than half a million tons of steel per year.

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MAY 19, 2020

The construction sector accounts for a quarter of CO 2 emissions, in Sweden and globally. We could be better at transport logistics in Sweden. If you were to optimize the transportation of materials, excavation masses and waste, for example, large gains could be made. —Ida Karlsson. 2019.109651.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets of Sweden-based LiDAR specialist company Fotonic i Norden AB. The acquired assets and resources will become part of the Autoliv Electronics segment. Autoliv, Inc., The announcement complements the collaboration with Velodyne.

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MAY 20, 2020

Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and Xi’an Jiaotong University, China have now developed a multifunctional interlayer between the electrolyte and the Li-metal anode, made of a spreadable material that helps improve solid-state battery current density tenfold, while also increasing performance and safety. Jankowski, P.,

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

With the introduction of the Model 3 and Model Y, the two cars have helped Chinese residents adopt EVs at a rate that has only been outpaced by Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and the Netherlands, according to data from the World Resources Institute.

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JANUARY 1, 2023

Co-processing has so far been tested mostly with FPBO; the first short-term test to commercialize the technology has been carried out in Preem’s refinery in Sweden. In the FCC unit, the catalyst is continuously burned in a regenerator, and therefore, FCC units are more tolerant to the oxygenates in the biocrudes, the authors note.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Vitalie Stavila, Mark Allendorf, Matthew Witman and Sapan Agarwal are part of the Sandia team that published a paper in conjunction with researchers from Ångström Laboratory in Sweden and Nottingham University in the United Kingdom in the ACS journal Chemistry of Materials detailing the approach. 1c00647.

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AUGUST 11, 2014

The team of researchers, from Germany, Denmark, Italy and Sweden, investigated the properties of the alloys by means of volumetric technique; in situ synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction (SR-PXD); and calorimetric methods. Resources. .% Gd alloy can be used for the production of hydrogen storage materials. respectively. .%

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, in collaboration with Volvo Group Trucks Technology, have developed a method to help electric delivery vehicles navigate strategically to use as little energy as possible. —Basso et al. Rafael Basso, Balázs Kulcsár, Ivan Sanchez-Diaz, Xiaobo Qu (2022). 2021.102496.

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MAY 25, 2018

In 126 “mystery shopper” experiences at 82 car dealerships across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the team found that that dealers were dismissive of EVs; misinformed shoppers on vehicle specifications; omitted EVs from the sales conversation; and strongly oriented customers towards gasoline and diesel vehicle options.

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MAY 2, 2022

The health of residents living alongside a bus route in Gothenburg, Sweden, improved when hybrid buses were replaced by buses fully powered by electricity. Accompanying the lower noise levels from bus traffic was a reduction of fatigue, day time sleepiness and low mood, a study at the University of Gothenburg shows. Study report (in Swedish).

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS), an international consortium formed by Swedish and Chinese stakeholders, finalized its acquisition of the main assets of Saab Automobile AB, Saab Automobile Powertrain AB and Saab Automobile Tools AB, effective 31 August 2012. Earlier post.). whose founder and principal owner is Kai Johan Jiang.

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JUNE 13, 2022

A team at Chalmers University in Sweden has analyzed the results of the integration of a chemical looping gasification (CLG) process with a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) process and found that this biomass-to-liquids process can produce FT crude with net-negative CO 2 emissions. 31%) and waxes (?10%). 2c00819.

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APRIL 4, 2022

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, are presenting a framework for comparing how different micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters, and bicycles move in cities, a methodology that can benefit companies and local authorities alike, and contribute to improving traffic safety. 2022.01.007.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Batteries from electric bus route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden are being used for solar energy storage in a second-life application. Use of the batteries in an energy warehouse gives them an extended service life which in turn means better resource utilisation and less environmental impact.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, have developed a new concept for an aluminum battery delivering twice the energy density as previous versions, made of abundant materials, and with the potential to reduce production costs and environmental impact. 2019.07.033.

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MARCH 22, 2023

In order to focus its financial resources on supporting the mass production of the Hengchi 5, Evergrande NEV has continued its cost-saving initiatives and has taken measures to reduce the workforce of its Swedish subsidiary National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB, according to the announcement.

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MARCH 30, 2020

People continuously exposed to air pollution are at increased risk of dementia, especially if they also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal JAMA Neurology. Giulia Grande, Petter L.S. 2019.4914.

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APRIL 25, 2023

On March 23, Evergrande NEV said in a Hong Kong Stock Exchange announcement that it had continued to push ahead with cost-saving initiatives to focus its financial resources on supporting mass production of Hengchi 5, with layoffs at its Swedish subsidiary National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

The 18 European countries covered in the study are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Countries from Eastern Europe were not included due to the lack of air pollution exposure data in the region.

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MAY 11, 2019

Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada), with a colleague in Sweden, have used a power management strategy greatly to extend the durability of onboard fuel cells in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle: an increase of 1.8, times, respectively, for an urban, highway and a combined urban-highway driving cycle. The future is very bright.

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MARCH 18, 2015

A consortium of companies in the European process industry from the areas of biotechnology, renewable resources, chemistry, process engineering, equipment supply as well as research organizations recently launched project PRODIAS (PROcessing Diluted Aqueous Systems). Project website , not yet populated.)

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JULY 25, 2019

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) with colleagues at Gyeongsang National University (Korea) have used an ionic liquid (Py 1,4 TFSI) as an electrolyte additive to enable longer cycle-life of Li/S batteries. higher safety of the battery. —Agostini et al. Agostini, M., Cavallo, C., H., & Matic, A. 201901770.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Sweden-based international mining and minerals group LKAB has identified significant deposits of rare earth elements in the Kiruna area in the far north of Swedish Lapland (some 200 km north of the Arctic Circle). Results from LKAB’s ongoing exploration in Kiruna and Gällivare were presented last spring.

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