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Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

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Anglo American plc unveiled a prototype of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck designed to operate in everyday mining conditions at its Mogalakwena PGMs (platinum group metals) mine in South Africa. The hydrogen economy provides an opportunity to create new engines of economic activity. South Africa’s Hydrogen Valley.

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Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

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The partnership is the first in Jaguar Land Rover’s plans to create new circular economy business models for its vehicle batteries. Second-life battery supply for stationary applications, like renewable energy storage, could exceed 200 GWh per year by 2030, creating a global value of more than $30 billion.

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EIA projects nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050, led by growth in Asia

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This long-term trend of Asian energy consumption to support growing economies strongly influences the extraction, refining, and transport of oil, natural gas, and other fuels. More developed OECD and developing non-OECD economies have vastly different growth profiles for electricity consumption.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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Investment in new wind, solar, and other non-large hydro renewables projects in the country fell to $86 billion in 2018 from $122 billion in 2017. Overall, declining costs for solar and wind played a considerable factor in the fall in absolute dollar investment in emerging economies. billion in 2018.

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Boeing and EPFL form research initiative to increase collaboration and lower costs on regulatory requirements and certification for renewable jet fuel

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The consortium will work closely with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB), with the intent of putting aviation on a path to compliance and accreditation, while providing guidance for developing local economies and access to other markets.

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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

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Significant growth in the global middle class, expansion of emerging economies and an additional 2 billion people in the world will contribute to a 35% increase in energy demand by 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s latest Outlook for Energy report. The OECD represents the developed economies. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy.

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Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

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South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge. Perhydro-Dibenzyltoluene.

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