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EIT InnoEnergy, the European innovation engine for sustainable energy, announced a partnership with Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan), a start-up lithium exploration company, to produce the world’s first completely carbon-neutral lithium in Germany. As a result, the carbon footprint of the production process could even be negative.
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s (KMRL) infrastructure and its connectivity to islands around Kochi / Ernakulam. Kochi’s water metro will eventually comprise 78 ferries running on 16 identified routes, connecting 10 islands via 38 different terminals. Cochin Shipyard Ltd. is building the fleet to strengthen Kochi Metro Rail Ltd.’s
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million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)
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