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Ferrari sees synthetic fuel as savior of ICE supercars

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Porsche and several partners already have a trial plant in Chile churning out synthetic fuel. If the energy used doesn’t come from renewable sources, synthetic fuel is no cleaner than fossil fuels. Not everyone is convinced on synthetic fuels, though.

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KABIL Secures $24 Million Lithium Exploration Deal in Argentina | Autocar Professional

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This includes initiatives in countries like Australia, Argentina, and Chile. The move to diversify and expand lithium sources is crucial for India’s ambitious renewable energy goals and to meet the increasing demand for lithium-ion batteries in various sectors, including electric vehicles.

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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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The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. 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. —Ethan Zindler, head of Americas at BNEF.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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Even so, solar-thermal developments continue to unfurl across the planet's sunniest expanses, driven by the growing demand for energy storage and cleaner heat sources. Atacama Desert, Chile The US $1.4 Power Tower Cerro Dominator : 100-MW solar-thermal power tower + 100-MW solar PV plant. billion project began full operations in June.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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Even so, solar-thermal developments continue to unfurl across the planet's sunniest expanses, driven by the growing demand for energy storage and cleaner heat sources. Atacama Desert, Chile The US $1.4 Power Tower Cerro Dominator : 100-MW solar-thermal power tower + 100-MW solar PV plant. billion project began full operations in June.

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Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it 

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It has become a cleaner energy storage solution. However, electric vehicles basically are emission-free at least when they are powered by electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind, solar, etc. Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. . Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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Honeywell’s UOP—a major international supplier and licensor of technology for petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries—has also been an early leader in developing technologies for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. Earlier post.) Hydroprocessing.

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