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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. The space industry is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors.

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JULY 26, 2021

With existing and forthcoming emissions mandates, DANNAR and Nuvera would be able to meet the needs of organizations and industries seeking clean energy options for mobility. The Nuvera E-45 and E-60 Fuel Cell Engines can power mid- and heavy-duty vehicles such as buses, trucks, port equipment, delivery vans, and more.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The research focuses on zero-carbon hydrogen and other low-carbon fuels as viable alternatives to diesel for the rail industry. The team’s goal is to reduce carbon emissions from the roughly 25,000 locomotives already in use in North America. Each year, the North American rail fleet emits approximately 87.6

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The project will build a new plant in Chattanooga to produce 30,000 metric tons per year of graphite targeted at the electric vehicle industry. As part of the fluorinated solutions business group of Orbia, a publicly traded global corporation with total revenues of $8.7

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The proposed facility will support industrial-scale production of advanced lithiated anodes for multiple battery cell makers and automobile manufacturers. ICL-IP Americas , Commercial Production of Lithium Iron Phosphate Cathode Powder for the Global Lithium Battery Industry, $197,338,492. Applied Materials, Inc. ICL-IP America Inc.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Rheinmetall has won a automobile industry order for structural parts worth a figure in the low three-digit million euro range. Cast in a complex process, the parts will be used in a fully electric vehicle made by a well-known premium automaker. The scope of supply encompasses hundreds of thousands of these fully processed parts.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

The proposed facility will support industrial-scale production of advanced lithiated anodes for multiple battery cell makers and automobile manufacturers. ICL-IP Americas , Commercial Production of Lithium Iron Phosphate Cathode Powder for the Global Lithium Battery Industry, $197,338,492. Applied Materials, Inc. ICL-IP America Inc.

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JUNE 28, 2020

The new center brings together production of prototype and series parts under one roof, along with research into new 3D printing technologies, and associate training for the global rollout of toolless production. Last year, the BMW Group produced about 300,000 parts by additive manufacturing. —Milan Nedeljkovi?,

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MARCH 12, 2021

The new process is expected to increase Ford’s efficiency by allowing the company affordably to produce complex parts uniquely designed for additive manufacturing, which enables size and weight reductions, part consolidation, and performance improvements. It’s really opening doors for other opportunities.

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MARCH 11, 2020

This award marks the first Advanced Class Gas Turbines in the industry specifically designed and purchased as part of a comprehensive plan to sequentially transition from coal, to natural gas and finally to renewable hydrogen fuel, and creates a roadmap for the global industry to follow. Earlier post.). and Hitachi, Ltd.

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MAY 11, 2021

The water-atomized steel powder delivers mechanical properties superior to conventional metal manufacturing techniques, paving the way for advances in the use of 3-D printing technology for metal parts. RTFT is developing a range of additional powder grades with advanced properties for 3-D printing to meet customer needs.

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JULY 17, 2020

The partnership is part of Europe’s strategic industry initiative, the European Battery Alliance, aimed at building an independent, sustainable, and resilient battery industry in Europe. Over time, production volumes are expected to increase substantially.

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MAY 4, 2021

Using nature as a role model, the aviation industry has been intensively researching ways to reduce aerodynamic drag for many years. Now Lufthansa Technik and BASF have made a breakthrough as part of a joint project. The lower the frictional resistance of an aircraft in the air, the lower its fuel consumption.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The partnership, combining Aeva’s expertise in FMCW LiDAR technology with ZF’s experience in industrialization of automotive grade sensors, represents a key commitment to accelerate mass production of safe and scalable 4D LiDAR technology for autonomous driving applications. —Soroush Salehian, Co-Founder of Aeva.

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JULY 3, 2021

As part of the Refhyne European consortium and with European Commission funding through the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the fully operational plant is the first to use this technology at such a large scale in a refinery. The green hydrogen will also be used to help decarbonize other industries. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

The pilot project will test whether the 5G technology meets the demanding requirements of vehicle production with a view to developing this for industrial series production in the future. 5G has the potential to be one such driver of the Industrial Internet of Things. —Beate Hofer, CIO of the Volkswagen Group.

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APRIL 11, 2023

This cost-effective solution can help meet the growing requirements for hydrogen use across various industries by leveraging existing refinery and transportation infrastructure. Existing idle oil refining assets can be revamped to release the hydrogen from the liquid carrier for use in multiple commercial and industrial applications.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

The shift to sustainable truck transport is happening in many parts of the world, including Australia, where sales of electric trucks are starting to pick up. With transport accounting for 19% of Australia’s carbon emissions, and 38% of that coming from road freight, pressure is mounting on the industry to make the shift to electric.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Veolia recently signed a long-term partnership agreement on the refining of crude methanol generated in pulp production at the Äänekoski bioproduct mill into commercial biomethanol. Veolia has been a major supplier to the pulp and paper industry since the 1960s for HPD black liquor evaporation systems.

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JUNE 16, 2022

This will include both structural and cosmetic parts, and both polymer and metal pieces. GM’s Additive Industrialization Center, which opened on the GM Global Technical Center campus in 2020, has enabled Cadillac to establish itself at the forefront of functional and aesthetic 3D-printed components in the automotive industry.

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JANUARY 21, 2023

As part of the FUREC project, RWE plans to build a pre-treatment plant in Zevenellen, Limburg, to convert non-recyclable municipal solid waste (MSW) into solid recovered fuel pellets. The CO 2 released during the hydrogen production is captured and can be stored or possibly used as a raw material by industry in the future.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Blastr has entered into a Letter of Intent with Nordic energy company Fortum that provides Blastr exclusive rights to utilize the existing industrial site located in Joddböle, Inkoo in Finland, 55 km west of Helsinki. Fortum has developed the Joddböle area since the dismantling of its Inkoo coal-fired power plant there in 2017-2020.

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APRIL 15, 2023

This is a major industrial and human challenge, made possible by the strength of our collaboration with Plug and Renault Group. As such, our electrolyzer is part of the development of skills that HYVIA brings to the Renault Group Refactory in Flins, dedicated to the circular economy.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Together with its customer Apple, DHL is piloting the heavy-duty vehicle, equipped with a fuel cell range extender from VDL, between Breda, the Netherlands, and Brussels, Belgium, as part of the Interreg NW Europe program H2-Share, coordinated by WaterstofNet. It transports deliveries of DHL Express’ customer Apple.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Demand for large-scale hydrogen projects from industry is steadily increasing. In response, H-TEC SYSTEMS, a subsidiary of MAN Energy Solutions, has developed a new Modular Hydrogen Platform (MHP)—a scalable system for the industrial production of green hydrogen.

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JANUARY 23, 2021

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. This highly reliable tank structure design is based on know-how accumulated through more than 30 years of successful operation of similar tanks Kawasaki delivered in the 1980s to the Tanegashima Space Center, operated by NASDA (now part of JAXA).

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MARCH 6, 2022

Northvolt and Stora Enso recently signed a letter of intent on a purchase of the Kvarnsveden Mill and the surrounding industrial area in Borlänge, Sweden. The factory is expected to start the first part of its operations in late 2024 and will employ up to 1,000 people, utilizing 100% clean energy from the region.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The plane is part of a Rolls-Royce initiative called ACCEL, short for “Accelerating the Electrification of Flight”. This project is also helping to develop Rolls-Royce’s capabilities and ensure that we remain a leader in delivering the electrification of flight, an important part of our sustainability strategy.

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APRIL 19, 2022

This project is part of CEMEX’s Future in Action program to reduce its carbon footprint and contribute to a circular economy and an integral component of CEMEX’s master plan to develop a carbon neutral operation at its Rüdersdorf cement plant by 2030. In the second phase , larger quantities of hydrogen are to be supplied by pipeline.

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APRIL 23, 2022

As part of a broader initiative to accelerate the use of sustainable technologies in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) announced plans to debut Firestone Firehawk race tires made with guayule natural rubber grown and extracted at the company’s guayule R&D facilities in Arizona. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 2, 2023

ABB introduced ABB Dynafin, a new propulsion system concept breaking new ground for efficiency in the marine industry. As part of an electric propulsion power system, the concept is also fully compatible with zero-emission battery and fuel cell technologies. ABB estimates the first prototype to be available in 2025.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

This partnership is part of the action led by the NEOPOLIA network of companies, which brings together 240 industrialists in the Pays de la Loire region, including TGO.

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JULY 7, 2022

Announced as part of Volkswagen Group’s NEW AUTO strategy, CARIAD is developing a unified software platform that consists of VW.OS, the Volkswagen Cloud VW.AC CARIAD, the Volkswagen Group’s software company, has selected BlackBerry QNX technology as one component of its software platform VW.OS.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In Las Vegas for SEMA, Ford revealed the all-electric F-100 Eluminator concept—a zero-tailpipe-emissions demonstration truck powered by the all-new Ford Performance Parts Eluminator electric crate motor that customers can now buy online. Earlier post.).

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JULY 9, 2021

The Daxing hydrogen station is part of the 200,000 square-meter Beijing International Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Zone. China is scaling up several fuel cell vehicle projects in 5 priority provinces and 10 major cities, actively developing a low-carbon sustainable automobile industry. With a capacity of 4.8

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The international trucking industry is undergoing a transformation towards more sustainable transport as sales of heavy battery electric trucks are starting to pick up, with Europe in the lead. Even if volumes are still low, we see rapidly growing interest, both in Europe, North America and in other parts of the world.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

The report, Opportunities for hydrogen in commercial aviation , which had technical input and funding from The Boeing Company, finds that growing hydrogen industry momentum could provide an opportunity to introduce hydrogen for niche airport applications (such as ground support equipment) as early as 2025. —Dr Marshall.

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