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Neste, Marathon finalize transaction to establish JV for production of renewable fuels in US

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Neste Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon) announced an agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture to produce renewable diesel following a conversion project of Marathon’s refinery in Martinez, California (the Martinez Renewable Fuels project ). Earlier post.). —Matti Lehmus, Neste’s President and CEO.

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IRENA sees renewable hydrogen at least cost-possible within decade

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Hydrogen produced with renewable electricity could compete on costs with fossil fuel alternatives by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). For that, today’s manufacturing capacity of less than 1 GW would have to massively grow beyond 100 GW in the next 10 to 15 years.

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Wärtsilä report finds accelerated adoption of renewables can reduce electricity production costs by up to 50%

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Front-Loading Net Zero report states that electricity production costs could be reduced by up to 50% by 2050 if countries and states adopt 100% renewable systems faster than currently planned. Utilities should keep repeating steps 1 - 3 until their systems run on 80 – 90% renewables.

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Production of renewable diesel restarted at the expanded part of Neste’s Singapore refinery after operational shutdown

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AUGUST 16, 2023

The production of renewable diesel at Neste’s Singapore refinery expansion has been restarted in early August, according to the company’s plans. The production line at the expanded part of the refinery was shut down in June for unexpected equipment repairs. Co-processed marine fuel to Swedish market. Neste Marine 0.1

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Singapore Renewable Parts Mariner

Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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APRIL 18, 2023

Chevron USA kicked off a road trip across the US Gulf Coast to showcase an innovative new gasoline blend with more than 50% renewable content. In February 2022, a team from Argonne National Lab published a report “Carbon Intensities of Refining Products in Petroleum Refineries with Co-Processed Biofeedstocks”.

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Chevron Gasoline Renewable Toyota

ICIS: EU Hydrogen Bank could bring renewable hydrogen costs below €1/kg

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APRIL 7, 2023

By Jake Stones, hydrogen editor at ICIS ICIS data shows that renewable hydrogen could be sold for below €1/kg if a producer obtains the maximum support provided by the European Hydrogen Bank , according to the heads of terms for the bank published by the European Commission on 31 March. Funding is granted once hydrogen production starts.

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NuScale, Shell and partners to assess hydrogen production using SMR

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

NuScale Power, along with Shell Global Solutions (Shell) and industry participants will develop and assess a concept for an economically optimized Integrated Energy System (IES) for hydrogen production using electricity and process heat from a NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant.

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Building materials recycler switches fleet to Neste renewable diesel

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Now, Argent has switched its fleet from petroleum diesel to Neste MY Renewable Diesel. We decided to switch to renewable diesel once our quality and availability concerns were satisfied. We decided to switch to renewable diesel once our quality and availability concerns were satisfied. Our experience has been positive.

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Renewable Diesel Fleet Building

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The project is supported by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 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. Frontier Energy, Inc.,

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Texas Hydrogen Renewable Austin

Montauk Renewables signs LOI with European Energy to provide CO2 for e-methanol production in Texas

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AUGUST 8, 2023

EE North America intends to construct a Power-to-X facility in Texas that would take the biogenic CO 2 from Montauk’s locations and use it in the production of e-methanol. Montauk Renewables captures methane, preventing it from being released into the atmosphere, and converts it into either RNG or electrical power for the electrical grid.

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Cemvita demonstrates “gold hydrogen” production in situ, sets up subsidiary

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Cemvita defines Gold Hydrogen as the biological production of hydrogen in the subsurface through the consumption of trapped or abandoned resources. The hydrogen production in this trial exceeded our expectations. According to recent studies, the global green hydrogen market size was valued at US$0.3 billion in 2020.

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AW-Energy entering green hydrogen market with wave energy device

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

AW-Energy Oy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing a combined WaveRoller and HydrogenHub process for the production of green hydrogen. In AW-Energy’s concept, wave energy complements solar power production to enable large-scale green hydrogen. —Christopher Ridgewell, CEO of AW-Energy Oy.

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ENGIE greenlights Australian renewable hydrogen project with Yara

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

ENGIE has taken the Final Investment Decision in the development of one of the world’s first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen projects, to be located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Yuri roadmap. As announced in 2021, the Yuri project is being developed with the support of a $47.5-million

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Renewable Hydrogen Australia Grant

Phillips 66 progressing its conversion of California refinery to renewable fuels

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MAY 4, 2021

In August 2020, Phillips 66 announced that it planned to reconfigure its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, to produce renewable fuels. In April, the company completed the diesel hydrotreater conversion, which will ramp up to 8,000 bbl/d (120 million gallons per year) of renewable diesel production by the third quarter of 2021.

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Conversion Renewable California Fuel

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Given the nature of wet waste resources that requires dedicated waste management practices to collect, store, treat, and dispose of the waste, shifting the waste resources from going through conventional waste management practices to utilization as feedstocks for energy production may represent an avoided cost of waste management and disposal.

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Waste Diesel Renewable Convert

SunGas Renewables to build $2B green methanol production facility in Louisiana

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JULY 27, 2023

SunGas Renewables Inc. announced the formation of Beaver Lake Renewable Energy, LLC (BLRE), which will construct a new green methanol production facility in Central Louisiana. The BLRE project is SunGas Renewable’s first facility to produce green methanol for Maersk.

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Louisiana Renewable Green Mariner

Cummins provides 20MW PEM electrolyzer to Air Liquide for green hydrogen production

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JANUARY 27, 2021

The Cummins electrolyzer system is installed at the Air Liquide hydrogen production facility in Bécancour, Québec. This is a modular and scalable electrolyzer platform designed to address utility-scale hydrogen production. Global technology and power solutions leader Cummins Inc. The Cummins PEM Electrolyzer can produce more than?3,000

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OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

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MARCH 26, 2022

In keeping with this strategic shift of business, OMV will reduce its oil and gas production by around 20% by 2030 and will completely cease oil and gas production for energy use by 2050. The Refining & Marketing business is to become a leading European provider of sustainable fuels, feedstock, and mobility solutions.

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Oil Gas Production Austria

Eni launching sustainable aviation fuel production

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OCTOBER 16, 2021

Italy-based integrated energy company Eni is launching the production of alternative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Eni is planning on significant increases in its HVO production, and very strong growth in biojet. (“HVO: The raw materials used will be exclusively waste products such as UCO or fats. HVO: Demand Outlook”).

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Hyundai Motor to expand XCIENT fuel cell truck entry into US market

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MAY 10, 2022

Hyundai Motor Company plans to ramp up the US commercial vehicle market entry with XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks. We believe that there is no way around hydrogen to realize the energy transition towards renewables. At the 2022 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, Hyundai Motor will share the progress of the NorCAL ZERO Project.

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Hyundai Motoring Motors Motor

HydroWing, Tocardo partner on production of hydrogen from tidal power

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MAY 18, 2020

HydroWing, in partnership with Tocardo, introduced the THyPSO (Tidal Hydrogen production, Storage and Offtake), a concept that creates green hydrogen from the sea, contributing to the wider global decarbonization of energy systems. THyPSO has capacity to hold up to two weeks’ worth of hydrogen production in pressurized storage tanks.

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

It builds on a project launched last year to demonstrate how hydrogen production facilities could be installed at operating nuclear power plants. This is a game-changer for both nuclear energy and carbon-free hydrogen production for numerous industries. The report was published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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DOE releases draft guidance for Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS)

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released draft guidance for a Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS), developed to meet the requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 40315. A lifecycle system boundary enables consistent and comprehensive evaluation of diverse hydrogen production systems.

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Clean Cleaning Hydrogen Standards

Air Products and AES plan to invest ~$4B for mega-scale green hydrogen production facility in Texas; 200 metric tons per day

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

Air Products and The AES Corporation plan to invest approximately $4 billion to build, own and operate a green hydrogen production facility in Wilbarger County, Texas. This mega-scale renewable power to hydrogen project includes approximately 1.4

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Texas Hydrogen Green Production

Cepsa to invest €3B in Andalusia to build the largest green hydrogen hub in Europe; additional €2B for renewable power

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

The investment is the biggest milestone to date of Cepsa’s Positive Motion energy transition plan to lead sustainable mobility and the production of green hydrogen and advanced biofuels in Spain and Portugal this decade. Andalusia has everything it takes to become one of the most competitive regions in the world for hydrogen production.

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Hydrogen Renewable Europe Green

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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MAY 10, 2023

million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. The 50 kW demonstration will prove that high-efficiency syngas production can be achieved at low capital-cost using GRC’s unique thermal-spray-based SOCC technology.

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Hydrogen Molten Salt Clean Cleaning

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

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MAY 4, 2021

The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven. On the road to climate-friendly mobility, we must ensure we don’t leave any technical opportunities untapped, starting with electromobility and ending with renewable fuels.

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Deloitte forecasts clean hydrogen market to hit US$1.4T per year by 2050

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JULY 4, 2023

In a new report , Deloitte forecasts that the clean hydrogen market will top the value of the liquid natural gas trade by 2030 and grow further to US$1.4 To achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the clean hydrogen market capacity can grow to 170 million tons (MtH 2 eq) in 2030 and to 600 MtH 2 eq in 2050. trillion per year by 2050.

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Clean Cleaning Hydrogen Market

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Following initial contracts with European suppliers, the BMW Group has now concluded further 2 -reduced-steel-for-global-production-network">agreements for the supply of CO 2 -reduced steel in the US and China. This manufacturing process has significant potential for CO 2 savings, compared to coal-based steel production in a blast furnace.

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BMW Global CO2 Production

Nissan to be carbon-neutral by 2050; 100? of new vehicle offerings in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s

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JANUARY 27, 2021

has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050. As part of this effort, by the early 2030s every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key markets—Japan, China, the US and Europe—will be electrified. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Nissan Carbon Market Climate Change

Max-Planck-Institut team uses ammonia for direct reduction for more sustainable steel production

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APRIL 2, 2023

A pathway toward sustainable steel production via ammonia-based direct reduction. a) Comparison of the predicted costs required for hydrogen and ammonia produced by renewable electricity in 2030, assuming that it is produced in Australia and then transported to Japan (reproduced based on data from the International Energy Agency).

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End of production for BMW i3; 250,000 units over 8 and a half years

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JULY 1, 2022

The serial production of the BMW i3 has ended , some eight and a half years after it was launched. At the same time, the BMW Group Plant Leipzig becomes the first location in the company’s global production network where BMW and MINI models are manufactured together. The BMW i3 (combined power consumption: 16.3 - 15.3

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GM secures all energy needed to achieve renewable energy goal for 2025; 25 years ahead of target set in 2016

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

By achieving this accelerated goal, GM expects to avoid the production of an estimated 1 million metric tons of carbon emissions that would have been produced between 2025 and 2030, equal to the emissions produced by burning 1 billion pounds of coal. Sourcing renewable energy is a critical component of GM’s plans to decarbonize.

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Renewable GM Energy 2016

Dongfang Electric reports successful test of direct seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production

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JUNE 7, 2023

China-based Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) reported successful testing of non-desalinated seawater electrolysis technology for hydrogen production powered by offshore wind. The floating hydrogen production platform Dongfu One is sited in an offshore wind farm in East China’s Fujian province. —Xie et al.

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Hydrogen Production Wind Conversion

Start of production for Audi Q4 e-tron in Zwickau

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MARCH 24, 2021

Production of the Audi Q4 e-tron has finally started in Zwickau. At the multi-brand plant in Zwickau, the Audi Q4 e-tron will be rolling off the same production line as the Volkswagen ID.4 The Audi Q4 e-tron will be unveiled to a global audience in the middle of April and launched on the European markets in the summer of 2021.

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Blue World Technologies starts series production of methanol fuel cells

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Blue World Technologies has started the series production of its methanol fuel cells, marked with the official inauguration of the 8,500 m 2 Blue Aalborg Factory. The fuel cell factory, which initially has an annual production capacity of 250,000 individual fuel cells, is located in an industrial area at the Port of Aalborg in Denmark.

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USDA and Blue Biofuels collaborate to optimize yields of king grass for cellulosic ethanol production

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

The USDA ARS and BIOF are cooperating to develop production methods which can be used to increase the productivity of land in Florida formerly used for orange production prior to the devastation of the industry by citrus greening. Citrus greening is one of the world’s most serious citrus plant diseases.

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Acelen to invest $2.44 billion over 10 years to produce renewable diesel and SAF in Brazil

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APRIL 18, 2023

billion) over the next 10 years in the production of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through the hydrotreatment of vegetable oils and animal fat. The company is expected to start production in the first quarter of 2026. The production capacity will be 20,000 barrels/day, equivalent to the annual supply of 1.1

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Brazil Renewable Diesel Oil

BMW Group launches battery component production in Leipzig and Regensburg

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MAY 1, 2021

The BMW Group is launching production of battery components at its plants in Leipzig and Regensburg and expanding its e-drive production network. It has been less than a year since the decision was made to expand production capacity for e-drives in Germany. High-voltage batteries will also be produced in Regensburg from 2022.

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bp to explore potential for green hydrogen production in Egypt

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

bp signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Egypt under which bp will explore the potential for establishing a new green hydrogen production facility in the country. Green hydrogen is produced by the electrolysis of water, powered by renewable energy.

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Egypt Hydrogen Green Production

Topsoe to build world’s largest SOEC electrolyzer production facility; 500 MW scalable to 5 GW; focusing on Power-to-X

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MAY 24, 2022

Topsoe intends to construct the world’s largest and most advanced industrial-scale electrolyzer production plant. With our new electrolyzer production plant, we lead the way in speeding up commercial-size Power-to-X solutions, and we do it with our highly innovative technology that outmatches technologies currently in the market.

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Powered Power Production Denmark

Kia outlines its path to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045; full electrification in major markets by 2040, in Europe by 2035

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NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The pillars will guide Kia in its efforts to reduce carbon emissions in all operational facets, from supply, logistics, vehicle production and vehicle use through to disposal of waste. Achieving full electrification in major markets by 2040. By 2045, Kia plans to reduce 97% of the company’s 2019 level of carbon emissions.

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Kia Carbon Market Europe

Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Utilization of renewable solar energy is crucial for addressing the global energy and environmental concerns and achieving sustainable development. Efficiency accreditation and testing protocols for particulate photocatalysts toward solar fuel production. Credit: DICP. 2021.01.001.

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Solar Standards Fuel Production

Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Heliogen and Bloom Energy have successfully demonstrated the production of green hydrogen by integrating the companies’ technologies: Heliogen’s concentrated solar energy system and the Bloom Electrolyzer. By using less electricity, hydrogen production is more economical and accelerates adoption. Source: Heliogen. Source: Heliogen.

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Low Cost Hydrogen Solar Green

Neste, Marathon finalize transaction to establish JV for production of renewable fuels in US

IRENA sees renewable hydrogen at least cost-possible within decade

Wärtsilä report finds accelerated adoption of renewables can reduce electricity production costs by up to 50%

Production of renewable diesel restarted at the expanded part of Neste’s Singapore refinery after operational shutdown

Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

ICIS: EU Hydrogen Bank could bring renewable hydrogen costs below €1/kg

NuScale, Shell and partners to assess hydrogen production using SMR

Building materials recycler switches fleet to Neste renewable diesel

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

Montauk Renewables signs LOI with European Energy to provide CO2 for e-methanol production in Texas

Cemvita demonstrates “gold hydrogen” production in situ, sets up subsidiary

AW-Energy entering green hydrogen market with wave energy device

ENGIE greenlights Australian renewable hydrogen project with Yara

Phillips 66 progressing its conversion of California refinery to renewable fuels

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

SunGas Renewables to build $2B green methanol production facility in Louisiana

Cummins provides 20MW PEM electrolyzer to Air Liquide for green hydrogen production

OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

Eni launching sustainable aviation fuel production

Hyundai Motor to expand XCIENT fuel cell truck entry into US market

HydroWing, Tocardo partner on production of hydrogen from tidal power

Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

DOE releases draft guidance for Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS)

Air Products and AES plan to invest ~$4B for mega-scale green hydrogen production facility in Texas; 200 metric tons per day

Cepsa to invest €3B in Andalusia to build the largest green hydrogen hub in Europe; additional €2B for renewable power

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

Deloitte forecasts clean hydrogen market to hit US$1.4T per year by 2050

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

Nissan to be carbon-neutral by 2050; 100? of new vehicle offerings in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s

Max-Planck-Institut team uses ammonia for direct reduction for more sustainable steel production

End of production for BMW i3; 250,000 units over 8 and a half years

GM secures all energy needed to achieve renewable energy goal for 2025; 25 years ahead of target set in 2016

Dongfang Electric reports successful test of direct seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production

Start of production for Audi Q4 e-tron in Zwickau

Blue World Technologies starts series production of methanol fuel cells

USDA and Blue Biofuels collaborate to optimize yields of king grass for cellulosic ethanol production

Acelen to invest $2.44 billion over 10 years to produce renewable diesel and SAF in Brazil

BMW Group launches battery component production in Leipzig and Regensburg

bp to explore potential for green hydrogen production in Egypt

Topsoe to build world’s largest SOEC electrolyzer production facility; 500 MW scalable to 5 GW; focusing on Power-to-X

Kia outlines its path to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045; full electrification in major markets by 2040, in Europe by 2035

Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

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