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JANUARY 26, 2023

In its January 2023 Short-Term Energy Outlook , the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that crude oil production in the United States will average 12.4 In 2022, US crude oil production averaged an estimated 11.9 The forecast of crude oil production in the Permian increases by 470,000 b/d to average 5.7

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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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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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APRIL 18, 2023

Volta Trucks has started series production of the 16-tonne all-electric Volta Zero at Steyr Automotive, the company’s partner in contract manufacturing, in Steyr, Austria. Steyr Automotive has reserved a capacity of up to 14,000 vehicles per year for Volta Trucks from their total available production.

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MARCH 23, 2023

Alkegen has begun commercial production of its silicon fiber anode material platform, SiFAB. The company’s new SiFAB production line is an extension of its established large-scale manufacturing facility in New Carlisle, Indiana.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

LiveWire is opening reservations for the production version of the all-electric S2 Del Mar motorcycle, the first LiveWire model to feature the new ARROW architecture, and the first bike to sit next to the LiveWire ONE—the company’s flagship electric motorcycle. Earlier post.). seconds.

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APRIL 7, 2023

The new MINI Countryman combines locally emission-free electromobility with the greatest possible environmental compatibility in production as well. In combination with the use of green electricity in production, CO 2 emissions can be significantly reduced compared with conventional manufacturing processes.

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MAY 19, 2023

BBA) joint venture, Milan Nedeljković, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production, announced local production of the NEUE KLASSE in China. The “Sixth-Generation Battery Project” will play a key role in production of vehicles for the NEUE KLASSE and create around 2,000 new jobs in the region.

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MARCH 28, 2023

Schaeffler has begun production of its electric wheel hub motors; three manufacturers of compact municipal vehicles are gearing up to incorporate the motors into their production lines in the coming months.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Mitsubishi Motors will begin production of the Minicab-MiEV, a onebox kei–car-class commercial electric vehicle (EV), at PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (MMKI), MMC’s factory in Indonesia. MMKI has a production capacity of 220,000 vehicles per year, and currently produces the Pajero Sport, Xpander, and Xpander Cross.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

With its new EV supply chain coming online, Ford says it is significantly increasing production of the Mustang Mach-E this year to help reduce customer wait times and to take advantage of streamlined costs to reduce prices across the board, making Mustang Mach-E even more accessible to customers and keeping it competitive in the marketplace.

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MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. Battery production capacity equivalent to 18 million electric cars—1.2 Europe must act or risk losing it all.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Lightning eMotors announced the production launch of its next generation General Motors (GM)-based Lightning ZEV4 work trucks. This announcement follows the company’s recent announcements of accelerated ZEV4 production to meet customer demands for Class 4 school buses and shuttle buses built on the same popular platform.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Bosch is now starting the production of new powertrain solutions based on 800-volt technology. Inverter with 800-volt technology goes into series production In recent years, 400-volt solutions have become widely established as the industry standard. This will make recharging faster and provide a further boost for electromobility.

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APRIL 3, 2023

Alfa Romeo started retail production for the all-new 2024 Tonale PHEV. Alfa Romeo’s first plug-in hybrid is built at the Giambattista Vico Stellantis plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, Naples, Italy, one of the company’s most advanced production sites. Earlier post.) The Tonale PHEV will begin arriving at dealers in June.

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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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MAY 31, 2023

Two eActros as two and three-axle vehicles—in series production since the end of 2021—accompanied the eActros 300 Tractor along the entire route. In preparation for the impending start of series production for the eActros 300 Tractor in autumn, road endurance testing will take place at our Aksaray site, among other locations.

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JULY 13, 2023

and began mass production on 16 November 2009. Kia Georgia is the first manufacturing site in North America for Kia Corporation based in Seoul, Korea. With an annual capacity of 340,000 units, Kia Georgia is located on 2,200 acres in West Point, Ga.

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JUNE 15, 2023

AISIN Corporation, the fifth-largest Tier 1 auto supplier in the world, announced today that it will launch two new production lines with a total anticipated investment of more than $200 million at its AISIN North Carolina Corporation (ANC) facility in Durham, North Carolina.

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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. million tons in early 2024. million tons in early 2024. Neste Marine 0.1

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AUGUST 17, 2023

With its strengths in manufacturing, CATL has achieved the ability to transfer technology rapidly from lab to market, enabling rapid mass production of the Shenxing battery.

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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. The initial delivery period is expected to begin in 2026 and is expected to last for 15 years upon final agreement. Rendering of EE North America Power-to-X plant.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

BMW has unveiled two new protection models developed on the basis of the new BMW 7 Series, including an all-electric version. As the first protection sedan with an all-electric drive system, the BMW i7 Protection (electric power consumption combined in WLTP cycle: 30.0 kWh/100 km, provisional figure) is a genuine trailblazer. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 9, 2022

The floating nuclear power plant comes as a turn-key product, ready to be moored at an industrial harbor. An optional solution is to place a hydrogen or ammonia production plant next to the floating nuclear power plant utilizing the CO 2 -free fission energy to produce hydrogen and ammonia.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

In February 2022, GTI Energy, S&P Global Commodity Insights and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) launched the Open Hydrogen Initiative (OHI), a collaboration to further transparency into the environmental impact of hydrogen production and help unlock its full potential as an important driver of energy transitions.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

The partners aim to replace coal-fired power plants with hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants in Germany, and to build production of low carbon and renewable hydrogen in Norway that will be exported through pipeline to Germany. Building production facilities in Norway to produce low carbon hydrogen from natural gas with CCS.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Sinopec’s hydrogen production plant has the advantages of covering a small area, having a short construction time, and having a green, environmentally friendly production process. The storage and transportation cost of methanol is also much lower than hydrogen, making methanol-to-hydrogen an attractive hydrogen production technology.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The electrolyzer realizes increased efficiency in MCH production with electrodes which are nearly the largest by size that is used industrially. The demonstration plant will produce green MCH by combining the medium-sized electrolyzer with a 250-kilowatt solar power system in Queensland, which is ideal for solar power generation.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2022

In 2021, the United States returned to importing more petroleum (which includes crude oil, refined petroleum products, and other liquids) than it exports following its historic shift to being a net exporter of petroleum in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Net exports of refined petroleum products grew to 3.3

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Rock Tech Lithium intends to build Europe’s first lithium converter—a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide—in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. The company intends to locate all production steps of lithium refining in one overall plant at the Guben site. The converter is scheduled to start operations in 2024.

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JUNE 6, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the US National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap , a framework for accelerating the production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen. The document explores opportunities for clean hydrogen to contribute to national decarbonization goals across multiple sectors of the economy.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

Iberdrola Australia and Australia-based hydrogen developer ABEL Energy will build a green hydrogen and green methanol production plant at Bell Bay in northern Tasmania (Australia). First production is scheduled for 2025. Overall Bell Bay facility flow scheme including key processing units, inputs and products.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The clean burning electrofuels will be produced for Amazon at one of the first electrofuels production facilities, located in Texas. The Infinium facility is due to begin production in 2023, and Amazon plans to begin using the electrofuels in the Southern California region initially. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This reduces emissions from this production step to nearly zero. Heating steel products has previously required large amounts of fossil fuels. We are now the first in the world to heat steel with fossil-free hydrogen before rolling, reducing the emissions in this production step to almost zero. Earlier post.)

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MAY 6, 2023

Includes additional capability to support district heating, desalination and hydrogen production. It will also pave the way toward the hydrogen economy by enabling cost-effective, clean production of hydrogen integrated with the plant. Its fast load-follow capabilities make it ideally suited for integration with renewable resources.

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MAY 22, 2022

In addition to the EV production technology that the Mizushima Plant has honed through the i-MiEV as well as Minicab MiEV, the plant has achieved high quality and cost competitiveness through the investments for on-site battery pack integrated production, EV platform production line, and more.

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