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Lotus to build £900m EV plant in Wuhan
Car manufacturer Group Lotus has launched a subsidiary, Lotus Technology, to advance electric vehicle (EV) technology – building its headquarters in Wuhan, China.
read more... 06/09/2021
UK hydrogen strategy defers difficult decisions on CO2 intensity, market mechanisms
The UK will pursue a technology-neutral approach to develop 5-GW of low-carbon hydrogen by 2030 in its much-anticipated Hydrogen Strategy, but said details on market mechanisms and carbon intensity definitions to support it would wait until 2022.
read more... 17/08/2021
Pilot project to extract lithium at Bruchsal geothermal plant, Germany
Lithium for 20,000 car batteries is to be extracted in Bruchsal, according to the goal of the project partners energy utility EnBW and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT , as reported by local news station SWR. The prototype is scheduled to go into operation at the Bruchsal site at the end of the year. Then it should be checked whether what has already been successfully tested in the laboratory also works in practice. The prototype should run for over a year. We previously reported on the plans.
read more... 11/08/2021
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Shipping industry seeks to combat dark oil transfers at sea
Top oil shipping companies say they have tightened operational guidelines and deployed technology to prevent accidental breaches of sanctions, as the countries hit by ever tougher restrictions fight back with elaborate strategies to dodge them.
read more... 14/07/2021
Austria starts process on geothermal for heat development roadmap
The Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie) and the Climate and Energy Fund are starting the process of drawing up a research and development roadmap (R&D roadmap) for geothermal energy in Austria.
read more... 23/06/2021