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GM, Redwood Materials to Deploy Used EV Batteries to Meet Data Centers’ Growing Energy Demand

ESG Today

in 2023 to 12% by 2028, creating a need for energy storage systems that can act to offset power outages and reinforce the grid when demand is high or supply is limited. According to the companies, the new agreement comes as U.S.

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UK government provides £51.9 million for emissions-cutting projects

Envirotec Magazine

Saji Jacob, Head of West Europe Supply Chain, Heinz, said: The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund has enabled this energy efficiency project to become a reality at our largest food manufacturing plant in Europe. It represents a critical step in our decarbonisation journey towards Net Zero.

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Boral secures grant for cement kiln carbon reduction

Sustainability Matters

million in federal government funding for a new cement kiln infrastructure project, which will enable it to significantly reduce its CO 2 emissions arising from cement manufacturing by up to 100,000 tonnes per annum, based on predicted production rates. It is expected to be fully operational in 2028. Image supplied by Boral.

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Carbon tax could lead to waste services cuts, warn councils

Envirotec Magazine

It currently applies to the aviation industry, and the last government proposed to expand it to the incineration of waste from 2028, which councils support. The LGA warns this could force councils to cut back services, rather than targeting manufacturers that have the power to reduce plastic production, in a new report published today.

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Squaring the circle: Making sense of the UK Industrial Strategy

Envirotec Magazine

Manufacturers and industrial groups mostly seemed to respond to the new Industrial Strategy, 2 announced on 23 June, with sentiments ranging from cautious approval to enthusiastic endorsement. The UK has the highest industrial energy costs in the developed world.

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The Iberian green industrial opportunity: Carbon capture and storage

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Including GVA from the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, the manufacture of basic metals, and the estimated GVA in the cement and lime industry within the other nonmetallic mineral products sector in 2022 for Portugal and Spain. “Gross value added and income by detailed industry (NACE Rev.2),” billion tons by 2030.

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Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association - Statement on the passage of the One Big Beautiful Act on behalf of Frank Wolak, President & CEO of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association

Global Renewable News

Extending the commencement of construction date to January 2028 for the hydrogen production credit gives the industry an opportunity to advance a significant round of projects that will jump start the U.S. hydrogen sector now positioned to leverage this opportunity and advance American energy and manufacturing leadership."

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