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Major employers and energy consumers urge North Carolina elected officials to expand access to clean energy and electric vehicles

Stuart Mitchell

Nearly two dozen major companies and large energy consumers with operations in North Carolina are urging state policymakers to expand access to clean energy technologies and electric vehicles in order to drive economic growth and reduce carbon emissions.   In a letter delivered to members of the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper, 22 companies, universities, and trade associations urged elected officials to consider policies and programs that will increase access to cost-effective, clean energy technologies. Additional policy action is needed to meet North Carolina’s power plant emissions reduction…

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SAS, Vattenfall, Shell and LanzaTech to explore synthetic sustainable aviation fuel production

Stuart Mitchell

Vattenfall, SAS, Shell and LanzaTech will together investigate the production of the world’s first synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using the LanzaJet[TM] “Alcohol to Jet” technology on a large scale in Sweden. Instead of using virgin fossil material in the production process, the synthetic SAF will be produced from fossil free electricity and recycled carbon dioxide from district heating. The goal is that a new production facility will produce up to 50,000 tonnes of synthetic SAF annually, provided that an investment decision is made at a later stage. The synthetic…

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SAS commits to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 as it further prioritizes sustainability and social innovation

Stuart Mitchell

From sustainable workplace practices to connecting analytics and advocacy, analytics leader SAS has prioritized corporate citizenship and social innovation to help steer business decisions. As further evidence of its commitment to sustainability and support for the Paris Agreement and NC Clean Energy Plan, SAS is updating its climate strategy and environmental goals by committing to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The company is joining the global movement of leading companies who are aligning their business with the ambitious aim to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and…

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Leading Danish companies join forces on an ambitious sustainable fuel project

Stuart Mitchell

Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Moller – Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS and Ørsted have brought together the demand and supply side of sustainable fuels in a unique partnership with the concrete vision to develop a new ground-breaking hydrogen and e-fuel production facility as soon as 2023. When fully scaled-up by 2030, the project could deliver more than 250,000 tonnes of sustainable fuel for busses, trucks, maritime vessels, and airplanes every year. Production would potentially be based on a total electrolyser capacity of 1.3 gigawatts, which would likely make it one of…

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